To promote integration of the equal opportunities for woman and man dimension in all policies and activities . Recipe n.9 Project Trampolin/Reda What Project Trampolin/Reda was promoted from 1997 until 2000 by the Commission of Equality and for the Rights of Women (EU Initiative "Employment-Now"). It aimed to decentralize the politics for Equal Opportunity to local authorities in all Portugal witch strategies to develop gender mainstreaming. This project is also to create a structure of advice for E.O.. How much The project has been supported by the European Fund (FSE and FEDER - 75%)and by the National Commission for Equality and Rights for Women - CIDM (25%). The FEDER has financed 10 computers connected to the internet and 10 printer, with the objective to facilitate the constitution of a national network of equality advisors. How The project was developed in different stages: Sensitisation seminars of autonomous regions, from Madera to the Azores. Sensitisation of 85 local authorities "Autarchies"to: The importance of gender mainstreaming to all policies and actions, in particular appointing an advisor for equality at a communal level. The importance of involving women in the regional and local development. The political responses, both regionally and locally, to the situation and of women needs. Potential advantages of gender mainstreaming, focused on the feminine component in service provided to the community. The establishment of the protocols of collaboration in the area of Equal Opportunities between the CIDM and 20 local authorities and 2 autonomous regions. The definition of professional profiles and of expertise necessary for the profile of operators "Information space for women" "Equality advisor". The creation of a training methodology, consisting of instruments and educational material, addressed to all workers/operators of the local authorities, in order to support and practice the new equality structure. 4 week training programme for workers/Operators of local authorities ready to create A "Structure for Equality". The creation of a national network of workers which can be integrated with a European network of the same vocation by means of a network of a further 5 countries other than Portugal (Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Greece). Way The adoption of a strategy of "gender mainstreaming" for central Public Administration has been passed by the Global Plane for Equality , approved by the Portuguese government in 1997. The importance of such strategies is underlined in the program of the XIV constitutional Government which elect them between it's priority. This project therefore was created from the necessity of such political strategy that could be applied and concreted also on the local plane with the adoption of mainstreaming from local authorities and with the involvement of these last initiatives that contribute to an equality effective between men and women. Rereferences: Isabel Romao/Magdalena Barbosa- coordinators of the project Trampolim-Reda Equality and Rights of Women Commission - CIDM AAV.da Républicaa, 32 -1° 1050 - 193 Lisboa PORTUGAL Tel : + 21 79830000 fax : 211 79983098 email: cidm@mail.telepac.pt Internet: www.cidm.sitepac.pt