European Gender Budgeting Network Presentation prepared with contributions from Priya Alvarez http: //www. infopolis. es/web/Gender. Budgets/egbn. html
How the EGBN started … £ £ IAFFE-Conference in Budapest 2006 Networking Event in Vienna l £ Organized at the occasion of the Austrian EU Presidency by the Austrian group Manifesto: l Gender Budgeting in Europe - NOW EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
EGBN MEMBERSHIP: 90 members • Austria • Albania • Belgium • Czech R. • France • Germany • Hungary • Ireland • Israel • Italy • • • Lithuania Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Serbia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey UK 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 l l l £ £ £ 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) l l £ 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 Wi. SE Conference: Glasgow 2011 EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
Activities of the Network £ £ Meetings, exchange of experience Joint resolutions l £ Inputs to European policy consultations l l l £ £ £ Gender Budgeting in Europe – NOW! 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
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 EUROPEAN GENDER BUDGETING NETWORK
Current challenges At 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 Ø Strengthen demands to Integrate GB in EU budgetary and macroeconomic policies Ø To introduce systematic and continuous gender impact analyses Ø £ £ £ 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
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