• References

    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...

  • How can we apply gender budgeting in the EU Funds? Practical tools and Member State examples

    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...

  • Three reasons why gender budgeting is crucial in the EU Funds

    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...

  • Why is gender budgeting important in the EU Funds?

    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...

  • What is gender budgeting?

    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...

  • Who is this toolkit for?

    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...

  • Abbreviations

    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...

  • Gender Equality Index 2020: work in a digital world

    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...

    EIGE's Gender Equality Index 2020
  • Statistical brief: gender balance in largest listed companies

    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...

  • EIGE’s gender budgeting toolkit: This is how the EU Funds can speed up gender equality

    EU Funds can be transformative: they’ve helped reduce inequality across the EU. Yet when it comes to equality between women and men, they’re not reaching their full potential. This is why the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has released a step-by-step toolkit to help those working with EU Funds better fit their programmes to the gender equality goals of...

  • Beijing +25 policy brief: Area F - Women and the economy: care responsibilities and insecure jobs limit women’s empowerment

    Women’s economic empowerment has long been a feature of EU policy, but the shift in priorities in the aftermath of the economic crisis has left the employment policy largely gender blind. Thus the Europe 2020 strategy includes a target of having 75 % of the working age population in employment by 2020 but does not distinguish between women and men...