As the EU prepares its next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), urgent questions arise about how public budgets reflect our values. Despite binding commitments to gender equality and inclusive governance, the EU’s budgetary processes remain far from being gender responsive. Increased militarization of EU budgets threatens to crowd out social spending and further marginalize the gender equality agenda. It’s time to reaffirm a rights based fiscal approach and ensure that gender responsive budgeting (GRB) is not sidelined but at the centre of its planning, formulation and execution.
The European Gender Budgeting Network in collaboration with the Cyprus Gender Budgeting Platform & the Foundation FIMONOI is organizing European Gender Budgeting Conference: Gender Budgeting in the New EU Multiannual FinancialFramework: Making Budgets work for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights in Europe, which will take place οn the 26th and 27th March 2026 at the University of Cyprus, Aglantjia at Auditorium Β108, Anastasios Leventis Council & Senate Building.
Gender Budget Watchdog Network is one of the co-organizers of this conference, which aims at:
- contributing to building solid foundations for the next EU budget (MFF 2028-2034) to promote gender equality, women’s rights, peace and social investments,
- sharing perspectives with European institutions, especially co-legislators, on how to strengthen the legislative proposals in the negotiation process in order to strengthen investments in what matters for people in Europe,
- fostering inclusive cooperation with civil society and global partners to effectively contribute to the negotiation process,
- discussing the way forward for the European Gender Budgeting Network and building partnerships and joint advocacy strategies.
