Programmes and Projects Civil Society and Democratic Governance Programmes Region/Country Included work on: Democratic Governance OSCE region • Strengthening local party leadership, strategic planning, party funding • Adaptation of the interactive web-based tool VoteMatch to assist voters in getting more information on political parties (Georgia) • Promoting inter-party dialogue at the highest level • Strengthening the Centre for Parliamentary Reform (Georgia) • Qualitative needs assessment of parliamentary research and analysis capacity (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) • Building capacity and operations of the Institute for Public Policy (Kyrgyzstan), including co-operation on a conference on political and economic relations in Central Asia Programmes Region/Country Included work on: Increased Participation of Women in Democratic Processes South Caucasus, Central Asia, Ukraine, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia • Expert advice to the president’s special representative on gender equality to the Parliament (Kyrgyzstan) • Advice on development of a national action plan on gender equality (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) • Technical support to university lecturers and high-school teachers to develop curricula and teach gender equality (Armenia) • Promotion of women’s leadership, civil society coalition-building and networking (Georgia, Kyrgyzstan) • Awareness-raising to promote political participation of women in communities in rural areas; social and economic rights of women; strengthening business opportunities for rural women (Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine) • Promoting joint efforts for effective participation in democratic processes, including electoral campaigns (Georgia, Kyrgyzstan) • Evaluation methodologies for programme implementation partners (Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine) • Assistance in developing a curriculum on prevention of domestic violence for police cadets (Azerbaijan) Gender Equality Annual Report 2007 67