During the 2010, CDS has been contracted by MAASP to provide consultancy support to establish a framework for a women’s core group within NEA, facilitate pilot activities of NEA advisors with rural women, define the areas where NEA advisors have skills to offer to rural women, identify methodologies to ensure that there are adequate records of involvement of rural women in activities described in action plans,  support organisation of  workshops with rural women by women advisors and coach the gender group in lobbying and advocacy issues in the process of cascading their skills to the Agency as a whole.