Final Conference
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The ATHENA Final Conference will bring together project partners, policymakers, and experts to reflect on the project’s achievements and discuss strategies for sustaining gender equality initiatives in research institutions. The conference will highlight the broader impact of gender equality on research and innovation, share key outcomes from ATHENA, and foster dialogue on future challenges and opportunities.
Event Objectives
Reflect on ATHENA’s key achievements and best practices in implementing Gender Equality Plans (GEPs).
Discuss the role of capacity-building activities in fostering institutional change.
Highlight the importance of data collection and monitoring for assessing gender equality progress.
Exchange insights with other projects and stakeholders on sustainable gender equality policies.
Agenda
09h00 – 09h30
Opening & keynote speech
– Katarina Buse, Project officer, European Commission
– Michelle Perello – ATHENA Project coordinator
09h30 – 10h30
The importance of data collection and monitoring: insights from Gender Equality Audit and assessment of procedures and practices at organisational and national level (WP2) and Monitoring and evaluation (WP5)
This session will present the activities carried out to perform an initial assessment of the state of the art of ATHENA partners in terms of gender equality and to later assess the impact of the GEPs.
– Gabriel Bianchi, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Gender Equality Audit and assessment of procedures and practices at organisational and national level (WP2) leader
– Ana Kaminska – Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Monitoring and evaluation (WP5) leader
– Patrizia Grifoni – National Research Council of Italy, Monitoring and evaluation (WP5) co-leader
10h30 – 11h00
Changing mindsets and empowering people: the importance of capacity building
This session will present the capacity building activities and training performed under WP3.
– Michelle Perello, Consulta Europa, Capacity building for systemic institutional change (WP3) leader
– ATHENA project partners / Member of the Advisory Board
– Ana Kaminska, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
11h00 – 11h30
Coffee break
11h30 – 12h30
Designing and implementing the GEPs
This session will present how the GEPs have been developed and implemented in ATHENA and some of the good practices of the project.
– Michelle Perello, Consulta Europa, GEPs Development and implementation (WP4) leader
– Best practices (tbc)
12h30 – 13h00
Engaging with stakeholders and policy makers: key elements of sustainability
This session will present activities performed under WP6 to ensure the sustainability of ATHENA and will focus in particular on activities aimed at engaging stakeholders and policy makers
– Daniel Pavlov, Ruse University, Sustainability strategy to ensure replication of GEPs and project results (WP6) leader
– Romana Jordan, Jožef Stefan Institute
13h00 – 14h00
Coffee break
14h00 – 15h30
Interproject Roundtable: Experiences, Challenges, and Future Perspectives
This session will collect the perspective of some members of the ATHENA Advisory Board and the experience of sister projects
– ATHENA Advisory Board
– Sisters project
15h30 – 16h00
Conclusion
– Michelle Perello, Consulta Europa, project coordinator
