GENDERACTIONplus Position Paper 10: A new ERA for GEPs

The objective of this policy brief, aimed at national authorities (NA) is to provide sustainable and effective recommendations for the national monitoring and evaluation ofgender equality plan (GEP) implementation. These recommendations reflect current practices and lessons learned in the monitoring and evaluation of inclusive genderequality and structural change initiatives. Research Funding Organisations (RFOs) may also find some of the recommendations applicable to their own work. As key actorswithin the European Research Area (ERA), national authorities should aim to know the extent to which the Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) and RFOs under theirremit have (1) adopted a GEP, (2) implemented a GEP and (3) if these GEPs support structural change at the institutional level. National authorities also play a central role indeveloping a monitoring and evaluation culture at the national level among the institutions under their remit.