WOMEN for Smart Growth Strengthening Women’s Role in the Digital Agenda Elizabeth Pollitzer, Portia Digital Agenda Assembly, Brussels, 17 June 2011

Strengthening women’s role Digital Agenda Assembly, Brussels, June 2011

New champions of gender equality “Compared to quantitative easing and other macro policies, we believe gender equality is possibly the most powerful action the government can take to promote long-term, sustainable growth.” (Goldman Sachs, 2010) Digital Agenda Assembly, Brussels, June 2011

Women for smart growth Digital Agenda Assembly, Brussels, June 2011

Actions at EU-level Grand challenges/EU 2020 strategy and horizontal aspects of gender issues: in health, age, energy, climate change Globalization, demographics, competing internationally: women as competitive resource Treaties and legislation: women in decision- making; work-life balance; stereotypes Green Paper on restructuring R&D institutions and funding: women’s share of Framework Programmes Digital Agenda Assembly, Brussels, June 2011

Actions at Digital Agenda level Strengthening women’s role: in policy related decision making in developing new/deploying existing technologies in developing/taking ideas to markets as users, consumers, citizens, stakeholders in advancing information/knowledge society as available pool of trained, creative talent for industry as human capital advantage, enabling EU compete internationally Digital Agenda Assembly, Brussels, June 2011

The Roadmap: were do we want to go Build on Budapest Build on successful initiatives (e.g. Code, Shadowing, ECWT, genSET recommendations) Integrate relevant priorities from DAA Integrate relevant EU R&D and equality policy directives Engage national and EU key players/stakeholders Target specific gains and added value Demonstrate ‘losses’ if no action is taken Digital Agenda Assembly, Brussels, June 2011

THANK YOU! Digital Agenda Assembly, Brussels, June 2011