European Gender Budgeting Network Presentation prepared with contributions from Priya Alvarez .

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


• 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


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


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)


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


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



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


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)



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European Gender Budgeting Network Presentation prepared with contributions from Priya Alvarez .

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