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"Well I certainly take gender mainstreaming seriously and so does my colleague Commissioner Nielson. I must not go on about books, but I have just been reading the book by David Landis Barnhill on what makes some countries prosperous and some countries less prosperous and it is interesting to see there the importance that he attaches to gender issues, in the economic prosperity and political stability of societies, going back millennia.
Secondly, in my view, while the training that we are talking about should not be compulsory – after all there is no compulsory training on anything in the Commission – it should be essential. And, since it should be essential, I would hope that everybody would make certain that they had adequate gender training. That goes for everybody at whatever level of seniority. It is not something which more senior officials can deem appropriate for their juniors but think that they are too grown-up or too senior to receive themselves.
Thirdly, one of the best approaches to this issue is to integrate gender as an important and cross-cutting issue into the most popular courses for development officials and above all perhaps for the project cycle management course which is key to good management of projects on the ground. So I sympathise very much with what the honourable Member has said. I hope the approach that we are following both demonstrates practicality and the imperative of giving this the attention which it deserves."@en1
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