The overall objective of this Decision is to contribute to international peace, security, gender equality and sustainable development by enhancing the effectiveness of small arms control measures through the promotion of approaches based on systematic gender analysis, the integration of gender perspectives and women's empowerment initiatives. This Decision shall support the implementation of the gender-relevant outcomes of the 2018 Third United Nations Conference to review progress made in the implementation of the PoA. This Decision shall also contribute to the broader international policy agenda on gender equality and women's empowerment in line with the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

To achieve the objectives set out in paragraph 1, this Decision shall support actions to:

• operationalise the Modular Small-arms-control Implementation Compendium (MOSAIC) modules on ‘Women, men and the gendered nature of small arms and light weapons’ and on ‘Children, adolescents, youth and small arms and light weapons’;

• develop a training manual to serve as a guidance document and ensure that all actions are executed in accordance with current UN standards;

• train staff and trainers of UN regional centres and secretariat staff of regional and sub-regional organisations on integrating gender perspectives into small arms policies and frameworks to ensure a systematic approach to the issue;

• train national officials in 18 countries on gender-mainstreaming and small arms control;

• promote gender perspectives, gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment in regional initiatives;

• strengthen the small arms control component in the WPS framework as well as the framework itself;

• contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, in particular Goals 16 and 5, as well as converging international policy agendas on gender equality;

• strengthen civil society engagement on gender-mainstreaming small arms control in partnership with the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and IANSA Women's Network;

• generate sustained impact through effective awareness-raising, advocacy, outreach and partnerships.

The direct beneficiaries of this Decision shall be national, regional and global stakeholders responsible for small arms control in countries and regions of focus, namely Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, and Asia and the Pacific.

A detailed description of the project is set out in the Annex to this Decision.