Management Response

: Indonesia
: 2025 - 2025 , Indonesia (PP)
: UN Women Indonesia Strategic Note 2021-2025/UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework Outcome 1
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The final evaluation of the UN Women Strategic Note Direct Funding (SNDF) project highlights significant progress in strengthening gender-responsive, community-led peacebuilding and Women, Peace and Security (WPS)/Prevention for Conflict and Violent Extremism (PCVE) governance in Indonesia, particularly in Poso (Central Sulawesi), Bima (West Nusa Tenggara), Depok and Bogor (West Java). The evaluation underscores that the project has made substantial gender-transformative changes, particularly in localizing WPS/PCVE commitments and elevating women’s and youth leadership in peace and social cohesion. At the same time, institutionalization and resourcing remain uneven across locations, with some risks for sustaining results without continued support. UN Women Indonesia CO welcomes the overall recommendations from this final evaluation, bringing lessons learnt for CO to consider for a better project design and planning.
: Approved
Recommendation: Consolidate and scale Peace Village and CEWERS models through institutional anchoring
Management Response: Institutionalisation of Peace Village models for scaling has been mutually agreed by UN Women and Partners. It is understood that identifying suitable institutional homes that can anchor PVs and CEWERS functions enables government ownership, resource mobilisation, and flexible integration into existing coordination mechanisms. While minimum standards and implementation guidance further strengthen quality and consistency, only with targeted technical assistance to ensuring these elements are effectively applied and add value across diverse contexts will sustain the adoption of Peace Village and CEWERS.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Women peace and security, humanitarian action & disaster risk reduction
Operating Principles: Oversight/governance, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Relevance, Coherence
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Lead efforts to consolidate Peace Village and CEWERS models through village regulations, APBDes (village government budget) allocations, and alignment with RAD-PE and RAD-P3AKS UN Women Programme Team 2025/12 Completed The consolidation of Peace Village and CEWERS model has been done, documented into Wahid Foundation’s publication: “Perempuan dan Desa Damai: Konsep dan Praktik”, reflecting processes, lessons learned, and the model’s success factors. Integrating the lessons, a concept note to advance the PV model has been developed, subject for further review and finalisation.
Establish clear institutional homes, minimum standards, and implementation guidance to strengthen sustainability and enable responsible scaling UN Women Programme Team and Partner 2026/04 Initiated Wahid Foundation has worked with the village governments and communities to advocate for village regulations and secure village funding in support of Peace Village operationalisation whose activities aligned with RAD-PE/RAD-P3AKS. As of the project closure, a total of 13 Peace Villages supported in 3 provinces have been legally supported with Head of Village Decree for its Village Task Force, allowing PV’s CEWERS mechanisms institutionalised and legitimate designation for implementing the mechanisms in the village.
Recommendation: Strengthen cross-district learning and peer exchange mechanisms
Management Response: Recognizing the value of peer‑to‑peer learning in driving uptake and fostering deeper reflection, UN Women fully accepts the recommendation to tailor exchange activities to the needs of targeted beneficiaries. Although the SNDF project has concluded, its recommendations have been integrated into ongoing programming. The WE NEXUS initiative—aligned both programmatically and geographically with SNDF—now serves as the platform for continuing this learning approach.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Women peace and security, humanitarian action & disaster risk reduction
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Relevance, Coherence
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Establish and facilitate structured cross-district learning platforms connecting Peace Villages, CEWERS members, youth networks, and local governments UN Women Programme Team, in partnership with CSOs and local governments 2026/03 Completed Knowledge exchange among peace villages was facilitated by the Wahid Foundation ahead of the project’s subnational closure in May 2025. The platform was integrated into the Kampo Mahawo Festival in Bima and tailored to support reflective learning in Poso. At the national level, UN Women convened cross‑district learning and showcased results during the Project Closure event in Jakarta, where each district shared its learning and peacebuilding journey.
Establish regular leaning forums and exchange visits to support peer learning, replication, and horizontal diffusion of effective process UN Women Programme Team and partners 2026/12 Initiated The project’s lessons and recommendations are being integrated into ongoing initiatives, including the HDP WE NEXUS programme, whose thematic and geographic focus aligns well with continued learning exchange. UN Women will facilitate cross‑provincial learning for West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, and Central Sulawesi—two of which also participated in the SNDF Project—leading up to the WE NEXUS project closure at the end of 2026.
Develop knowledge management project repository Project Manager, M&E focal point 2026/04 Initiated 3. Develop knowledge management project repository Q2 2026 Project Manager, M&E focal point Initiated Documenting and disseminating findings/learning from field visit monitoring has not been effective last year, although documentation of monitoring findings was captured comprehensively utilizing the Annex O of Programme Partner Monitoring Report. The MEL work plan in 2026 includes developing knowledge management mechanism among project team and programme personnel, in order to use the findings to improve project implementation.
