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Getting more women into ICT and technology is today, especially in the times of global economic crisis, not just a question of social justice, but a question of economic necessity, growth and competitiveness.

For the Joint High-level DG INFSO and Hungarian EU Presidency Conference "Women in Science, Innovation and Technology in the Digital Age" organized in the 6-8 March 2011 in Budapest the European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT) has prepared a Position Paper to initiate a dialogue with all stakeholders (public, private, academia and NGOs) in Europe engaged in collaboration for measurably and significantly increasing the number of girls and women in ICT, innovation and technology, with the goal to join forces for a strategic Gender Action Plan for implementing the Digital Agenda and the Europe 2020 Strategy with a gendered approach.

ECWT invites all stakeholders interested in women in ICT, innovation and technology and not represented in Budapest to respond to the consultation and submit comments until the 8th of April 2011 »  by e-mail to ECWT.

Following the end of the public consultation period, ECWT will publish all comments and replies to questions received from stakeholders on the »  ECWT website and the »  European Directory of Women and ICT. If any contributions submitted are to be treated with confidentiality, this must be explicitly mentioned in the reply as a separate annex, so that the main document may be published. Unless marked as confidential, all responses will be published.

The Position Paper, the documents of the Budapest Conference and comments during the consultation will be a major input to the EU Parliamentary hearing on the issue later on in the first half year 2011.

Any questions relating to this document should in the first instance be directed to:


Eva Fabry
Director of the European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT)
» eva.fabry@womenandtechnology.eu