Management Response

: Mozambique
: 2014 - 2015 , Mozambique (CO)
: Evaluation of CO Programme
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: Mozambique
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: Approved
Recommendation: UN Women can best serve its mission by focusing its resources across a narrower set of thematic areas
Management Response: Partially accepted. The CO is concentrated in three Impact areas and all its efforts on resources mobilization are mainly around women economic empowerment and violence against women and girls
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Not applicable
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
A $2,000,000 PROPOSAL IS BEING NEGOTIATED FOR WOMEN/GIRLS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT WITH SWEDEN EMBASSY IN MOZAMBIQUE AND TWO PROPOSALS (JAPAN AND SPAIN ON EVAW AND SAFE CITIES ARE ALSO RUNNING The proposal with Sweden is still in negotiation while the Japan and Spain ones have been already approved 2016/12 Ongoing The proposal with Sweden is still in negotiation while the Japan and Spain ones have been already approved
Recommendation: UN Women should resume the work around peace and security
Management Response: Partially accepted. The CPE assumed that interventions in this area were dropped while they have merely been put on hold or taken up other forms because of the political and military situation in the country. The intervention as initially planned in this area would be not well understood nor accepted by the Government as several activities in this area had to be put on hold by the UN. Recently, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Action approached UN Women to develop actions related to the follow up of the 1325 resolution and possibly a NAP so discussions are underway.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Not applicable
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
UN WOMEN WILL SUPPORT THE MINISTRY OF GENDER, CHILDREN AND SOCIAL ACTION (MGCAS) ON THE FOLLOW UP OF THE STATUS OF THE OF THE COUNTRY RELATED TO THE 1325 RESOLUTION AND DRAFT OF A NAP Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Action 2017/12 Ongoing
UN WOMEN WILL SUPPORT THE MINISTRY OF GENDER, CHILDREN AND SOCIAL ACTION (MGCAS) ON THE FOLLOW UP OF THE STATUS OF THE OF THE COUNTRY RELATED TO THE 1325 RESOLUTION AND DRAFT OF A NAP Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Action 2017/01 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women should utilize its comparative advantage to enable a more coherent UN coordination environment as well as to leverage existing dialogue platforms for more effective coordination of GEWE efforts.
Management Response: Rejected. UN Women leads the Gender Joint Team, chairs the UNDAF evaluation and UNDAF design, conducted a Gender Marker, coordinates one Joint Programme, etc. While it may be work in progress and improvements are always needed, in comparison with other DAO countries, this assessment is not a correct reflection of the reality
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Not applicable
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
UNDER THE DESIGN OF NEXT UNDAF WILL HAVE A GENDER OUTCOME AS STAND ALONE UN Women and all UN Agencies 2016/01 Completed
IMPROVE PARTICIPATION OF ALL AGENCIES IN THE GJT, THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE AGENCIES REPRESENTATIVES AND TO BE IN LINE WITH NEW UNDAF UN Women and all UN Agencies 2017/01 Overdue-Initiated
SUPPORT ALL AGENCIES IN TRAINING ALL STAFF IN GENDER MARKER AND USE IT REGULARLY UN Women and all UN Agencies 2017/01 Overdue-Initiated
Recommendation: UN Women is advised to strengthen its human resource base with dedicated M&E staff to improve and better utilize its Results Based Management systems.
Management Response: Accepted. The Programme Specialist was responding for M&E, but with new programme staff in place (from 1 programme staff in mid-2014) a programme officer has being prepared for this position, with her first training in PMER in ESARO, in September, 2014.
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Thematic Area: Not applicable
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
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A M&E FOCAL POINT IS IN PLACE UN Women 2016/02 Overdue-Initiated
Recommendation: UN Women needs to consolidate its knowledge management strategy in line with becoming a knowledge hub for GEWE evidence-based advocacy and knowledge exchange
Management Response: Partially accepted. UN Women is aware of it and apart from having a communication and advocacy officer, the CO is negotiating a JPO who will be responsible for the knowledge products/hub in coordination with the communication and advocacy officer. Yet, over the course of 2015, UN WOMEN has contributed and supported design and research and dissemination of knowledge products in different areas (rural women, HIV AIDS, political participation …) which has brought increased demand for expertise from different national and international partners.
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Thematic Area: Not applicable
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
A JPO SPECIFICALLY FOR KNOWLEDGE HUB/PRODUCTS WILL BE IN PLACE IN 2016 UN Women 2016/02 Completed
A TRAINING FOR ALL PROGRAMME STAFF ON KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS IS PLANNED FOR 2016 UN Women 2016/06 Ongoing
PARTNERSHIP AND MOU WITH UEM UN Women 2016/12 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women needs to complement its technical assistance and identify innovative strategies for capacity building
Management Response: Partially accepted. UN Women is aware of it and it is avoiding a year or less than a year partnerships which make it possible to give medium to long term technical assistance to partners. Yet, funding and timing do not always allow
Description:
Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Not applicable
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
A $2,000,000 PROPOSAL IS BEING NEGOTIATED FOR WOMEN/GIRLS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT WITH SWEDEN WMBASSY IN MOZAMBIQUE AND TWO PROPOSALS (JAPAN AND SPAIN ON EVAW AND SAFE CITIES ARE ALSO RUNNING UN Women 2017/01 Overdue-Initiated
TRAINING FOR PARTNERS UN Women 2017/01 Ongoing
JOINT PLANNING FOR NEXT SN UN Women 2016/02 Completed
Recommendation: UN Women should approach the choice of partnerships from a sustainability perspective
Management Response: Accepted. UN Women is aware of it and it is avoiding a year or less than a year projects as with a medium term to long term resources it is possible to establish medium to long term plan and strategies
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Thematic Area: Not applicable
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
ESTABLISHMENT AND SIGNING OF MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT ALLOW PARTNERSHIP THAT DOES NOT IMPLY TRANSFER OF FUNDING UN Women 2016/02 Overdue-Initiated
TRAINING OF PARTNERS IN HACT AND PROGRAMME PRINCIPLES UN Women 2016/12 Overdue-Initiated
A $2,000,000 PROPOSAL IS BEING NEGOTIATED FOR WOMEN/GIRLS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT WITH SWEDEN WMBASSY IN MOZAMBIQUE AND TWO PROPOSALS (JAPAN AND SPAIN ON EVAW AND SAFE CITIES ARE ALSO RUNNING UN Women 2017/01 Overdue-Initiated
Recommendation: UN Women needs to diligently address the credibility concerns raised by partners to mitigate any impact on the sustainability of its GEWE efforts in Mozambique
Management Response: Partially accepted. The way this issue was raised and highlighted seemed not to be the correct one. UN Women management was not aware of it but the partner had followed up on the incident and had applied corrective actions. Further, during the evaluation, a bias was introduced because the question was raised by the evaluators to all partners except the concerned one which could have provided due explanation.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Not applicable
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
THE UN WOMEN MANAGEMENT MET WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTNER ORGANIZATION AND A LETTER WAS ISSUED BY THEM EXPLAINING STEPS TAKEN TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM UN Women 2016/02 Completed
THE UN WOMEN MANAGEMENT HAVE DECIDED NOT TO INVOLVE THIS ORGANIZATION IN IT’S ACTIVITIES/INTERVENTIONS FOR 2016 UN Women 2016/12 Overdue-Initiated