1. PARCERIAS PELA IGUALDADE DE GÉNERO: Resultados Alcançados e Próximos Passos Conferência Internacional do PT07 PARTNERING UP FOR GENDER EQUALITY: Achievements and Future Steps PT07 International Conference Igualdade de Género – Odivelas e Seixal Gender Equality – Odivelas & Seixal 25 th January 2016

2. PARCERIAS PELA IGUALDADE DE GÉNERO: Resultados Alcançados e Próximos Passos Conferência Internacional do PT07 PARTNERING UP FOR GENDER EQUALITY: Achievements and Future Steps PT07 International Conference Summary: -Project presentation -Achievements -Future Steps

3. Partners:Odivelas Municipality Seixal Municipality KS:Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities Project promoter: CIEG Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies School of Social and Political Sciences Sciences (ISCSP) (ISCSP) Lisbon University Lisbon University Project Type: Small Grant Scheme

4. IGOS history… 2015 01 April 30 April 18 May Project approval Project Contract signature between CIEG-ISCSP and Seixal Municipality Project Contract signature between CIEG-ISCSP and Odivelas Municipality Project Contract signature between CIEG-ISCSP and KS 26 May Project contract signature between the Project Operator (CIG) and the Project Promoter (CIEG/ISCSP-Lisbon University) 05 June 06 October Conference Launch & First Partners Meeting October Eligibility of the Project 2016 May Final Conference Several bilateral meetings

5. Dalia Costa (Coordinator) IGOS Team André Bexiga (Research fellow, since September 2015 ) Adriana Albuquerque (Research fellow, from February 2016 ) Acknowledgement: Clara Oliveira (CIEG’s Secretariat)

6. Project Objective IGOS Project aims to design an assessment instrument of legislative measures intended to promote gender equality in Portugal, validated at the local level: the cases of Odivelas and Seixal Municipalities The two Municipalities (partners in this project) will be assumed as case studies in order to participate in the development and validation of an instrument to assess legislative measures to promote gender equality.

7. Why is the project needed? Portugal does not have an “instrument” or a method to assess legislative measures aiming to promote gender equality – at local and national level. Portugal never developed a Gender Impact Assessment instrument for legislative measures aimed to promote gender equality.

8. Grant amount: 124.694,22 euros 65% 65% Transfers up 22 October 2015 57% 57% Expense submission rate against the amount transferred Budget and Execution rate

9. 1º 1º Data and document analysis IGOS until now… 2º 2º Thematic areas selection (addressing gender equality promotion) 3º 3º Comparing and Sharing 4º 4º Partners directly involved in assessment instruments elaboration benefiting from training and contributing to the main objective Stages:

10. 1º 1º Data and document analysis IGOS until now… Stages: Evaluation of the use of inclusive language Characterization of models used in the planning of measures to promote gender equality Characterization of the mechanisms responsible for gender equality promotion in each Municipality Diagnosis of the main needs of Municipal Authorities in terms of evaluation, based on the instruments in use Classification of Municipalities - Scale "Equality Agents"

11. IGOS until now… 2º 2º Thematic areas selection (addressing gender equality promotion) Stages: SElected areas to assess legislative measures Balance Promotion between personal, family and work dimensions of life Women in decision-making positions Gender Violence Conciliation Participation Change Pay Gap Time use Parental leave Political power Economic Leadership Services

12. IGOS until now… 3º 3º Comparing and Sharing Stages: Indicators used by the KS on 16 gender equality indicators for Norwegian municipalities in 2013 Comparing what is comparable Comparisions between Partners Identify gaps (absence or unavailability of data) Website, blog and FB

13. www.igos-cieg.org/

15. IGOS until now… 4º 4º Partners directly involved in assessment instruments elaboration benefiting from training and contributing to the main objective Stages: Participatory Approach - Debating and Comparing: Legislation and Local Measures Methods to evaluate legislative measures intended to promote gender equality Public Administration Models and their influence on legislative measures assessment

