GENDER EQUALITY CREATES DEMOCRACY: presentation of project results Liudmila Mecajeva Project co-ordinator Director of Social Innovation Fund

Project Wo-Men: Gender Equality Creates Democracy Project Wo-Men was created through partnership of 9 organizations from 7 European countries. Project is co-financed by European Commission Socrates Grundtvig 1 programme. This is a 3-year project: 2003 – The main aim of this project is to promote European values on gender equality and democracy through lifelong learning.

Project partners –Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman (LT) –Women's Enterprise Agency (FI) –Finnish Institute of Occupation Health (FI) –Stockport College (UK) –Group for European Integration [GIE], (RO) –ATHENA - Association for Education and Development of Women (CZ) –The State College of Education in Vienna (AT) –Association of Spread of Knowledge “Missal” (BG) Non contractual partners from four countries (PL, DE, LV, IT) are also involved in this project and take part in this conference.

First partnership meeting Veliko Turnovo (BG), December, 2003

I stage – I year Project partnership was established. The following products were developed: –Leaflet for dissemination. –Tools for change: good practice guide on implementation of innovative measures to promote gender equality through lifelong learning. –Comparative analysis on gender equality structures.

Leaflet for dissemination

TOOLS FOR CHANGE: good practice guide on implementation of innovative measures to promote gender equality through lifelong learning

Comparative analysis of gender equality structures

Second partnership meeting Kaunas (LT), June-July, 2004

International Seminar PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY THROUGH SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP AND EDUCATION Kaunas (LT), June-July, 2004

Web-site of the project

II stage –II year The following tasks were performed: –Needs analysis on lifelong learning training on gender equality was performed and placed into project web-site. –Survey report of Indicators of Gender Equality was drafted. –Framework of the training course curriculum on the basis of Needs analysis was created.

Third partnership meeting Stockport (UK), December, 2004

Needs analysis of lifelong learning training on gender quality. Survey report

Fourth partnership meeting Vienna (AT), June-July, 2005

Survey Report on Indicators of Gender Equality Political & public life Labour market Health Family life Violence Social life & elderly people Education Rural areas Business & economical development

III stage –III year The following products were developed: –Curriculum of the training course “Gender equality education for policy and decision makers, adult educators and leaders of NGOs”. –Electronic manual on CD-ROM. –Grundtvig 3 course “ Gender equality education for decision makers, educators and leaders of NGOs” was announced.

Fifth partnership meeting Ostrava and Prague (CZ), March, 2006

Curriculum of the training course “Gender equality education for policy and decision makers, adult educators and leaders of NGOs”

Structure of training course I. Theory & practice: 12 ac. hours 1. Aim and objectives of the course. 0,3 2. Gender equality in European Union (machinery and policies) 0,6 3. National machineries and policies on gender equality 0,8 4. Gender and political and public life 1,0 5. Gender and labour market 1,0 6. Gender and health 1,0 7. Gender and family 1,0 8. Gender and violence 1,0 9. Gender and social life (with special emphasis on ageing population) 1,0 10. Gender and education 1,0 11. Gender and rural areas 1,0 12. Gender and economic development 1,0 13. Lifelong initiatives and projects on implementing gender equality in Europe 1,3 II. Student’s work (at home) 12 ac. hours

Electronic manual for trainers on CD-ROM

Grundtvig 3 course Course title: Gender equality education for decision makers, educators and leaders of NGOs Dates: September, Place: Kaunas, Lithuania. Trainers: –Liudmila MECAJEVA, Master of Art, specialization – Adult Education, –Laima VENGALĖ, Expert on Gender Equality, –Ritva NYBERG, Expert on Gender Equality, –Audronė KISIELIENĖ, Master of Art, specialization – Sociology. Participants from all EU countries can apply.

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