european gender budgeting network presentation prepared with contributions from priya alvarez
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European Gender Budgeting Network
Presentation prepared with contributions from Priya Alvarezhttp://www.infopolis.es/web/GenderBudgets/egbn.html
EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
How the EGBN started …
IAFFE-Conference in Budapest 2006 Networking Event in Vienna
Organized at the occasion of the Austrian EU Presidency by the Austrian group
Manifesto: Gender Budgeting in Europe - NOW
EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
• Austria• Albania
• Belgium• Czech R.• France• Germany• Hungary• Ireland• Israel• Italy
• Lithuania• Netherlands• Norway• Poland• Romania• Serbia• Spain• Sweden• Switzerland• Turkey• UK
EGBN MEMBERSHIP: 90 members
EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
EGBN brings together GRB initiatives around Europe
First Initiatives: UK Women’s Budget Group Switzerland Scottish Women’s Budget Group Basque Country (Spain) 2000 Nordic Council of Ministers pilot project
Sweden Finland Norway …
Italian Local Governments Germany: Berlin Austria Federal level
EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
EGBN brings together GRB initiatives around Europe (2)
GRB is spreading around Europe France Belgium The Netherlands Spain (Andalusia, Basque country, …) Poland Southeast Europe (UNIFEM led initiative)
Macedonia Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina Albania
Estonia, Iceland (starting recently)
EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
Objectives of the Network
Promote gender equality and GB – move it higher on the Political Agenda
Stimulate implementation of GB Promote exchange of experience of
those involved in GB research and/or initiatives
Disseminate information on GB Enhance Civil Society Participation
EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
Meetings to stregthen the network
German EU Presidency: Frankfurt 2007
Caledonian University: Glasgow 2007
Nordic-Baltic Network on GRB: Vilnius 2008
International GRB Conference : Bilbao 2008
IAFFE MEETING: Torino 2008
Modena Berlin Conference: Berlin 2010
WiSE Conference: Glasgow 2011
Activities of the Network Meetings, exchange of experience Joint resolutions
Gender Budgeting in Europe – NOW! Inputs to European policy consultations
on EU Budget Reform on Europe 2020 on General Budget support
Participate in EC feasibility study Disseminate information Influencing national and European policy makers
EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
Current challenges
At organizational level: Formal vs. informal structure Organization & funding Establish links with EU institutions Developing the network and its
organization Define priorities and key strategies
Current challengesAt policy level Ensure theoretical underpinning of GRB work
inside government Reinforced neoliberal and neoconservative model
of Europcean economic governance „debt-crisis“: attack on welfare state Continued neglect for gender issues in European
budget policies (and in current budget reform) Declarations vs realities of EU in new aid
modalities
EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
Possible future avenues of work Strengthen demands to
Integrate GB in EU budgetary and macro-economic policies
To introduce systematic and continuous gender impact analyses
Develop strategic partnerships with EU institutions
Joint work on economic policy trends Joint evaluation of state of the art of GRB and
development of common standards (e.g. conference)
EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
http://www.infopolis.es/web/GenderBudgets/egbn.html