GPRFM Indicators
Scores by Dimension
Overall Indicator Score
GRPFM–1 Gender impact analysis of budget policy proposals
A
Notes:
GRPFM–1.1 Gender impact analysis of expenditure policy proposals
A
Notes:
An equal opportunity test is mandatory (through the regulation of 4 October 2018 supplemented by the Decree of 22 November 2018) since November 2018 for all legislative or regulatory drafts (including both expenditure and revenue policy proposals).
GRPFM–1.2 Gender impact analysis of revenue policy proposals
A
Notes:
An equal opportunity test is mandatory (through the regulation of 4 October 2018 supplemented by the Decree of 22 November 2018) since November 2018 for all legislative or regulatory drafts (including both expenditure and revenue policy proposals).
GRPFM–2 Gender responsive public investment management
C
Notes:
GRPFM–2.1 Gender responsive public investment management
C
Notes:
The equal opportunity test is conducted for all major investment subsidies to the main public corporations and reviewed by the Inspectorate. However, the results are not published.
GRPFM–3 Gender responsive budget circular
C
Notes:
GRPFM–3.1 Gender responsive budget circular
C
Notes:
The Budget Circular requires that each budget line is categorized in terms of gender impact, but it does not require budgetary units to provide a gender-based justification in proposed new spending initiatives. Also, it does not require budgetary units to include sex-disaggregated performance data.
GRPFM–4 Gender responsive budget proposal documentation
A
Notes:
GRPFM–4.1 Gender responsive budget proposal documentation
A
Notes:
The budget documentation provides an overview of government’s policy priorities for improving gender equality under the Task (‘Opdracht’) 05. The documentation includes also details of budget measures aimed at strengthening gender equality in the budgetary table under the heading of Task 05. Finally, the Gender Note, that is published together with the budget documentation, provides a broader assessment of the impacts of budget policies on gender equality.
GRPFM–5 Sex-disaggregated performance information for service delivery
D
Notes:
GRPFM–5.1 Sex-disaggregated performance plans for service delivery
D
Notes:
Except for the orientation note of Equal.Brussels, none of the Ministries provide specific sex-disaggregated performance information on gender.
GRPFM–5.2 Sex-disaggregated performance achieved for service delivery
D
Notes:
The annual reports do not report results on sex disaggregated performance.
GRPFM–6 Tracking budget expenditure for gender equality
A
Notes:
GRPFM–6.1 Tracking budget expenditure for gender equality
A
Notes:
Bru.Budget contains a specific budget classification to track expenditure that are specifically classified as relevant to reduce the gender gap.
GRPFM–7 Gender responsive reporting
D
Notes:
GRPFM–7.1 Gender responsive reporting
D
Notes:
There are various streams of information on gender-related issues, but the GoB does not publish in a systematic manner annual reports including gender-related expenditures and impacts on gender inequality.
GRPFM–8 Evaluation of gender impacts of service delivery
D
Notes:
GRPFM–8.1 Evaluation of gender impacts of service delivery
D
Notes:
According to the applicable regulation, the Annual Internal Control Report should contain a report on the results of gender-related expenditure and the achievement of the objectives. However, no such analysis was observed in the latest available Annual Internal Control Report of 2019.
GRPFM–9 Legislative scrutiny of gender impacts of the budget
C
Notes:
GRPFM–9.1 Gender-responsive legislative scrutiny of budgets
B
Notes:
The Committee for Equal Opportunities is one of the permanent Committees of the Parliament of the Brussels Region since January 2020. It has the mandate to discuss the annual budget documents and it has done so extensively as demonstrated by the report of the Committee to the Plenary Session on the budget 2021.
GRPFM–9.2 Gender responsive legislative scrutiny of audit reports
D
Notes:
Het Rekenhof, the SAI covering the Brussels Regional Government, has not prepared audit conclusions on the issue of gender-budgeting.