This Gender Mainstreaming Guide and Toolkit provides guidance, entry points and practical recommendations for technical personnel and Gender Focal Points working on UNIDO projects and programmes as well as for implementing partners and stakeholders. It aims to facilitate the effective and efficient integration of gender considerations throughout the entire project/programme cycle, with a particular focus on gender analysis tools to support the important stage of project design. It is applicable to a range of development cooperation formats, including technical cooperation projects and programmes, country programmes (including PCPs) and normative and convening projects. For research projects, the section on “Gender Responsive Indicators and Sex-Disaggregated Data” and the chapter on “Gender-Responsive Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation” might be of particular interest.

As this document provides general guidance, it is meant to be read in combination with the thematic technical guides specific to focus areas, particularly when being applied to technical assistance projects and programmes in areas such as sustainable energy, environment, agri-business, digitalization, technology and innovation.