Actions

Progress (2007 - 2012)

Decision n°1672/2006/EC of 24 October 2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity — PROGRESS More information about PROGRESS

PROGRESS is the EU's employment and social solidarity programme. It started in 2007 and will run until 2013. This programme replaces the four previous action programmes that ended in 2006 covering actions against discrimination, equality between men and women, employment measures and the fight against social exclusion. The EU opted for a single programme to rationalise and streamline EU funding and concentrate its activities to improving the impact.

The programme is divided into five policy areas. The policy area on gender equality supports the effective implementation of the Commission Roadmap for equality between women and men by:

• Contributing to the achievement of equal economic independence for women and men by promoting gender mainstreaming in the Employment guidelines and in the open method of coordination in the field of social protection and inclusion;
• Enhancing the reconciliation of work, private and family life through exchanges of experiences and analysis;
• Promoting equal participation of women and men in decision-making;
• Eliminating gender stereotypes in society;
• Improving gender legislation implementation, strengthening gender impact assessment and gender budgeting and supporting EU level networks to develop their capacity to promote gender equality.

According to article 2, gender mainstreaming shall be promoted in all sections of and activities under the programme.

5th Action programme (2001 - 2006)

Base documents

• Programme relating to the Community framework strategy on gender equality (2001-2005),
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  (OJ L 17 of 19.1.2001, p. 22-29)
• Prolongation of the Programme relating to the Community framework strategy on gender equality (2006):
  

Committee in support of the programme

The "Programme Committee" is composed of one delegate from each Member State and the Commission. The Committee is chaired by the Commission.

Evaluation Reports

• Final evaluation report on the Community framework strategy and Community action programme relating to the Community strategy on gender equality (2001-2006)
  
  
  
• Rapport d'évaluation final de la stratégie-cadre et du programme d'action communautaire concernant la stratégie communautaire en matière d'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes (2001-2006)
  
  
• Interim evaluation Report on the Programme relating to the Community Framework Strategy on Gender Equality (2001-2005)