A collection of EU opportunities for women professionals, entrepreneurs / business owners, scholars and dreamers.

Collection based on the European Commission’s Single Electronic Data Interchange Area (SEDIA) site

Support to the implementation of inclusive gender equality plans - opens 19 January 2022 - 9 organisations are looking for partners

Focuses on the implementation of Gender Equality Plan - requires prior public affairs experience. Projects are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:

• Enhance the reputation, attractiveness, inclusiveness and research excellence of less advanced institutions as a result of implementing inclusive gender equality plans.

• Transform institutions to advance inclusive gender equality within the European Research Area (ERA).

Actions should clearly outline the approach for boosting gender equality strategies, including new areas such as

·       intersectionality and

·       diversity,

·       outreach beyond the organisation,

·       gender budgeting, or gender and innovation among others, building on knowledge and expertise developed through related Horizon 2020 projects and tools (e.g. GEAR Tool, ACT Communities of practice).

Centre of excellence on inclusive gender equality in Research & Innovation - deadline 23 September 2021 - 13 organisations are looking for partners

Proposals are expected to cover the following:

• Establish a sustainable European Centre of Excellence and think tank to advance knowledge on inclusive gender equality policies in R&I, addressing three levels of inclusiveness, i.e.: the intersectional level; the sectorial level, and the private sector; and geographical inclusiveness. This Centre could work as a single entity or as core centre and network of hubs in different Member States, and should involve experts from different Member States, including widening countries.

• Provide expertise and support to Member States, R&I organisations, and the European Commission, in the design, implementation and assessment of institutional change through inclusive gender equality plans, including through the design and delivery of tailored training activities on inclusive gender equality in R&I, and the development of an enhanced Community of Practice on gender equality and diversity in R&I organisations, including R&I performing and funding organisations.

• Provide expert support for the collection of pan-European data on gender equality in R&I and the development of new indicators, including on intersectionality.

The impact of inequalities on democracy - opens January 2022 - 13 organisations are looking for partners

Based on the evidence collected and analysed, proposals should develop validation and piloting of strategies, policies and actions to tackle inequalities and to reinforce the inclusion of marginalised groups in the democratic and participatory process, including increased involvement of marginalised groups in the creation of digital public services. Active involvement of citizens and socially innovative approaches are strongly encouraged.

Proposals are expected to address some of the following points:

• To take stock of long-term trends in and types of inequalities (socio-economic, gender, age, spatial, digital gaps, ethnic, linguistic, etc.),

• identify the sources of these inequalities and the way they intersect. P

• proposals should model the relation between inequalities and levels of political trust in European societies and the emergence of protest movements and populist discourses, including in their national, transnational and spatial dimensions.

Gender and social, economic and cultural empowerment - opens January 2022 - 17 organisations are looking for partners

Projects should contribute to both of the following expected outcomes:

• Achieve a better understanding of gendered power relations across the social and economic spheres, taking into account intersections between gender and other social categories such as ethnicity, social origin, disability and sexual orientation, and the cumulative effects of multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantages. Provide evidence base about the role of education and the media in perpetuating or breaking stereotypes.

• Help reverse socio-economic and cultural inequalities and promote gender equality, thus supporting the realisation of the global 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goal 5 on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls.

Proposals for topics under this Destination should set out a credible pathway to contributing to the following targeted expected impacts of the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan:

• Social and economic resilience and sustainability are strengthened through a better understanding of the social, ethical, political and economic impacts of drivers of change (such as technology, globalisation, demographics, mobility and migration) and their interplay.

Feminisms for a new age of democracy - deadline 07 October 2021 - 23 organisations are looking for partners

Projects are expected to contribute to both of the following expected outcomes:

• Promote gender equality theoretically and practically through policy recommendations, tools, and solutions for civil society organisations and other stakeholders. As a result, support the quality of democratic governance in more inclusive European societies.

• Understand how feminism and gender are used in extreme populist discourses, and counter gender-equality repressive strategies and policies.

Activities will also contribute to enhancing the transparency, effectiveness, accountability and legitimacy of public policy-making.

Grasping rural diversity and strengthening evidence for tailored policies enhancing the contribution of rural communities to ecological, digital and social transitions - deadline 06 October - 28 organisations are looking for partners

The successful proposal will contribute to fostering a sustainable, balanced and inclusive development of rural areas, supporting the implementation of the European Green Deal, in particular its fair and just transition component, the European digital strategy, the European pillar of social rights and the EU long-term vision for rural areas

Proposals should strengthen rural evidence and rural data collection, documentation and access, in particular in the environmental, climate and social fields by generating data and designing, testing and implementing methods to:

• calculate climate and environmental indicators for rural communities, including rural dwellers and secondary-homers;

• upgrade socio-economic (including culture) assessment, analysis, monitoring and evaluation tools (stats, indicators, including the measurement of well-being, quality of life and attractiveness including gender and age differences);

• assess resilience to major threats, with particular emphasis on resilience and vulnerability factors under the COVID-19 pandemic.

Assessing the socio-politics of nature-based solutions for more inclusive and resilient communities - opens October 2021 - 15 organisations are looking for partners

A successful proposal will contribute to the EU’s goal of leading just digital, economic and ecological transitions that will leave no one behind, supporting in particular European Green Deal priorities such as the biodiversity strategy for 2030. R&I will contribute to develop rural, coastal and urban areas in a sustainable, balanced and inclusive manner thanks to the deployment of nature-based solutions (NBS) and to a better understanding of the environmental, socio-economic, behavioural and cultural drivers of change.

The successful proposals should:

Gain a wider understanding of the role of actors involved in NBS, considering: a) particular groups of actors that have been under-researched (e.g. land holders such as churches, charitable organizations, educational establishments, utilities, etc.); b) sectors of the economy (e.g. agriculture, forestry, tourism, finance, etc.) and c) landscapes (e.g. coastal areas, river catchments, wetlands, etc.). And more

Expected outcomes:

Rural, coastal and urban communities are empowered to act for change, better prepared to achieve climate neutrality, adapt to climate change, and turn digital and ecological transitions into increased resilience to various types of shocks, good health and positive long-term prospects, including jobs, for all including women, young people and vulnerable groups.

 European Investment Bank - Global focus, multiple programmes

Various initiatives on Gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, entrepreneurship support.

• Public consultation on public consultation on the EIB's Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework. - closes 06 August 2021.

• SheInvest - an initiative to mobilise EUR 1 billion for women across Africa

• 2XChallenge - Commitment objective 2021-2022 - The “2X Challenge” calls for the G7 and other DFIs to join together to collectively mobilize $3 billion.