GENDER ALP! Spatial development for women and men. An innovative administration network to assure quality planning practice and to promote gender mainstreaming as a top down strategy
GENDER ALP! aims for the implementation of mandatory instruments in administrations at local and regional level for a sustainable spatial development and public house-holding practice following a gender sensitive approach, in short: to implement the EU-policy of gender mainstreaming into the decision making process of the Alpine countries. The project intends to support local and regional administrations using a requirement-oriented and gender-sensitive approach by providing them with knowledge, methods, instruments and a network of good practices. This support will come from a strong network of experts and a set of education and training modules for training planning-involved people as well as from the evaluation of implementary projects in the partner countries concerning our four main topics: implementation of gender mainstreaming in administrations, site optimization, gender mainstreaming in strategic programs and in regional development, gender budgeting as a new policy instrument for cities and regions.