Memo of the Month.

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The following message is from Don PXXXX:

It is now clear that integrating gender considerations in policies and activities accelerates and deepens economic and political reform processes. This is why the new M/OP procurement regulations state that gender must be included in all RFPs and RFAs. It is also why gender is one of the major cross-cutting themes of the new E&E Strategic Framework.

To operationalize these changes, we are requesting that each Mission have in place by December 2000 a functioning Gender Working Group which will represent all SO teams and be responsible for responding to the new M/OP guidelines and the Bureau's increased emphases.

To support you in carrying out this function, E&E will hold a Regional Gender Workshop in Budapest, July 17-18, at which a number of...