Management Response

: Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (Turkey)
: 2019 - 2021 , Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (Turkey) (RO)
: Final Evaluation of the Phase III of the Regional Programme Promoting Gender Responsive Policies in South East Europe 2017-2019
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: Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (Turkey)
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The final evaluation of “Promoting Gender Responsive Policies in South East Europe Regional Programme 2017-2019” provided important findings, lessons learned, conclusions and recommendations which will support UN Women to design new GRB interventions in the Western Balkans and more broadly in ECA region and unify the use of GRB as an enabler factor for financing for GE. Additionally, the findings of the evaluation will contribute to the UN Women efforts to tailor country specific interventions while keeping the broader picture and design regional interventions. The main findings of the evaluation suggest that: a) Gender-responsive budgeting creates a means for countries to support the standardization of gender equality principles into the institutional framework across sectors. b) This Programme has made great strides in the implementation of GRB in the target countries, building on the work of the first two phases and previous efforts, with some direct impact to women and girls already achieved in Albania, BiH and North Macedonia. c) UN Women demonstrated a competitive advantage and strong leadership in the area, building important relationships and empowering key partners. d) The Programme’s influence has resulted in the reallocation of funds based on gender equality principles in a number of jurisdictions, with direct linkages to improvement in the lives of women and girls in the region. e) This phase of the Programme has cemented the momentum and willingness of the Programme partners and ensured that strong champions in each country are supported and empowered inside their own organizations and in the broader effort in their country and in the region. f) The focus on civil society organizations not limited to those that are traditionally associated with GEWE, combined with the capacity building model of training and coaching on the creation of watchdog reports, was highly successful across all target countries g) Re-framing GRB as a long-term effort, with clearly laid out steps and progress markers would help sustain momentum and reinforce the value of UN Women’s contribution at each step. g) It is critical to portray GRB as a tool for advocacy and program improvement across all sectors. The findings and recommendations of the evaluation have been taken in consideration in the development of the new GRB regional project covering Albania, BiH, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro (Republic of Moldova will be part of the regional interventions only, the country component will be covered under Office Strategic Planning). The actions/activities foreseen for the implementation of the evaluation recommendations spelled out in this Management Response are integrated into GRB regional project in the phase of final development and will be taken in consideration while designing interventions in other areas of work of UN Women such as data and gender, EVAW, etc.

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Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation or Issue 1: UN Women ECA should actively assert its competitive advantage in GRB
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Description: Other international organizations are working in the region and including GRB as an element of overall governance reform. However, none of them brings the depth of expertise or experience in the translation of policy into direct improvement in the lives of women and girls in the way that UN Women does. Without this expertise, a critical strategic program element of GRB is unfulfilled and it risks becoming a mere technical governance process. In addition, UN Women has credibility in the region and with the country partners as an organization that can influence government and achieve results. The team is now regarded as expert in GRB and should be promoted as such. GRB should remain a core offering of UN Women, Europe and Central Asia Region.
Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Relevance
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Engage UN Women strategic partners for GRB programmatic work (SIDA, SDC, etc.) into formulation of a new regional project proposal, based on UN Women key achievements, lessons learnt and competitive advantages UN Women ECARO 2019/11 Completed • GRB factsheet will be developed and shared with strategic partners as well as posted at ECA RO website and social media • UN Women RO will continue to be present and contribute to regional forums and profile UN Women as the lead agency on GRB (OECD Finance Expert Meeting, United Nations Public Service (UNPS) Forum, etc) • Financing for GE will be included as one of key issues to be addressed by B+25 regional review meeting with the necessary thematic background paper developed and used for discussions at the review meeting in October 2019. • Program proposal on GRB will be developed and shared with key partners (including SDC, SIDA).
Undertake mapping of GRB interventions in ECA region to assess how countries’ needs for UN Women expertise and knowledge in a context of SDGs national commitments implementation are addressed UN Women ECARO 2020/07 Completed • The mapping is suggested as a part of ECA RO KM strategy and will be used further for KM purposes.
Identify regional champions on GRB and use them to lobby and advocate inside the institutions for future political support on GRB. UN Women ECARO 2019/07 Completed • UN Women already identified the regional champions on GRB and they were announced during the last Board meeting in December 2018.
Incorporate and present UN Women GRB expertise and experience at B+25 regional member states consultations for ECA region, Geneva, 29-30 October 2019 UN Women ECARO 2019/11 Completed • The session on Smart investments: Financing for Gender Equality is included into B+25 meeting, based on ECA RO suggestion. • Speakers will be suggested from the regional champions group.
