Results achieved as of March 2023 include: (1) prepared and launched a Tunisian Charter on the Right to the City, and put in place a social contract to promote sustainable, safe and inclusive cities. This represents a first in Arab countries; (2) reviewed and adopted 49 recommendations integrating gender by the municipal council; (3) created 20 inclusive and gender-specific services in the eight partner municipalities. Thirty-five more are under development, involving public spaces, a public market, a kindergarten, a public beach, etc; (4) engaged with 45 civil society organizations in the implementation of pilot projects, as well as in other gender equality initiatives; (5) trained and carried out various workshops for the benefit of 1,498 people reached by the project, including 1,215 women and 283 men; (6) carried out training on gender and inclusive approaches for 706 people, including 706 women and 202 men, from municipal councils, municipal administration and civil society; (7) established four municipal children's councils by the communes. These councils are being supported as they draw up their first action plans; (8) founded the Tunisian Elected Women's Network, whose membership reached 1,000 by the end of the project; (9) trained and supported 51 women leaders involved in their communities and associations through the program; (10) finalized seven pilot projects. Several of these meet women's needs for places to meet and relax; (11) strengthened the National Federation of Tunisian Communes to adopt gender mainstreaming measures. These include a guide to inclusive communication and gendered action plans; (12) significantly increased and mobilized the membership of the National Committee for the Promotion of Equality between Women and Men in the Management of Local Affairs. This helps to keep the women's rights and gender equality agenda visible, and to oversee legislation; (13) created 10 knowledge products, including videos, guides, case studies and best practice documents. The beneficiaries of this initiative are municipalities, organizations and individuals who want to develop gendered and inclusive practices at the local level; and (14) organized the "Tunisian-Canadian Fortnight of Municipal Exchanges" event, mobilizing 250 people from both sides of the Atlantic.
