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GenderNetEuropean Network for Assessment, Validation and Dissemination of Gender Mainstreaming Strategies in Vocational Guidance and Qualification |
The implementation of gender mainstreaming for the promotion of equal opportunities in the labour market is a declared objective in the European labour policy.
GenderNet is a network promoting the European dimension and co-operation in the assessment of gender mainstreaming strategies, methods and materials. It is a platform for vocational qualification and guidance organisations, counsellors and for other actors in this field at national and transnational levels.
The aims of GenderNet
- Establish a structure of partners and expert institutions. The aim is to facilitate the collection, analysis and exchange of best practise in gender mainstreaming approach.
- Survey gender mainstreaming approaches in completed and current Leonardo da Vinci, ESF and other Community funded projects and in national practise (National Employment Plans etc.).
- Identify themes of interest: The network focuses on the most innovative and/or efficient gender sensitive projects, materials or methods, indicates areas with deficits and necessity for future development and anticipates trends and skills requirements.
- Evaluate and validate innovatory practise/projects.
- Create an ICT platform to facilitate the access to network contents.
- Disseminate the activities and results in order to ensure a sustainable impact of the network activities and results at the widest European level.
| EU programme: | LEONARDO DA VINCI |
| Project co-ordinator | BEST |
| Contact: | projekte (at) best-training.org |
| Project period: | December 2002 - November 2005 |