Decision 81/7

Subsequently, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the desk study for the evaluation of gender mainstreaming in Montreal Protocol projects and policies contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/81/9;
2. To invite bilateral and implementing agencies to take into account the information in the desk study referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above;
3. To request the bilateral and implementing agencies to apply their own institutions’ gender policies to the projects and activities approved under the Multilateral Fund, when relevant;
4. To request UNEP to inform national ozone units, through regional network meetings, about the discussions that had taken place at the 81^st meeting of the Executive Committee on gender mainstreaming in the Montreal Protocol projects and policies and about the present decision, and to seek their input with regard to a potential gender policy for the Multilateral Fund; and
5. To request the Secretariat to prepare a discussion document for the 83^rd meeting, outlining possible objectives and elements of a potential gender policy for the Multilateral Fund, taking into account the policies of the bilateral and implementing agencies, input received from the national ozone units as per sub-paragraph (d) above and other relevant information.