RIF final TARGET event

RIF final TARGET event

RIF (Research & Innovation Foundation – Cyprus) organised the final TARGET event on 8 December 2021. The objective was to present the results achieved by the project, and to self-reflect on the status quo, policies and actions regarding gender equality, both within the institution and its R&I Programmes.  In particular, in the final phase of […]

Towards the institutionalisation of the gender approach in Moroccan universities

Towards the institutionalisation of the gender approach in Moroccan universities

Final UH2C TARGET conference Under the heading” Towards the institutionalisation of the gender approach in Moroccan universities”, UH2C organised the TARGET national final conference on 24 December 2021 (hybrid format).  The main objective of the conference was to present the achievements made at the UH2C (Equality Charter and Gender Equality Commission at the University Council) […]

ARACIS final TARGET event

ARACIS final TARGET event

ARACIS (Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) organised the final TARGET event on 15 December 2021. The objective was to present the results achieved by the project, including the Gender Equality Plan (GEP), and further discuss sustainability strategies and cooperation with Romanian universities on GEPs. ARACIS gender expert Alina Tăriceanu explained the results achieved […]

Work-Life-Balance and Gender Criteria in Quality Assessment

Work-Life-Balance and Gender Criteria in Quality Assessment

On 3rd December 2021, TARGET organised a co-creation workshop on work-life-balance and gender criteria in quality assessment. While gender equality has long been enshrined as a goal in research performing and recently also in research funding organisations, this is most often not the case in higher education quality assurance agencies. Neither ENQA, the European Association […]

Rulebook on Prevention and Protection from Sexual harassment-From Policy to Implementation. National conference of the TARGET project in Serbia – University of Belgrade

Rulebook on Prevention and Protection from Sexual harassment-From Policy to Implementation. National conference of the TARGET project in Serbia – University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade’s final national conference within the TARGET project was held on December 14 2021. It was an online gathering of more than 50 participants, including members of the academic community, representatives of UB’s management, government officials and representatives of international agencies and organizations, with the focus on the topic of “Rulebook on Prevention […]

ELIAMEP event on ‘Integrating gender in studies on South-East Europe and Turkey’

ELIAMEP event on ‘Integrating gender in studies on South-East Europe and Turkey’

On Friday, 10 December 2021 the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), within the context of the research project TARGET, and with the support of the Turkey Programme and the South-East Europe Programme at ELIAMEP, organised an online workshop on ‘Integrating gender in studies on South-East Europe and Turkey’. Despite the growth of gender studies in South-East Europe […]

Learning from experiences of GEP implementation in Catalan universities

Learning from experiences of GEP implementation in Catalan universities

By Angelina Kussy (NOTUS)  In the first half of November 2021, we had the pleasure to hold an online study visit on gender equality policies in two large and public universities in Catalonia (Spain): Rovira i Virgili University (URV) and Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). The objectives of this study visit were to know more in-depth the experiences of […]

SUSTAINABILITY AND GENDER EQUALITY

SUSTAINABILITY AND GENDER EQUALITY

RMEI TARGET FINAL CONFERENCE. Cairo 27-28 November 2021 RMEI has co-organized with the president prof FATMA ASHOUR, Director of the Center of Hazard Mitigation, Environmental Studies and Research, Coordinator of the Green Process Engineering Master’s Program GPE at the Faculty of Engineering – Cairo University, the final TARGET dissemination event, in Cairo, the 27-28 of November […]

Successful GEP implementation depends on national frameworks: institutional engagement alone is not enough. TARGET-GEECCO policy brief

Successful GEP implementation depends on national frameworks: institutional engagement alone is not enough. TARGET-GEECCO policy brief

TARGET and GEECCO have issued a policy brief in September 2021. It is based on the experiences of both projects supporting the development and implementation of Gender Equality Plans in research funding organisations and research performing organisations (a total of 12 institutions in 11 countries). The brief reflects on what have been the main facilitating […]