This presentation was made by Helena Morais Maceira, at the 3rd Experts Meeting on Gender Budgeting held at the OECD Conference Centre, Paris, on 19-20 September 2019.

1. Gender budgeting: closing the
gaps between gender equality
commitments and resources in
the EU
OECD - Paris
19.09.2019

2. State of Play of Gender Budgeting EU
MS
Longstanding work from CSO & academics
Few countries have robust and systematic GB
work ongoing
Majority of EU MS embarked on GB work

3. Gender equality deserves more
than 1%

4. The European Structural and Investment
Funds (ESIF)

5. The state of play: gender equality in ESIF
programmes
Gender-specific targets and indicators are
missing
with NO impact on the content
Gender mainstreaming and gender equality
objectives in “horizontal themes”

6. Reporting on gender equality
EC 2016
Annual
Summary
Report
EC 2017
Annual
Summary
Report
NO
information
on GE
NO
information
on GE

7. Findings on financial allocations
Difficulties to track funding
Gender-blind funding
Dual approach is disappearing

8. Calculations of ESIF potential contribution
to gender equality objectives
Gender-blind With potential High relevance GE in focus

9. What’s next? Post-2020
No single thematic objective
Gender equality: a horizontal principle
Enabling condition but…

10. Recommendations for post-2020
Ensure gender mainstreaming is applied
Track financing for gender equality
Budgetary targets for gender equality
MFF policy objective

11. Crucial factors for success
Strong
institutional
anchoring
Clarity about
institutional
responsibilities
Effective
monitoring
system
-Expert studies and
research on GB
-Public awareness

12. Let’s talk
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