Women in Academia Workshop

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Women in AcademiaWorkshop Gender
BudgetingAarhus, 18. and 19. May 2009Dr.
Andrea RotheFrauenakademie München Womens
Academy Munichinfo_at_andrea-rothe.de
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Content
1. Hypothesis of the project 2. Some basic
information about the project 3. Definition of
Gender Budgeting 4. Analysis of the national
framework for women and men in science in
Austria, Germany and Poland 5. Analysis of the
actual situation of women and men at the three
cooperating universities 6. Analysis of the
budgeting process at the cooperating
universities 7. Development of instruments for
Gender Budgeting at universities 8. Specific
Support Actions Knowledge transfer to
universities 9. Recommendations
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1. Hypothesis of the project
There still exist structural disadvantages and a
waste of female talent in science in Austria,
Germany and Poland. The proportion of researchers
of the total labour force is increasing but the
gender gap between female and male scientists as
well. Parallel to this situation Gender
Mainstreaming has become an important issue in
the debate on reforms for the higher education
sector. EU called upon an action plan for the
development of Gender Mainstreaming instruments
in the scientific field and the implementation of
a gender watch system. Our EU project Gender
Budgeting as an instrument for managing
scientific organisations to promote equal
opportunities for women and men with the
example of universities is embedded in this
context.
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2. Some basic information about the project
Financed within the 6. Framework programme of
the EU Runtime September 2006 September
2008 Partners of the project Germany Research
organisations Womens Academy Munich
(Frauenakademie München) (also coordinator)
SIM Social
Science Institute Munich (Sozialwissenschaftli
ches Institut München) Cooperating
university University of Augsburg
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2. Some basic information about the project
Partners of the project Poland Research
organisation Network East-West Women
NEWW-Polska Cooperating university University
of Gdansk Austria Research organisation Insti
tute for Institutional and Heterodox
Economics, Vienna University of Economics
and Business Administration Cooperating
university Vienna University of Economics and
Business Administration  
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3. What is Gender Budgeting?
Definition of the Council of Europe which is also
used by the European Union institutions
  Gender budgeting is an application of gender
mainstreaming in the budgetary process. It means
a gender-based assessment of budgets,
incorporating a gender perspective at all levels
of the budgetary process and restructuring
revenues and expenditures in order to promote
gender equality. Council of Europe 2005, p. 10
and European Parliament resolution on gender
budgeting - building public budgets from a gender
perspective (2002/2198(INI)).
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4. Analysis of the national framework
Content Analysis of the national framework for
women and men in science in Austria, Poland and
Germany with a special focus on the financing of
the universities. Analysis of existing measures
and budgeting instruments to improve gender
equality in science. Results Financing
systems are very divers as to the financial
autonomy of the universities. Gender equality
measures do exit partly but do not correlate with
the (un)equal participation of women and men in
science.
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4. Analysis of the national framework
 
Gender equality measures in science by country
Source European Commission, Community Research
2005, 11 revised and updated by the authors
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5. Analysis at the cooperating universities

• Content
• Analysis of
• the social situation of the women and men
• laws, treaties and agreements which regulate
  the budget planning
• management instruments
• instruments for the improvement of gender
  equality and
• quality of data which is collected in respect
  to its usability for a sex- differentiated
  analysis.
• Results
• Budgeting at the universities is very divers as
  to transparency and to the participation of
  experts for gender equality.

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6. Analysis of the budgeting process
Content Analysis of the formal and informal
power and decision making structures in financial
planning in a gender sensible way. Analysis of
the influence of gender equality aspects on the
budgeting planning process and vis versa.
Results Decline of democratic structures at
the universities have a negative outcome on
gender equality. Generally budgeting decision
making is still male dominated. More and more
financial matters are labelled as purely
technical which is why political dimensions tend
to be excluded. The concentration of power within
the universities proves as a dis-advantage for
the implementation of Gender Budgeting. Informal
networks are very important in budgeting and tend
to disadvantage women as they are often not
included.
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7. Development of instruments for GB
Content Development of strategies, instruments,
gender sensitive objectives and indicators for
Gender Budgeting on different levels, including
thoughts about recent trends (e.g. the global
competition and economisation of universities,
the introduction of New Public Management) and
their meaning for gender equality. Results
Gender Budgeting has different dimensions which
have to be considered. Development of a steering
cycle for budgeting with different phases which
offer good starting points for gender budgeting.
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7. Development of instruments for GB
Steering cycle for budgeting
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8. Specific Support Actions Knowledge transfer

