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www.genderportal.eu
GenPORT: Your gateway to gender and science resources
EIGE consultation meeting of representatives of online platforms on gender
mainstreaming/gender equality
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GenPORT is a developing online community of
practitioners, served by an internet portal and made up of organisations and individuals
working across the globe for gender equality and excellence in science,technology or innovation.
This covers all sciences – natural and socialsciences, and humanities.
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FP7 Science in Society Coordinating and Support Action
Runs 2013 - 2017
Coordinated by
Juliet WebsterJörg Müller
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Consortium Partners
UKElizabeth Pollitzer, Henrietta Dale
ItalyManualita Mancini, Barbara de Micheli, Maria Caprile, Rachel Palmen
SlovakiaAlejandra Bitusikova
SwedenLiisa Husu, Jeff Hearn
GermanyAnke Lipinsky, Nina Steinweg, Laura Getz
Project Stages & Progress
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Some Challenges
Technical dev ok: implemented all planned features on time (Drupal)
User needs assessment: slow and labor intensive
Quality management of resources
What are our most promising target audience(s)?
Low budget for content curation
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How to reach out?
Dedicated conferences and workshops
Consortium based, individual contacts & networks
Virtual engagement activities
Gender & Sciene Taxonomy
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Situating GenPORT - Stakeholders
Scientists & ReseachersHorizon2020 proposal writing
Policy MakersEvidence based policy (evaluations)
General publicAwareness raising (also dependent upon country cluster)
Gender EqualityBest practice, exchange of experience, overcoming resistance
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EC Initiatives
National portals
Statistics, monitoring
Organizations & Assoc.
Thematics portals
How to fit in?
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GenPORT Added Value
Improve exchange of data between similar thematic sites
Provide comparative view between national experiences
Both cases: Need for shared meta-data language, Gender and Science Taxonomy
Provide a structured approach to “issues” and associated knowledge
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G&S Taxonomy Validation
Overview of meta-data scheme: http://www.genderportal.eu/genport-classification-framework
Validation http://www.genderportal.eu/classification-framework-validation
Classification testinghttp://www.genderportal.eu/card-sorting-exercise
Thank you!
Get in touch: Web: http://www.genderportal.euTwitter: @genderportal
Project Coordinator: Juliet Webster [email protected]
Project Manager: Jörg Müller [email protected]
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