Gender-responsive evaluation for a sustainable future for all

Your approach to a gender-responsive evaluation should align with that of the EU and/or national policies and guidelines, particularly: EU gender equality strategy, national strategies, action plans for gender equality, policies that deliver the European Green Deal When aligning your evaluation approach, consider the following tips. Review EU and, where relevant, national policies and guidelines on evaluation Familiarise yourself with...

After considering Step 2, click on the situation that resonates most with the intervention you will evaluate, learn how to move forward with a gender-responsive evaluation. If the principal objective of your intervention is gender equality and it adopted a gender perspective throughout the intervention cycle Use the toolkit to assess if your intervention has achieved its gender equality objectives...

In principle, all EU interventions should be analysed for gender impacts. While we recognise that no intervention or policy area is neutral with regard to gender equality, in line with the principle of proportionate analysis, [1] not all evaluations have to assess all types of impacts in depth – including gender impacts. Use the following guidance to balance the principle...

The gender impacts of an intervention refer to how a policy, programme or project may affect women and men in all their diversity differently. Gender impacts can be positive or negative and can vary depending on the specific situations, needs and experiences of different groups. Assessing the gender impacts of an intervention involves analysing whether it reinforces or challenges existing...

Annex 1 – Tool 3: Checklist for establishing an evaluation team Annex 2 – Tool 4, step 3 Questions on how to define the gender-responsive evaluation sub-questions in the context of the green transition Annex 3 - Tool 5, step 2: How to ensure that standard data collection methods integrate gender equality and environmental concerns Annex 4 – Tool 6...

EIGE’s Gender Mainstreaming Platform, which provides information on what gender mainstreaming entails, the relevance of gender equality and challenges in various policy areas, practical guidance on integrating a gender perspective in every step of the policy cycle, information about relevant institutions and structures at the EU and national levels, and more. EIGE’s brief on gender-responsive evaluation. EIGE’s Checklist for gender-sensitive...

In line with the 'Better regulation' toolbox, [1] disseminating evaluation findings to a wide audience and ensuring that the results inform the decision-making process are of utmost importance. This tool will support you in disseminating the findings of your evaluation using various communication channels to inform decision-making, and monitoring and evaluating the implementation of recommendations. This tool consists of four...

This tool will support you in preparing evaluation reports that incorporate a gender perspective, account for the gender impacts found during the evaluation process and prepare gender-responsive recommendations and lessons learned for future interventions. The tool will be useful for those in the Commission services who are drafting an evaluation report in the form of a staff working document, as...

Evaluation fieldwork enables you to gather essential data to assess intersectional gender impacts. Similarly, the lessons learned from gender-responsive and intersectional evaluations highlight the importance of embedding gender equality throughout all aspects of fieldwork. This tool will allow you to reflect on how you can ensure that the process of data collection itself embodies gender equality and an intersectional approach...

When carrying out an assessment of environmental impacts, you should aim to go a step further and consider how environmental aspects or areas need to be analysed through a gender lens to obtain a more accurate picture of reality. This tool will help you identify the gender implications behind each environmental impact your intervention might have. This tool consists of...

Foresight is the study of potential future developments by anticipating emerging trends and risks to plan for those possibilities. Foresight involves an analysis to understand how the future may develop, how policymakers can shape that future and which decisions could stand across a range of futures. This tool will help you conduct a strategic foresight analysis as part of your...

This tool will help you in these two tasks: assessing the impacts of your intervention on gender equality, assessing to what extent the intervention mainstreamed gender in the design, implementation and monitoring process. Gender equality as a horizontal principle Applying gender equality as a horizontal principle means adopting a gender perspective throughout the policy or intervention cycle and treating gender...