The project was focused on the gender mainstreaming in clusters in the Moravian–Silesian Region. The main goal was to support the equality of gender in all innovation spheres and boost the innovation potential of clusters by means of gender perspective application with experiences and the best practise from Norway.

Projects concentrated on a better exploitation of the gender perspective in innovation processes of cluster organisations and their members (enterprises, educational/research organisations and other supportive institutions) for the benefit of the improvement of their competitiveness.

Clusters are considered as an important part of the innovation infrastructure, the vehicle of the regional specialisation and competitive advantage. The main goal of the project was to support the equality of gender in all innovation spheres and boost the innovation potential of clusters by means of gender perspective application.

The project aimed to contribute to the optimisation of the use of the women potential for innovation. The project topics also include the inclusion and maintaining of women in the working process by means of suitable solutions for reconciling work and family life, better understanding of the gender inequality in the innovation cycle and also the use of different kinds of incentives for the industry and research to create gender balance in research and innovation teams.

The project was finnished successfully in November 2015 and it achieved its goals. All outputs of the projects are in Czech language and thery are available on the project website: http://www.nca.cz/cs/gender-v-inovacich-inovace-v-klastrech

“The Project was being supported by the Open Society Fund Prague from the Let’s Give (Wo)men a Chance programme, financed from Norway Grants. With Norway Grants, Norway contributes towards a reduction in economic and social disparity and the strengthening of mutual cooperation in Europe. It promotes, above all else, environmental protection, research and scholarships, civil society development, health care, children, gender equality and an improvement in the efficiency of justice. The Let’s Give Women a Chance programme promotes equal opportunities for women and men both in their work and personal lives as well as prevention and help for victims of domestic and gender-based violence in the Czech Republic. It is operated by the Open Society Fund Prague, which has been developing values of open society and democracy in the Czech Republic since 1992.”