Gender Equality in the Practice of Educational and Scientific Research Institutions was the title of the training held at the Rectorate of the University of Belgrade on Tuesday and Wednesday,7 and 8 June 2022, which was attended by representatives of partner institutions, participating in the UNIGEM project. Dr Luka Glušac, Assistant Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory of the University of Belgrade, Dr Vladimir Mikić, Secretary General of the University of Belgrade, and Prof. Dr Zilka Spahić Šiljak, TPO Foundation Program Director from Sarajevo, greeted the guests.

Topics, covered by this training, were: Challenges in implementing gender action plans in the academic community and Challenges of gender mainstreaming at the University of Belgrade. Dr Ana Hofman, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Cultural and Memorial Studies ZRC SAZU (Slovenia), presented the first topic, and Prof. Dr Ivanka Popović from the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy introduced the second one.

The third topic, titled Gender Equality in the Practice of Educational and Scientific Research Institutions: Improving the Normative Framework based on the Assessment of the Situation, was presented by Dr Ljubinka Kovačević, Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade.

On the second day of the training, 8 June 2022, the participants had the opportunity to listen to the presentation of Assist. Prof. Dr Karolina Lendak Kabok from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad, who presented the experiences of her University in relation to the topic from the previous day, ie. the implementation of the action plan for gender equality in the academic community.

The final part of the training consisted of group work led by Biljana Maletin, trainer and expert on gender mainstreaming in public policies, and it related to the implementation of gender action plans at academic institutions.