Programmes and Projects Civil Society and Democratic Governance Programmes Region/Country Included work on: Democratic Governance Georgia • Increasing knowledge of political party activists in the fields of policy development and implementation at the local level; the political party system; political finance regulations; strategic planning. • Adaptation of the interactive web-based tool ‘VoteMatch’ to assist voters in getting more information on political parties • Strengthening the Centre for Parliamentary Reform Programmes Region/Country Included work on: Increased Participation of Women in Democratic Processes South Caucasus, Central Asia, Ukraine, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia • Providing civil society and political parties with skills and expertise for increasing the role and participation of women in decision-making • Strengthening interaction among elected officials and NGOs to enhance advocacy mechanisms for ensuring gender-sensitive policy-making • Capacity-building of government bodies to develop gender-sensitive policies and genderbudgeting • Combating domestic violence Human Rights, Women and Security OSCE region • Implementation of UNSCR 1325 at national levels • Toolkit on Gender and Security Sector Reform, including new research and resource materials to guide practitioners • Awareness raising, including a handbook for practitioners on integration of a gender perspective and consideration of women’s rights in conflict prevention and early warning Gender Equality Migration/Freedom of Movement Programmes Region Included work on: Migration and Freedom of Movement OSCE region • Protection of human rights of migrants and development of migration policy in line with OSCE commitments (the Russian Federation) • Research on labour immigration (Kazakhstan) • Promotion of the rights of Roma migrants (Italy) • Guidelines on Population Registration • Modernization of population registration and address system (Albania) Annual Report 2008 63