Gender mainstreamed control systems

In Örebro the politicians decided that the municipality shall work with gender mainstreaming.This decision resulted in application for funds from the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR). Örebro also signed the CEMR Declaration of Equality between Women and Men.

The city was granted funds from SALAR and a development project was put into action in 2009. The project was confined to three main processes of the control systems: management process, operational planning and following-up, and operational development. The main goal is to provide high quality and good results guaranteed for everyone, women and men, girls and boys.

Handling cases ► Örebro has developed a new administrative system for handling cases in the City Administration Office. The cross-sectional perspectives, child perspective, gender perspective, diversity perspective, are an important part of the system. The consequences for different groups in the society should always be illuminated before decision-making.To support an impact analysis, tools and templates have been developed.

Operational planning and following-up ► In operational planning and following-up, gender-disaggregated data and analysis on the basis of gender are in focus. Additionally, there are templates for quarterly results and year-end closure. Monitoring the results and examining the implications for women and men, girls and boys are made in consultation with the City Administration Office and its departments.

Operational development ► The work for gender mainstreaming has also involved the integration of gender perspective in the service guarantee work. When the municipality is developing its services in accordance with the guarantee, gender is also taken into account. An action plan for working with CEMR's declaration will be established in autumn 2010. This will be important to ensure the quality of municipal activities and operations before they reach the citizens and of the worktowards a sustainable and equal society.