• Content
• Transfer of the project findings into specific
  support actions for the universities to advance
  the implementation of Gender Budgeting.
• Results Gdansk University
• At the Gdansk University the consciousness for
  gender equality is still small. Specific support
  actions for gender budgeting had to start with
  general awareness rising measures to improve the
  gender competence of the stakeholders.
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• Proposals for specific support actions of the
  project group were e.g.
• A website at the university with information
  and blogs to discuss different topics of gender
  equality
• More lectures on gender relevant topics
• Akquisation of more EU-projects which integrate
  gender aspects

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8. Specific Support Actions Knowledge transfer

• Results Vienna University for Economics
• The Vienna WU has a high general consciousness
  for gender equality and supported the project in
  the beginning. However, when it came to action
  they refused to do anything.
• Proposals for specific support actions of the
  project group were e.g.
• Operationalisation and Implementation of gender
  equality objectives
• Institutionalisation of institutions for
  promoting gender equality
• a gender controlling system
• a gender sensible system of financial
  incentives (with the help of indicators,
  agreements on objectives and financial
  incentives)
• transparency of the Budgeting Process
• institutionalisation and implementation of
  Gender Impact Assessment
• integration of gender into the management
  instruments

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8. Specific Support Actions Knowledge transfer

• Results University of Augsburg
• At the University of Augsburg the consciousness
  for the necessity to improve gender equality is
  high thanks to the strong position of the womens
  representative and the support of the president
  and vice-president.
• Proposals for specific support actions of the
  project group were e.g.
• Cooperation in the integration of gender
  relevant factors in the new accounting system
  Cost-Performance Equation
• Critical Reflection of the incentive systems of
  the university
• Support in the formulation of gender sensitive
  agreements on objectives
• Conference about the subject Gender and
  Excellency in research and teaching
• Improvement of the organisational and the
  communicative structures
• Critical reflection of the performance-linked
  remuneration in order to avoid gender specific
  discriminations.

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9. Recommendations

• Recommendations to universities
• Sensitisation and awareness rising for gender
  equality in science
• Institutions for promoting gender equality
• Operationalisation and implementation of gender
  equality objectives
• Collect and publish sex-disaggregated data in a
  comprehensive way
• Institutionalisation and implementation of
  Gender Impact Assessment
• Gender-fair participation at all stages of the
  budgeting process
• Transparency of the budgeting process
• Integration of gender analysis and aspects into
  all accounting systems
• System of financial incentives (with the help
  of indicators and by agreements of objectives)
• Implementation of gender sensitive measures for
  a modified personnel recruiting
• Gender Controlling
• Including the gender dimension in any system of
  quality accreditation

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9. Recommendations

• Recommendations to the governments
• Implementation of a legal framework for gender
  equality
• Implementation of gender equality policy and
  office at ministerial level
• Collection of sex-disaggregated data
• Implementation of gender objectives into
  performance agreements
• Distribution of money by indicators
• Introduction of Gender Budgeting in third party
  funding
• Affirmative actions for the advancement of
  women in science

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9. Recommendations

• Recommendations for measures on EU level
• Implementation of gender budgeting into all
  research activities of the EU
• Further EU funded projects for the
  implementation of Gender Mainstreaming and
  Gender Budgeting in science
• Establishment of a European gender
  accreditation system
• Further development of the European database on
  sex-disaggregated statistics
• Development of a set of common gender equality
  objectives throughout Europe
• Putting gender equality as a top issue on the
  European agenda

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Workshop Gender BudgetingThank you very much
for your attention!Dr. Andrea
RotheFrauenakademie Münchenwww.frauenakademie.de
info_at_andrea-rothe.de