All countries report using several institutions in the decision-making and collection process for gender-disaggregated statistics. About half of the countries surveyed set up co-ordination mechanisms to improve capacity to gather gender-disaggregated data (Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority' and Tunisia) and also tend to have well-developed co-ordination mechanisms for most gender initiatives. Nevertheless, it is important to ensure that the vision and strategy of the central gender institution is aligned with the gender equality and mainstreaming strategy.