Support packages provide a flexible but standardised way to offer high-quality support to gender equality practitioners. Support packages combine reusable materials with on-demand support elements (e.g., expert advice). This mixed approach is the key to offer high impact yet scalable support on five thematic areas:
- Setting up a Community of Practice (CoP) for equality work
- Setting up an inclusive Gender Equality Plan (iGEP)
- Boosting Impact
- Sustaining and deepening change
- Improving quality and equality in R&I
This support package seeks to motivate and guide the creation and development of Communities of Practice (CoPs) that encourage and strengthen the design, implementation and evaluation of inclusive gender equality plans and policies in organisations. This Support Package as a minimum includes consultations with one or more relevant INSPIRE Change Catalysts, access to resources, CoP-work templates and draft Memorandum of Understanding. Expected outcomes: CoP work plan, kick-off report.
Planned to be available in a first version: January 2024
Request for resources open until: January 2026. Funds to be utilised by: March 2026.
This support package provides guidance and practical support to carry out an initial audit for setting up an inclusive Gender Equality Plan. It comprises concrete training videos/guidelines on GEP design, access to a GEAM account, and consultations with relevant INSPIRE Change Catalysts. It will also involve mentoring by 2 experienced institutions in the implementation of GEPs. Expected outcome: initial GEP audit report of the organisation and a draft GEP plan.
Planned to be available in a first version: March 2024
Request for resources open until: January 2026. Funds to be utilised by: March 2026.
This support package aims to maximise the impact of existing work and/or knowledge of CoPs through the production of a tangible, attractive output such as a policy brief, flyers, posters, or articles. It covers consultations with a contracting designer and/or editorial work. Expected outcome: journal article, training materials, poster, policy brief or other.
Planned to be available in a first version: August 2024
Request for resources open until: January 2026. Funds to be utilised by: March 2026.
The fourth support package will support evaluation efforts of inclusive Gender Equality Plans. For this reason it targets CoPs who have organisational members with at least one GEP lifecycle implemented. Expected outcome: evaluation report.
Planned to be available in a first version: February 2025
Request for resources open until: January 2026. Funds to be utilised by: March 2026.
The fifth support package addresses the integration of the gender dimension into R&I content with a special focus on the private sector. It will include training videos and manuals on the gender dimension and relevant expert consultation. Expected outcome: concept note for gender sensitive product and/or innovation.
Planned to be available in a first version: April 2025
Request for resources open until: January 2026. Funds to be utilised by: March 2026.
The Gender Equality Audit and Monitoring (GEAM) tool helps to carry out survey-based gender equality audits in academic organisations or organisational units in 13 European languages. It is a flexible questionnaire that covers most aspects and perceptions of employees in the field (working conditions, perceived discrimination, experiences of sexual harassment, micro-aggressions etc), providing high-quality data for designing and implementing gender equality measures and assessing their impact over time. The GEAM was developed in the context of the ACT project. INSPIRE will continue to provide support to carry out GEAM surveys. INSPIRE has developed an improved employee version of GEAM (version 3) as well as a complete version targeting students in Higher Education.
External link: https://geamtool.eu/manual/