Development of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on gender based violence for companies

Programme: To prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children - Priority 1 Prevention of gender-based violence (GBV)

Types of action: REC Action Grant

Call: REC-RDAP-GBV-AG-2018

Project Number: 856745

Project Acronym: MOOC_Entreprise

Duration (months): 24

Project Title: Development of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on gender based violence for companies

ABSTRACT:

Objectives
1) Raise awareness and knowledge among companies about the negative consequences of sexual harassment and gender-based violence
2) Reduce sexual harassment and sexist behaviour in the workplace using a massive open online course (MOOC) for all employees combined with training sessions targeting management, human resources, gender advocates, trade unions.

Activities

• Interviews of experts/groups of employees on situational analysis
• literature review of EU best practices in reducing sexual harassment in the workplace
• development of the MOOC in consultation with the employees, trade unions
• MOOC pre-testing in a large company in each partner country
• train-the-trainer workshops including a resource guide + posters for referral to victim support associations
• advocacy actions with national authorities, European Confederation of Trade Unions
• evaluation and dissemination of results

Type and number of persons benefiting from the project

2x1,000 employees of two large pilot companies
80 management and union staff trained
4,000 trade union professionals

Expected results

• A 20% increase in the detection of cases of sexual harassment in the companies trained
• improvement of the quality of care for victims as measured by a 15% increase in referrals to specialised services in the trained companies
• a 40% increase in the level of knowledge of employees trained about the nature and consequences of sexist behaviour in the workplace

Type and number of deliverables to be produced

• 1 online database of laws on company responsibilities for sexual harassment in the workplace
• 1 employee interview guide
• 1 expert interview guide
• interviews of 10 experts in Belgium and France
• 32 interviews with groups of employees
• 4 intra-company meetings
• 1 MOOC, 1 training package, 8 mutual learning sessions
• 1 website, 2 resource guides
• 4 posters, 2 national dissemination plans, 1 project impact summary
• 1 transferability package
• 1 recommendation document
• 1 evaluation report