Сreate a repository of all ECA GRB resources and knowledge products at ECA RO intranet and make these accessible for UN Women staff globally UN Women ECARO 2020/03 Completed • UN Women ECA expertise on GRB was shared with Egypt and Morocco country offices and partners. periodically. • ECA RO is working on its KM strategy implementation – GRB is a part of KM regional strategy. GRB programme’s knowledge materials will be systematized and made available for further use by offices and partners. • Incorporate GRB KM approach and actions into ECA KM strategy. Continue to share ECA GRB knowledge and resources with HQ GRB team • The repository of ECA GRB resources and knowledge products is being developed. An international expert is in the process of hiring to collect the missing knowledge products and make them available for UN Women staff
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 2: UN Women should develop a big-picture and long-term approach to the GRB Programme model
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
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Identify new strategic interventions for the GRB regional project through consultations with Programme partners UN Women ECARO, relevant COs and PPOs 2019/10 Completed • In the framework of the design of the new GRB regional project an international expert was hired to carry out consultations with future GRB partners on seven countries in ECA region (Albania, BiH, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia) • A monkey survey was used as well to reach out a bigger number of partner while designing new interventions.
Re-conceptualize the overarching vision of GRB to support policy making based on transformative changes and LNOB approaches in a form of long-term ToC with all levels’ results and indicators of success for the new regional GRB project. UN Women ECARO 2019/10 Completed • The Re-conceptualization of the overarching vision on GRB is already done by the international expert hired to write the new project proposal on GRB • New ECA GRB project document will include long term goals and results to be further contextualized for specific countries needs and demands. • Per review of the new regional project with re-conceptualized GRB vision will be conducted with participation of GRB HQ team and experts
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 3: Complete and Close the Current Programme Key deliverables including: o Final Programme reporting o Final meeting of Programme Project Advisory Board and any other required close-out activities with Partners o Bridging activities as needed
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
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Formally close current Programme, including with communications to partners Country Programme Coordinators; Regional Programme Manager 2019/09 Completed Formally close current Programme, including with communications to partners
Identify elements of current Programme that require bridging or a short continuation and make sure that offices prioritise them Regional Programme Manager; Country Programme Coordinators 2019/07 Completed • The identification of the continuation of the activities/bridging is already done in each of the country offices. In Albania the national expert on GRB is continuing the work with Line Ministries, In Macedonia a full project is being financed and the implementation is going in full speed. In BiH -activites are included as part of GRF programme while in Moldova GRB activities are covered under the country strategic planning.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 4: Ensure Programme Resourcing for Project Management and manage the risk that comes from Reliance on a limited number of Contracted Experts Key deliverables: o Task and skill assessment set against revitalized Programme needs from Recommendation 2 o Contextualized Programme planning with clear human resources plans
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency
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Develop and include a new GRB regional project management structure and human resources plan/arrangements into GRB regional project document with Annex on ToRs for key staff Regional Office, Programme Team, Country Office 2020/01 Completed • In the new GRB regional project proposal expectations and tasks for project management including resources at the country and regional levels will be be addressed and costed.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 5: Ensure Country Capability is Enhanced and Independent A core focus of future GRB Programmes must be on creating leave-behind capability and expertise in the target country. Conventional approaches such as train-the-trainer models can be combined with more innovative user-centric workshops and cross-sectoral discussions to create more local talent. This will support continuing the highly effective but difficult to sustain training/coaching approach used in this phase of the Programme. Key deliverables: o New activity models for the development of in-country expertise and training facility o Contextualized offerings inside Programme plans
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance
Organizational Priorities: Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
As part of the development of a new approach under recommendation 2, explore new models and best practices for creating leave behind capacity. Programme team; Moldova CO 2019/07 Completed • In Moldova – The network of CSO with the knowledge on budget revisions from the gender perspective (“watchdogs”) will be supported and developed further. • In the new GRB programme this recommendation is being taken fully into consideration. TOT for gender experts, work with Public Administration Training Institutes, Trainings for CSOs are foreseen as part of new interventions.
Plan and cost actions for innovative user-centric capacity development in the new GRB regional project. Regional Programme Manager 2019/07 Completed • Actions and costing on capacity development have been integrated into the new project document developed
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 6: Continue to use a Regional Programme Model Key deliverables: o An articulated model of a Regional GRB Programme with regional focus and clear measures of success against regional activities, with a governance model adopted by the countries of the region
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Review and assess regional elements of current Programme ECARO Regional Programme's team 2019/07 Completed Comments • Regional elements of current Programme have been assessed as part of the design of the new regional GRB project.
