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	Project: "Equality in European Towns" The Project "Equality in European Towns" is a trans-European project involving 16 countries. The aim of the project is to establish a methodology for implementation of equality policies in European local and regional authorities in order to give them a concrete tool to implement equality policies between women and men within their regions. More details about the project: The CEMR Project: Equality in European Towns CEMR is a project in the framework of the 5th community action programme for equality between women and men. Who are the actors? - CEMR's national associations - European Town and municipalities Who are CEMR's partners? - Sister cities going gender / Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Frauenreferat (D) - CEMR Italian Association (I) - CEMR French Association (F) - Association of Luxembourg towns and municipalities (L) - Spanish federation of municipalities and provinces (E) - Association of Finnish local and regional authorities (FI) - Union of Belgian cities and municipalities (B) - CEMR German Section (D) - Swedish association of local authorities (S) - Association of Basque Municipalities (E) - AICCRE Federazione Toscana (I) - Municipality of Saint Jean de la Ruelle (F) - Municipality of Ferrol (E) - Municipality of Cartagena (E) - Local Government International Bureau (UK) - Central union of municipalities and communities of Greece (GR) A trans-European project involving 16 countries 11 countries from the EU are taking part as partners: Belgium Finland France Germany Greece Italy Luxembourg Portugal Spain Sweden United Kingdom 5 candidate countries are taking part in the project thanks to bilateral agreements between these countries and the EU: Bulgaria Cyprus Estonia Hungary Latvia The other EU member countries are taking part through the CEMR national member associations. Aim of the project: Establish a methodology for the implementation of equality policies in European local and regional authorities Why this methodology? To give local and regional authorities a concrete tool to implement equality policies between men and women within their region How? By giving recommendations to follow from two main fields: The example of concrete experiences The application of existing legislation The heart of the project: The concrete experiences of equality policies in European towns and municipalities Existing legislation: at national / regional level, political parties, etc. The functioning of the project: The project Secretariat: The CEMR Concrete experience: the associations and towns The expertise: by Françoise Gaspard Role of the secretariat: Management and coordination of the project Contact with partners: Organisation of meetings and theFinal Results Report to the European Commission Role of the partners: Participate at the meetings Share their experience for the research by F. Gaspard to establish the final methodology The towns' concrete experiences: "Sister Cities Going Gender" network Partner of the project: Municipality of Ferrol Municipality of Cartagena Municipality of St Jean de la Ruelle Towns noticed by the national associations: E.g. : Espoo, Umeå, Heidelberg, Parma, Venice, Rennes, Paris, Marseille… National experiences: The Spanish experience, The Belgian experience National legislation: The French experience, The British experience, The Finnish experience, The Swedish experience Special role: The participants from Central and Eastern European countries who have a different experience in comparison with EU member countries Role of the expert: Elaborate and draw up the research based on the data supplied by the elected members and experts Final goal: implement the methodology back to top --->
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Project: "Equality in European Towns"