Date: 7 July 2008. UNIFEM has been awarded the Prize for Political Innovation for its “Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Senegal” project. The prize was awarded during the Fair on Scouting and Sharing Innovation in Western and Central Africa, which took place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 23–26 June 2008. UNIFEM competed in the “Political Innovation” category, presenting the results of its pilot project to incorporate a gender perspective into the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture of Senegal. The presentation focused on a practical explanation of the support provided to the Ministry through its Office of Statistical Projections. The process included analysis of the level of integration of gender concerns into policies and programmes, and support to the elaboration of the Mid-Term Sectoral Expenditure Framework (CDSMT). In addition, UNIFEM made important contributions to the Senegalese Government's response to the world food crisis, helping to incorporate a gender perspective into the programme of support to the reconstitution of seeds capital, the national programme for rice self-sufficiency, and the Great Agricultural Offensive for Food and Abundance (GONA).