Call for Participation: Online Advanced Regional Workshop for FSTP Implementors “Development of Gender Sensitive Indicators”

Why this workshop?

The upcoming Workshop on the Development of Gender Sensitive Indicators will be a practical continuation of the previous workshop on gender mainstreaming for FSTP implementors, held in June and July 2023. The relevant documentation from the previous workshop, including a detailed workshop report, is available in the EU TACSO 3 library.

The organisation of this event presents the implementation of recommendations from the Second Annual FSTP Community of Practice (CoP) Meeting organised on 8 – 9 November 2023 in Sarajevo, BiH. More information about previous FSTP CoP events can be found at the TACSO Library and the LinkedIn group.

When and where the workshop is taking place?

The upcoming online regional workshop will take place on 18 and 19 July 2024 on the Zoom platform and will be implemented in English for the group of 50 participants.

What are we going to achieve with this workshop?

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Develop relevant and feasible gender-sensitive indicators to support improved gender equality in the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation processes of FSTP projects.
• Design effective and practical methods for collecting gender-disaggregated data.
• Understand how to incorporate gender-sensitive indicators in every stage of their projects and be aware of the kind of risks that might be encountered.
• Be aware of the relevant practical experiences of other FSTP implementers from the Western Balkans and Türkiye and understand how their experiences might be applied elsewhere.
• Have access to practical information in the form of checklists and other supporting documents that guide necessary steps, cases faced by FSTP implementers and materials related to how to ensure gender equality.

Who can apply and how?

Interested participants – representatives of FSTP implementers from the WBT region should apply by filling in and submitting the Application form by Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 15:00hrs CET.

We will select up to 50 participants who respond to the following criteria presented by their importance for the selection process:

• CSOs and CSO networks acting as FSTP implementers who received regional or national EU CSF grants in 2021 – 2024
• Geographical balance
• Gender balance
• In case of high interest, the advantage will be given to the regional networks and multi-country projects that are implemented in the WBT region

Participants will be required to prepare for the workshop based on the documentation from the previous training events on the topic of gender mainstreaming organised by the EU TACSO 3 project, which is available in the project library.

When information on the selection of participants will be provided?

All applicants will be informed about the status of their application until Friday, 12 July 2024.

Whom to contact in case of additional questions?

Should you have additional questions about this Call, please get in touch with Ms Andreja Tonč, a Key Expert for Capacity Building at capacitybuilding@tacso.eu.