Management Response

: Nigeria
: 2018 - 2022 , Nigeria (CO)
: Prevention of forced migration and trafficking - resilience, ustainable development
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: Nigeria
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The CO acknowledges the evaluator conclusions and findings on the Project of Preventing Forced Migration and Trafficking in Women and Girls, and will continue to work for strategically positioning UN Women’s work on gender equality and women’s empowerment within the country’s priorities and the UN system coordination. The CO will build on the evaluation findings and recommendations for the future Programme cycle. All recommendations from the Evaluation were accepted and a related plan for their implementation is reflected in this management response.
: Approved
Recommendation: Design a second phase for the Project on Preventing Forced Migration and Trafficking in Women and Girls.
Management Response: The CO agrees with the evaluator's recommendation that the project could be repackaged for a second phase to consolidate the achievements and successes in the areas of policy reform and awareness-creation (as per report Findings 7 and 8). This is necessary in order to upscale the innovations and practices generated under the project, and bridge the benefit gaps resulting from the lack of interventions to improve the quality of life of VoT in terms of economic empowerment (Findings 17, 18, 29 and 33). The evaluator has further recommended an expansion of the focal states from 2 to about 5 to include states in the South-South, Southwest and Northcentral where the menace of irregular migration is endemic. For this purpose, UN Women CO Nigeria embarked on a number of actions for addressing this recommendation by engaging key-stakeholders such as NAPTIP, MDAs and the donor. The CO has drafted and submitted a proposal which builds on report findings 7 and 8, includes Delta State as per analysis of trafficking trends and address the lack of interventions in the previous project in terms of economic empowerment by including an ad hoc component. The proposal has been submitted to the HQ for further action with the funding donor, i.e. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy. Beyond the analysis and assessment, and the above mentioned proposal, the CO will identify strategic partnerships and develop joint programme with a focus on supporting women’s economic empowerment to overcome the impact of COVID-19, and amplify women voices and leadership in the recovery process as per recommendations.
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Description:
Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Design a second phase of the project on Preventing Forced Migration and Trafficking in Women and Girls Prepare proposal/concept note to develop joint programme with a focus on supporting women’s economic empowerment UNW 2026/09 Initiated
Recommendation: Ensure that resource allocation is consistent with targeted results.
Management Response: The CO has accepted the recommendation to ensure that resource allocation is consistent with targeted results. In view of the observed imbalance in the allocation of financial resources in the context of output targets at the project document level, the CO ensures that the designers and implementers of a future project will reflect a better allocation of financial resources so that allocated funds are better aligned to the desired results for improved efficiency as per finding 13 of the evaluation report.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Design a second phase of the project on Preventing Forced Migration and Trafficking in Women and Girls and ensure that resource allocation is consistent with targeted results UNW 2022/09 No Longer Applicable
Recommendation: Expand the pool of stakeholder MDAs.
Management Response: The CO agrees with the recommendation to expand the pool of engaged key MDAs in the future projects. In particular, The Ministries of Education, Culture and Local Government Affairs need to be incorporated into future engagement in view of the need to take the fight to the grassroots level. The Ministry of Education, in particular, should be encouraged to include irregular migration in the Social Studies curriculum at the secondary school level (Finding 16).
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
The CO to ensure in the design and implementation of new projects the engagement of additional key-ministries UNW 2022/09 Completed
Recommendation: Expand sensitization outreach to rural areas.
Management Response: The CO acknowledges the recommendation and has incorporated the recommendation in the submitted proposal for a phase two of the evaluated project. Furthermore the CO, beyond the trafficking thematic area, is in the process of scaling up interventions of women's economic empowerment in the rural areas.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
The CO management has started to strategically finance interventions related to women's economic empowerment UNW 2028/09 Initiated
Recommendation: Incorporate livelihood-improving initiatives in a future project.
Management Response: The CO agrees with the recommendation and feels the need to incorporate livelihood interventions in future projects related to human trafficking. The economic situation (with high levels of unemployment and poverty) in Nigeria is a key driver of irregular migration. Furthermore, the CO recognizes that VoT and vulnerable groups should be exposed to entrepreneurship trainings where they will acquire various skills. Provision should be made for starter-packs to enable them to be self-employed and possibly grow into employers of labour in the long-run. Relevant international agencies (IOM, UNODC, FIIAP) can be included as partners in operationalizing the initiatives.
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Description:
Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Provision to be included for starter-packs in the design of new projects related to prevention of human trafficking. Relevant sister agencies and international agencies (IOM, UNODC, FIIAP) included as partners in operationalizing the initiatives (Findings 17, 18, 35). UNW 2028/09 Initiated
Recommendation: Provide finance and infrastructural support for shelter development.
Management Response: The CO agrees with the recommendation to enhance/support public-private partnerships (PPPs) for shelter development in support of VoT. However, providing infrastructural support for a shelter construction may go beyond its mandate.
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Management Response Category: Partially Accepted
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Develop a strategy to enhance public-private partnerships to support shelter development UNW 2029/09 Initiated
Recommendation: USE MONITORING INFORMATION IN DECISION-MAKING FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE.
Management Response: The CO agrees to the recommendation to develop and insert in new proposal a quantitative content of the monitoring information and to develop relevant quantitative indicators to be incorporated into the M & E framework
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Description:
Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Engage the Association of Principals in each of the focal states to enhance awareness activities and sustainability. Include in future proposals school debates on themes relevant to the prevention of irregular migration UNW 2028/09 Initiated
Recommendation: USE MONITORING INFORMATION IN DECISION-MAKING FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE.
Management Response: The CO agrees to the recommendation to develop and insert in new proposal a quantitative content of the monitoring information and to develop relevant quantitative indicators to be incorporated into the M & E framework
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Description:
Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Develop a M&E framework to be incorporated into future project documents and proposals UNW 2022/09 Completed
Recommendation: INCORPORATE RISK ASSESSMENT INTO THE PROJECT DESIGN.
Management Response: The CO agrees to the recommendation to develop and insert in new proposal a detailed risk assessment into the project design which takes in consideration different scenarios especially regarding post-COVID19 realities.
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Description:
Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Develop a risk assessment framework to be incorporated into future project documents and proposals UNW 2028/09 Completed