Women & Men

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Women & Men

in the Austrian Federal Public Administration

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Overview

 Gender Controlling in the Austrian Federal Public Administration

 Equal Treatment Report of the Austrian Federal Public Administration

 National Action Plan for the Equal Treatment of Women and Men on the Labour Market

 Cross Mentoring Programme – an Update

 Special Professional Trainings for Female Employees

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Gender Controlling in General

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Women in Management Positions

(highest salary classifications)

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Measures

 Transparency/Publication

– Proportion of women in management positions in each Federal Ministry

– Objectives concerning the proportion of women in management positions until 2013

 Accompanying Controlling:

– Achievement of objectives is reported to the Federal Ministers annually

 Equal Treatment Report

– Relaunch

– Attention to what is essential:

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Income Disparities between Women and Men

(in 2009)

 Legally fixed remuneration schemes:

– Equal Work – Equal Pay

 Gender pay gap in the Federal Public Administration:

15,9%

 Gap due to differences in the income relevant characteristics:

– Lower representation of women in managerial positions – Different ages

– Different remuneration schemes of civil servants and contract staff

– Amount of overtime performed

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National Action Plan (NAP)

 Presentation in June 2010

 Strategy of the Austrian Federal Government to

enhance the equal treatment of women and men on the labour market until 2013

 Definition of 55 measurements

 Definition of a set of measurements in special for the Federal Public Administration

 Measurement 45: Motivation and training of women in

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Cross Mentoring Programme (CMP) – an Update

 Measurement 45 of NAP foresees CMP as an instrument to develop potential female managers

 Female or male mentor of one Federal Ministry

supports female mentee of another Federal Ministry

 Regular meetings of the mentoring teams in order to achieve the stipulated goal

 Supporting programme – what‘s new?:

– Possibility to organise peer groups (mentees) – Supervision session for mentees

– Networking meetings: one organised as World Café – Networking of active and alumni participants of CMP

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Special Professional Trainings for Female Employees (2011)

 Course of studies (several months): More women as managers

 Seminar: Coaching for female managers

 Seminar: Do-it-yourself PR

 Seminar: How to give an interview

 Workshop: Woman to woman

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Thank you

for your attention!

Cornelia Lercher DG III/Dept. 9

cornelia.lercher@bka.gv.at

Sabine Piska-Schmidt DG III/Dept. 4

sabine.piska-schmidt@bka.gv.at Hohenstaufengasse 3

1010 Vienna