Portugal har udnævnt en højkommissær for ligestillings- og familieanliggender under premierministeren og nedsat et nyt parlamentsudvalg for ligelig repræsentation og lige mulighe der for kvinder og mænd; Italien har for første gang fået en minister for ligestilling; også den flamske regering i Belgien har for første gang fået en minister med ansvar for ligestilling; den svenske regering har etableret regionale centre, der skal arbejde for at fremme ligestillingen på regionalt plan og tilskynde til "mainstreaming"; Luxembourg har nedsat et tvætministerielt lige stillingsudvalg.
Portugal has created a High Commissioner for the Promotion of Equality and Family Issues in the Prime Minister's office and a new Parliamentary Commission for Parity and Equal Opportunities; Italy has for the first time a ministry for equal opportunities; also for the first time, the Flemish government in Belgium has a minister responsible for equal opportunities; the Swedish government has created regional 'focal points' to promote equal opportunities regionally and to stimulate mainstreaming; Luxembourg has introduced an interministerial committee for equality.