Armed with the findings of the research, GL works with partner organisations in each country to launch the study and link this to a strategy development workshop with key policy makers and representatives of district councils on mainstreaming gender in local government. Following the strategy workshop representatives were brought together from the participating countries for a 4 -day training of trainer workshop to develop locally adapted materials for assisting local councils in formulating gender action plans in each country. The final phase is to conduct training at the local council level, and assist councillors and officials to develop gender action plans for each council. The policy and action plan workshops have now been taken up in the new Centres of Excellence for Gender Mainstreaming in Local Government process.

Botswana Strategy Action plans Workshop reports	Lesotho Strategy Action plans Workshop reports	Mauritius Strategy Action plans Workshop reports	Madagascar Strategy
Nambia Strategy Action plans Workshop reports	South Africa Strategy Action plans Workshop reports	Swaziland Strategy Action plans	Zambia Strategy Action plans Workshop report
Zimbabwe Strategy