Explore additional options for regional engagement and review best practices in other regions ECARO, Regional Programme's team 2019/11 Completed
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 7: Find Partnerships and Linking Opportunities with other Projects and Organizations o An articulated model of a UN Women ECARO partnership option
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance, Advocacy
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Sustainability
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Clearly define potential strategic partnership options for UN Women GRB related programmatic work and articulate a role of partners within the Partnership section for the new project document Regional Programme Manager 2019/10 Completed
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 8: Prioritize the increased capacity of data users. Clear, current and trustworthy gender-disaggregated statistics on the impact of funding for different kinds of programs is an essential component of a GRB programme as a part of the development of the institutional framework. This information is critical to advocacy, program design and allocation of funds. Increased capacity of data users with respect to the use of gender disaggregated statistics should be a defined program outcome for UN Women and contextualized for each country. Key deliverables: o An articulated model of data analysis required to support GRB
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Culture of results/RBM, Organizational efficiency
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency, Relevance, Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Develop clear set of required data analysis best practices, as a part of the UN Women GRB Programme Programme Team; COS, PPOs 2019/07 Completed • As part of the new GRB regional project the required data analysis best practices have been completed
As a part of Programme development, include a separate outcome for the increased capacity of data users Prorgamme Team; COS, PPOs 2019/07 Completed • As part of new GRB programme an output on increased capacity of data users is being already included in linkages with the ECA Regional Gender Statistics progrmme
Consult with Gender Data regional and HQ colleagues on data collection and analysis for GRB related actions at the country and regional levels Programme Team; COs, PPOs 2019/12 Completed • As part of the new GRB regional project the project log frame will suggest the data gathering tools. • GRB project will support the implementation of the SDGs in synergy with other regional programmes (on gender data; etc.) to ensure quality data collection and analysis are in place.
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 1 for ALBANIA CO: Continue technical advice/coaching (i) to expand GRB to new programs, other line ministries and independent institutions (CPAD, Ombudsman, Supreme State Audit, Albanian Development Fund, etc.) in partnership with ASPA and (ii) monitoring, impact assessment and reporting on GRB at programme/policy level.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Sustainability
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Provide technical assistance to Ministry of Finance and Economy and Ministry of Health and Social Protection regarding tracking of gender gap as part of gender budget analysis and to conduct gender impact assessments Program Unit, Albania CO 2019/12 Completed
Continue expert mentoring to Ministry of Finance and Economy and Ministry of Health and Social Protection to link Albanian Finance Management Program Unit, Albania CO 2020/10 Completed • Expert mentoring to Ministry of Finance and Economy and Ministry of Health and Social Protection to link Albanian Finance Management Integrated System with IPSIS gender indicators has been delivered and gender is being part of the system.
Support oversight bodies and parliamentarians to apply GRB in their respective MTBS and oversee policies and review state budgets from a gender perspective Program Unit, Albania CO 2020/12 Completed • MoU with Audit office signed and Support to the PMs of Albania Parliament giver for the review of the national budget with gender lenses.
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 2 for ALBANIA CO: Continue technical advice/coaching on more in-depth gender gap analysis, KPIs and data literacy in partnership with ASPA on new programs and review of existing policy framework (15 strategies subject to review).
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Effectiveness
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Support Albanian School of Public Administration to develop standard GRB training for civil servants and introduce it as mandatory through formal curricula. Program Unit, Albania CO 2021/12 Ongoing • First certified training has been provided by ASPA to Gender Focal Points, but does not extend to the entire public administration civil servants and it is not mandatory; A MOU is in drafting process between UN WOMEN and ASPA which foresees concrete support to Albanian School of Public Administration to develop standard GRB training for civil servants. • Concrete support to Albanian School of Public Administration to develop standard GRB training for civil servants is foreseen in the new GRB regional project (under drafting) to start mid-year 2020 • MoU with ASPA finalised and the Manual for public administration is in the final stage.
Organize training and coaching for line ministries in the process of strategies review 2021 +(including NSDI) on gender gap analysis, KPIs and data literacy Program Unit, Albania CO 2020/12 Completed • Line ministries in the process of strategies review 2021 receved coaching sessions on on gender gap analysis, KPIs and data literacy
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 3 for Albania: Continue support to INSTAT, line ministries and local government units on standardized disaggregated data.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Sustainability
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Provide Technical Assistance to INSTAT-Institute of Statistics and target ministries and local government units to collect and use sex disaggregated data Program Unit, Albania CO 2020/01 Completed • ECA Regional Gender Data Programme provides TA/financial assistance to INSTAT on priority actions for improving gender data collection (started in 2018 and continues in 2019 and 2020), • Technical assistance already provided in the framework of Regional Gender Data Programme and regional GRB project.
