Priorities for Gender Action Plan
Area
1. Early and sustainable
encouraging of scientific and
technical talent and skills
Priority
Gender neutral STEM
education in schools
o Scaling up school of
Robotics activities via
STEM clubs organised
after school - to
explore STEM topics
in a more gender
neutral and creative
manner
o Developing informal
teacher training
opportunities on
gender-neutral STEM
approaches
o Pilot network of
schools to test gender
neutral STEM
methodologies in
schools
o Enhancing gender
awareness and
neutrality of careers
advice in schools via
teacher training and
support for careers
advice
Impact
Deadline
Increased number of 2014
girls entering STEM
studies at tertiary
level
Increased number of
women entering
STEM careers
Improved teaching
methods and
approaches for
gender neutral
STEM education
Pan EU Network of
schools, teachers and
careers advisors
active on gender
neutral STEM
Cost
2Meuro
Actors
Teacher training
bodies (e.g.
universities,
teacher
networks)
Career advisor
networks
Ministries of
Education
1. Early and sustainable
encouraging of scientific and
technical talent and skills
2. Flexible academic
structures and pathways for
new gender relations and
scientific careers
Increasing motivation of
female students for
science, technology,
engineering and
mathematics (STEM)
subjects through:
o Establishment of
permanent platform on
girls and STEM
education as part of
existing STEM
initiatives in Europe,
including EU level
coordination and
national partners in at
least 20 countries
o Deploying wider
across Europe
innovative effective
approaches from
MoEs, associations,
federations and
industry
o Enhancing evaluation
and benchmarking of
current STEM girls
outreach programmes
Mentoring for academic
female staff through
relevant academic
networks.
Increased number of
girls entering STEM
studies at tertiary
level
Improved STEM
literacy among all
girls
Improved teaching
methods and
approaches
Increased number of
girls taking part in
STEM outreach
actions
Improved STEM
outreach for girls on
basis of evaluation
and benchmarking
2014
Career planning,
identification of
relevant parts etc
As from
9/2011
3.5 Meuro
Companies in
the field of
science and tech
Ministries of
Education
European
networks of
women and
sci/tech
NGOs
Leverage
existing
infrastructure
such as the
ECWT,
European
Coordinating
Body for maths,
sci and tech (set
up under FP7)
and Scientix
platform for
science teachers
Part time
network coordinator /
"match
Universities –
MS - existing
platforms
2. Flexible academic
structures and pathways for
new gender relations and
scientific careers
3. Integration of gender in
Research and Innovation
Set up Digital Agenda
Courses using top students
from different disciplines
3. Integration of gender in
Research and Innovation
Promote inclusive,
interdisciplinary
approaches in taking ideas
to markets
4. Targets for MS for female
entrepreneurship including
executive and advisory boards
to enforce gender specific
awareness, e.g. in incubators
and public and private
financing institutions
Raise awareness of the
role of the gender
dimension in ICTs
research and innovation
process
Promote female start-up
support in university
incubators. Target:
 % of start-ups
should correspond
with % of female
graduates in ICT
related studies
 public start-up
funds should set a
target which is at
least 10 % higher
maker"
Broaden Career
As from
One professor
choice – show actual 9/2011
part time and
ICT related
administrative
professions costs
Increased intellectual Jan 2012- 5 YouTube
innovative capital in Dec 2012 videos and
Europe for Digital
other visual
Age
promotional
materials
€25,000
More market
opportunities for
digital innovations
October
2011 –
Septembe
r 2014
An on-line
platform for
collaborative
solutions to
innovation
problems
€ 300,000
Increased awareness Reach
Cost for the
for the so far
this target awareness
neglected potential
in 2020.
raising and
of female
Supportin good practice
entrepreneurs on
g
road shows:
incubator side as
measures 6 per year =
well as for young
like
400.000 EUR
females to see
awarenes per year
additional career
s raising
pathways. Incubators and good
discover existing
practice
good practices
road
Universities –
existing
platforms
Research labs,
research
institutes,
industry,
Knowledge
Transfer
community,
IPR
community,
EIT, Business
schools
ECWT
members in
each country
plus university
good practice
actors
Overall
Coordination:
SEZ
(www.femstart.
eu)
than what they give
out to female startups today.
4. Targets for MS for female
entrepreneurship including
executive and advisory boards
to enforce gender specific
awareness, e.g. in incubators
and public and private
financing institutions
Women ambassador
network made up of ICT
women entrepreneurs and
active women business
angels (in co-operation
with EBAN business angel
network)
5. Careers in industry:
mentorship, internship,
recruitment and transparency
Promote re-skilling/upskilling into emerging
Digital Age ICTs
shows
have to
go with
it.
Raise visibility of
Set up as
female entrepreneurs EU in ICT, their success Network
and impact on digital with 150
agenda
ambassad
Create awareness for ors in 2
female Business
years
Angels, their
activities and thus
attract more women
entrepreneurs for
this.
