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Project: Women Resource Centre Fast Track Network (WRC FTN)
EU Programme: Interreg IV C - Capitalisation and Fast Track Network
Lead Partner: Municipality of Älvdalen, Sweden
Involved regions and partners: Portugal – Alentejo (CCDR Alentejo, University of Évora) Bulgaria - Plovdiv, Sweden - North Mid Sweden, Poland - Pomeranian and West Pomeranian (Municipality of Lebork, Gryfice District IADiPG)
UK – Scotland (Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce) Italy – Veneto (Veneto Region, Province of Venice, Province of Verona) Greece -Western Macedonia (Ergani Center, Region of Western Macedonia) Finland - South Ostrobothnia (Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia, University of Helsinki, Ruralia Institute)
NRC, The Swedish National Federation of WRCs togheter with WINNET Europe is partners in the project.
Project period: October 2009-September 2010
Total budget: 2 356 778 Euro
Project summary
WRC FTN involves regions in eight member states i.e. Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal,
Sweden and UK engaged in policy development to address the problems with low employment rates among
women in combination with horizontally segregated labour markets and the lack of women in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology. Problems constituting obstacles for regional competitiveness.
The participating regions from the Nordic countries have among the most horizontally segregated labour
markets in EU-27, whilst the regions involved from South and East Europe is less segregated. On the other hand the employment rates among women are lower in these regions. The consortium builds on successful practices from
the III C project W.IN.NET - mentioned in the Operational Program for IV C - and the III B Baltic Sea project FEM
were several of the partners has been involved.
WRC FTN overall objective is to contribute to regional growth by enhancing the labour market participation
among women and especially promote women in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology. The project will reinforce the Roadmap for Equality between Women and Men in EU, the gender dimension in the Lisbon
Agenda and regional capacities for implementation of policies, practices and Women Resource Centres
(WRC). Regional action planning will be at the core of the project supported by a number of interregional
exchanges: A launching conference during the Swedish EU Presidency, an interregional training for process
coaches in order to facilitate both drawing up of action plans and implementation plans after the project period, an advanced bench learning and study visit program for regional multi-actor groups from each participating
country thematic workshops and a closing conference in Greece.
The expected results from WRC FTN are besides the regional action plans improved policies for local and regional development and increased knowledge in the regions how to design policies and practices promoting women in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology and how to counteract horizontal gender segregation.
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