Develop and deliver comprehensive training package on gender data and statistics, for key state and non-state actors and practitioners. Albania CO 2020/07 Ongoing • Covered by the regional Gender Data Programme as a part of its regional capacity development interventions • The training module has been developed by ECA and will be adopted to the Albanian context so that it is delivered through trainings with key state and non-state actors and practitioners. • In addition work is starting in September 2020 under the new regional GRB Project
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 4 for Albania CO: Design a GRB checklist/booklet to be used by public institutions.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Draft a checklist/booklet to be used by public institutions developed for parliamentarians Program Unit, Albania CO 2019/12 Ongoing This is an activity which is being agreed to be finalized in 2021 with the start of the new GRB regional project
Draft a booklet to be used by public institutions developed for to be used by public officials Program Unit, Albania CO 2019/12 Completed
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 5 for ALBANIA CO: Provide technical advice to MOFE on complementing legal framework to implement GRB + on-line system to integrate GRB.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Effectiveness
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Continue expert mentoring to Ministry of Finance and Economy and Ministry of Health and Social Protection to link Albanian Finance Management Integrated System with Integrated Planning System Information System -IPSIS gender indicators including dialogue on possible bylaws complementing GRB streamline Program Unit, Albania CO 2020/07 Completed • Expert mentoring to Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Health and Social Protection to link Albanian Finance Management Integrated System with Integrated Planning System Information System -IPSIS gender indicators including dialogue on possible bylaws complementing GRB streamline given.
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 6 for Albania CO: Capacity building of local government staff and municipal councilors on GRB, KPIs, budget and data literacy and budget participatory processes in partnership with ASPA.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Sustainability
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Provide Technical Assistance and mentoring to pilot local government units on GRB and its application in local Medium Term Budget Programmes Program Unit, Albania CO 2019/12 Ongoing 5 targeted 10 targeted municipalities to conduct gender analysis of services related to violence, social service and budget accordingly are being l supported in the timeframe 2019-2020 through LNB and sDG Joint programs as well as EVAW joint program in Albani Technical Assistance to pilot local government units on GRB and its application in local Medium-Term Budget Programmes given to the selected Municipalities started with trainings and will continue in 2021.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 7 for ALBANIA CO: Coaching to selected local governments to pilot GRB at local level based on political willingness, resources. Consider those municipalities currently in the participatory budgeting UN Joint Programme.
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Management Response Category: Partially Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM, Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Effectiveness
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Coach the staff of the targeted municipalities to apply GRB at local level as part of the “Leave No One Behind” Joint Programme and UN Joint Program on EVAW. Programme Unit, Albania CO 2020/01 Completed Targeted municipalities to apply GRB at local level as part of the “Leave No One Behind” Joint Programme and UN Joint Program on EVAW received coaching and training sessions.
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 8 for ALBANIA CO: Design a GRB checklist/booklet to be used by public institutions/municipalities.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Partnership, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Sustainability
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Produce and disseminate a booklet to be used by public institutions and public officials at local level Program Unit, Albania CO 2019/12 Completed
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 9 for Albania CO: Support grass root CSOs at local level to monitor budget participatory processes and play GRB watchdog role. The five CSOs which prepared the first 5 GRB watchdog reports can be used as resources/partners. Templates for monitoring GRB implementation and indicators should be drafted.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, National ownership, Promoting inclusiveness/Leaving no one behind
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Effectiveness, Human Rights, Gender equality
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Build Capacities of CSOs and gender advocates on budget literacy and monitoring, so that they are capacitated to do advocacy and voice women’s needs in budget participatory processes at the central and local level Programme Unit, Albania CO 2020/12 Completed 20 CSOs from 8 municipalities ha ve been trained and are currently being mentored on budget literacy and monitoring, so that they are capacitated draft budget watchdog reports to do advocacy and voice women’s needs in budget participatory processes at the local level, through SDG Joint Program in Albania Capacities of CSOs and gender advocates on budget literacy and monitoring increased through trainings and coaching sessions.
