HOW DO WE MAKE GENDER MAINSTREAMING WORK?

Peer-to-peer exchange seminar 21-22 November 2013

VILNIUS

© Thera van Osch http://www.oqconsulting.eu/

Introduction

OBJECTIVES

• Mutual learning on Gender Mainstreaming (GM)

• Exchanging knowledge, experience and good practices on GM

• Directions for future work on GM

Capacity building for

gender mainstreaming

in 28 MSs

Approaches strategies

Tools,

GIA

Networking,

Platform for exchange

Gender training

Exchange of good

practices

Contents

DAY 1: Thera van Osch: Introduction to seminar and

sharing knowledge about gender mainstreaming

Introductory session: Ioana Borza: Institutional mechanisms in 28 MSs

Catarina Arnaut: Bridging the gap between commitment and delivery

Coffee/tea break

Interactive discussion

Working session I: GIA Ann Boman: How to assess gender impact Vera Jauk: Good practice of GIA in Austria

Round table discussions, posting recommendations on Brown Paper, and wrapping up

Feedback tree

Dinner

DAY 2: Working session II: Gender Training Katerina Mantouvalou: Preconditions for

effective gender training

Hillevi Lonn: Good practice: Gender competence development in Finland

Round table discussions, feedback in plenary and wrapping up

Coffee/tea break Concluding session: Actions & ways forward Renate Wielputz: Gender mainstreaming in EU

Structural Funds 2014-20 Discussion

Arrangements

Materials Provided

Break and Lunch

Time-watcher

Brown-paper + Report

Attendance list

Mobile phones off

Questions?

Introduction of participants (15 minutes)

Elevator pitch:

All of a sudden you turn up to be in an elevator together with the Prime Minister of your country

Convince her/him in 30 seconds why Gender Mainstreaming should be on top of the political agenda.

Working Groups: Each table has 15 minutes to formulate the key argument for GM and post it on the Brown Paper

1. Each group needs a volunteer as time-watcher and as reporter

2. Each person at the table introduces herself/himself (name, country, organisation), and shortly formulates one crucial argument (30 seconds per person) to convince her/his Prime Minister

3. The reporter selects the argument(s) most mentioned by the group.

4. The group decides which of these arguments will be posted on the Brown Paper (maximum 3 arguments per group)

5. Write a card for each argument and post the cards on the Brown Paper

Why mainstreaming gender equality?

International and EU political mandate; crucial goal in itself

Fundamental human right

Question of social justice

Prerequisite for poverty reduction

Precondition for democratic development

Smart economics; crucial for economic growth

Question of good governance

Expert Interventions (30 Minutes)

• Ioana Borza (EIGE): Institutional mechanisms for gender equality: Overview of the developments in EU28

• Catarina Arnaut (Yellow Window, Belgium): Bridging the gap between commitment and delivery: the reality of applying methods and tools for gender mainstreaming in the EU

Discussion in Plenary: From Policy to Practice (15 Minutes)

•Write the most important legal/policy framework for GM on a card.

•Post the card on the brown paper.

Plenary discussion

1. Questions for the experts? Is something not clear?(5 minutes)

2. Share experiences: Which tools, methods, strategies do you use to implement GM? (7 interventions of 1 minute)

3. Post the cards with the tools, methods and strategies used

4. What works? (best practice = green sticker)

5. Participants are invited to put green stickers on the posted cards with tools, methods and strategies

Working session I: Gender Impact Assessment (1 Hour)

•Ann Boman (Utveckling, Sweden): How to assess the impact of policies on gender equality (20 minutes)

•Vera Jauk (City of Graz, Austria): Good practice GIA in Austria (20 Minutes)

Working session I: Discussion (1 hour) 5 round table discussions on Gender Impact Assessment (flip charts): Table 1: Quick Scan: (Write max 3 key-recommendations on a card and post it on the brown paper)

Can a quick scan help to assess if a policy is gender blind, gender neutral or gender aware? How to do? Who should do it?

Table 2: How to assess gender impact? (max. 3 key-recommendations and post it on brown paper) – Structures (impact of law/policy on division of labour, private life, citizenship)?

– Processes (impact of law/policy on decision making, access to and control over resources, cultural aspacts)?

– Criteria (impact of law/policy on equality, equal pay, equal opportunities, care labour, diversity)?

