Categories’ frequencies from the documentary analysis
| Facilitating/hindering condition (category A) | PV dimension (category B) | Type of managing (category C) | Frequency | Examples of quotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institutionalisation of GRB (Facilitating) | Legitimacy and support | Inwards | 6 | “The GEP builds on and expands the objectives and actions outlined in the 2021–2023 PAP, following a logic of continuity and synergy between the two planning documents” (Resolution approving the 2022–2024 GEP) |
| Leadership support (Facilitating and Hindering) | Legitimacy and support | Inwards | 4 | “Since 2020, the three organisations have adopted a shared PAP. In 2023, the CUGs of the three organizations proposed to their respective managements the Gender Equality and Positive Action Plan, merging the PAP and GEP into a single planning document” (Resolution adopting the GEPAP, 2023–2025) |
| Political commitment to GE (Facilitating) | Legitimacy and support | Outwards | 4 | “Gender equality is, primarily, a matter of protecting a fundamental right, but it is also a matter of technological development and progress, of widespread improvement of human living conditions, and of economic growth” (GEP, 2022-2024) |
| Legal frameworks (Facilitating) | Legitimacy and support | Inwards | 3 | “To develop this document, the three healthcare organisations established a Board comprised of the Governance of the three organisations and an inter-organisational GEP Team, appointed following the guidelines of the Horizon Europe Guidance on Gender Equality Plans prepared by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission. The GEP Team integrated the objectives outlined in the PAP for the same time frame into the GEP itself, in compliance with the Horizon guidelines’ requirements” (GEPAP, 2023–2025) |
| GE-friendly climate (Facilitating) | Legitimacy and support | Inwards | 2 | “Since 2016, the CUGs of the three organizations have actively collaborated to harmonize their gender equality initiatives, aiming to standardize practices and behaviours for employees across the city’s healthcare system” (Deliberation, 2018 of the General Director of the Local Health Authority, also quoted in PAP, 2018–2020) |
| Stakeholder engagement (Facilitating) | Legitimacy and support | Outwards | 1 | “The attached PAP is the result of the work carried out by the CUGs of the University Hospital, the Local Health Authority, and the Orthopaedic Institute, which over the past three years have initiated a constructive integration process to harmonise initiatives and behaviours toward the employees of the city’s healthcare system” (Resolution approving the 2021–2023 PAP) |
| Tailored management practices (Facilitating) | Operational capacity | Inwards | 6 | “To support the Team, the organisations have engaged structures already involved in transformation processes for greater gender equity, such as the Metropolitan Unified Service for Legal Administration of Personnel, the Metropolitan Unified Service for Economic Administration of Personnel, the Planning and Control Unit, and the Communication Service” (GEP, 2022–2024) |
| Availability of gender-disaggregated data (Facilitating) | Operational capacity | Inwards | 1 | “To meet the requirements of the European Commission, it is therefore necessary to specifically indicate gender equality actions and to adopt these actions on the basis of a programming and monitoring process that must be based on gender-disaggregated data” (GEPAP, 2023–2025) |
| External expertise and support (Facilitating) | Operational capacity | Inwards | 1 | “It is resolved to potentially integrate the organisational component of the Gender Equality Plan Team when specific expertise is required for monitoring and evaluation activities” (Resolution of the General Director of the Orthopaedic Institute for adopting the 2022–2024 GEP) |
| Financial support (Facilitating) | Operational capacity | Inwards | 1 | “It is resolved to delegate the identified organisational units to implement the planned actions, following the preparation of specific plans and the estimation of any related economic costs” (Resolution approving the 2021–2023 PAP) |
| Facilitating/hindering condition (category A) | PV dimension (category B) | Type of managing (category C) | Frequency | Examples of quotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institutionalisation of GRB (Facilitating) | Legitimacy and support | Inwards | 6 | “The GEP builds on and expands the objectives and actions outlined in the 2021–2023 PAP, following a logic of continuity and synergy between the two planning documents” (Resolution approving the 2022–2024 GEP) |
| Leadership support (Facilitating and Hindering) | Legitimacy and support | Inwards | 4 | “Since 2020, the three organisations have adopted a shared PAP. In 2023, the CUGs of the three organizations proposed to their respective managements the Gender Equality and Positive Action Plan, merging the PAP and GEP into a single planning document” (Resolution adopting the GEPAP, 2023–2025) |
| Political commitment to GE (Facilitating) | Legitimacy and support | Outwards | 4 | “Gender equality is, primarily, a matter of protecting a fundamental right, but it is also a matter of technological development and progress, of widespread improvement of human living conditions, and of economic growth” (GEP, 2022-2024) |
| Legal frameworks (Facilitating) | Legitimacy and support | Inwards | 3 | “To develop this document, the three healthcare organisations established a Board comprised of the Governance of the three organisations and an inter-organisational GEP Team, appointed following the guidelines of the Horizon Europe Guidance on Gender Equality Plans prepared by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission. The GEP Team integrated the objectives outlined in the PAP for the same time frame into the GEP itself, in compliance with the Horizon guidelines’ requirements” (GEPAP, 2023–2025) |
| GE-friendly climate (Facilitating) | Legitimacy and support | Inwards | 2 | “Since 2016, the CUGs of the three organizations have actively collaborated to harmonize their gender equality initiatives, aiming to standardize practices and behaviours for employees across the city’s healthcare system” (Deliberation, 2018 of the General Director of the Local Health Authority, also quoted in PAP, 2018–2020) |
| Stakeholder engagement (Facilitating) | Legitimacy and support | Outwards | 1 | “The attached PAP is the result of the work carried out by the CUGs of the University Hospital, the Local Health Authority, and the Orthopaedic Institute, which over the past three years have initiated a constructive integration process to harmonise initiatives and behaviours toward the employees of the city’s healthcare system” (Resolution approving the 2021–2023 PAP) |
| Tailored management practices (Facilitating) | Operational capacity | Inwards | 6 | “To support the Team, the organisations have engaged structures already involved in transformation processes for greater gender equity, such as the Metropolitan Unified Service for Legal Administration of Personnel, the Metropolitan Unified Service for Economic Administration of Personnel, the Planning and Control Unit, and the Communication Service” (GEP, 2022–2024) |
| Availability of gender-disaggregated data (Facilitating) | Operational capacity | Inwards | 1 | “To meet the requirements of the European Commission, it is therefore necessary to specifically indicate gender equality actions and to adopt these actions on the basis of a programming and monitoring process that must be based on gender-disaggregated data” (GEPAP, 2023–2025) |
| External expertise and support (Facilitating) | Operational capacity | Inwards | 1 | “It is resolved to potentially integrate the organisational component of the Gender Equality Plan Team when specific expertise is required for monitoring and evaluation activities” (Resolution of the General Director of the Orthopaedic Institute for adopting the 2022–2024 GEP) |
| Financial support (Facilitating) | Operational capacity | Inwards | 1 | “It is resolved to delegate the identified organisational units to implement the planned actions, following the preparation of specific plans and the estimation of any related economic costs” (Resolution approving the 2021–2023 PAP) |
Source(s): Authors’ own work
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