The European Commission has established from 2022 the adoption of the GEP for all research institutions, as an eligibility criterion for access to European funding under HORIZON EUROPE, The LENS Directive Council on 21/05/2021 has set up the LENS Gender Equality Plan to promote and implement gender equality, within its own structure.

The first implementation actions are the following:

• Ethics Handbook
• GEP committee
• OCTOPUS committee support https://theoctopuslab.wordpress.com/