University of Silesia in Katowice

The aim of the GEPARD project was to create equal opportunities for women and men in the academic environment. For that purpose, we were preparing the system of actions functioning as a part of organisational policy. The actions were aimed at eliminating gender-based discrimination (among both the employees and the students) and simultaneously striving to increase diversity in the academic environment.

The project was realised as a part of the international consortium consisting of higher education institutions from Poland, Austria, Hungary, Cyprus and Malta and an Italian enterprise closely connected with the academic environment. Consortium activities were supported by the associated partner institutions.

The main objective of the project was to include and counteract gender-based exclusion by developing by an international consortium a system of activities understood as organisational policy, leading to the elimination of gender discrimination in the academic environment.

Achieving the project’s objectives and results was possible through:

1. building a network of cooperation between organisations of various competencies, sectors and experience, operating in various regions of Europe and local environments,
2. strengthening cooperation between project partners,
3. various forms of cooperation building creative cooperation between the partners of the consortium. These will be face-to-face meetings, mutual education, remote work – online and offline as part of ongoing project works (internal consultations, brainstorming…),
4. consultations with the final beneficiaries of the project results,
5. consultations with experts
6. working out the intellectual outputs.