Horizon Europa Partners
Spurring the continuous personal development of individuals through innovative learning paths, comprising a high input of intercultural learning, supported by non-formal and informal learning methods.
Fostering european cooperation and sense of belonging
Elisa - Equality Leadership Isograms for Social Advancement
Tackling gender equality issues spurring communities' development
This learning and activities programme is designed and set for a broaden target group, from the civil society to policy-makers, and compile guidelines and recommendations, working towards achieving gender balance in all social, political and work activities, following the trends and policies of a ample range of bodies worldwide such as the European Institute of Gender Equality (EIGE) or the International Labour Organization (ILO) to name but a few.
Gender equality is a transversal and transnational matter to be addressed as often as possible with and inclusive and efficient approach to raise awareness and to change mind-sets (stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, etc.). Supported by tangible projects of development, as well as based on known simple measures aiming at providing gender equality, the consortium develop a persistent support to the improvement of gender balance within a extensive diversity of settings: community, work place, active citizen groups, etc.
The programme aim to provide relevant and workable gender equality outcomes, supported by the repertory and exclusion of organic and external obstacles to women’s expansion into leadership. The development of this course of study comprises a broaden variety of activities such as mapping and survey, research, training courses, workshops, seminars, peer reviewing and debates, publications and events such as citizen panels. The partnership aim at providing an added value to the referred topic through a holistic and contextualized approach, involving a ample of fields such as social, philosophy, economics and law.
The strategic focus (aim) is on organic (core) and external barriers to women’s expansion into senior leadership within the partners’ countries.
The activities comprise mapping core and external barriers to women’s expansion into senior leadership within the partners’ countries respectively; gathering good practices of gender equality programmes worldwide; systematized storing of the collected information; methodical and critical policy analysis; curriculum research and skills anticipation; training courses, workshops, transnational meetings and conferences; seminars and citizen panels, to mention a few.
The operational framework corresponds to a decentralized collaborative interaction within the partnership among specific working groups, supported by transnational meetings, a web-platform and flexible and informal communication (email and video conferences). The expected results comprise a continuous compilation of documentation reflecting the “state-of-the-art” of good practices on gender equality, digital publications and articles; generic and tailored training courses.