This document summarizes key discussion points from the SUPERA Final Conference on March 25, 2022. Some inspiring practices from RFOs included extending eligibility windows for career breaks due to childbirth, adoption or family care, including a gender dimension section in application and reporting forms, and using gender equality as an evaluation tie-breaker criteria. Next steps discussed were improving the AEI's Gender Equality Unit, developing a protocol against sexual harassment, and creating a new Gender Equality Plan focusing on gender balance policies and the gender dimension in research. Particular attention will also be paid to ensuring gender balance in evaluation panels and monitoring sex-disaggregated data.

1. SUPERA Final Conference
Mª Lourdes Armesto
División de Coordinación, Evaluación y Seguimiento Científico Técnico
25 de marzo de 2022

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¿ ¿WHAT DOYOUTHINK CAN BE AN INSPIRING PRACTICE
FROMYOUR RFOS?
 The inclusion of the extension of the eligibility window from the date of obtaining
the PhD degree for birth of children, adoption, family care for gender based on
the Call.
 Inclusion a sections on gender dimension in research content in the application
submission forms, the mid-term and final technical report and, also, in the
evaluation reports and follow-up assessment.
 The inclusion gender equality as a tie-breaker evaluation criteria
 Awareness-raising and continuous training of members of the thematic areas,
technical commissions and evaluators, in matters of gender equality
 The publication reports with data disaggregated by sex of the different calls.
 The Creation of a strategic group of gender equality with representatives of all
unit of the AEI.

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¿WHAT ARE THE NEXT IMPORTANT STEPS WITHYOUR
GEPS?
 To improve the constitution of a Gender Equality Unit in the AEI, which
integrates all the activities related to equality.
 To develop a protocol Gender-based against sexual harassment of
the AEI
 To develop a New Gender Equality Plan including gender
balance/gender equality policies and gender dimension in research.

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¿WHAT ARE THE NEXT IMPORTANT STEPS WITHYOUR
GEPS?
 Particular attention will be paid
 To ensuring gender balance in evaluation panels and in other
relevant advisory bodies, such as boards and expert groups.
 To monitoring sex/gender disaggregated data on personnel and
annual reporting based on indicators.
 To training awareness-raising/ training on gender equality and
unconscious gender biases for staff, peer reviewers and decision-
makers
 To including a more prominent gender dimension in its internal and
external communication and marketing activities.