Gender budgeting

Description of the action and objectives

Green Deal action

Implementation of gender budgeting (GB) at Reykjavík City is based on the Act on Equal Status and Equal Rights Irrespective of Gender No. 150/2020, the Act on the Administration of Matters Concerning Equality No. 151/2020, the Reykjavík City Human Rights Policy, and the European Charter for Equality for Women and Men in Local Life. The aim is to integrate the City's Human Rights Policy into the budgeting process, thus promoting equality. The aim is for better and fairer distribution of resources according to people’s needs. The main tasks related to the implementation of GB are gender based analysis of city services , equality impact screenings, and equality impact assessments.

 

Implementation period

Ongoing projects from 2011

Status: In progress

Status report on July 1, 2023

The gender budgeting analysis for the housing service component for disabled people was completed in 2023. The analysis is published on the City's gender budgeting website and will be presented to the Welfare Council and Human Rights & Violence Prevention Council. Other planned analyses have been postponed to next year. In total, 64 service component analyses using the gender budgeting methodology have been completed.

The fiscal year 2024 budget was approved at the City Council meeting on December 5. All professional and core departments submitted reports on gender budgeting for the budget.

The procedure for the equality impact screening of additional budget items for 2023 was successfully followed. In total, 13 additions were to be screened, and the screening revealed that 60% of the amounts in the additions were considered to have a positive impact on equality. Forty-five additions were exempted from screening according to the approved exemption list.

An agreement has been made with Just Consulting for an eight-week educational campaign for staff in gender budgeting working groups, which will take place at the beginning of 2024.

The work on the digital equality impact screening was completed at the end of the year, and the digital format will be adopted at the beginning of 2024.

Older status reports

Below you can find older status reports with information on the progress of the action since its inception (if you're using your phone, it's better to turn it sideways).
Timing Progress description
July 2023 At the beginning of the year, equality impact screenings were called for in preparation for the City's budget and investment plans. All new project proposals in the budget and investment cost proposals must include a screening. Nine service components are expected to be analyzed using the gender budgeting methodology this year, and the analyses will be completed by December. The City’s new action plan for equality and human rights was approved by the City Executive Council on June 20, 2023, and is valid until the end of 2026. The plan is in accordance with Article 13 of the Administration of Matters Concerning Equality Act, which includes measures to promote equality and equal treatment in the allocation of funds, and six measures are proposed to promote equality in the allocation of funds.
January 2023 Twelve out of 18 recommendations related to future organization and execution of equality impact screenings have already been implemented. The remaining six are in progress and will be implemented by mid-2023, including digitalization of equality impact screenings and digital training for staff. Amendments made as an annex to the approved annual budget must undergo equality impact screenings. In total, 37 equality impact screenings were carried out due to annexes in the year, amounting to a total of 1,832,715 thousand króna. The result was that 68% of the amount was considered to have a positive effect on equality or positive effects for marginalized groups. In December 2022, the city departments delivered their’’ annual analysis of selected service components from a gender and equality perspective. Seven analyses were completed in 2022, and the City has now analyzed 63 service components using the methodology of gender budgeting. In the fall of 2022, a website was launched with a knowledge hub on gender and equality perspectives in environmental and climate change issues.
July 2022

At a City Council meeting on January 20, proposals from the Working Group on Future Organization and Implementation of Equality Impact Assessments and Equality Impact Screenings were approved. It presents 18 proposals that relate to processes, digitization of equality impact screenings, guidelines, training, templates, exception lists, supervision, feedback, responsibility, division of work, and internal information channels. Of these 18 proposals, 11 have been implemented, but the 7 that remain are in progress and will be implemented by the end of the year, including digitization of equality impact screenings and online training for staff.

During the preparation of the City's budget and investment plan, equality impact screenings were used on new projects and changes to projects in accordance with the City's procedures. In April, the City's departments delivered a plan for equality analysis of services and are now working on the analyses that were proposed. A total of 12 service components should be analyzed in 2022, and the City has already analyzed 56 service components using the methodology of gender budgeting.

At a City Council meeting on June 21, a change was made so that gender budgeting now falls under the Human Rights & Violence Prevention Council, whereas previously the project was under a political steering group.

Tengdar aðgerðir

Taflan hér fyrir neðan inniheldur þær aðgerðir sem tengjast þessari aðgerð og hægt er að nálgast frekari upplýsingar með því að smella á "heiti aðgerðar" í töflunni (ef þú ert í síma er betra að snúa símanum á hlið).