The general objective of this contract was to improve information on equality between women and men in Tunisia and its inclusion in development policies with a view to supporting the Tunisian Government and the European Union in mainstreaming gender equality issues in development programmes and projects.
This consultation was expected to provide an in-depth analysis with strategic and specific recommendations on how to use EU resources to improve gender equality and women's empowerment, as well as an analysis of the sectors and themes of intervention with a view to supporting the definition of gender-based indicators for future multiannual programming and for the annual programmes 2021 and 2022.
The specific objectives for this application were as follows:

• 1. Elaborate a gender profile of Tunisia, and on this basis, monitor and propose recommendations for gender mainstreaming in the post-2020 multiannual national programme.
• 2. Elaborate sectoral gender analyses in Tunisia that present in a concise manner and based on statistical evidence the state of gender and women's empowerment, as well as the existing gaps, both at the level of institutional response and women's acquired rights.

The analyses focused in particular on the sectors of intervention in the annual programming for 2021 and 2022.

• 3. Draw up recommendations for the identification of objectives and indicators on gender equality in programmes in the identification and formulation phase (projects and budget support) and in the implementation and monitoring phase of programmes financed by the European Union.
• 4. To report the results and support the programming and implementation of public policies, programmes and projects in favour of gender equality.

Gender analysis made possible to understand whether inequalities between women and men persist in the various sectors specified and to learn about their causes, how they interact with other inequalities, their impact on human rights and/or the benefits of development efforts and access to them, and the commitment of the Government of Tunisia and its capacity to address issues relating to equality between women and men and the empowerment of women.
The result of this analysis were a practical guide with concrete and oriented recommendations for decision-making, including operational decisions.
The information was elaborated and presented in such a way that Tunisian and European decision-makers had clear information (at macro, meso and micro levels) on the economic and social stakes of the gender issue on policies, the legal framework, the participation of actors (public and civil society) and the availability of statistics. It enabled the European Union cooperation strategy being formulated (post-2020) to take account of gender issues in the programming of the areas of intervention selected and the cooperation objectives and approaches defined.