GENDERACTIONplus benchmarking gender equality policies in Research and Innovation. National and regional policies for gender equality in Research and Innovation

The overall goal of GENDERACTIONplus is to contribute to advancing gender equality in the European Research Area through capacity building, policy exchange and coordination, as well as the provision of strategic policy advice. Through these activities the project contributes to supporting gender equality policy coordination and integration in the new ERA. The project focuses on five thematic areas: intersectionality and inclusiveness; gender-based violence; gender dimension in research, innovation and teaching; monitoring and evaluation in the ERA; institutional change through gender equality plans. To organise the work, two Communities of Practice are created, one consisting of representatives of national authorities and the other of representatives of Research Funding Organisations. As a first step, benchmarking and policy mapping is conducted in the five thematic areas, as a basis for establishing the current and emerging policy solutions in Europe, for building capacities among the project partners and for developing strategic policy advice in the five thematic areas. The objective is to establish what is in place in each country and what are emerging good practices we can learn from. As such, it is an important contribution to ERA Policy Action 5 as the project is expected to provide policy input and advice on ERA Policy Action 5.