Briefing – Gender budgeting in the 2021-2027 period and the proposal for the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework – 28-10-2025

Source: European Parliament

The European Commission has proposed a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework for the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to track horizontal principles and performance in the EU budget. Part of this framework aims at monitoring gender equality through a gender budgeting methodology. The methodology proposed is a continuation of the one currently used with one difference: the score 0* has been removed. Within the framework, the Commission added a specific list of programmes with gender equality as principal objective (‘gender equality score 2’).