UN Women ECA effectively leads, coordinates and promotes accountability for the implementation of gender equality commitments across the UN system in the region 1) Support field offices through the provision of high-level technical advice and quality assurance to ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment is effectively mainstreamed through the CCA/UNDAF process, including implementation, reviews, evaluations, and the implementation of Gender Scorecards. 2) UN Women as the lead coordinator for the Common Chapter implementation in ECA will ensure that the operationalization of the Common Chapter is aimed at maximizing effectiveness and minimizing duplication, for greater impact on the lives of women and girls. 3) In cooperation with other UN agencies in the ECA region, ECA RO will continue to support field offices on SDGs Mainstreaming, Acceleration, and Policy Support (MAPS) of UNCTs to ensure that gender equality is addressed as an SDG accelerator through concrete planning and budgeting commitments by member countries. 4) Lead and coordinate IBC-Gender and contribution to the regional system regional review process.