Expertise France is implementing a technical assistance project in several European Union Member States to foster the integration of gender mainstreaming into public policies and budgeting. The project aims to support institutions at central and decentralised level to strengthen the integration of gender into public action though the application of Gender Mainstreaming tools such as Gender Budgeting (GB), Gender Action Plan (GAP) or Gender Impact Assessment (GIA).

The project is articulated in three component:

-          Component 1: Analysing the practices and confirming specific needs of each beneficiary authority in order to strengthen the integration of GM, through the application of GM tools such as GB, GAPs or GIA

-          Component 2: Operationalization: Capacity building and implementation of GB, GIA or GAP tools;

-          Component 3: Capitalisation: Embedding the new practices and enabling their duplication across institutions.

Launched in 2022, the project is now entering its final phase, with a particular focus on Components 2 and 3. Over the past three years, two cohorts of Beneficiary Authorities (BA) have requested tailored technical assistance:

1)      Eight authorities in Cohort 1, beginning in 2022 and now advancing to the capitalisation stage:

·       The City of Strasbourg in France;

·       The Land of Berlin, in Germany;

·       The Land of Hamburg in Germany;

·       The Land of Sachsen-Anhalt in Germany;

·       The Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality in Portugal;

·       The Department of Children, Disability, and Equality in Ireland;

·       The National Agency for Equal Opportunities Between Women and Men in Romania;

·       And the General Secretariat for Equality and Human Rights in Greece at central level.

2)      And three authorities in Cohort 2, joining in 2024 and currently engaged in implementation:

·       The General Secretariat for Equality and Human Rights in Greece, to support the local and regional level;

·       The Ministry of Economy and Finance in Italy;

·       The Ministry of Finance in Cyprus.

Across both cohorts, each Beneficiary Authority has followed the same sequence: initial analysis, implementation of recommendations and action plans, and consolidation of results and lessons learned.

Component 2: Operationalization: Capacity building and implementation of GB, GIA or GAP tools;

Several field missions will be organised to provide tailored support to the three beneficiary authorities of Cohort 2:

The focus and activities will be guided by the Action Plan (output of A.1.4), which has been adapted to the national context and administrative specificities. The expert will work directly with public officials to address the obstacles and capacity-building needs identified during the in-depth analysis and validated with each beneficiary authority through their Action Plan.

This component will run for approximately six months, from January to July 2026.

Component 3: Capitalisation: Embedding the new practices and enabling their duplication across institutions.

This component aims to ensure that the knowledge and practices developed throughout the project are captured and organised in a short, coherent and accessible format.

For each Beneficiary Authority from Cohorts 1 and 2 that benefits from tailored technical assistance, the expert will prepare consolidated technical notes on good practices. These will document the approaches applied under Component 2 (GB, GIA and GAP), the methodologies tested and the main operational lessons identified. These notes will serve as practical reference materials that authorities may use to support internal dissemination and the voluntary continuation or replication of Gender Mainstreaming/Budgeting practices.

The expert will also support each BA of Cohort 2 in the endorsement and validation of these consolidated outputs, ensuring that they accurately reflect the activities implemented and are aligned with institutional contexts. These deliverables will feed into the project’s closing-event outputs and contribute to the presentation of achievements at national or European level.

Component 3 will be implemented in parallel with Component 2 over approximately six months, from January to July 2026, with remote technical support provided as needed.