GENDER EQUALITY PLAN (GEP)
Gender equality is not only a European priority but also a cornerstone of excellence in research and innovation. At WISEFOUR, we actively integrate the gender dimension into EU projects, ensuring that diversity and inclusiveness strengthen both scientific quality and societal relevance.
Our team designs and implements Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) in line with Horizon Europe requirements, ensuring that partner organizations meet EU standards for inclusiveness. Beyond compliance, we promote the integration of gender perspectives into research design, project governance and communication activities. This approach improves the robustness of scientific results and guarantees that innovations serve diverse populations fairly.
WISEFOUR also develops training and awareness programmes that empower teams to adopt inclusive practices and foster equality within their organizations. We focus on creating environments where women, young professionals, and underrepresented groups have equal opportunities to participate and lead.
Our experience includes projects such as EMPOWERED and EMPOWER (Erasmus+), where we supported women’s employment and entrepreneurship, and ACTIVEAID (CERV), where we ensured inclusiveness in healthcare access for trans and intersex individuals. Through these initiatives, we have demonstrated how gender equality can drive innovation, social justice, and long-term impact.
GEP's Objectives
GEP focuses on a set of modules to make sure it covers all the labour sectors. More specifically, it monitors and delivers gender equality strategies for the following categories:
- Gender equality in decision-making and leadership.
- Gender equality in recruitment and career progression.
- Measures against gender-based violence including sexual harassment.
- Work-life balance and organizational culture.
In order to align our company with the EU policies for the promotion of gender equality and the elimination of gender inequality and discrimination, sexual harassment and gender-based violence, we drafted the present Gender Equality Plan, which has taken into account the international and national regulatory framework on gender equality. It is based on the analysis of sex-disaggregated data at Wisefour, and presents the basic principles of actions to be implemented over the 2022-2026 period at Wisefour.