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Promotion of gender balance in the ZÉTA Programme

Czechia · Praha · National · See the Czechia profile

Through activities focused on gender equality, we at the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic strive to remove barriers that restrict the assertion of human talent and abilities in the field of research, development and innovation. At the same time, our goal is to support rese

Promotion of gender balance in the ZÉTA Programme

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Gaudete Foundation — website
Power domain
Political Power, Social Power
Methods / tools
Gender Training, Competence development, Awareness-raising, Networking
Region (NUTS)
CZ01
Keywords
women, human talent, technology, gender equality, innovation

Context

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR) frames gender equality in research as a matter of removing barriers that restrict human talent and abilities in research, development and innovation. TAČR notes that women researchers face barriers such as prejudice, parenthood-related career interruptions and greater job insecurity, which raise the likelihood that they leave an academic career -- a loss of highly educated expertise for the Czech research ecosystem.

Objectives

Through the ZÉTA Programme, TAČR aims to ensure that publicly funded research and innovation projects also address questions of diversity, inclusion and social justice alongside their economic or environmental impact, so that research impacts benefit society as a whole -- men, women and other groups.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — No budget figures are given; conservatively estimated as low, as the described measure is a gender/diversity criterion embedded in existing research-funding processes rather than a separately costed programme.
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years) — No implementation timeline is given; estimated as medium, consistent with embedding new evaluation criteria into an established, ongoing public funding programme.
Staffing & skills
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR) programme staff administering ZÉTA Programme funding criteria

Conditions for success

  • Embedding gender, diversity and inclusion considerations into public research-funding evaluation criteria
  • Institutional recognition, within a national research-funding agency, that career barriers such as prejudice, parenthood and job insecurity drive women's attrition from research

Where it fits

Governance type
national public research-funding agency
Scale
national
Income level
high-income (Czech Republic, EU member state)

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes

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