Policy tool for the screening of a given policy proposal, in order to detect and assess its differential impact or effects on women and men, so that these imbalances can be redressed before the proposal is endorsed.
… Commission deploys a variety of methods in its approach to gender mainstreaming. These methods span the whole policy … and evaluation. In the policy-definition phase, genderimpactassessment is integrated within the European Commission’s …
… and weaknesses Model Since 1 January 2013, a regulatory impactassessment should accompany all drafted legislation starting … to parliament. As part of this procedure, the dimension of gender equality has to be addressed with respect to benefits, …
… Model At the end of 2013, Belgium adopted the Regulatory ImpactAssessment (RIA), which is a preliminary assessment of … as well as on public authority. It includes a section on gender. The RIA integrates 21 subjects among which four are …
… weaknesses Model There is no legal obligation to conduct genderimpact assessments in Finland. Yet, the Act on Equality … has been interpreted as the legal basis for genderimpactassessment implementation by the central gender equality …
… of Local Authorities and Regions . It supports the work on gender mainstreaming in municipalities and county councils. … specific tool to simplify, systematise and support genderimpactassessment in the decision-making processes was needed at …
… The principle of gender mainstreaming consists of taking systematic account of … and men in all Community policies and actions. The genderimpactassessment is one of the methods for gender mainstreaming. It …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The relevance of gender in the … and legislation that has not been assessed for its genderimpact The idea of performing an impactassessment of legal provisions in order to guarantee that …