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Gender Balance Center (GBC)

In its session No. (269) dated 7/10/2021, the Board of Directors of the Institute of Public Administration (IPA), headed by His Excellency the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, approved the establishment of the "Gender Balance Center". The GBC was developed as an administrative unit within the IPA's organizational structure to achieve the strategic objectives of Vision (2030) through the development and empowerment of human capabilities and the achievement of the principle of equal opportunities in the workplace. It is also concerned with achieving the 5th sustainable development goal, which is gender equality. The Center's aim is to coordinate the efforts of the kingdom's agencies to achieve gender balance. This will be achieved by providing initiatives and projects that close the gender gap, organizing training programs, and providing administrative, organizational, and strategic consultations and studies to implement the concept of equal opportunity and achieve gender balance. The National Observatory

Strategic Objectives

Coordinating administrative consultations and developmental recommendations to improve organizational policies and practices across all Kingdom sectors in order to achieve gender balance.

Providing recommendations to the relevant organizations on how to carry out programs, initiatives, and restructurings to close the gender gap and concentrate on administrative development.

Developing studies and consultations that support gender balance.

Developing training and qualification plans for all Kingdom sectors to close the gender gap.

Developing plans to enhance an organizational culture that promotes the concept of gender balance.

Contributing to the permanent establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the benchmark for enacting laws and implementing initiatives to close the gender pay gap.

Forging partnerships with the relevant local and international agencies and organizations to achieve gender balance at work, and helping the Kingdom move up the international rankings for closing the gender gap.

Our Services

Studies and Consultations

Conducting consultations and studies for all sectors of the kingdom that contribute to promoting gender balance, achieving equal opportunities for both sexes, and creating a participatory environment based on an organizational culture that encourages participation and boosting labor market productivity in order to achieve the objectives of the Kingdom's strategic plan 2030.

Training and Development

Developing and implementing applied sessions on administrative leadership in the field of gender balance and equal opportunities; implementing training programs for employees across all sectors of the Kingdom to enhance the concept of gender balance; and fostering a healthy organizational environment within the agencies. This will serve as a driving force for production to ensure the accomplishment of organizations' desired outcomes and objectives.

Gender-based Statistics

Overseeing the relevant gender gap indexes to identify the challenges and obstacles encountered across all the Kingdom's sectors. This is based on an accurate and reliable database that shows how genders are represented in leading positions and jobs inside organizational structures. Further, this will provide accurate information to decision-makers at all levels to help close the current gap and rationalize the decisions for the economic and social development of both sexes.

Follow-up and evaluation

Governance of work procedures in all agencies of the Kingdom in terms of gender balance and the principle of equal opportunities, by setting up equal opportunity committees in the workplace. This initiative aims to achieve organizational justice in all sectors of the kingdom and to govern the data of qualitative representation in the labor market. This will help measure and track the progress of all government agencies toward achieving sustainable development goals and progress in the indexes of the kingdom's regional and global ranking in gender balance.

Partnerships and Collaboration

Developing relationships and partnerships with local and global organizations concerned with gender balance. This would promote cooperation to close the gap between men and women on the market and improve the standing of the Kingdom on international gender balance indexes.

The Permanent Advisory Committee on Gender Balance

It is a committee that reports to the IPA Director General. It involves government officials and aims to achieve gender balance and Saudi Vision goals (2030). The Committee focuses on recommending measures and initiatives that enhance organizational culture in support of the concept of gender balance. The Committee has a voice in all issues pertaining the elimination of the gender gap on the labor market.

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The Gender Balance Center (GBC) offers its services to both public and private sector organizations. We are pleased to communicate with all agencies whose training and consulting needs come under the Center's scope.

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