Management Response

: South Sudan
: 2014 - 2016 , South Sudan (CO)
: Mid-Term Evaluation of UNW South Sudan Strategic Note 2014 - 2016
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: South Sudan
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Management has reviewed the recommendations within the Mid-Term Evaluation report and accepts them. The 2017 AWP would be a reflection of the recommendations during its formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. In order to track progress made against each recommendation, the CO has developed a matrix which , once fully populated, will provide comprehensive information on specific actions taken to address each recommendation. Management also expresses thanks to the RO for the support provided during the conduct of the evaluation.
: Approved
Recommendation: Resources Mobilization Strategy The UN Women must continue to explore innovative financing opportunities for support of the next phase of the CO programme, especially given the complexity of the SS terrain and the magnitude of the GE challenges. The UN Women needs to find ways of engaging international donors in a more coordinated manner, rather than deal with them on an individual basis. The potential to mobilize and use of resources outside UN Women mainstream budgetary allocations ought to be explored a bit more, without the UN Women running the risk of losing focus.
Management Response: The recommendation is noted. The Gender Donor Group approach will continue to be pursued even though the donors are interested in supporting more humanitarian (lifesaving) interventions than recovery and development interventions
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Not applicable
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency
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UN Women has developed a robust Resource Mobilization Strategy and will use same to drive the Country Office resource mobilization efforts. Lansana Wonneh 2017/12 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women and South Sudanese GE networks should use the lessons learnt to advocate for more substantive reforms on GE overall. There is a great opportunity for the UN Women to continue to strengthen and reposition itself to contribute, in increasing way to women empowerment and gender equality through the UNCT Interim Cooperation Framework for South Sudan, 2016 – 2017. Under the ICF, it is up to the UN Women and collaborating partners to identify those clusters and thematic areas in which the organization has a comparative advantage to contribute to and or take leadership to achieve desirable outcomes. At the time of this Evaluation, UN Women was already participating in various GE equality platforms, efforts which the organization is encouraged to step up and sustain. However, opportunities for improving synergy of interventions within the various KRA can be strengthened through more inclusive approaches in the form of joint planning, monitoring and evaluation and annual programme reviews. This can also extend to the CO strategic planning process.
Management Response: UN Women continues to lead and Coordinate the work of the Cluster Gender Focal Points. Also, UN Women, in collaboration with UNFPA and other UN agencies have elaborated a joint programme aimed at comprehensively address Gender Based Violence in South Sudan. Series of trainings are planned for UN agencies and implementing partners including government.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Knowledge management, Advocacy, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, UN Coordination
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Gender equality, Sustainability
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
UN Women continues to lead and Coordinate the work of the Cluster Gender Focal Points. Also, UN Women, in collaboration with UNFPA and other UN agencies have elaborated a joint programme aimed at comprehensively addressing Gender Based Violence in South Sudan. Series of trainings are planned for UN agencies and implementing partners including government. Lansana Wonneh 2017/12 Ongoing
Recommendation: Complement the UN Women results and indicator framework with more up-to-date data collection, analysis and packaging; and whilst current efforts are acknowledged and the UN Women is complimented for achievements made in a complex environment, there is need to invest more resources in developing and implementing a truly results-oriented monitoring and evaluation system, accompanied with sound evidence-based tracking and reporting.
Management Response: This recommendation is noted and the CO views data collection as key to programme design, monitoring and reporting. However, robust data collection activities are constrained by insecurity. Consequently, the CO relies on data from service delivery. Rapid needs assessments will be conducted to identify new areas of programmatic expansion. Thematic studies will also be used to inform programme implementation and strategy
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
The RMS provides a good platform to track programme results and has since been rolled out in the CO. However, data from service delivery will be collected, stored and analyzed using MS-Excel indicator performance tracking table Lansana Wonneh 2017/02 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women refocus on implementing a coherent M & E system for the NTLI and other flagship programmes, entailing joint annual reviews, reporting, ensuring taking timely actions to deal with any emerging challenges or constraints
Management Response: The recommendation is noted. UN Women South Sudan CO holds informal review meetings with implementing partners periodically and will institute quarterly meetings beginning 2017. The recommendation will inform the 2017 AWP
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
UN Women South Sudan CO holds informal review meetings with implementing partners periodically and will institute quarterly meetings beginning 2017. The recommendation will inform the implementation strategy in AWP 2017 Lansana Wonneh 2017/12 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women continue to give effective TA support to GoSS in domestication and operationalization of CEDAW, relevant treaties and key resolutions, incorporating support to implementation of gender mainstreamed national policies and enforcement of legislation, where it is feasible.
Management Response: The recommendation is noted and its implementation factored into the AWP 2017
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Ending violence against women (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Effectiveness
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
The recommendation has informed the AWP 2017 which has since been approved for implementation. Lansana Wonneh 2017/12 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women identify the binding constraints to the implementation of UNSCR 1325, facilitate addressing of the challenges; support capacity building initiatives of the key stakeholders, including monitoring of compliance to taking of agreed actions.
