The consultations were launched with separate brainstorming sessions with the GAD Board and with Gendernet in late February, soon after the Bank announced the Plan's preparation. These brainstorming sessions were followed internally with structured individual interviews with gender, sector and regional staff to define priorities, coverage and instruments for the Plan. A first "shell" of the Plan's framework and key components was discussed internally in the GAD Board and at an informal Gendernet meeting in March 2006. The first draft of the Plan was sent to the GAD Board for comments in late April and.
