Thank you for that question.
I'll explain what we have done. As you have said, Madam Boucher, Status of Women has been instrumental in ensuring that training is available to all the government departments. We have trained a number of trainers in addition to our own staff who have assisted departments. We have trained this committee, as you will recall from the last session. We have also provided training to the budget office, and as well to the clerks of the various committees.
We have also been working with various departments to help them build their capacity to be able to develop frameworks for gender-based analysis and in essence serving as a centre of expertise. Status of Women has evolved the tools on how to do gender-based analysis. We're continually working on those tools and guides to better support the departments.
My central agency colleagues can talk more about this, but we have done extensive work with the Privy Council, Treasury Board, and with the Department of Finance. Certainly we work with central agencies on looking at the accountability mechanisms, the important role they play, and how we work together. With the Department of Finance, we have furnished training to Finance officials on the gender-based analysis, which is obviously being reflected in the work they're doing in terms of their budget.
In terms of gender-based analysis, we have also been working with specific departments around the issue of culture, which has been raised here this morning. We have held some sessions with some of the aboriginal groups, including the Inuit, Métis, and first nations, around the development of cultural frameworks, being very much aware, with our colleagues at Indian and Northern Affairs, that you do have to look at the cultural aspects through the gender lens as well.
There has been considerable work done by Status of Women over the years and, as we say, with our central agencies. Perhaps they would like to talk a little more about some of the specific elements they've been looking at in terms of accountability.
Neil.