Ensuring that gender is mainstreamed in public administration strategic documents the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop

Use of gender indicators to monitor the quality of new national strategic documents and their implementation was the focus of the workshop the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized for the General Secretariat of the Government on 28 February.

Eight staff members from the General Secretariat’s Sector for Strategic Planning and Coordination of Government Policies, were introduced to the updated “Methodology of Policy Development, Drafting and Monitoring of Strategic Documents” and the accompanying annexes with instruments to monitor gender mainstreaming. This methodology is a mandatory tool in developing national policies, ensuring all public administration units drafting new policies, programmes and projects provide equality between women and men. This working session provided practical guidance to staff on utilizing integrated gender indicators in monitoring the implementation of strategic documents in all sectors.

Tamara Srzentić, head of the Sector, explained that this new methodology with annexes have enhanced the capacity to assess strategic documents from the aspect of gender integration. “The OSCE’s support remains an important instrument for strengthening the capacity of the state administration of Montenegro for strategic planning of gender transformative policies,” said Srzentić.

In its support to equality between men and women and in particular promotion of equal opportunities, the Mission strongly supports the inclusion of gender perspective into public policies as a mandatory part of the strategic planning, implementation and monitoring of strategic documents.