The proposed project intends to take forward the recommendations made in a special publication “Enhancing Women’s Political Participation: A Policy Note for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States” and to operationalize them at the country level to bring about concrete changes in women’s participation in governance in the Region with a view to increase women’s transformative potential. To this end, the project aims to capacitate parliamentarians, civil servants at decision-making levels and CSOs to enhance women’s political participation in the target countries. By righting gender balance in government, business and management and mobilizing all talents, existing governance structures will be strengthened, making them also less vulnerable during times of economic and financial crisis. The project is contributing to the implementation of the RBEC Gender Equality Strategy and its Action Plan and is also in line with the priorities set in UNDP’s global Gender Equality Strategy (GES). Political participation, being a strategic gender priority in the region will be also aligned with the work in UNDP’s core practices, as set out in RBEC’s Strategy for 2008-2011.