Gender+ has developed governance and benchmarking tools for use by VET professionals to understand and improve their current approach to gender inclusion. In recent years, there has been a growing acceptance of a range of gender identities across Europe. This is evident in developments such as the greater gender and sexual fluidity found within younger generations, who now accept and identify with a diverse range of different identities, as well as through high profile campaigns such as Time’s Up and #metoo. Yet, despite this growing visibility, inequality still exists. For example, women remain overrepresented in low-paid jobs across Europe, whilst the unemployment rate amongst trans people is higher than the EU average. Issues around gender inclusion create a unique set of challenges for VET institutions. Their main target group for students is this younger, more gender fluid generation. Yet, at the same time, their existing facilities, approaches and courses have not always been designed to meet the needs of differing gender groups. Therefore, there is an emerging mismatch between student expectations and VET provision. This can be seen in the fact that minority gender groups remain underrepresented in VET, whilst certain courses also continue to be split down traditional gender lines. Similarly, although examples of training to help VET organisations address these issues exist across Europe, this training normally takes a ‘bottom up’ approach focusing on one gender group. The problem with this approach is that it leaves VET professionals unsure as to how to develop services which are inclusive for the full range of different identities now engaging with their provisions. Consequently, Gender+ has developed a complementary ‘top down’ approach which allows VET institutions to fully understand how different gender identities fit into their services, and so develop approaches which are fully inclusive to all. This has been achieved through the development of a series of governance and benchmarking resources which create a structured and supported approach to quality service design. Partners first developed a Gender+ Charter which sets out the minimum requirements an organisation needs to conform to in order to consider its provisions gender positive. This was achieved through desk and field research into current best practices and emergent trends across Europe. This Charter was then used as the basis for an interactive digital benchmarking tool which VET practitioners can use to assess their current services and then track their improvement. This is achieved through incentivised guidance and support which highlights how VET organisations can evidence and improve provisions to meet the Charter’s minimum requirements. Each organisation’s score against the Charter forms a ‘Gender Footprint’, with those organisations scoring well awarded a Gender+ kitemark and certificate. The final project output has been designed with sustainability and long-term impact in mind, as partners have produced a skills profile and resources for the development of a Gender Champion role. Through this, the project demonstrates the value for VET organisations in dedicating permanent time and resource to gender issues, something which will also help the project’s other tools continue to be used after Gender+ itself comes to an end. Throughout these activities, the project has engaged with VET leaders, HR managers and equality and diversity leaders from across Europe. This was complemented by the involvement of gender advocacy groups and policymakers. Therefore, the project has produced highly transferable resources which are able to be used in a variety of contexts across the continent. This will help Gender+ achieve a wide impact on the governance structures found across VET institutions, helping these organisations to become more welcoming and inclusive for a range of gender identities. This will see an improvement in the numbers of students from these groups engaging with VET services, helping to address the current underrepresentation of minority gender groups in VET. As a result, more people from within these groups will develop key employability skills, meaning that they are able to further their careers and become valuable members of the labour market, something which will ultimately improve social inclusion long-term across the countries involved.