1. www.esf-gleichstellung.de Lohmühlenstraße 65 12435 Berlin Tel.:+49 /(0)30/53 338-948 Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming in Germany Bangkok, 26 TH of March, 2012 Renate Wielpütz

2. esf-gleichstellung.de 2 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Content of the presentation  Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming in the European Union (EU)  Women and men on the EU labour market  Women and men on the German labour market  Gender Equality Strategy of the EU  EU: History, structures and objectives  The European Union- political power and institutions  EU Strategies: Legal provisions and funding programmes  EU Strategies: The Structural Funds  EU Strategies: The European Social Fund  Gender Equality in the ESF in Germany  Gender Equality in the ESF – a support structure: The Agency for Gender Equality in the ESF  Example: Consultation process  Example: Gender training close to the needs of actors

3. esf-gleichstellung.de 3 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming in the EU  “Gender mainstreaming is the integration of the gender perspective into every stage of policy processes – design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation – with a view to promoting equality between women and men. It means assessing how policies impact on the life and position of both women and men – and taking responsibility to re-address them if necessary.” http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender-equality/tools/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender-equality/tools/index_en.htm  Gender Equality -> Objective!  EU Gender Equality Strategy -> a dual approach  Gender Mainstreaming -> addressing structures and systems  Specific actions -> addressing groups of women or men in order to tackle discrimination from the past

4. esf-gleichstellung.de 4 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Women and Men on the EU Labour Market  Employment rate: women 62.1 %, men 75,1% in 2010, EU target: 60 %, varies from 40 to 70 % in the Member States; average gap between men and women 13% (target for 2020: raise to 75% for women and men)  Women: high rate of precarious contracts, involuntary part-time  Pay gap: 17,6 % (EU average), 23% in Germany  At-risk-of-poverty rate higher for women (17%) than men (15 %)  Women in decision making: In the economic sector women represent only one out of 10 board members in EU blue-chip companies and 3% among leaders of the boards http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=de&catId=89&newsId=660

5. esf-gleichstellung.de 5 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Gender Equality Strategy of the European Union  Equal economic indeptendence  Equal pay for equal work and of equal value  Equality in decision making  End to gender-based violence  Gender equality in external actions http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender- equality/files/strategy_equality_women_men_en.pdf

6. esf-gleichstellung.de 6 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Gender Equality – needs and requirements What is needed to reach gender equality?  Political will  Legislation and funding  Gender equality strategy  Dual gender equality approach  Gender Budgeting  Gender differenciated data (men and women in their diversity)  Gender competences and capacity building on all levels of all organization: Knowledge: …. the causes of gender based inequalities and discrimination, impact of gender stereotypes and the gender gaps within thematic issues Implementing competences: …. the use of approaches, methods, instruments of gender mainstreaming/dual approach, to tackle hurdles and design promoting framework conditions Will: …. ready and able to act from a gender perspective, openess for change processes

7. esf-gleichstellung.de 7 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF EU: History, structures and objectives From Paris to Lisbon – Treaties and strategies of the EU  1957 – Treaty of Rome  1986 – Single European Act  1992 – Maastricht Treaty  1997 – Treaty of Amsterdam  2001 – Treaty of Nice  2007 – Treaty of Lisbon  2010 – EU-Strategy 2020 http://europa.eu/abc/history/index_de.htm http://europa.eu/institutions/index_de.htm http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/president/news/documents/pdf/20100303_1_de.pdf

8. esf-gleichstellung.de 8 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF EU: History, structures and objectives Guiding principles:  Harmonisation of prosperity and living conditions in the EU  Structural and regional development  Gender Equality and anti discrimination

9. esf-gleichstellung.de 9 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF The European Union – political power and institutions  The European Parliament http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european- parliament/index_en.htm http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european- parliament/index_en.htm  The European Council http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european- council/index_en.htm  The European Commission http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european- commission/index_en.htm http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european- commission/index_en.htm  The Court of Justice of the European Union http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/court-justice/index_en.htm http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/court-justice/index_en.htm  The Committee of the regions http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/cor/index_en.htm http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/cor/index_en.htm more EU institutions: http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/index_en.htmhttp://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/index_en.htm

10. esf-gleichstellung.de 10 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF EU Strategies: Legal provisions and funding programs  Legislative provisions - EU Regulations - EU Directives - EU Recommendations  EU Struktural Funds/Agricultural Fund: - ESF - European Social Fund http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/esf/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/esf/index_en.htm - ERDF - European Regional Development Fund http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/country/prordn/details_new.cfm?gv_PAY=DE&gv_reg=1065&g v_PGM=1099&LAN=4&gv_PER=2&gv_defL=4 http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/country/prordn/details_new.cfm?gv_PAY=DE&gv_reg=1065&g v_PGM=1099&LAN=4&gv_PER=2&gv_defL=4 - EAFRD - European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/agriculture/general_framework/l60032_en.htm  More than 700 funding programs like „Life Long Learning Program“

11. esf-gleichstellung.de 11 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF EU Strategies: The Structural Funds Funding period 2007 – 2013: Support of Lisbon targets (e.g. 60% participation of women in the labour market until 2010) http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1374&format=HTML &aged=0&language=DE&guiLanguage=en http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1374&format=HTML &aged=0&language=DE&guiLanguage=en -Definition of targets: „convergence“ and „regional competitiveness and employment“ http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1374&format=HTML &aged=0&language=DE&guiLanguage=en http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1374&format=HTML &aged=0&language=DE&guiLanguage=en -Rural development: EAFRD Funding period 2014 + following: Support of EU Strategy 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/working/regions2020/index_en. htm http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/policy/future/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/working/regions2020/index_en. htm

