The COE concept seeks to ensure that key councils are identified across the region and worked with very closely in their process of getting gender on their council's agenda. The approach also seeks to develop synergy in GL programme work by focusing various projects from our SADC Gender Protocol, governance, media and justice programmes in specific localities. Stages in the process are:
Stage I: Meetings with management teams and political heads of councils
Stage II: Situational Analysis
Stage III: Council level policy and implementation workshops
Stage IV: Community mobilisation village level meetings on the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
Stage V: Capacity building through on the job training: Modules include: Gender, elections and the media, Making IT and the media work for you, Campaigns, Communication
Stage VI: Application of skills in the running of major campaigns, e.g. 365 Days of Action to End Gender Based Violence
The councils' progress in Mauritius
| Council | Stage I |
Stage II | Stage III | Stage IV | Stage V | Stage VI |
| Curepipe | ||||||
| B.Bassin/R.Hill | ||||||
| Pampl/duRempart | ||||||
| Moka/Flacq | ||||||
| Vacoas/Phoenix | ||||||
| CUA | ||||||
| Black River | ||||||
| Grand - Port | ||||||
| Port - Louis | ||||||
| Quatre - Bornes |
