Project “Technical assistance through training for increasing of the administrative capacity of national, regional, local authorities and court in the field of gender equality” MAT05/BG/9/3, financed by the Dutch government in the framework of the MATRA programme
Проект "Техническа помощ за повишаване на капацитета на органите на изпълнителната власт, местното самоуправление и съда за гарантиране р
Project “Technical assistance through training for increasing of the administrative capacity of national, regional, local authorities and court in the field of gender equality” MAT05/BG/9/3, financed by the Dutch government in the framework of the MATRA programme
Funding body
Project MATRA
Aims and objectives
The project was started in January 2006 and completed in March 2008 and was funded by the Dutch Government under MATRA programme (MAT05/BG/9/3), and was implemented by Femconsult, SPAN and E-Quality from the Netherlands, and CWSP in Bulgaria.
The overall objective of the project was to assist Bulgaria in strengthening the institutional infrastructure regarding equal opportunities for women and men in accordance with the acquis communautaire. (CWSP website, http://www.cwsp.bg/en/htmls/page.php?category=547)
Results and impact
1. "A gender awareness raising workshop for press officers of all the ministries was conducted in June 2007."
2. " A total of 48 experts of central executive administration (MLSP, representatives of various ministries and governmental agencies) were trained during 3-days (residential workshops) from 13 - 15 August and from 8 - 10 October 2007."
3. " A total of 58 experts from the regional and local administration were trained during two-days (residential workshops) from 19 - 20 July and from 13 - 15 August 2007."
4. "A total of 10 judges participated in the two half-day orientation seminars which were conducted on 13 November 2007."
5. "Two one day workshops were conducted on 22 and 23 November for a total of 10 representatives of social partners and civil society (NGOs, trade union, employers' association, Economic and Social Council). "
(CWSP website, http://www.cwsp.bg/en/htmls/page.php?category=547)
Creator/owner/responsible institution
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Contact: equal@mlsp.government.bg
Contents/activities/services
1. One gender awareness raising workshop on: basic concepts - sex and gender, gender roles, gender stereotypes, gender mainstreaming, the national legislative framework, policy and institutional mechanisms on gender equality; the Bulgarian commitments to UN and EU legislation on equal treatment and equal opportunities for women and men. (For Press Officers of all ministries)
2. Two residential workshops on: gender mainstreaming methods/tools (gender analysis, gender impact assessment of policies and legislation, gender budgeting, integration of gender issues into monitoring and evaluation). In addition the training aimed to increase the input of the ministries in the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) on Gender Equality as well as to better coordinate, monitor and evaluate progress of the activities concerning the NAP of the inter-ministerial coordination mechanism. (For Experts of central executive administration )
3. Two residential workshops on: increasing the gender mainstreaming skills of the participants and how to use gender mainstreaming tools and methods for gender analysis, gender impact assessment and gender budgeting. The training helped them to improve their understanding of gender issues and the importance of integrating a gender approach/perspective in their daily work as well as on how better to identify gender based inequalities and discrepancies, examples of best practices from EU/Netherlands were presented as well as the legislative and policy on gender in the EU and in Bulgaria. (For Experts from the regional and local administration)
4. Two orientation seminars on: basic concepts regarding gender and gender equality issues in the juridical sector, gender-based discrimination, integration of a gender perspective into daily work of magistrates. In addition, the gender equality legislation and policies at EU level and the effect of this EU law on the work of the national courts was presented and discussed. (For Judges)
5. Two workshops focused on increasing the gender sensitivity of participants and their motivation to integrate gender perspective into their work and to monitoring the implementation of the national gender equity measures. (For Representatives of social partners and civil society (NGOs, trade union, employers' association, Economic and Social Council).
(CWSP website, http://www.cwsp.bg/en/htmls/page.php?category=547)
Additional information
Duration: 2006-2007