Welcome to GeNeus Newsletter #1 - May 2018 What is GeNeus about?
GeNeus is a 2-year project funded by the European Commission - Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training, which aims at reducing gender inequalities in selection evaluations.
Six partners from five different countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal and Spain) are collaborating on this project, working together on the development, promotion and mainstream of a Set of Matrices of Gender Neutral Testings.
The lifecycle of the project will include different phases which aim at improving the selection evaluations, focusing on gender equality in the labour market and professional education.
The six different organisations:
This innovative project could be amazingly impactive in women’s life helping them:
GeNeus Objectives
At long-term:
GeNeus Results
Where are we now?
The Generic Report on Gender Neutral Testings it’s almost ready!
This research has been developed in the following specific fields: education and training, labour market and remuneration. In particular, it has been evaluated what and how each target (SMEs, Public Administration and PSPEs) evaluate for the selection of candidates. The research has also implied an analysis on the existing legal regulations, a short overview over the gender equality situation in the partner countries and the results of studies on gender similarities and differences, such as brain capacities in both men and women. The research concludes with a reflection on the future of the labour market, taking into account the macro context of flexibility and insecurity that will have consequently an impact on jobs and careers.
The results show that all target groups evaluate both hard and soft skills – the professional and academic competencies of the candidates, as well as their personal ones. Which of them are seen to be more important depends on the target group. While PSPE organizations put more emphasis on academic competencies, SMEs and PAs focus more on personal and professional competencies.
The final result of the Research will be published in the next months. Partner meetings ![]()
Kick off meeting:
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The Second meeting in Portugal! On the 18th and 19th April, the partners from Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Bulgaria, met in Porto.
In this occasion there has been the opportunity to analyse the results of the carried out research. In particular, this has been an important occasion to plan the next project’ steps and the action that will be implemented to achieve the following project’ objectives.
Among the next results, special attention has been given to the development of the O2 -“Set of Matrices of Gender Neutral Testing” for the selection processes. It will assure first of all neutrality in the testing phases and it will be accompanied by an implementation’s guide – the O3 - Guide on Implementation of Matrices, which will serve as instructions manual for each target.
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What’s next?
In the next months we have planned to work on the elaboration of the tests included in the O2. These tests will be an important pillar for the consequent promotion of equal opportunities and a neutral approach in the selection processes for both men and women.
Stay tuned!
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