Improvement of gender mainstreaming in national policies and programmes
Improvement of gender mainstreaming in national policies and programmes
This call for proposals aims to support the national actors to improve gender mainstreaming into national policies and programmes of the Member States of the European Union, the EFTA/EEA countries, the candidate and potential candidate countries8, thus supporting the implementation of the objectives defined in the Roadmap and the objectives of the European Pact for Gender Equality. The initiatives financed will support the mainstreaming of European equality objectives in national policies. Given that 2010 is the European Year to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion, the Commission encourages the submission of projects that focus on the development of gender mainstreaming tools in the context of policies targeting disadvantaged groups including ethnic minorities such as the Roma.
This call for proposals concerns the financing of national initiatives designed to:
1. raise awareness of the importance of gender mainstreaming in national policies as an effective contributor to equality between women and men and to better governance;
2. improve knowledge of the key concepts and issues of gender mainstreaming and ensure a better understanding of gender mainstreaming in policies and programmes;
3. develop the necessary methods and tools, including the dissemination to the main stakeholders, thus ensuring a more long-term effect.
Measures which may be financed under this call for proposals include seminars/workshops, training sessions (including the training of instructors), and the design and distribution of tools (educational and methodological material, handbooks, impact assessment guides,
reports, etc.).
These measures will be aimed especially at persons involved in and/or responsible for drawing up, implementing and evaluating policies and programmes at national level (staff of the ministries responsible for policies and programmes).
As measures are aimed at national beneficiaries and fall under national context, transnational partnerships are of no particular interest in connection with this call for proposals. The expertise needed for the preparation or implementation of tools and measures (national or other) may be obtained by subcontracting.
The applicant must be:
- A national authority, (priority will be given to the national ministry in charge of the equality between women and men policy but if this ministry is not in a position to submit a proposal, it can be carried by another ministry)
- or an Equality Body according to Directive 2002/73/EC11
The Equality Body must:
- be expressly mandated by the national ministry in charge of the gender equality policy in writing to assume responsibility for the implementation of the action. Proof thereof must be provided in the form of the documents referred to in the checklist (document 7);
- have its own legal status and be registered in one of the PROGRESS participating countries.
(2) The proposal must respect the maximum limits for Community cofinancing, i.e 80% of total eligible costs. Contributions in kind are not accepted.
(3) The requested grant should not be higher than € 250 000 and priority for funding will be given to proposals requesting grants of at least € 115 000, but those involving smaller amounts are not excluded if their national impact will be significant.
Contact subsidieteam
Met de steun van