12. esf-gleichstellung.de 12 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF EU Strategies: The European Social Fund  ESF contributing to prosperity and harmonisation of living conditions in the EU  ESF supporting promotion of employment  ESF funding used by Member States and regions, especially by less wealthy regions  Between 2007 and 2013 approx. 75 Billion € ESF across the EU; for Germany: 9,38 Billion € (approx. 3% of German Labour Market Budget)

13. esf-gleichstellung.de 13 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Gender Equality in the ESF in Germany  Implementation of Gender Equality in the German national Operational Programme (OP) covering 65 thematic programmes (due to labour market, vocational training or educational training problems identified by analysis) http://www.esf.de/portal/generator/1410/programmuebersicht.html  Program examples – gender equality oriented programmes - „Gleichstellen“ – gender equality - „Wiedereinstieg“ – return to work - „Neue Wege für Jungs“ – new pathways for boys Examples for „mainstream“ programmes - entrepreneurship - early school leaving - in company training - Integration through exchange (IdA) - XENOS – fighting xenofobia on the labour market  Agency for Gender Equality within the ESF – support structure for a coherent integration of GE and GM/dual approach http://www.esf-gleichstellung.de/http://www.esf-gleichstellung.de/

14. esf-gleichstellung.de 14 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Activities of the Agency for Gender Equality in the ESF Website Conferences Newsletter Managing Authority Boards NGO/GE Networks/Experts Fed. States CoP on GM Providing data and statistics ESF Programmes Providing Expertise

15. esf-gleichstellung.de 15 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Actors CoP on GM EU COM Monitoring Committee Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs ESF/MA Evaluation Monitoring Working Group Equal Opportunities (NSRF) Agency for Gender Equality in the ESF BMBFBMFSFJBMASBMWiBMVBS Intermediary bodies Implementing Bodies Evaluation (Examples) DLRBiBBSPIBVABAKfWBVABBR BBSR Fed. State X ISG Lawaetz

16. esf-gleichstellung.de 16 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Findings of needs analysis  Dual approach based in OP and supplementary documents  Dual approach backed by Gender Budgeting  Need for capacity building and systemic integration of GM/ dual approach into ESF cycles (coherence)

17. esf-gleichstellung.de 17 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Counselling and Training Programme level  Objective: to strengthen gender competence of actors involved and to create or improve instruments and documents on programme level that will incorporate gender aspects into the strategic gender planning and implementation processes  16 selected programmes receive intensive support  Counselling methods dedicated to the needs of the programmes and persons involved  Methods include counselling processes, individual coaching, workshops and training

18. esf-gleichstellung.de 18 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Counselling and Training Cross department/programme counselling and training  Cross department/programme workshops for ESF actors of different ministries addressing thematic or systemic questions of Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming like setting gender objectives and indicators, Gender Budgeting, evaluation  Basic and special trainings on GM implementation for programme managers and staff of intermediary bodies

19. esf-gleichstellung.de 19 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Gender Budgeting  OP: Gender Budgeting as a guiding approach for achieving gender equality in the ESF  Quantitative Gender Budgeting - projects with participants as well as - projects explicitly addressing gender equality Objectives: 50 Percent of this budget to be allocated to women  Qualitative Gender Budgeting - projects without participants, assessment of possible gender equality impact  Yearly reports on Gender Budgeting performance by analysing monitoring data http://www.esf-gleichstellung.de/102.html http://www.esf-gleichstellung.de/102.html

20. esf-gleichstellung.de 20 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Networking  Permanent member of the NSRF working group on Gender Equality  Monitoring Committee  Member of the EU Community of Practice on Gender Mainstreaming – www.gendercop.euwww.gendercop.eu  GM input into programme specific networks for promoters

21. esf-gleichstellung.de 21 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Public Relations  web site: www.esf-gleichstellung.dewww.esf-gleichstellung.de  conferences  newsletter

22. esf-gleichstellung.de 22 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Information Management  Compilation and dissemination of expert and target group specific information  Short studies on key ESF topics highlighting the gender aspects of fields like entrepreneurship, social inclusion or the transition from school into first initial training  Gender segregated preparation of labour market data containing relevant employment characteristics and status on the labour market  Service for programme managers and promoters: gender segregated data on ESF target groups

23. esf-gleichstellung.de 23 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Example: Consultation process  Needs analysis with ESF actors responsible for an ESF programnme  Consultation „road map“ containing objectives, consultation approaches, milestones regarding the coherent integration of Gender Equality and the dual Gender Equality aproach into planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of a programme (agreement between head of department/Agency)  Starting workshop for all actors (head of department and Agency) on the basics of structural and thematic integration of Gender Equaity into the programme  Training, consulting, coaching sessions on thematic or procedural programme issues – closely related to the tasks of the ESFactors  Feedback and evaluation

24. esf-gleichstellung.de 24 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Example: Gender training close to the needs of ESF implementinc actors Example for an agenda – three days introduction workshop:  Warming up: gender quizz  Discussion round with participants: potential gender aspects in their work/tasks  Introduction: Definition and background: Gender Eqality, Gnder Mainstreaming, dual gender equality approach  Gender analysis, gender impact assessment (different approaches and methods)  Exercise: evaluation of project applications along gender analysis criteria in small groups  Gender aspects on organizational level  Gender aspects on personnell level  Gender aspects in thematic issues  Gender aspects in structures and procedures  Gender aspects in monitoring and evaluation  Gender aspects in project selection

25. esf-gleichstellung.de 25 © Agentur für Gleichstellung im ESF Thanks for your attention! Questions?