The conference gathered 146 participants representing different RPOs and RFOs in more than 20 countries. Conference discussions swirled around presentations of achievements implementing number of HORIZON2020 projects (e.g. SPEAR, ACT, SUPERA, R&I PEERS, GEECCO, LeTSGEPs, STARBIOS2, Baltic Gender, other) in the CEE and other countries (see abstracts of the presentations further in this book). More specifically, majority of presentations discussed results of analysis of gender equality situation in various institutions and experiences of institutionalization of GEPs within these institutions, summarized achievements on national and the EU levels. It was acknowledged the EU support for gender equality in academia as funding for the EC WP7 and Horizon2020 projects was the main instrument for the development of the GEPs in CEE region.
A lot of lessons have been learnt; even more lessons stand ahead. However, most importantly, the conference was not only a space for sharing and discussing findings and achievements, but it also mobilized members of academic community for meaningful and significant action: the conference participants signed the Statement of support to women’s protest movement in Poland which was signed by 63 conference participants – academic managers, experts, researchers, teachers and students from such countries as Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain.
Author: Aurelija Novelskaitė, Daiva Skučienė, VU