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4. Analysis Phase 2: Analysis of projects, processes and procedures

Adapting the projects for input into the good practice database will require pre-paration of the following project related information.

These work steps are subdivided into:• Listing and presentation of contractors and project partners • Preparing the project and process for input into the good practice database

according to 5R+1E method• Consulting experts• Listing and presentation of participating experts and project co-workers• Gathering and adapting of continuative project information

4.1 Listing and presentation of contractors and project part-nersPresentation of contractors as well as the individual participating project part-ners.

The following information will be included in the database: name of the respec-tive institution, task within the project or process, mail address, e-mail address, telephone number, and if available internet link.

In addition the focus of activity of the individual institutions will be presented by briefly describing the main work fields and areas.

4.2 Analysis of the projects using the 5R + 1E methodAnalysis is based on the 5R + 1 E method9.

The starting position of good practice projects and processes will be analysed and described with the first 4 R.

The 4 R stand for:1 Representation − who?2 Resources − how?3 Rights: legal frame conditions − why?4 Reality – societal norms and values and planning models

For analysis of the results and the implementation of the projects and pro-cesses the fifth R and the E will come into play.

5 Results and implementing1 Evaluation

In the 4 points of analysis (Representation, Resourcen, Rights − legal situation, Reality) the questions relating to the starting position and the deduced results

9 The analysis consists of the 4R method (after the Swedish Association of Local Authori-ties), and is extended by 1R + 1E to become the 5R+1E method (cf Gender Mainstream-ing in der GPA, Schlussbericht der Projektgruppe des Bundesvorstandes der GPA, editor: Trade Union of Employees − Women, 2002.), for a joint analysis of GM projects and proc-esses.

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of the analysis will be presented. By working on the questions, approach and options of questioning will become more transparent for the users of the databa-se and, moreover, by presenting the results of the analysis the starting position problems of the various projects will become more visible.

In the fifth R for Results and with Evaluation the results of the analysis for implementing − and thereby the impact of the projects and processes − as well as the (self) evaluation of the projects and processes as means of assessment whether the projected objectives have been reached.

1R-REPRESENTATION - Who? The ratio of participating women and men in a project is shown.

Questions:Who is participating? Was there a survey of qualitative and/ or quantitative data in advance to the project development in order to present the gender ratio? The relevant and determining questions for the respective project are to be put in the input mask.

Examples for questions:• Who is involved in the planning/ the process/ the procedure? How many wo-

men, how many men?• Who is involved seen in regards to life phase and circumstances? How many

women, how many men?• Who initiated the project or process?• Who is supported by the offer/ the planning/ the project/ the process? How

many women, how many men?• Who is not being addressed? How many women, how many men?• Which gender specific quantitative data exists, which doesn’t exist?

Summary of the analysis of representation: The results of the adaption of the starting position in regards to presentation wi-thin the project or process is summarised for input.

2R-RESOURCES DISTRIBUTION − How?How are women’s and men’s options in forming and accessing resources − those which were dealt with when working on the project or process − different.

Questions: Was resource distribution, i.e. money, time, and space in the development of the project worked on separately for women and men? The relevant and determining questions for the respective project are to be put in the input mask.

Examples for questions:• How are resources money, time, and space distributed between women and

men?• Who finances the projects/ the processes? How much of the funding is pu-

blic, how much private?• Who distributes the money and how?• How much time is invested for women’s respectively men’s concerns?• How much and what kind of space is assigned for women, for men? How

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much space is available for what? How much money is spent on women’s respectively men’s activities?

• What kind of resources do women and men dispose of?• What funding programmes support gender mainstreaming projects?

Summary of the analysis of resources distributionThe results of the adaption of the starting position in regards to resource distri-bution within the project or process is summarised for input.

3R-RIGHTS AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK − Why?Insights on the legal frame conditions of the project will be worked on. Focus of examination is whether women and men have equal rights and whether they also make use of them equally.

Questions: What legal frame conditions are there? Were the legal frame conditions and op-tions questioned in regards to their gender sensitivity? Are women and men equally taken into account? The relevant and determining questions for the re-spective project are to be put in the input mask.

Examples for questions:• Which legal frame conditions were included? Which are missing?• What planning concepts are there?• Is one gender discriminated against indirectly?• Which legal basis supports equal opportunity for women and men?• Do existing regulations and legal basics incorporate gender specific reality?

Summary of the analysis of legal frame conditions:The results of the adaption of the starting position in regards to legal frame con-ditions and norms within the project or process is summarised for input.

4R-REALITY − societal norms and values and planning modelsMaking societal norms and values and planning models as cause for the inequa-lity of women and men visible.

Questions: Based on societal norms and values, which differences exist between women and men? What does the gender ratio look like in planning models? The relevant and determining questions for the respective project are to be put in the input mask.

Examples for questions:• Which societal norms and values create inequality between men and wo-

men?• Which planning models create inequality between men and women?• Are women and men confronted with differing societal expectations and de-

mands?• Are women’s and men’s interests and needs taken into account equally?• Which specific obstacles or detriments do women or men encounter due to

their gender?

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Summary of the analysis of reality:The results of the adaption of the starting position in regards to societal norms and values and planning models within the project or process is summarised for input.

5R-RESULTS AND IMPLEMENTATIONDemands and problem sets deduced from analysing the starting position are pre-sented in their implementation and the consequences thereof for future action are shown.

Questions: • What changes in circumstances in regards to 4R (representation, resources,

legal basis, reality) can be observed and which measures were set to enhan-ce equal opportunity for women and men?

• Which results and measures for the project can be deduced from the prece-ding analysis of the first 4 R and how were they implemented? Which steps and phases of implementing were successful for putting gender mainstrea-ming projects into practice and which were applied in the course of the pro-ject implementation?

Summary of the analysis of results:The results of the adaption of the outcomes and implementing of the project or process are summarised for input into the good practice database.

1E-(SELF) EVALUATIONControlled results of a (self) evaluation according to GM criteria are summarised and the success factors in implementing GM contents are presented.

Questions: • What is the innovative, extraordinary or special aspect in regards to ap-

proach, to the results or to the implementation in this example?• What success factors were decisive for a successful implementation of GM

projects? • Have the chosen process, project, or procedure structures proven success-

ful?• Which impact will the applied measures have? What impediments were there

with implementing certain measures?

Summary of the analysis of evaluation:The results of the adaption of the evaluation of the course of project or process and arisen problems are summarised for input.