To achieve more transparency in the way people are nominated/designated in the governance bodies, strong recommendations are needed. The way decisions are made during the whole process requires more inclusiveness, whereby significant stakeholders should endorse these recommendations.

Actions to be implemented

1) Elaborate recommendations to foster gender balance and transparency in decision-making in international scientific cooperation

2) Define a joint Gender STI Co-design Lab 2 GENDER STI Page 29 of 133 declarations by significant stakeholders and

3) Set up an international network of women in science diplomacy and gender.