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 10 for Albania : Advocacy at central level/Parliament/donors to support GRB and cover the funding gaps at programme/policy level
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Sustainability
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Prioritize GRB in the UNCT Resource Mobilization Strategy being currently drafted in Albania. Program Unit, Albania Country Office 2019/11 Completed Depending on the outcome of the final draft which is a joint exercise of UN Agencies
Conduct advocacy work with target donors so that they support funding of the country strategic note, including GRB program. Program Unit, Albania Country Office 2020/06 Completed GRB programme is part of the UN Women advocacy work with targeted donors as part of the strategic note. As result GRB in Albania is being financed under joint programme of social inclusion, part of STAR project and EVAW
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 11 for Albania: Promote GRB success stories, best practices through dissemination at local, national, regional level, including using media
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Effectiveness
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Produce and disseminate of GRB Impact Video featuring human stories Program Unit, Albania Country Office 2019/11 Completed
Participate in the regional campaign: Why Your Money Counts? – The Takeaway Stories campaign aims to raise awareness of broader public women and men with specific focus on young generations that budgets influence their life and their money counts. Program Unit, Albania Country Office 2020/05 Completed Videos have been produced and communication tools published. Pending final campaign lunching which has been delayed due to COVID 19 situation and related restrictions of public spaces and mobility. The campaign Why Your Money Counts? – The Takeaway Stories was finalised in October 2020.
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 12 for Albania: Introduce GRB in the curricula in the Economics faculty
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Sustainability, Impact
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Update existing GRB Curricula and formally introduce it to the curricula of the Economics faculty Program Unit, Albania Country Office 2021/06 Overdue-Not Initiated
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 1 for BiH: Full time human resources allocated to the program in BiH, especially given the potential for impactful activity in the coming years.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Organizational efficiency
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Draft ToR for full time GRB Coordinator UN Women BIH Country Office 2019/05 Completed
GRB Coordinator takes up the assignment UN Women BiH Country Office 2019/06 Completed
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 2 for BiH: Continue strengthening direct role of the Ministries of Finance in the process, including a role on regional Programme boards and support for the introduction of GRB into the overall budget reform. Based on the example of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, involvement of other line ministries that were not ‘traditionally’ affected in earlier GRB efforts would be welcome as well.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency, Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Develop GRB programme in BiH focused on strengthening the role of MoFs on BiH, FBiH, RS and cantonal levels and involvement of Ministries of Entrepreneurship and Agriculture on FBiH and RS levels and Ministry of External Trade. The aim is to create impact in the harmonized areas of work. UN Women BiH CO 2019/11 Completed
Implementation of the drafted Programme with special focus to the monitoring of allocation of resources UN Women BiH Country Office 2020/12 Completed An National experts was hired and completed the monitoring of allocation of resources wit special focus on COVID response.
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 3 for BiH: Perform functional analysis of institutional gender mechanisms to strengthen their ability to support and lead on GRB issues and ensure capacity. This work could include research on the value of a sustainable partnership with MOF and whether gender focal points connect with resources when planning and reflecting gender issues in ministry priorities.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Include functional analysis of gender mechanisms as part of the Gender Equality Facility (GEF) Project within UNW BiH UN Women BiH Country Office 2020/12 Completed • Functional analysis of gender mechanisms as part of the Gender Equality Facility finalised
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 4 for BiH: More effective in-country exchange between institutions (including decentralized approach in the organization of the events) and regional exchange to increase the number of individuals who receive shared information and to ensure that exchange events are practically focused.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Oversight/governance, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability
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GRB programme in BiH will implement this recommendation by fostering coordination between institutions and organization of joint meetings in order to encourage exchange between institutions. UN Women BiH Country Office 2020/12 Completed Joint meetings in order to encourage exchange between institutions already taking place in the framework of the GRB regional project
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 5 for BiH: Invest in systematization of the Programme-related data and building capacities for monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment in all partner institutions.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Develop a clear M&E framework for GRB programme at the regional and country levels with actions to develop capacities for efficient monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment for key partner institutions UN Women BiH Country Office 2020/12 Completed Clear M&E framework for GRB programme at the regional and country level completed.
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 6 for BiH: Invest in development of a pool of new GRB trainers/specialists to address the in-country shortage of expertise and to expand the number of people who are trained on GRB.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Sustainability
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
To organize Training of Trainers and work with think-tanks and institutes, thus addressing the in-country shortage of expertise and to create a pool of national GRB experts UN Women BiH Country Office 2020/12 Completed A training of trainers manual was developed and a TOT was delivered with participation of 8 experts from BiH in 2020. A follow up training will be delivered in 2022 while the pool of experts have been already established an started to be used by the office of BiH on GRB.
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 7 for BiH: Engagement of CSOs, particularly those with capacities for policy advocacy, monitoring and evaluation should be deeper, tailored and practical.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Promoting inclusiveness/Leaving no one behind
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Relevance, Effectiveness
Key Actions
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To provide budget literacy trainings for CSOs and encourage them to contribute to budgeting processes and policy advocacy. UN Women Country Office 2020/12 Completed
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation or Issue 8: Ensure training for civil servants on program-based budgeting and GRB is mandatory at Civil Service Agencies and relevant to their work to increase interest and attendance. Ministries of Finance should be involved in design and delivery. Differences in training budgets of Civil Service Agencies and legal limitation for the civil servants in RS to be paid for training delivery should be taken into consideration.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Oversight/governance, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Sustainability
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To consult with national partners on introduction of mandatory training for civil servants on program-based budgeting and GRB. Ministries of Finance will be involved in design and delivery. UN Women BiH Country Office 2020/12 Completed Training manual for civil servants on program-based budgeting and GRB prepared and introduced to the Institute for public administration in BiH.
