The Institute organised an experts’ meeting on developing methodologies on existing approaches to Gender Mainstreaming (GM) and for the assessment of the effectiveness of GM methods and tools. The meeting took place in Vilnius on 21 September 2010 and involved 16 experts with work experience on GM methods and tools in the EU.

The Institute through these exchanges took advice for improving its capacity to provide technical assistance to the EU institutions and Member States for the development of GM policies tools and methods.