To support countries to formulate INFFs, the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) on Financing for Development laid out the key building block for INFF development within the 2019 Financing for Development Report.
The 2019 IATF Report highlights the importance of fully integrating gender equality considerations throughout the INFF process, particularly in terms of the formulation, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of sustainable financing strategies.
At the country level, the European Union and the United Nations (UN) are bringing together their respective expertise and tools to provide joint support to a country-owned and-led process designing INFFs. Methodological tools developed at the global level will be tested at the country level, and experiences will be fed back into the INFF methodology in an iterative manner.
To ensure that both the global level methodology and the country level work mainstream gender equality into the INFF process, UN Women and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) developed this guidance note to present information and guiding questions aligned with the objectives and initial tasks of the inception phase and assessment and diagnostics building block. The guidance note also provides case examples to illustrate strategies and entry points for bringing gender analysis into this process.
On 4-6 May 2021, UNDP and UN Women launched the guidance note through a joint webinar. The webinar featured presentations from Bangladesh, Samoa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Gabon on experiences with integrating gender into INFFs at the country level.