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 9 for BiH: Establish synergy with key development Programmes that may integrate GRB, including the EU IPA program-based budgeting Programme, initiatives related to the reforms related to integrated development planning on entity, cantonal and municipal levels and the UNDP Integrated Local Development Planning Programme (ILDP). UN Women expertise may be particularly welcome in the development of the manual for integrated development planning and methodology that is to be standardized in the country, providing expertise and tools for GRB in the process of planning and implementation of future development strategies and reviving of parliamentary and gender commissions to become an effective gender lens over the documents and budgets that are passed to parliamentarians/local councilors.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Culture of results/RBM, UN Coordination
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Relevance, Effectiveness
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To consult with partners to ensure synergy with key Development Programmes and initiatives related to the policy reforms and development planning on entity, cantonal and municipal levels UN Women BiH Country Office 2020/12 Completed Several consultations already took place in the framework of the GRB regional project.
Recommendation: Specific Evaluation Recommendation 1 for North Macedonia
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Description: Support the passage of the draft Law on Organic Budgeting.
Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability
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Draft the gender article of the Budget law as per the best experiences in the region and send them to the Ministry of finance for their consideration and inclusion in the new law. North Macedonia PP 2019/12 Completed • The compilation of the gender articles in the budget laws of other countries already prepared and shared. • The new Organic Budget Law is in final drafting procedure and incorporates gender article, as indicated by MoF and lead PFM expert during coordination/consultative meetings. The adoption of the new OBL postponed due to COVID-19 and 2020 snap elections. Following the adoption of the OBL, UN Women will further support the operationalization of the provisions in the new Legislation i.e support the revision of the Government Methodology of GRBThe compilation of the gender articles in the budget laws of other countries already prepared. • The new Organic Budget Law is in final drafting procedure and incorporates gender article, as indicated by MoF during coordination/consultative meetings. UN Women is in the process of signing MoU with MoF to further support the operationalization of the provisions in the new Legislation.
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 2 for North Macedonia: While awaiting passage of the legislation, pilot GRB practices in government programs.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
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Deliver comprehensive training and provide mentoring support to line ministries and state institutions on GRB in different government programmes North Macedonia PPO 2020/12 Completed Capacity development and expert mentoring on GRB has been provided to over 200public administration officials from line ministries/state institutions, under the country project on GRB 2018-2022.Continued capacity development and expert mentoring on GRB is provided to line ministries/state institutions, under the country project on GRB 2018-2022.
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 3 for North Macedonia: Ensure mandatory generation and use of gender disaggregated data and statistics in program areas.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Evidence, Data and statistics
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
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Support the government to measure gender equality index and to develop national report North Macedonia PPO 2020/12 Completed The GEI finalized and the National report was promoted by the Government in October 2019.
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 4 for North Macedonia : Upgrade information systems to generate reports that include gender specific data.
Management Response: The information systems that generate reports that include gender specific data do not exist in the country, but UN Women will support line ministries to be able to collect data and do evidence-based policy analyses.
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Management Response Category: Partially Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance, Knowledge management, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency
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Support line ministries to collect gender data in specific sectors and produce gender analyses for sectoral programmes. North Macedonia PPO 2020/12 Completed Gender analyses of sectoral programmes conducted as part of the training and mentoring support to line ministries/state institutions. 17 gender analyses of sectoral programmes produced.
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 5 for North Macedonia: Consider an evaluation of the effectiveness and potential impact of gender-related policies.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Effectiveness
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Support line Ministries to evaluate and report on the progress and impact of their engendered sectoral programmes. North Macedonia PPO 2020/12 Completed In 2020, 8 gender budget statement reports have been developed and submitted to MLSP by line ministries/state institutions reflecting the progress made against gender specific output indicators. Under the Letter of Agreement between Un Women and MLSP, 3 gender impact assessment are foreseen to be carried in 2020/2021 Ministries which received support by UN Women GRB programme evaluated and produced reports on the progress and impact of their engendered sectoral programmes
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 6 for North Macedonia: Reallocate the workload of Equal Opportunities Coordinators to ensure they are able to adequately perform their duties.
