This document is the Checklist and instructions for gender training needs assessment (D7.1) developed under task 7.1 by WP7 leader Yellow Window. With a view to effectively identify partners’ needs in terms of training and capacity building, to be summarized in the Consolidated training needs assessment (D7.2), the deliverable presents a self-assessment instrument (checklist), allowing each implementing partner to identify available capabilities at the level of its organization, in terms of knowledge and skills, for carrying out structural change. The WP leader will further draw upon this self-assessment, to assess which capabilities need to be built or enhanced. This will strengthen partners in their efforts to implement changes towards gender equality and integrating a gender perspective in science. The deliverable comprises a presentation of the purpose and structure of the self-assessment tool, complemented by instructions for use and the MS Excel self-assessment tool that constitutes the actual instrument to be used by GEARING-Roles’ partners to perform their self- assessment.