The service assesses the state of the art of the institutional mechanisms to implement gender mainstreaming  in Europe.

The objective of the study is:

• to contribute to the improvement of the monitoring/evaluation tools of institutional mechanisms for gender mainstreaming, and
• to collect up to date information on the institutional mechanisms gender mainstreamng in EU-28, including the EU level through an on-line survey and the data collection and analysis conducted by national experts in all EU-28 Member States.

These objectives are obtained by: assessing the existing monitoring/evaluation system and the elaboration of a renewed monitoring/evaluation system throughout the application of advanced statistical methods, and the analysis and revision of the existing conceptual reference framework.

The improved monitoring/evaluation system results in a more effective and sustainable design and implementation of gender mainstreaming  strategies. It allow and foster real progress towards gender equality  in the EU and in EU-28 Member States.

FGB coordinates the whole project.