20 of November 2012 in Vilnius, premises of Ministry of Education and Science will be held the International conference „Promoting Gender Equality in Science”. The conference aims to discuss the measures of national policies in the frame of implementation of European gender mainstreaming policy in science. It is also seen as the closing event of the National Lithuanian project LYMOS coordinated by Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and financed by European Structural Funds, aiming creation structural background for gender equality in Lithuanian science system. The conference is organized by BASNET Forumas association (initiator and partner of LYMOS project) established on the basis of institutions -former partners of FP6 BASNET project for the continuation of its tasks. Among speakers of the conference there are Dr. Brigitte Muehlenbruch, president of prestige European women scientists organization European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS), members Helsinki group of women in science Prof. Ausma Cimdiņa (Latvia) and Auša Gribauskienė (Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science), Ms M. Nomm (Tartu University, Estonia), outstanding Lithuanian scientists and science policymakers. During the conference is planned the presentation of a book containing the most important results obtained by LYMOS project.
