Gender Equality in the Green Energy Transition

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The vision of GatE is to significantly enhance the participation and leadership of women in the energy sector during its transition to become green. By adapting VET curricula at EQF levels 3/4 to be more inclusive and establishing robust mentorship opportunities, GatE aims to create a supportive ecosystem where women can thrive in green technology fields. The project seeks to dismantle the systemic barriers that hinder women's entry and advancement in this sector, focusing also on marginalized women groups. This will be achieved through strategic policy frameworks, targeted educational programs, and comprehensive support networks designed to empower women and promote their active involvement in the green energy transition across Europe. The GatE consortium, comprised of 11 partners from 4 countries, will employ a modified Quadruple Helix Innovation Model focusing on Industry, Government, Civil Society, and Self-Empowerment to design and enact a bundle of interconnected awareness, policy & advocacy career support and training actions (self-paced open courses, virtual mentoring, mobility and ToT workshops). to this end, GatE will produce a Blueprint for Gender Equality in the Green Energy Transition, three awareness and recruitment campaigns, an ambassador program, an advocacy campaign, and three community-building events. It will establish a mentorship program for 100 mentees (with at least 15% from marginalized groups), training for 40 career guidance officers, an upskilling program for 100 women, a reskilling program for 20 professionals, and a mobility program for 15 VET trainers and officers. Added value services will be integrated into an Educational and Cooperation Platform (an AI-driven Career Pathing Tool, a Policy Influence Toolkit, a Scale-Up Toolkit, and a networking and job opportunities database) that will be sustained by a newly established Observatory for Gender Equality in Green Energy Transition.