D4.2 Report from training sessions meant to support the creation of the guidelines

The IcARUS training sessions (Task 4.2) mark the beginning of the demonstration phase (WP4).
The aim was to train local practitioners (end-users) on using the IcARUS tool and its various
components. With a duration of 1 to 2 days, each training session was tailor-made and
co-developed by the partners Efus, USAL, Idiap, Camino, York, in coordination with the IcARUS
cities.
These sessions were designed for the end-users of each IcARUS tool, identified in Task 4.1,
mostly consisting of the city’s civil servants, technicians and local police officers. The goal was
to equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge to ensure a smooth start of the
implementation phase, once the IcARUS project ends.
The focus on gender as a transversal aspect of public policies is one of the European
Commission’s priorities and one of the cross-cutting issues in IcARUS. In addition to the training
on the tool components, a gender dimension awareness session was integrated. This session
aimed to support cities to promote gender mainstreaming tools and increase the awareness of
their practitioners. They will both aim at integrating a gender balance and ensuring a gender
dimension – that is the analysis and consideration of the possible differences between men and
women (biological characteristics as well as the social and cultural features), male and female,
and non-binary categories. Incorporating gender-sensitive and gender-transformative
approaches into both existing and new interventions remains a challenge. In order to achieve
this, Camino and University of York supported the content of these specific sessions.
The collaborative effort ensures that the training content aligns with the specific requirements
of the project and the different local contexts of the IcARUS cities. This task will then facilitate
the elaboration of a training methodology per city tool (Task 4.6).