E VALUATION S TUDY OF THE INTEGRATION OF THE G ENDER P ERSPECTIVE WITHIN S TRUCTURAL F UNDS DURING THE P ROGRAMMING P ERIOD 2007-2013 E XECUTIVE S UMMARY Contracting authority: Instituto de Gestão do Fundo Social Europeu, I. P. (IGFSE) Tenderer: Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES) Research team: Virgínia Ferreira (Coord.) Rosa Monteiro Mónica Lopes Hernâni Veloso Neto Lina Coelho (With the collaboration of Sara Portovedo and José Pedro Arruda)