Table 3: When to start a Gender Impact Assessment? (post 1 key-recommendation on brown paper) – In the phase of drafting a law/policy? (civiel servants/politicians)

– In the phase of decision making on the law/policy? (parliament)

– In the phase of implementing a law/policy? (government)

– In the phase of evaluation of the effect/impact of the law/policy? (independent consultants)

Table 4: Who should implement a GIA? (post 1 key-recommendation on brown paper) Government? Parliament? Independent consultants?

Table 5: How to ensure commitment and time-investment of policy makers? (post max 3 key-recommendations on brown paper)

Which language should we use? Which arguments? How to present our arguments?

FEEDBACK of the day (10 minutes)

Post-it:

• What was good?

• What should be improved?

• How to improve?

What was good?

What should be improved?

How to improve?

Working session II: GM in Practice; gender training (40 minutes)

•Katerina Mantouvalou (GHK, UK): What are the preconditions for effective gender training? (20 minutes)

•Hillevi Lonn (Min. of employment and economy, Finland): Good practice: gender competence development (20 Minutes)

Working session II: Discussion (30 minutes) Feedback in plenary (30 minutes) 5 round table discussions on Gender Training (flip charts):

Central question: How to achieve effective gender training? Share knowledge, experiences, good practices

Table 1: What should be the target group for gender training in EU Member States?

Which target groups are crucial for gender mainstreaming? How do you reach them?

Table 2: What should be the learning objectives of a Gender Training?

Which knowledge, skills, and attitudes should be learned in a gender training?

Table 3: Which are compulsary modules of a Gender Training for policy makers?

Which elements cannot be missed in the content of a gender training for policy makers?

Table 4: What should be the qualifications/profile of a Gender Trainer?

What are the most important aspects of the profile of a gender trainer ?

Table 5: How should the effectiveness of gender trainings be measured?

Is there a baseline needed? How should gender trainings be evaluated?

Post your recommendations on Gender training (10 minutes)

• Each table selects maximum 3 key recommendations

• Write them as short as possible on the card

• Post the cart on the Brown Paper.

Concluding Session (1 hour)

Renate Wielputz (EU Community of Practice on Gender Mainstreaming): Gender Mainstreaming in the EU Structural Funds in 2014-2020 (15 minutes)

Questions and answers (5 Minutes)

Reflections and actions on Way Forward (40 minutes)

Reflections: Proposed Actions and Ways Forward

3 Steps (30 minutes):

- What can I do? (10 Minutes)

- What can my country/government/organisation do? (10 minutes)

- What can EIGE do? (10 minutes)

Priorisation (with your heart and your head):

Green stickers to highest priorities, most interesting ideas, appealing proposals

The way forward (1 hour)

WHAT CAN I DO? (10 MINUTES)

1. Take your pitch from the elevator.

2. What can you do to put Gender Mainstreaming on top of the political agenda?

• NOW:

• Within 1 year

• Within 1 to 3 years

3. Write it on a card and post on the Brown Paper

4. Summarizing what we as person can do

5. Putting green stickers on the most promising, interesting, appealing idea, plan.

The way forward

WHAT CAN MY ORGANISATION, MY GOVERNMENT, OR MY COUNTRY DO? (15 min.)

1. Imagine the network you have in your own country

2. Who would you be able to reach? Which people?

3. What should these people do to promote Gender Mainstreaming?

• NOW:

• Within 1 year

• Within 1 to 3 years

4. Write it on a card and post on the Brown Paper

5. Summarizing what your organisation, government, country can do

6. Putting green stickers on the most promising, interesting, appealing idea, plan.

The way forward

WHAT CAN EIGE DO TO SUPPORT YOU, YOUR ORGANISATION, OR YOUR GOVERNMENT, OR YOUR COUNTRY TO BUILT CAPACITY FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING? (15 minutes)

1. Given the task of EIGE to provide technical support for gender mainstreaming, how could EIGE strengthen the process of GM in your country?

2. Given the limited funds available at EIGE, what should EIGE do to promote Gender Mainstreaming?

• NOW:

• Within 1 year

• Within 1 to 3 years

3. Write it on a card and post on the Brown Paper

4. Summarizing what EIGE should do

5. Putting green stickers on the most promising, interesting, appealing idea, plan for EIGE

Closure

•Sharing results of brown paper

•Evaluation questionnaire

•Thanks and closure

© Thera van Osch

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