Finland by Hillevi Lönn, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Finland by Hillevi Lönn, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Finland by Hillevi Lönn, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
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Support Structure on Gender Mainstreaming<br />
in <strong>Finl<strong>and</strong></strong><br />
Support structures for sustainable Gender<br />
Mainstreaming within <strong>the</strong> ESF<br />
26.11.2011 Stockholm<br />
<strong>Hillevi</strong> Lönn
Support structure for GM in <strong>Finl<strong>and</strong></strong>?<br />
• Officially no, in practice yes<br />
• Valtava Development Programme<br />
• Valtava: 2,5 persons = support structure for 15 projects but also for<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r target groups: MA, Intermediary organisations, regional<br />
decision organs, MEE civil servants <strong>and</strong> management, o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
interested groups<br />
• Situated in <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Employment</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Economy</strong> (MEE),<br />
Strategy Department / HR <strong>and</strong> Adm. Dep.<br />
• MEE is also <strong>the</strong> Finnish MA for Structural Funds (/Regional Dep.)
Valtava Development Programme 2008-<br />
2013<br />
• Budget 14 million €, from which 3 million for ”support structure”<br />
• 15 projects in regions<br />
• Targets formulated partly in planning period <strong>of</strong> ESF programme, partly<br />
later <strong>by</strong> Valtava staff; main task has changed during programme period<br />
Support structure 2,5 persons<br />
-steering group<br />
Intermediary organisations in ELY-centres (Centres for Economic<br />
Development, Transport <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Environment)<br />
15 projects targeted at GM <strong>and</strong> GE
Target groups <strong>of</strong> Valtava<br />
•The 15 Projects<br />
•Regional ESF authorities<br />
•Enterprises<br />
• Eduation organisations<br />
• NGOs<br />
• Private Consultation <strong>and</strong><br />
training organisations<br />
Annual regional <strong>and</strong> national<br />
seminars (8-10)<br />
Support <strong>the</strong> fur<strong>the</strong>ring <strong>of</strong><br />
GE <strong>and</strong> GM<br />
2.11.2011<br />
Workshops for project<br />
network<br />
Valtava Development<br />
Programme<br />
Increase <strong>of</strong> knowledge<br />
<strong>and</strong> awareness <strong>of</strong> GE<br />
Increase <strong>of</strong> networking<br />
Training <strong>and</strong><br />
consultation for<br />
projects <strong>and</strong><br />
intermediary<br />
bodies/ESF<br />
Produce new methods,<br />
tools <strong>and</strong> practices for GM<br />
<strong>and</strong> its evaluation<br />
Increase <strong>of</strong> stake<br />
holders’ know how on<br />
GM<br />
Increase knowledge<br />
<strong>and</strong> expertise <strong>of</strong> project<br />
promoters <strong>and</strong> civil<br />
cervants<br />
Create structures that<br />
increase women’s<br />
entrepreneurship <strong>and</strong><br />
innovativeness<br />
Private enterprises<br />
Public sector<br />
Targets becoming more concret<br />
/into action<br />
”Gender in Structural<br />
Funds programme<br />
<strong>and</strong> project<br />
documents”<br />
Development project<br />
for expertise<br />
entrepreneurship<br />
NGOs<br />
Gender Equality <strong>and</strong><br />
Gender Mainstreaming<br />
Dismantling <strong>of</strong> gender<br />
segregation in work <strong>and</strong><br />
education careers<br />
Education organisations<br />
Stuctural Fundactions<br />
Improvement <strong>of</strong> project applying<br />
processes/GM<br />
GM Strategy for ESF<br />
Compendium <strong>of</strong> good<br />
practices in GE Projects<br />
from ’80ies until today<br />
Manual <strong>and</strong> training package<br />
on GM
Weaknesses<br />
• Incoherent <strong>and</strong> unclear design <strong>of</strong> OP (from gender perspective)<br />
Level <strong>of</strong> project applications<br />
Difficult to evaluate<br />
Poor level <strong>of</strong> quality in regional projects, not many people/organisations<br />
interested in implementing projects on GE/GM<br />
• Not a joint responsibility for GE in ESF<br />
• Not any person as key actor /driving force for GM in ESF<br />
• Weakness <strong>of</strong> support structure: <strong>the</strong>re were no designed plan for<br />
support structure. Valtava became support structure because <strong>of</strong><br />
need <strong>and</strong> <strong>by</strong> chance. ->No proper plan as support structure
Strengths in Valtava as support structure<br />
for GM<br />
• Flexible administration <strong>of</strong> ESF made us possible to change <strong>the</strong><br />
focus <strong>and</strong> act as support structure<br />
• Support structure may supply <strong>the</strong> very best consultants /<br />
researchers / GM speacialists for <strong>the</strong> programme.<br />
Support structure has to compensate if competition doesn’t pay<br />
dividends.<br />
• Good <strong>and</strong> live connections to national policies
Strengts…<br />
• Strong networking <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> projects ->learning form each o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
• The training <strong>and</strong> consultation tailored for <strong>the</strong> projects<br />
• O<strong>the</strong>r supplied initiatives that support gaining <strong>the</strong> targets<br />
• Challenge/ next step for MEE: A real, <strong>of</strong>ficial support structure for<br />
GM in ESF with staff <strong>and</strong> money!<br />
• www.tem.fi/valtava
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