Project profile — Program for Municipal Leadership Inclusive of Women in Tunisia

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) women are more involved in targeted communes for more gender-sensitive and inclusive public service delivery for women and girls; and (2) government authorities and the FNVT institutionalize good practices regarding women's participation in local governance.

Results achieved as of March 2022 include: (1) strengthened the capacities of leaders in inclusive crisis management, support for women's leadership, and territorial marketing; (2) accompanied two cohorts of women active in public life, and identified their local initiatives; (3) supported the municipal election of councils for children in three partner communes. The election process was used as a tool for inclusion and participation of young people, of both genders, in the affairs of the commune and as a tool for citizen training; (4) launched three gender-specific pilot projects and initiated four others in partner communes; (5) supported five partner communes in the preparation of their Annual Investment Plan, with the integration of gender and inclusion approaches; (6) trained staff and the executive of the National Federation of Tunisian Communes for greater internal and external gender mainstreaming; (7) provided sustained support to the Network of Tunisian Elected Women. Offered a training program that reached about 100 elected women (hybrid training. Evaluated the first year and a half of the Network's activities. This evaluation resulted in recommendations to ensure maximum representation and mobilization within the Network; (8) Initiated activities related to the development of a Charter on the Right to the City. Participants included the National Federation of Tunisian Municipalities, the Tunisian Association of Urban Planners, government ministries and civil society organizations; (9) Finalized a practical guide to inclusive crisis management. The guide helps the reader to prepare to face all kinds of crises. Crises can be climatic, health or natural disasters; and (10) Developed an online course on gender-responsive budgeting for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' e-learning platform. This course is offered free of charge as a self-study course in Arabic, French and English.