CEDAW/C/1996/3/Add.4 English Page 8 28. The basic intent of the programme is to promote a new paradigm for peoplecentred development programming. A conceptual framework incorporating socio-economic and gender analysis at the macro (inter-household) and micro (intra-household) level with people’s participation and conflict resolution has been developed and is being operationalized through a socio-economic and gender analysis field manual accompanied by an open-ended series of technical supplements, which will be concise, sector and subsector specific guides to utilizing the socio-economic and gender analysis paradigm. These supplements will be extensively cross-referenced with the field manual so that additional information can easily be retrieved by the intended target users, including sector specialists and planners who identify and design development programmes and projects. 29. At this time, major sections of the field manual have been prepared in first drafts, and training modules are being developed by ILO, the Division on Women and People’s Participation in Development expects to initiate testing of these modules in early 1996. 2. Training materials for gender analysis 30. In addition to the socio-economic and gender analysis activities, FAO has been involved in developing other gender analysis training materials. For example, the Forestry Policy and Planning Division is supporting the development of a gender-training package for Central America by the regional non-governmental organization Mujer y Desarrollo. Also, in coordination with FAO projects in South America, the Division is developing a Spanish-language guide for field workers on women and forestry, in preparation for 1996-1997 training of such workers. 31. In 1994, the Fishery Industries Division produced a training and information video on Gender in Rural Fisheries that focuses on men’s and women’s roles, time use, access to training and fishing priorities and needs. Further, it outlines the development of a gender-sensitive fishing project and links gender to environmental and broader political and socio-economic issues. 3. Gender-responsive information 32. An important aspect of on-the-job training for technical specialists is to inform them about, or raise their awareness of, significant gender issues through such means as reference documentation, workshops and seminars. To this end, in a 1994 issue of FAO’s World Animal Review devoted to dairy development, three articles focused exclusively on gender issues in livestock development. In 1995, the Division on Women and People’s Participation in Development disseminated a study on the role of women in Indian dairy cooperatives to raise awareness of gender issues in this area. The Division also contracted the World Women’s Veterinary Association to prepare a case-study on local knowledge in animal health and production systems - gender perspectives, in Bolivia, while the Animal Production and Health Division conducted similar studies in Kenya with the Kenya Veterinary Association and in the United Republic of Tanzania with Sokoine University. The Animal Production and Health Division also /...