E/2005/27 E/CN.6/2005/11 (d) Mainstream a gender perspective into key macroeconomic and social development policies and national development programmes; (e) Develop and use frameworks, guidelines and other practical tools and indicators to accelerate gender mainstreaming, including gender-based research, analytical tools and methodologies, training, case studies, statistics and information, in planning and evaluating all policies and programmes; (f) Develop effective and coherent accountability mechanisms, in particular through the introduction of gender perspectives and gender equality indicators, in planning, evaluation and budgetary processes at all levels of government and, if necessary, provide adequate guidelines and expertise to support this process; (g) Improve and promote the collection, compilation, dissemination and use of gender equality indicators and statistics that are disaggregated by sex, age, socioeconomic and other relevant indicators so as to enable the construction of appropriate tools for planning, programming and monitoring at different levels; (h) Provide assistance, as appropriate, to agencies, including those outside government, in formulating the gender-sensitive performance indicators necessary to measure and review progress made in the field of gender equality, including the advancement of women and gender mainstreaming; (i) Support the provision of training on gender mainstreaming and promote awareness and information campaigns and capacity-building, including gender training, to governmental bodies, at all levels, the public sector and the judiciary so as to ensure understanding of their roles and responsibilities as well as to facilitate implementation; (j) Involve parliaments and, wherever appropriate, the judiciary in monitoring progress in gender mainstreaming and strengthening gender-related aspects of all government reporting and ensure transparency through open and participatory dialogue and the promotion of balanced participation of women and men in all areas and at all levels of decision-making; (k) Encourage regular collaboration and partnership between national machineries for the advancement of women and academic and research institutions to promote research and development of appropriate tools and methodologies; (l) Encourage private sector organizations to promote gender equality, including through its inclusion in their business plans and reports, and to establish structures to support the implementation of equal opportunities and gender mainstreaming; (m) Recognize the role of civil society, in particular women’s nongovernmental organizations, in contributing to the development, design, implementation and effectiveness of national gender equality initiatives at local, regional and national levels, including through open and participatory dialogue; (n) Establish or reinforce existing national machineries for the advancement of women and structure their functions appropriately at all levels in order to ensure effectiveness and accountability in gender mainstreaming; (o) Provide national machineries for the advancement of women with necessary and adequate human and financial resources, including through exploring innovative funding schemes, so that gender mainstreaming is integrated across the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation aspects of all policies, programmes and projects; 18