Recommendation: Institutionalize an integrated MEL and knowledge-management system
Management Response: UN Women Indonesia accepted the recommendations and is aware that it is important for UN Women Indonesia to have an integrated Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) as well as knowledge management for the project. UN Women Indonesia also takes note that the overall process of MEL and knowledge management should be done in collaboration with the implementing partners to ensure coherence.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Women peace and security, humanitarian action & disaster risk reduction
Operating Principles: Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Relevance, Coherence
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Develop results tracking tools to track project progresses Project Manager, M&E focal point 2026/06 Initiated While implementing the new SN cycle of 2026-2030, the CO is currently in the process of development indicators tracking tools for the SN indicators, as well as completion of BMT (baseline, milestone, target) of SN indicators. The period will be within the first 6 months of the new SN implementation. The matrix will later serve as the master data mapping for all project indicators.
Conduct MEL capacity building for project team and implementing partners Project Manager, M&E focal point 2026/12 Initiated The current plan for MEL capacity development is to be conducted twice a year, during Q2 and Q4, align with the timeline for six-monthly and annual reporting period.
Recommendation: Deepen support for national and subnational policy implementation and accountability
Management Response: UN Women will continue to support the Government of Indonesia in adopting and localizing international normative frameworks, including the WPS agenda, at both national and subnational levels. While technical assistance and strategic guidance remain essential, UN Women will also prioritize mobilizing local resources and strengthening the roles of CSOs and government institutions to ensure sustained commitment and accountability for subnational implementation. This approach is designed to reduce dependency on UN Women and reinforce nationally owned, locally driven progress.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Women peace and security, humanitarian action & disaster risk reduction
Operating Principles: Capacity development, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Relevance, Sustainability, Coherence
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Provide continued technical assistance for implementing RAN-PE and RAN-P3AKS UN Women Programme Team, in partnership with CSOs and local governments 2026/03 Completed Knowledge exchange among peace villages was facilitated by the Wahid Foundation ahead of the project’s subnational closure in May 2025. The platform was integrated into the Kampo Mahawo Festival in Bima and tailored to support reflective learning in Poso. At the national level, UN Women convened cross‑district learning and showcased results during the Project Closure event in Jakarta, where each district shared its learning and peacebuilding journey.
Continue advocate for the wider use of Gender Audit Tool and gender-responsive M&E Framework in UN Women work to support NAPs localisation UN Women and Partners 2026/12 Initiated
Embed gender-responsive M&E framework as a way to promote accountability in all UN Women and partner’ work in supporting WPS and PVE NAPs localisation UN Women and Partners 2026/04 Initiated
Recommendation: Invest in institutional capacity and succession planning for sustainability
Management Response: Throughout the project lifecycle, institutional capacity development has been systematically integrated and operationalised, as reflected in a dedicated output with clearly defined indicators and baseline-to-target trajectories established at inception. A sustainability plan was likewise formulated at project start and has guided implementation, including by Responsible Partners who work with local partners to also contribute to sustainability. Risks with potential implications for project results and long-term sustainability have been periodically assessed, documented, and updated through adaptive management processes. Corresponding mitigation and sustainability measures have been implemented, monitored, and reported to ensure continuity of impact beyond the project duration. The results of institutional capacity development and challenges to ensure sustainability, however, differed across region, hence actions to promote sustainability was carried out informed by programme reviews.
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Management Response Category: Partially Accepted
Thematic Area: Women peace and security, humanitarian action & disaster risk reduction
Operating Principles: Alignment with strategy, Knowledge management, Internal coordination and communication
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Relevance, Sustainability, Coherence
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Co-develop initiatives at the local level based on alignment of interests and local priorities to promote ownership UN Women and Responsible Partners 2025/12 Completed Institutional capacity development, particularly for Kesbangpol of West Java has led to their active engagement in both the national RAN/RAD PE (Depok and Bogor) consultations and the workshop on implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting. Their participation strengthened buy‑in and legitimacy for the RAD development process, while reaffirming the need to bolster regional vigilance and institutional coordination for effective RAD PE implementation. Simultaneously, the facilitation of the Responsible Partners at subnational level has been pivotal in advancing the institutionalization of cross‑sectoral collaboration, positioning local stakeholders as central drivers of the peace and resilience agenda and helping sustain the platform and collaborative practices beyond the project’s duration.
Establish multistakeholder forums in support of the implementation of RADs and legalised with a decree UN Women and Responsible Partners 2025/12 Completed Multi-stakeholder forums for RAD P3AKS and RAD PE were established to strengthen local ownership and enhance synergies among regional actors, forming the backbone for long-term program sustainability and effectiveness.
Recommendation: Sustain and deepen gender-transformative and inclusive approaches
Management Response: UN Women remains committed to deepening gender-transformative and inclusive approaches to deliver its triple mandates, especially for its programme operation mandate.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Women peace and security, humanitarian action & disaster risk reduction
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Promoting inclusiveness/Leaving no one behind, Advocacy, Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Relevance, Sustainability, Coherence
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Identify and report gender-transformative approaches and their results in UN Women’s internal reporting mechanisms UN Women Programme Team 2026/03 Completed
Apply and promote a gender-transformative approach in the design of new projects and proposals, ensuring that gender equality outcomes are embedded at the level of theory of change, results framework, budgeting, and governance arrangements UN Women Programme Teams 2026/12 Initiated