This, analysis – 2013 Annual Work Programme of the European Institute for Gender Equality – has been conducted the following five gender relevant policy issues: Economic Independence, Education and Training, Health/Wellbeing/Environment, Fundamental Rights, External Relations showing that the attention to gender is not evenly given by issue and that evaluation/monitoring in a gender perspective is still not as widespread as it should be to ensure an actual implementation of gender mainstreaming. The study has also revealed that it is possible to design and apply a gender budgeting methodology to the EU Budget. This is a very relevant result in view of a future introduction of gender budgeting in the EU budget procedure.

Keywords: European Institute for Gender Equality, EIGE, Annual Work Programme, Social affairs, gender equality, gender,