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". – The Commission is very conscious of the need to increase the proportion of women in A1 and A2 grades. It is for that reason that, since 1995, annual targets are set for the appointment of women to these and to other management posts.
The Commission's overall target, as announced at the beginning of our term of office in 1999, is to double the number of women in these two grades during its term in office, thereby raising the number of women in A1 and A2 posts to 44 or about 20% by 2005. To achieve this, the annual targets are set on the basis of anticipated turnover in the grades each year. In 2000 the target for the appointment of women to A1 was two appointments and the target for A2 was five appointments. These targets were exceeded with three new appointments being made to the A1 grade and seven new appointments to the A2 grade. As a result, the current number of women at A1 level is four out of 54 and the number of women at A2 level is 21 out of 178.
The Commission intends to continue its practice of setting annual targets because it has evidently assisted improvement in the gender balance, although patently not enough. The Commission will adopt the annual target for 2001 next month. In addition to the policy of target setting, the members of selection boards are reminded of the principles of equal opportunities to be taken into consideration in the selection of candidates. The Commission seeks to appoint the most suitable candidate for a post and, where there are equal merits relating to the relevant post, to give priority to the female candidate. The outcome must arise from objective assessment by the appropriate authority of each individual situation and is not therefore automatic for persons of either gender.
In the case referred to by the honourable Member, the advisory committee on appointments shortlisted a female candidate with good qualifications. The Commission considered that the candidate chosen had a profile more particularly related to the tasks of the post in question."@en1
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