ATHENA e-platform for action

The ATHENA project is funded by the European Commission (EC) under the topic of the Science with and for Society work programme SwafS-09-2018-2019-2020 ‘Supporting research organisations to implement gender equality plans’. ATHENA overall aims at supporting the development and implementation of Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) in 6 research performing organisations (RPOs) and 2 research funding organisations (RFOs) in Europe. To that purpose, Work Package (WP) 6 (named ‘Sustainability strategy to ensure replication of GEPs and project results’) includes a specific task (T6.3) titled ‘Creation and maintenance of a web-based community platform with all project results and tools’, whose aim is to host the materials and tools developed by the project at the same time as serving as a repository for identification of women researchers at EU level and a place for information and experiences exchange on GEPs and gender equality in science and research.

The ‘ATHENA e-platform for action’ is the result of this task, led by the Spanish SME Consulta Europa Projects and Innovation S.L (short name, Consulta Europa). Consulta Europa developed the e-platform and included modifications and improvements based on comments received from the project consortium.