The EU faces severe challenges in attracting girls and women into the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Less than one in five ICT specialists employed in the Union are female. This initiative addresses the Digital Decade target of improving gender balance while reaching 20 million ICT specialists by 2030, by supporting activities that actively tackle the under-representation of girls and women in the ICT sector in the EU. This action will build on and further develop the work initiated by the WIDCON project (101195389), funded under the DIGITAL work programme 2023-2024. It will support community building and cross-fertilisation across the EU, by creating an online EU platform (as a sub-domain of the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform) for Women in Digital resources that will scale up the exchange of good practices, data gathering, policy mapping, and outreach and awareness raising activities across the MS. Moreover, it will coordinate and expand the network and community of experts set up by the WIDCON project and create and coordinate a network of relevant contacts in each Member State, to expand and strengthen the EU Women in Digital network.
Annual high-level EU conference (in person, in an EU Member State to be agreed, ~200 attendees) — contractor must organise and bear all costs including travel and accommodation for at least 30 participants Annual International Women's Day event (in person, Brussels, ~50 attendees) — contractor must organise and bear all costs Annual in-person meeting for the network of national contacts — to be organised in synergy with one of the annual events Project monitoring meetings: when held in person, to take place in Luxembourg or Brussels — all costs borne by the contractor; costs of possible physical attendance must be included in the financial offer Final meeting (month 36) — organised by the contractor; costs of possible physical attendance must be included in the financial offer Project monitoring meetings: default format is online unless there is real added value to organise in person Series of online webinars for stakeholders — at least one per month Targeted online workshops and events to address female underrepresentation Community Network Launch Event (D1.3) — virtual kick-off event Quarterly online meetings with all 27 national contacts Regular meetings with the community network of experts and sub-networks — may be held online, at least one per quarter EC-organised meetings and events attended by the contractor — normally online
Tenderers must prove that they have the legal capacity to perform the contract and the regulatory capacity to pursue the professional activity necessary to carry out the work subject to this call for tenders.
Tenderers must comply with the following selection criteria in order to prove that they have the necessary economic and financial capacity to perform the contract.
The tenderer must prove experience in the fields of: · Web content and data management, · Data Protection.
The tenderer must prove experience in the fields of: · Content production and management, · Communication campaign design & implementation, including for social media, in the Digital domain.
The tenderer must prove experience in organising pan-European events and workshops, including in an online format, (e.g. conferences, workshops, peer-to-peer learning events, training sessions).
The tenderer must prove its capacity to work effectively in the field of encouraging girls into STEM and/or women into ICT studies or activities.
The tenderer must prove experience to work in the English language (including to draft reports in English).
The tenderer must demonstrate the ability to provide a gender-balanced Core Team with the following experience. Each team member can fulfil more than one role.
Proficient English language level for key core team members.
The tenderer must demonstrate a network of relevant contacts in each Member State (MS).
Published 29 June 2026 · rebuilt nightly from the official notice.