New report on funding landscape for women-driven businesses published

On 29 June 2020, a new report on “Funding women entrepreneurs: How to empower growth” was published. The report was prepared jointly by the  EIB and European Commission and provides a market overview...

[Document Announcement] The entrepreneurial employee in public and private sector – What, Why, How

Becoming more entrepreneurial could help both employees and their organisations to thrive in a rapidly-changing economy. This help might be especially significant in a  world that emerges from the...

Albania and Montenegro release their own Gender Equality Indices

Two more countries outside the EU, Albania and Montenegro, have released their first Gender Equality Indices, identifying inequalities across the six domains of work, time, money, power, knowledge and...

SDG4 and the Human Right to Quality Education for All: An Agenda for Action

Global Conference on the Human Right to Quality Education In honour of its centennial the World University Service (WUS) is hosting a global conference on the right to quality education in Vienna, ...

Training & Mutual Learning Workshop: Gender equality in research and innovation national and international policy for the Danube region and the Balkan region

The Horizon 2020 project GENDERACTION is offering a combided Training and Mutual Learning Workshop related to "Gender equality in research and innovation national and international policy" on 10th and...

New pathways into gender and equality in R&I

The aim of the conference will be to discuss and plan the next steps for advancement of gender equality in R&I and to contribute to the ongoing Horizon Europe planning process. The themes will include...

European Platform of Women Scientists

The European Platform of Women Scientists is an international non-profit organisation that represents the needs, concerns, interests, and aspirations of more than 12.000 women scientists in Europe and...

NGO Equal Opportunities

NGO “Equal Opportunities” is organization established with the goal to facilitate equal access for both women and men in using modern information and communication technologies (Info-Communication Techology...

European Women’s Lobby

The European Women’s Lobby was created in response to a growing awareness of the need to defend women’s interests at European level since : The scope of the European Union’s activities are continuosly...

EU Prize for Women Innovators 2020 opens for applications

The European Commission launched today the seventh edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators. The Prize celebrates female leaders in innovation and aims to inspire the next generation to follow their...

Junior Scholar Award for the 10th InASEA Congress 24-26 September 2020, Graz, Austria

Southeast European History and Anthropology, University of Graz Visual Cultures in Southeast Europe: globalization, gender, power and resistance The International Association for Southeast European...

SwafS - Building the SwafS knowledge base

Specific Challenge: Understanding the evolution of science and society will help proactive and anticipatory policy making. This includes examining how societal actors, including young people, behave...

The entrepreneurial employee in public and private sector – What, Why, How

Entrepreneurial employees that drive innovation and change have become a sheer necessity for many established organisations in public and private sector. This report gives a science-based overview of ...

THE COVID-19 CRISIS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS: Economic impact, policy responses, and short-term sustainable solutions

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the six Western Balkans1(WB6) amidst a reacceleration of economic activity and promising economic outlook for 2020 (EC, 2020). With the rapid spreading of the coronavirus in ...

Quartely Review of academic literature on research and innovation

This is a Quartely Review of academic literature on research and innovation for the first quarter of 2020. The current issue provides several insights on sustainability. We had a particular ...

[Calls | EU Programmes 2014-2020]: Topics with a Gender Dimension

The gender dimension is integrated into calls for proposals in many of the programmes of Horizon 2020. In the Horizon 2020 work programme 2016-2017, the gender dimension is explicitly mentioned in 108...

[RRI Tools] How to put Gender Equality into practice?

RRI Tools Project offers among other topics on its website such as ethics or governance a dedicated section to gender equality including a rich database on recommended resources such as inspiring practices...

Women innovate, Europe gains! watch the video!

On 10 March, Commissioner Moedas participated in the Citiziens' Dialogue "Women innovate, Europe gains!", together with Saskia Van Uffelen. Following the public debate he awarded the EU Prize for Women...

Unifying innovative efforts of European research centres to achieve gender equality in academia.

The overarching goal of the LIBRA project is to increase the representation and participation of women in leadership positions in life sciences.   

Unifying innovative efforts of European research centres to achieve gender equality in academia.

The overarching goal of the LIBRA project is to increase the representation and participation of women in leadership positions in life sciences. 

Evaluation Framework for Promoting Gender Equality in R&I

This project seeks to analyse and model the influence of measures to promote gender equality on research and innovation outputs and on establishing more responsible and responsive RTDI (research, technology...