{"id":1381,"date":"2019-01-16T12:25:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T10:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.fbo.bg\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2020-10-28T12:26:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T10:26:04","slug":"gender-will-promote-gender-inclusion-in-vet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/gender-will-promote-gender-inclusion-in-vet\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender+ will promote gender inclusion in VET"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_partners.jpg\" alt=\"Gender Sofia partners\" class=\"wp-image-1385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_partners.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_partners-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_partners-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_partners-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Business Foundation for Education hosted the kick-off meeting of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gender-354568035077035\/?__tn__=%2CdK%2AF-R&amp;eid=ARAEnc3A4MDbF1c5x62_h5iZ5NdCqYCNMJ4PewmgnuWMFrFkhRSs5U9cTW7U3H8ls6AnqTc7j724rbc3\">Gender+<\/a>, which took place in Sofia on 14-15 January 2019.&nbsp;The 2-year Erasmus+ initiative is implemented by the partnership lead by the Aspire-igen (UK), Business Foundation for Education (Bulgaria), CIAPE (Italy), CSI (Cyprus), Learnmera (Finland) and LUNG (Slovenia).&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project looks to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>develop governance and benchmarking tools for use by VET professionals in order to understand and improve their current approach to gender inclusion;&nbsp;<\/li><li>tackle underrepresentation of minority gender groups in VET, in particular for certain courses which continue to&nbsp;split down traditional gender lines;&nbsp;<\/li><li>develop a complementary \u2018top down\u2019 approach which allows VET institutions to fully understand how different gender identities fit into their services, and so develop approaches which are fully inclusive to all.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1227\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_objectives.jpg\" alt=\"Gender Sofia objectives\" class=\"wp-image-1386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_objectives.jpg 1227w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_objectives-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_objectives-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_objectives-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_objectives-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1227px) 100vw, 1227px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following intellectual outputs will be produced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Gender+ Charter<\/strong> which will set out the minimum requirements an organisation needs to conform to in order to consider its provisions gender positive. This will be achieved through desk and field research into current best practices and emergent trends across Europe.<\/li><li><strong>Interactive digital benchmarking tool<\/strong> which VET practitioners will be able to use to assess their current services and then track their improvement. This will be achieved through incentivised guidance and support which will highlight how VET organisations can evidence and improve provisions to meet the Charter\u2019s minimum requirements. Each organisation\u2019s score against the Charter will form a \u2018Gender Footprint\u2019, with those organisations scoring highly awarded a Gender+ quality mark.<\/li><li><strong>Skills profile and resources for the development of a Gender Champion role.<\/strong> Through this the project will demonstrate the value for VET organisations in dedicating permanent time and resource to gender issues.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more current information, follow the&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gender-354568035077035\/\">Gender+ Facebook page<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gender-354568035077035\/\">&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1208\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_discussion_1.jpg\" alt=\"Gender Sofia discussion 1\" class=\"wp-image-1387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_discussion_1.jpg 1208w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_discussion_1-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_discussion_1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_discussion_1-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_Sofia_discussion_1-768x481.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1208px) 100vw, 1208px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project is funded with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.\u00a0Project No: 2018-1-UK01-KA202-048039. This communication reflects therein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1406\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_logo_number_funding.png\" alt=\"Gender logo number funding\" class=\"wp-image-1388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_logo_number_funding.png 1406w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_logo_number_funding-600x114.png 600w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_logo_number_funding-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_logo_number_funding-1024x195.png 1024w, https:\/\/fbo.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gender_logo_number_funding-768x146.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1406px) 100vw, 1406px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Business Foundation for Education hosted the kick-off meeting of the&nbsp;Gender+, which took place in Sofia on 14-15 January 2019.&nbsp;The 2-year Erasmus+ initiative is implemented by the partnership lead by the Aspire-igen (UK), Business Foundation for Education (Bulgaria), CIAPE (Italy), CSI (Cyprus), Learnmera (Finland) and LUNG (Slovenia).&nbsp; The project looks to:&nbsp; develop governance and benchmarking &#8230; <a title=\"Gender+ will promote gender inclusion in VET\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/gender-will-promote-gender-inclusion-in-vet\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gender+ will promote gender inclusion in VET\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbo.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}