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Working Party 6: Team of Specialists on Gender-Responsive Standards

GRS REGULAR MEETING

11 September 2024 12:00 - 14:00

The Team of Specialists on Gender-Responsive Standards (GRS) of WP.6 holds bi-monthly meetings to progress its work agenda and encourage building a network of gender focal points working on gender-responsive standards. The GRS encourages the uptake of guidance such as the Recommendation U on Gender-Responsive Standards and the Guidelines on Developing Gender-Responsive Standards and Standards Development. It develops further guidance to help standards development organizations to effectively roll out gender-responsive standards.

All WP.6 GRS members and interested experts are welcome to join these meetings.

The Team of Specialists was established in 2022 through the 124th meeting of the UNECE Executive Committee in decisions L.13. It is the continuance of the Gender-Responsive Standards Initiative which was established in 2016. More information on this group is available on the group’s web page.

Meeting minutes

General meeting presentation

Meeting agenda:

Item

Subject

Timing

1

Approval of the agenda

5

2

Invited guest speaker:

Leonhard den Hertog, Policy Officer,

European Commission Director-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST), Unit D3 – Gender Equality [Bio][PPT]

Commission directive on gender balance in decision-making which includes some elements of quotas

  • 20 minute presentation followed by discussion/ QA

40

3

Brief update from the WP.6 34th Annual Session 26-28 August

Background information presented to the 34th WP.6 Session:

10

4

Guide on GRS-related gender action plans (see ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2024/7)

  • Discussion of next steps
  • Any further standards bodies able to respond to the GAP survey?

15

5

Brief update on project for gender mainstreaming throughout the quality infrastructure for trade

Background information presented to the 34th WP.6 Session:

20

6

Next steps within GRS over the next 12 months (from the PoW):

  • Enhance implementation of Rec. U and signatories of Dec.
  • Develop model best practice for GAP (item 4 above)
  • Enhance research on gender mainstreaming throughout QI (item 5 above)
  • Exchanges of experience
  • Further areas where GRS could add guidance

Discussion and brainstorming on next steps

  • Ideas for future speakers?
  • Volunteers to share on their implementations for future meeting?
  • Other guidance to plan (brochures targeting specific stakeholder groups, or other)?

20

7

Update from the Secretariat

  • Reorganization of the GRS-segment of the website (please provide input on what you would ideally like to have)
  • Publication on GRS Glossary
  • Work on gender code lists

5

8

Any other business

5

9

Next meetings of ToS-GRS: 6 Nov. 2024 (we will discuss the schedule of meetings for 2025 at this meeting, among other things)