What is GENDERACTIONplus?

Building on the Horizon 2020 project GENDERACTION, the overall goal of GENDERACTIONplus was to contribute to the coordination of gender equality and inclusiveness objectives of the new European Research Area (ERA) through the development of two Communities of Practice, comprising National Authorities (Policy CoP) and Research Funding Organisations (Funding CoP).

The GENDERACTIONplus project developed important strategic policy advice on existing and emerging policy solutions, while also enhancing the policy-making process through engaging with stakeholders, civil society organisations (CSOs) and citizens. Furthermore, the project built capacities, competence and expertise for gender equality and mainstreaming in Research & Innovation among the policy and RFO community members, with special attention to countries with a less comprehensive policy.

Why is GENDERACTIONplus’ work important for INSPIRE’s OTU 8?

INSPIRE finds it paramount to provide a platform to share and promote the important work and findings coming from GENDERACTIONplus’ project, as its contributions to the contemporary feminist landscape regarding intersectional equality efforts both across policy-making bodies and research funding bodies across Europe are essential for the push for more equitable and inclusive research and innovation in the new ERA. GENDERACTIONplus’ insights into these two highly important areas are both important timely contributions, and its resources can assist both policy and research funding stakeholders and community members in building capacities and competences within their particular organizational or national context(s).

As such, each of the project’s five cutting edge work packages: WP2: Intersectionality and inclusiveness; WP3: Gender-based violence and Sexual Harassment in the European Research Area; WP4: Gender Dimension in Research and Innovation (R&I); WP5: Monitoring and evaluation of Gender Equality actions; WP6: Promoting institutional change, are described thoroughly in their given chapter, where the main findings, recommendations and resources are shared.