MIL-OSI United Nations: ToS-GRS Team meeting

Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

The Team of Specialists on Gender-Responsive Standards (GRS) of WP.6 holds bi-monthly meetings to progress its work agenda and encourage building a network of gender focal points working on gender-responsive standards. The GRS encourages the uptake of guidance such as the Recommendation U on Gender-Responsive Standards and the Guidelines on Developing Gender-Responsive Standards and Standards Development. It develops further guidance to help standards development organizations to effectively roll out gender-responsive standards.

All WP.6 GRS members and interested experts are welcome to join these meetings.

The Team of Specialists was established in 2022 through the 124th meeting of the UNECE Executive Committee in decisions L.13. It is the continuance of the Gender-Responsive Standards Initiative which was established in 2016. More information on this group is available on the group’s web page.

Meeting report

Agenda

Item

Subject

Timing

1a

Roll call

0

1b

Reminder of WP.6 procedures

5

1c

Approval of the agenda

5

2

Enabling inclusivity by mainstreaming gender throughout the quality infrastructure

Presentation of the extra-budgetary project, the key milestones and deliverables

Presentation of the in-country consultants

Launch events:

30

3

Gender Action Plan Blueprint proposal

  • Please bring any suggestions for modifications (specifying where in the document to modify and what would be the revised text)

20

4

Gender and standards for AI initial paper

  • Please bring any suggestions for modifications (specifying where in the document to modify and what would be the revised text)

20

5

Preparation for the 3rd annual ToS-GRS meeting, 8 April 2025

  • in the morning will be for administrative and organizational aspects (including nomination of officers, advancement of PoW and planned activities for future periods)
  • in the afternoon will be for a conference on gender and standards for AI

20

6

Update from the secretariat

15

7

Any other business

5

Next meeting: 8 April 2025 hybrid, Geneva

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