Management Response: It is not UN Women mandate nor the power to Reallocate the workload of Equal Opportunities Coordinators. UN Women will support the government to revise the new gender Equality law.
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Management Response Category: Partially Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Internal coordination and communication
Organizational Priorities: Organizational efficiency
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency
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As part of the revision of the GE law, provide inputs for revision of the ToR for the Equal Opportunities coordinators NOrth Macedonia PPO 2020/09 Completed Working group for revision of the Law on Equal Opportunities of Women and Men established and the drafting of the new law initiated; one of the revisions is address the positions and responsibilities of coordinators for equal opportunities at central and local level, and overall strengthening of the position of the gender equality mechanisms. The new Law is expected to be finalized by end of 2020Working group for revision of the Law on Equal Opportunities of Women and Men established; one of the revisions is expected to address the positions and responsibilities of coordinators for equal opportunities. Inputs for revision of the ToR for the Equal Opportunities coordinators given to the working group that is responsible for the revised Law
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 7 for North Macedonia: Conduct another round of training and mentorship for central and local governments where there are newly appointed EO coordinators or new inter-sectoral working groups are established.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Relevance, Sustainability, Effectiveness
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Organise and deliver comprehensive training and mentorship for central and local governments including where there are newly appointed EO coordinators Noth Macedonia PPO 2020/12 Completed • As part of the ongoing project in North Macedonia, extensive and continued training and mentoring is provided to Local governments and line ministries/state institutions. • Comprehensive training and mentorship for central and local governments including where there are newly appointed EO coordinators given.
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 8 for North Macedonia: Consider developing online modules for training that are free of charge and publicly available so everyone that wants to use gender budget watchdog reporting as an approach to monitoring government performance from a gender perspective can do so.
Management Response: UN Women will continue to build capacities of CSOs on gender budget watchdog reporting. However, this cannot be an e-learning since there is no such platform that can host this type of free and publicly available courses. The Government e-learning platform hosted by the Ministry of Information Society and Administration is available to civil servants only.
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Management Response Category: Partially Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance, Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Sustainability, Relevance
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Provide capacity development support to CSOs to continue developing budget watchdog reports. North Macedonia PPO 2020/12 Completed Capacity development training delivered to over 45 CSO representatives on overseeing policies and budgets from a gender perspective, conducting analyses and advocacy for increased budget allocations for GE in November 2019.
Provide capacity development support to CSOs to continue developing budget watchdog reports. North Macedonia PPO 2020/12 Completed Capacity development training delivered to over 45 CSO representatives on overseeing policies and budgets from a gender perspective, conducting analyses and advocacy for increased budget allocations for GE in November 2019.
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 9 for North Macedonia: Undertake consultative processes with citizens to ensure more widespread appreciation for the value of GRB and GEWE.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Knowledge management, Promoting inclusiveness/Leaving no one behind
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Effectiveness
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Implement a comprehensive outreaching programme to increase women’s participation in consultative processes, with focus on participation of the most vulnerable groups of women North Macedonia PPO 2020/11 Completed CSO implementing partner has been selected comprehensive outreach and empowerment programme was initiated in July 2020 Comprehensive outreaching programme to increase women’s participation in consultative processes, with focus on participation of the most vulnerable groups of women finalised
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 1 for Moldova: Enlarge the portfolio of the Programme in Moldova to include GRB for climate change, agriculture and energy and for public services (education, health, sport, labour market, etc.).
Management Response: UN Women CO will support national stakeholders to introduce GRB principles in national legislative/normative framework (under the recommendation 3, below). The positive result of that exercise will make GRB part of the programmes such as climate change, agriculture and energy etc. But this will be as indirect result. UN Women do not plan to work directly with this sector at the moment.
