The Nordic Gender Equality Fund finances collaborations that promote gender equality.
Through the Fund, the Nordic Council of Ministers issues an annual call for proposals for funding projects in which at least three different organisations, from at least three different Nordic countries, collaborate.
The aims of the projects can be to contribute new knowledge, a sharing of experiences or Nordic networks.
NIKK administers the Fund on behalf of the Nordic Council of Ministers, including calls for proposals, assessment of proposals, and monitoring of results.
2024 The project aims to produce and make available statistics on the distribution between men and women in leading positions in Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish listed companies, and to map and evaluate laws and other measures taken to increase the representation of women in management groups and boards in these countries.
2024 In a comparative study in three Nordic countries, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the project aims to investigate how Ukrainian women have been integrated into the labour market.
2024 TUNDRA is an innovative initiative aimed at empowering women-led growth-stage climate-tech companies through tailored access to experts, funding, and partnerships, particularly those in the Arctic region. Women-led Climate tech ventures in the Arctic region face unique scalability challenges as a result of limited access to role models, networks and funding. While early-stage ventures receive support
2024 The conference examines linkages between gender equality and the ongoing climate crisis in the Nordic business context. The main objectives are to strengthen collaboration, accelerate change, and encourage businesses to set ambitious targets to deliver on the SDGs.
2024 REDO Lookout aims to foster gender equality and inclusion within the shipping industry through collaboration, awareness-raising, and knowledge-sharing initiatives from and within the Nordic region, with a specific focus on the shipping industry.
2024 The WIN-ITS 2 project aims to address the gender gap in the Nordic transport sector, with a particular focus on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).
2024 The project aims to investigate and compile a report on men’s responses to diversity interventions and gender equality practices in Nordic workplaces.
2024 Based on existing research, analyses and expert knowledge, the project’s network of leading Nordic filmmakers will develop concrete guidelines to ensure that Nordic films portray young LGBTI characters in a nuanced, realistic and holistic way that is in line with the reality of Nordic youth.
The call will be open between 3 March and 3 April 2025
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