Take a look at this recent picture of the European Council’s members. How many women and how many men can you see? Photo accessed from: https://newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/events/20190322-european-council-m… Consider "women’s and men’s lived realities" by looking at the composition of the European Council, and ask yourself: Why do you think there are more men than women? In EU Member States, both paid...
Watch Professor Diana Elson explain the concept of gender budgeting [1] Have a look at UN Women’s video on what is gender responsive budgeting? [2] As these videos show, both women’s and men’s needs and demands need to be included in budgeting processes. This promotes accountability and transparency in public finance planning and management; increases gender responsive participation in budget...
References Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF (2019), Gender Budgeting im Bundes-ESF, Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF, Berlin. Available at: https://www.esf-querschnittsziele.de/gleichstellung/gender-budgeting.ht… Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (2019), Operationelles Programm des Bundes für den Europäischen Sozialfonds, Förderperiode 2014-2020 - Gender Budgeting Bericht 2018. Available at: https://www.esf.de/portal/SharedDocs/PDFs/DE/Publikationen/gender_budge… (DE) Council of Europe (2005), Gender Budgeting: Final report of the Group of Specialists on Gender...
This section includes practical tools on how to integrate a gender perspective into the EU Funds, using detailed descriptions, checklists and examples from different Member States. Using this support structure throughout the programming and implementing process will ensure the coherent integration of a gender equality perspective. The tools are structured in line with the requirements of the Commission's proposal for...
1. Gender budgeting is good budgeting Gender budgeting supports the implementation of modern standards of public financial management principles. These include accountability, transparency, performance and results orientation, and effectiveness. Accountability. Gender budgeting is an important mechanism for ensuring accountability in how gender policy commitments are translated into the EU Funds. Transparency. If applied in a systematic manner, gender budgeting can...
Gender budgeting is necessary for achieving the EU’s objectives of growth, employment and social cohesion. At the EU level, there is both a legal and a policy base for gender budgeting (see Tool 1). It also leads to economic gains. Studies clearly show a link between greater gender equality and increased growth and employment. “The evidence confirms that improvements to...
According to the Council of Europe’s widely used definition, [1] gender budgeting is an application of gender mainstreaming in the budgetary process. It involves conducting a gender-based assessment of budgets, incorporating a gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process, and restructuring revenues and expenditures in order to promote gender equality. In short, gender budgeting is a strategy and...
This step-by-step toolkit on gender budgeting in the European Union Funds under shared management (from here on EU Funds) is designed for managing authorities in European Union Member States. Thus, civil servants and managers involved in EU Funds programming at the national and sub-national levels are the toolkit’s main target group. However, the toolkit can also be used by intermediate...
AMIF Asylum and Migration Fund BMVI Border Management and Visa Instrument CAP common agricultural policy CCO Core Common Output Indicator CCR Core Common Result Indicator CPR Common Provisions Regulation EAFRD European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development EFSI European Fund for Strategic Investments EIGE European Institute for Gender Equality EMFF European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ERDF European Regional Development Fund ESF...
EIGE has published its latest data on women and men in decision-making across the EU, in the seven countries that receive support from the EU’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), and in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
It is time to start the countdown for the Gender Equality Index 2020. Has the EU gone forward or backward when it comes to gender equality? Which country will win the award for the most improved? Find out on 29 October when EIGE gives its annual update on the state of gender equality in the EU. This year, the Gender...
The persistent gender imbalance amongst key decision-makers in large corporations remains a cause for concern and further targeted action. EIGE biannually monitors the situation in the largest listed companies in each of the 27 EU Member States, United Kingdom and in five of the EU candidate and potential candidate countries that receive support from the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA...
