Competence Development Programme Manual on Gender Mainstreaming, UNDP 2002 This Manual is based on the approach to gender mainstreaming competence development in the UN developed by Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues (OSAGI), the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) within the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM) in 1999 and tested in a number of competence development initiatives since then. The Manual is intended as the framework for a ontinuing ‘work in progress.’ That is, it is intended to serve as a resource fo r facilitators of competence development initiatives for gender mainstreaming, but also to expand and be enriched as facilitators contribute their reflections as well as the case study materials or exercises used.
