Call: Call for proposals to support transnational projects to promote good practices on gender roles and to overcome gender stereotypes in education, training and in the workplace

The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute, in accordance with Article 4 of the Treaty on the EU (TEU), to the further development of an area where equality and the rights of persons as enshrined in the TEU, in the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU (TFEU), in the Charter of fundamental rights of the EU and in the international human rights conventions to which the Union has acceded, are promoted, protected and effectively implemented. The Programme follows 9 Specific objectives:

1. Promote non–discrimination
2. Combat racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance
3. Promote rights of persons with disabilities
4. Promote equality between women and men and gender mainstreaming
5. Prevent violence against children, young people, women and other groups at risk (Daphne)
6. Promote the rights of the child
7. Ensure the highest level of data protection
8. Promote the rights deriving from Union citizenship
9. Enforce consumer rights

Rigid gender roles can hamper individual choices and restrict the potential of both, women and men, girls and boys. In this context, the transition from education to work is crucial as it impacts the whole career. Tackling occupational segregation requires attracting girls to male-dominated fields of study and vice versa. By promoting neutral gender roles in education, training, guidance on career choices and employment, projects are to positively impact on women's and men's access to education, to the labour market and to entrepreneurship.

This call for proposals aims to finance projects presenting innovative answers to educational and occupational labour-market segregation, promoting good practices on gender roles and aiming to overcome gender stereotypes in education, training and in the workplace. Priority will be given to projects focusing on young people (13-30 years old) and addressing the transition from school to work and occupational labour market-segregation young people are confronted with when entering the labour-market.

Successful projects will ensure appropriate measurement of their impact through sound methodology (by experimentation with control groups, e.g.). Applications must be transnational and include a description of how the scaling-up of the project could occur at European level (i.e. its European added-value). Projects are to promote good practices and intensify mutual learning among various national and international actors.
Good quality cooperation between beneficiaries – that could include e.g. social partners, public service providers, career guidance services and civil society organisations –will be instrumental in making innovative projects successful. Partnerships with European platforms and networks working in the fields of education, training, guidance, employment and gender equality will be highly valued.

The applicant must be a public entity or a private non-profit-oriented organisation, duly established in one of the countries participating in the Programme.

The application must be transnational and involve organisations from at least 3 participating countries.

The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than 200 000 €.
Maximum possible rate of EU co-financing is 80% of the eligible costs.
The indicative available budget under this call for proposals is 3 350 000 €.

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