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Management Response Category: Rejected
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Relevance
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Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 2 for Moldova: Introduce GRB in the national programs and budgets of the line ministries and local government units, exploring use of pilot projects and willing partners
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance, Capacity development, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Partnership, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Relevance
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Provide capacity building of public officials at central level and for elected local officials after 2019 local elections Moldova CO 2020/10 Completed • Some training works on GRB principles for public servants are under implementations within the AWP 2019. • Topics on GRB will be included in capacity building programs for elected local officials after 2019 local elections. • 14 representatives for the Ministry of Interior (12 men and 2 women) have better knowledge and practical skills in how to assess and mainstream a public policy from the gender equality perspective as a result of the workshops organized with the gender focal groups from MIA, MoD, GPI, GBPI and GCI, MoI staff. • 207 women elected women as local councillors and 86 as mayors have better capacities to integrate gender equality and human rights principles in their work due to their participation within series (7) of on-line training organized by RPs and vendors. • Near 200 newly elected women local and district councillors will have knowledge on how to apply GRB in their work (by the end of the year )
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 3 for Moldova: Assist the line ministries to prepare draft modification to the law to include GRB in the national legislative budgetary framework, including mandatory responsibilities of ministries.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Oversight/governance, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Relevance, Sustainability
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Provide a technical assistance to the Government for the drafting amendments to the national legislative framework UN Women Moldova CO, MHLSP 2020/03 Completed • The technical support to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection extended up to March 2020 for the legislative revisions and modification to include the GRB principles. • The draft proposals for amendments to the national legislative framework to embed GRB was issued by the national consultant and shared with the MHLSP for further promotion in the legislative modifications. • Ministry of Defence has better understanding about integrating GRB principles in their budgets- a scorecard is drafted with implication of Gender Focal Points for Ministry oy Defence, with the document to be finalized by the end 2020
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 4 for Moldova: Focus on research and innovation based on GRB at the national level.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Relevance, Effectiveness
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Provide support to national stakeholders with the assessment of men and women in ICT domain for planning of policies in the sector. UN Women Moldova CO 2019/12 Completed The analytic report released in December 2019. https://statistica.gov.md/newsview.php?l=ro&id=6543&idc=30
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 5 for Moldova: Develop peer education programs in schools to build early understanding for the values underlying gender budgeting.
Management Response: Partially accepted: UN Women will work at levels of education programs from the point of GE norms which would leads to the realisation of the necessity of gender budgeting as an important tool for GE achievements. We do not consider at this stage to enter in the school’s programme with gender budgeting yet. We started to implement this within the Academia, for students from the economic profile’s studies
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Management Response Category: Partially Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Promoting inclusiveness/Leaving no one behind, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Relevance, Sustainability
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Support Local Public Authorities (in two selected districts) to develop targeted gender equality and women rights local action plans in a participatory manner. UN Women Moldova CO 2020/12 Completed • Under the newly mobilised resources would be possible to realise such kind of activities. • The TOR for service providers under elaboration • The implementing partners already selected.
Provide support to CSOs, community groups and organizations (including schools) in two selected districts, to develop and manage community projects to identify and promote the positive norms on promoting gender equality in line with international standards. UN Women Moldova CO 2020/12 Completed • Under the newly mobilised resources would be possible to realise such kind of activities. • The call for selecting implementing partners is active until July 30. 2020. • The Implementing partners for this activity selected and will start the implementation of the activities.
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 6 for Moldova: Build capacity for civil servants to conduct gender analysis and develop gender indicators to measure the progress on GRB at the local and national level.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Knowledge management, National ownership, Evidence, Data and statistics
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Effectiveness
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Provide support on capacity building for civil servants, at the local and national level, on gender analysis UN Women Moldova CO, APA, IP/RP 2022/12 Completed • Capacity buildings activities are part of AWPs • GRB is included as a mandatory topic for all capacity building for local and district elected officials and civil servants. All newly elected women mayors (85) and 200 women local and district councillors will have better knowledge on how to integrate GRB in their activities. • 14 representatives for the Ministry of Interior (12 men and 2 women) have better knowledge and practical skills in how to assess and mainstream a public policy from the gender equality perspective as a result of the workshops organized with the gender focal groups from MIA, MoD, GPI, GBPI and GCI, MoI staff. • 120 civil servants at local level (both 100 women and 20 men), 40 other women leaders at local level benefited from capacity building on gender analysis
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 7 for Moldova: Support the integration of the GRB course on the e-platform at the Academy of Public Administration and the overall digitization of GRB training.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM, Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Relevance
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Deliver a technical support to the Academy of Public Administration on digitization of the GRB training. UN Women Moldova CO, APA 2021/12 Ongoing • APA undertook measures to institutionalise the GE course for Civil Servants and started the training modules within the training programme. APA express the willingness to have an e-learning course on GRB • The TOR for a company to adjust the content and to help APA on development of the e-course on gender equality drafted • The services for digitalization of the course under evaluation
Recommendation: Specific Recommendation 8 for Moldova: Build capacity for civil society organizations to advocate for GRB with government and local authorities
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: National ownership, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Sustainability, Relevance
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Provide support for training of CSOs to effectively monitor local strategies, plans and budgets and advocate for HRBA, GEWE responsive actions. UN Women Moldova CO, RPs 2020/12 Ongoing • The 20 CSOs trained during the GRB III creates a network of expertise on gender watchdog and could be a good entry points for continuous enhancement of their and others CSPs from the regions. Under the newly mobilised resources would be possible to realise such kind of activities. • Implementation contract signed with the company and will be implemented during the next 2021 year.