CEMR, PARIS
Project: "Equality in European Towns"
The Project "Equality in European Towns" is a trans-European project involving 16 countries. The aim of the project is to establish a methodology for implementation of equality policies in European local and regional authorities in order to give them a concrete tool to implement equality policies between women and men within their regions.
More details about the project:
The CEMR Project: Equality in European Towns
CEMR is a project in the framework of the 5th community action programme for
equality between women and men.
Who are the actors?
- CEMR's national associations
- European Town and municipalities
Who are CEMR's partners?
- Sister cities going gender / Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Frauenreferat (D)
- CEMR Italian Association (I)
- CEMR French Association (F)
- Association of Luxembourg towns and municipalities (L)
- Spanish federation of municipalities and provinces (E)
- Association of Finnish local and regional authorities (FI)
- Union of Belgian cities and municipalities (B)
- CEMR German Section (D)
- Swedish association of local authorities (S)
- Association of Basque Municipalities (E)
- AICCRE Federazione Toscana (I)
- Municipality of Saint Jean de la Ruelle (F)
- Municipality of Ferrol (E)
- Municipality of Cartagena (E)
- Local Government International Bureau (UK)
- Central union of municipalities and communities of Greece (GR)
A trans-European project involving 16 countries 11 countries from the EU are taking part as partners:
- Belgium
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
5 candidate countries are taking part in the project thanks to bilateral agreements between these countries and the EU:
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Estonia
- Hungary
- Latvia
The other EU member countries are taking part through the CEMR national member associations.
Aim of the project: Establish a methodology for the implementation of equality policies in European local and regional authorities
Why this methodology? To give local and regional authorities a concrete tool to implement equality policies between men and women within their region
How? By giving recommendations to follow from two main fields:
- The example of concrete experiences
- The application of existing legislation
The heart of the project: The concrete experiences of equality policies in European towns and municipalities
Existing legislation: at national / regional level, political parties, etc.
The functioning of the project: The project Secretariat: The CEMR
Concrete experience: the associations and towns
The expertise: by Françoise Gaspard
Role of the secretariat: Management and coordination of the project
Contact with partners:
- Organisation of meetings and theFinal Results
- Report to the European Commission
Role of the partners:
- Participate at the meetings
- Share their experience for the research by F. Gaspard to establish the final
methodology
The towns' concrete experiences: "Sister Cities Going Gender" network
Partner of the project:
- Municipality of Ferrol
- Municipality of Cartagena
- Municipality of St Jean de la Ruelle
- Towns noticed by the national associations: E.g. : Espoo, Umeå, Heidelberg,
Parma, Venice, Rennes, Paris, Marseille…
National experiences: The Spanish experience, The Belgian experience
National legislation: The French experience, The British experience, The Finnish experience, The Swedish experience
Special role: The participants from Central and Eastern European countries who have a different experience in comparison with EU member countries
Role of the expert: Elaborate and draw up the research based on the data supplied by the elected members and experts
Final goal: implement the methodology