Follow the money:increasing access to finance for women entrepreneurs

Gender Equality

Follow the money:increasing access to finance for women entrepreneurs, in conjunction with the SOC/723 opinion Gender lens investing as a way to improve gender equality in the European Union, with Ody Neisingh, EESC member, rapporteur (NL-GRIII), Maria Nikolopoulou, EESC member, co-rapporteur (ES-GRII), president of the Ad Hoc Group on Equality (AHGE) and invited guests, organised by Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC)

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PROGRAMME

11:30 Welcome and introduction

  • Christa Schweng, EESC president

11:35 Panel discussion

  • Helena Morais Maceira, Researcher, Gender Mainstreaming, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
  • Carmen Niethammer, Senior Gender Specialist, European Investment Bank (EIB)
  • Eva Merloni, Project Manager, WEgate

12:05 Conclusions and presentation of the opinion SOC/723

  • Ody Neisingh (NL, III), Rapporteur for SOC/723 Gender lens investing as a way to improve gender equality in the European Union
  • Maria Nikolopoulou (ES, II), Co-rapporteur for SOC/723 Gender lens investing as a way to improve gender equality in the European Union

12:15 Q&A, debate and vote on the opinion SOC/723

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Gender lens investing as a way to improve gender equality in the European Union

Adopted on 14/12/2022 - Bureau decision date: 20/01/2022
Reference
SOC/723-EESC-2022
Rapporteur
Ody NEISINGH
Civil Society Organisations - GR III
Netherlands
Co-rapporteur
Maria NIKOLOPOULOU
Workers - GR II
Spain
Plenary session number
574
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This opinion underlines that by creating a fertile ground for women entrepreneurship and the adequate financial and legislative instruments, such as gender budgeting, we can create an inclusive financial ecosystem in the EU and Member States and advance faster towards gender equality. It suggests that diversity of teams with a specific focus on women should be a criterion for receiving public funding. This Opinion also calls for an ambitious vision from the European Commission and the European institutions on gender budgeting and gender lens investing. It suggests that the EC publishes a gender impact assessment of the annual EU budget and creates a task force to include gender mainstreaming EU objectives in the next MFF and in the mid-term review of the current MFF.

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