Under the leadership of OSAGI, the Task Force has undertaken two projects on gender mainstreaming in programme budget processes. The work was initiated with an inventory of efforts made, both within and outside the UN, to incorporate gender perspectives in institutional budgets. Case studies have been carried out in ten UN entities to assess the extent to which gender perspectives are incorporated into programme budgets. A workshop has been organized for Europe-based entities, bringing together all institutional stakeholders to review and consolidate the experience to date. A synthesis report on the findings so far has been prepared. In light of the experience gained from the ten case studies completed in the first two projects, five more case studies will be completed by the end of 2002. UNFPA will prepare a 'good practice' example on the institutional impact of participating in the project. Following completion of the third project, an interim report will be prepared, outlining the objectives, process and outcomes of the work of the task force. A final workshop will be organized in early 2003 to disseminate the findings of the work of the task force.

a) Workshop: Meeting the Challenge of Gender Mainstreaming in Programme Budget Processes
16 June 2003, UNFPA, New York
organized by The Taskforce on Gender Mainstreaming in Programme Budget Processes

• Mainstreaming Gender Perspectives into Programme Budget Processes within the United Nations System Phase One. Inventory of efforts to mainstream gender perspectives in budget processes in bilateral donors, NGOs, private sector and others. May 2000  
  
• Mandates for incorporating gender perspectives in medium-term plans and programme budgets in the United Nations
  
• Workshop Report Meeting the challenge of gender mainstreaming in the programme budget process. ILO, Geneva 22-23 November 2001