Management Response: This has been factored into the AWP 2017. The CO has also concluded arrangements for a Junior Professional Officer to support our work in Women, Peace, Security and Humanitarian Action
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Gender equality, Human Rights
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
The recommendation has informed the development of the AWP 2017. The CO has also concluded arrangements for a Junior Professional Officer to support our work in Women, Peace, Security and Humanitarian Action Lansana Wonneh 2017/03 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women refocus on implementing a coherent M & E system for the NTLI and other flagship programmes, entailing joint annual reviews, reporting, ensuring taking timely actions to deal with any emerging challenges or constraints
Management Response: The recommendation is noted and will inform the implementation strategy for the 2017 AWP
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018), Leadership and political participation (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency, Effectiveness
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
The recommendation has informed the development and implementation of AWP 2017 Lansana Wonneh 2017/01 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women and cooperating partners reposition themselves to support advocacy platforms in more substantial ways to implement gender sensitive policies and strategies to create a more enabling environment for South Sudanese women in micro small and medium businesses; assess GEWE gaps in SS and find ways to close the gaps identified.
Management Response: A lot has been done in this area and some noteworthy results are: i) An engendered Agreement for the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan, ii) The 1325 Action Plan which was adapted by the Government. iii) The CO continues to support the Women Parliamentary Caucus The CO will continue to advocate for GEWE and use innovative means to achieve same.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018), Ending violence against women (SPs before 2018), Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Gender equality, Human Rights
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
A lot has been done in this area and some noteworthy results are: i) An engendered Agreement for the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan, ii) The 1325 Action Plan which was adapted by the Government. iii) The CO continues to support the Women Parliamentary Caucus Lansana Wonneh 2017/02 Ongoing
Recommendation: Scaling up opportunities for women economic empowerment, learning from initiatives by UN Women and development partners with potential to set in motion processes that assure spread of more benefits; sustained TA support to the Ministries of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Petroleum Mining and Industry, Agriculture, decentralized state structures, participation of CSOs, CBOs to reach out to women entrepreneurs and the youth.
Management Response: This is noted and represents one of the core programmatic areas currently and in 2017. Also, A firm has been selected to develop and roll out a model for Women Enterprise Fund in South Sudan.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Human Rights, Gender equality, Effectiveness
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
A firm has been selected to develop and roll out a model for Women Enterprise Fund in South Sudan. Rukaya Mohammed 2017/12 Overdue-Initiated
Recommendation: UN Women continue to explore innovation facilitation and networking opportunities, more innovative and impactful opportunities and mechanisms of empowering women economically, based on good practices within SS and in other post-conflict countries.
Management Response: This has been factored into the planning and implementation of the AWP 2017
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Advocacy
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Gender equality, Impact, Human Rights
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
The recommendation has informed the development of AWP 2017 Lansana Wonneh 2017/01 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women collaborate with UNDP in implementing evidence based monitoring to assess the extent to which different practical forms of support, that is, the provision of ATV motorbikes supplied to the SSNPS have impacted upon the response time to reports on VAWG at local levels.
Management Response: The recommendation is noted and will be implemented during the evaluation of SN 2014 - 2017 in early 2018
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018), Ending violence against women (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Advocacy, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Human Rights, Gender equality, Effectiveness
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Recommendation will be taken into account during the planning and implementation of the independent evaluation of the SN 2014 - 2017 Lansana Wonneh 2017/12 Overdue-Initiated
Recommendation: UN Women is encouraged to continue to employ a multi-pronged strategy, involving a combination of sub-interventions and approaches proven to work at ground level. This is with a view to scaling up the benefits of community engagement approaches.
Management Response: The recommendation is noted and will inform the 2017 AWP
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Promoting inclusiveness/Leaving no one behind
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
The recommendation informed the AWP 2017 Lansana Wonneh 2017/12 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women continue to support the GEWE advocacy fora, more strongly and consistently monitor and report and disseminate information on fulfillment of national commitments to GE as it pertains to peace and security protocols.
Management Response: The recommendation is noted and will inform the 2017 AWP
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018), Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Gender equality
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
The recommendation has been factored into the planning and implementation of the AWP 2017 Lansana Wonneh 2017/12 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women identify gaps in the existing support mechanisms to GE networks and facilitate the filling of those gaps in a strategic manner.
Management Response: The recommendation is noted and UN Women will continue to work in a collaborative manner to achieve same. This will form a part of 2017 AWP
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018), Ending violence against women (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Gender equality, Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
The recommendation has informed the development and implementation of the AWP 2017 Lansana Wonneh 2017/02 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women continue to position itself, in a proactive manner, to giving continued and sustained substantive TA support on GE (on internationally supported measures on peace and security) to different fora/platforms.
Management Response: The CO notes the recommendation
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
The recommendation has informed the development and implementation of AWP 2017 Lansana Wonneh 2017/12 Ongoing