Better (forward
looking) industry
image and of the
ICT labour market
(more role models,
more attractive to
young people)
Economic benefit of
increasing
participation of
women the labour
market (“biggest
driver of Eurozone
growth”)
Between
50.000 to
100.000 EUR
per EU MS
(related to
size of MS)
including
overall
coordination
ECWT in
cooperation
with EBAN
EC (leadership),
EIRMA, HE,
Member States,
Europe level
industry bodies,
R&D labs,
Recruitment
professionals
bodies
Better deployment of
trained and highly
educated women
(52% graduates,
45% PhDs in the
EU)
5. Careers in industry:
mentorship, internship,
recruitment and transparency
Mentor industry and
recruitment specialists on
gender-sensitive HR
(R&D) standards and
practices
6. Creating positive images
through role models,
awareness campaigns, TV
programmes, video games
World Expo 2015 Milan
Scale Existing Platforms
to Promote Real, Female
Role Models in STEM and
STEM-related areas
toward Youngsters,
Competitive
advantage through in
better utilisation of
creative female
talent in R&D, KT,
and markets
(globally women
control $20-30
trillion annual
consumer spending)
Better HR
standards/better
working cultures (for
women and men;
more ready for
demographic
changes and global
competition for
talent )
Increase visibility of
women working and
studying in STEM
and STEM-related
areas toward
Launch:
4,8 Meuro
July 2012
Final
Delivery:
Existing
platforms,
Memberstate
National,
Regional,
especially Girls:
youngsters,
especially girls.
end-2015
Communitylevel &
European,
Women’s,
Educational &
STEM, private
& public sector
Organizations&
Agencies; &
NGOs
Launch:
4,7 Meuro
July 2012
Existing
platforms,
Memberstate
National,
Regional,
Communitylevel &
European,
Women’s,
Educational &
STEM, private
& public sector
Organizations&
Agencies; &
NGOs
Scale existing platforms
connecting youngsters,
especially girls, with
adult/young women
working and studying in
STEM and STEM-related
areas.
Pro-actively support
a future generation
of youngsters,
especially girls, to
undertake STEM
and STEM-related
study and career
Promote female youngster- paths.
youngster mentorship &
ambassador programs in
STEM and STEM-related
areas.
6. Creating positive images
through role models,
awareness campaigns, TV
programmes, video games
World Expo 2015 Milan
Promote Fictional & Real
Female Role Models in
STEM and STEM-related
areas via New and
Traditional Media
Channels:
Promote fictional, female
STEM role models
targeted toward
youngsters, especially
girls, by exploiting new
and traditional media
channels, including
television, games and live
events.
Increase accessibility
of STEM to
youngsters,
especially girls, and
society-at-large.
Increase STEM and
STEM-related study
and career choices
by youngsters,
especially girls.
Final
Delivery:
end-2015
7. Global collaboration
project(s) - ReachOut
7. Global collaboration
project(s) - ReachOut
Promote (awareness of)
real, female STEM role
models to society-at-large,
and youngsters and girls
especially, by exploiting
new and traditional media
channels, including
television, games and live
events.
Establish collaboration
platform enabling
networks promoting
women entrepreneurs to
tap into a global network
of skills, business partners
and role-models.
Enabling global companies
to empower networks of
women entrepreneurs by
giving them access to
talents and skills, meeting
the millennium target of
skills to succeed.
Existing
platforms,
Creative,
Entertainment,
Broadcasting,
Publishing,
Gaming &
Media
organizations
Rapid growth of
successful women
entrepreneurs
through low entry
barrier to the right
skills to support the
business idea to
grow
Rapid growth in
role-models of
women utilizing
technology to make
the world better as
entrepreneurs
Mobilizat
ion: July
–
Septembe
r
Pilot:
October –
Decembe
r
First
version
of
operation
2012
€150.000 over
3 years for
secretary,
travel and
expenses for
board
members and
high level
advisors.
EWCT,
European
Parliament,
World Bank,
industry
partners like
Accenture,
Microsoft,
Cisco, Telenor
+++
0. European multistake-holder
Set up Gender Sensitive
based GAP partnership and
Quality indicators
platform & European level
benchmarking and monitoring
(on-line European Scorecard)
Ensure that an
2011accurate and
2012 (?)
complete picture is
available of the
position of women in
the ICT sector.
€ 200,000
study to
define
indicators
0. European multistake-holder
based GAP partnership and
platform & European level
benchmarking and monitoring
(on-line European Scorecard)
-European level
2011:
10.000 €
(meeting with
50
repres.stakeho
lders)
Present an annual European
Scorecard (from 2013) webbased and in printed form
harmonized with the above
study
measurement of
impacts with key
stakeholder support
- Firm basis for more
effective long-term
planning for getting
more girls into
STEM, more women
into ICT (as entrepreneurs, workforce
in industry, R&D,
innovation and
leadership
-Sustaining European
leadership in Women
in ICT issues and
actions
20112014
Gender
Observatory.
Eurobarometer,
Member States
ECWT,
Code
signatories
Relevant DGs
Member States
relevant
ministries
Code
signatories
ECWT
(coordinator)
2012:
60.000 €
(meeting with EIGE
250 stakeEurobarometer
holders)
Gender
Observatory
2013:
Word Economic
Final decision Forum
in 2012
UN &
UN
Associations
(UNESCO,
ITU, UN
Woman, ILO)
OECD