16. Concepts misunderstandings (e.g. Gender; Gender Mainstreaming; Assessment; Evaluation from planning to impact) Need for a budget for gender promotion, gender analysis and training and for additional / oriented data collection Lack of adequate data for planning legislative measures to promote gender equality Lack of adequate instruments to evaluate legislative measures to promote gender equality Need to define a Gender equality promotion strategy at local level Project Achievements

17. Evaluation (ex-ante/prospective) 1. Planning2. Decision3. Implementation4. Monitoring 5. Evaluation (final/impact) Process Evaluation (monitoring) Next Steps

18. Meetings (Actions), in situ, using a participative and empirically based method About: 1. Gender Mainstreaming 2. Evaluation of legislative measures. Models of evaluation used in other contexts. How to evaluate and when? Next Steps

19. policymakers and decisors need to have an understanding of key factors in women’s lives that may affect their needs and opportunities and how they experience policies Community Needs Assessment Use of Time Survey Next Steps designing the baseline

20. Have a structured Local Plan for Gender Equality Have autonomous bodies responsible for gender equality promotion Have resources (human, material and time) allocated to this objective and developing a huge diversity of actions and activities at local level Use inclusive language in an inconsistent way Have a lack of assessment instruments to evaluate legislative measures There is no uniformity on evaluation instruments used to evaluate actions and activities (between Municipalities and within each Municipality) The analysis concerning Municipalities allowed us to conclude that Municipalities : Project Achievements

21. Budget: Does the budget give room for a bilateral partner? IGOS experience: When people are together, they share experiences (communicate). In this project the budget for bilateral trade is rather short. To-face meetings have great potential to challenge practices and based methodologies. The site tries to remedy this, but... Bilateral project challenges

22. When people are together, they share knowledge and exchange experiences

23. Budget: Does the budget give room for a bilateral partner? IGOS experience: When people are together, they share experiences (communicate). In this project the budget for bilateral trade is rather short. To-face meetings have great potential to challenge practices and based methodologies. The site tries to remedy this, but... Bilateral project challenges

24. Time: Is a bilateral partnership with little time worth it? Yes. Short-term projects are very difficult to manage because there is a relentless struggle against time. But, it's worth! Exchange: Are data comparative and available in English? No. Data is not available or not even exist. These data gaps are an important project completion. Bilateral project challenges

25. Dissemination: Site - Spread online (Results and trajectory); - Keep Exchanges and contacts Pen-drive - Record Manual - Sustainability - Transferability Bilateral project challenges Mutual learning: What did the project partners learn so far? That there are alternative models That assess legislative measures is advantageous

26. Experience sharing and Mutual learning are central for the Project Assumptions Exchange of experiences between project partners regarding the promotion of gender equality, including the established policies, gender equality plans, actions and activities - in progress and completed.

27. eeagrants contributes to strengthen bilateral relations with 16 EU countries and to reduce economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area Through knowledge exchange Indirectly benefiting from Gender Equality richness

28. -Owning and publicly disclose a statement of commitment to the promotion of gender equality in their area of responsibility. - Have significant references to gender equality in the planning of policies, measures and actions. -Implement departmental structures and develop dedicated mechanisms to promote gender equality, affecting them the needed resources. - Participate in projects, programs and actions for promoting and implementing gender equality targeting different groups. -Promote gender equality in access to jobs, namely in the decision-making related professional positions or roles. -Have a regular practice of it and encourage the use of inclusive and non-sexist language in internal documents and regulations. -Promote communication defined models and the use of inclusive and non-sexist language in external documents. Indicators for classification as an agent of equality

29. We feel the urgency and the will to develop work on gender equality promotion at local level. We can see results from: (1) Activities (quantitative results) (2) Resources investments – human resources, institutional resources, time (3) Technical and experts support We don’t know the impact of this activities and of these measures on people’s everiday life Summing up the Municipalities experiences: