D7.1 Dissemination, Communication & Exploitation

INSPIRE is a €5 million project led by the Foundation of Open University of Catalonia and funded by Horizon Europe, the European Union’s Research and Innovation programme. The project, launched in October 2022 and ending in September 2026, is implemented by a consortium of 14 partners from Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain) and Latin America (Argentina). The partnership reunites gender experts and practitioners from different universities and research centres with broad experience in institutions’ structural changes.

INSPIRE’s mission is to become Europe’s sustainable centre of excellence, globally renowned for the quality of its research and analysis produced on inclusive gender equality in research and innovation. It brings together cutting-edge knowledge, ambitious policy approaches, and innovative practices to provide a gateway for scholars, equality experts, practitioners and trainers to connect and share resources, co-create new ones, and link strategically with public and private institutions to benefit the European Research Area.

The project addresses the current issues in the field, mainly the geographical and sectorial disparities in regard to GEP implementation, the low level of intersectionality, and the unconscious gender bias among decision-makers, through a combination of developing knowledge and providing concrete support in capacity building. INSPIRE’s core actions include:

• Conducting a GEP monitoring survey throughout Europe that will shed light on the reasons behind GEP success and failure
• Filling key knowledge gaps on intersectional policies through case studies and analyses Creating 4 Knowledge & Support Hubs (KSHs) that will assist 12 communities of practice involving more than 95 institutions to facilitate the implementation of Gender Equality Plans in areas where progress has been slow or insufficient