Management Response

Recommendation:

Keep what has proven to work. In the case of the CGF, this means keeping it simple by leaving the well alone. Size: Keep it small to keep its catalytic nature ($30-50K with a few possible larger projects of $80K when applicants can demonstrate institutional commitments and stronger impact) Contents: TAC and CGF management team to keep nose to the ground for current and emerging key issues to identify priority themes, and support topics that would gain traction in the mainstream/government policy direction and exploratory ones, especially those that receive little attention elsewhere. Geographic Spread: Maintain good balance across nation; though may support specific cases that warrant good research and advocacy to fill important information gaps. Structure: Maintain the innovative TAC model that has proven to work well with excellent coordination and trusting relationship between the TAC and the CGF Management Team. Process: Keep the collaborative decision making process that is key to management effectiveness for the CGF, which puts common goals and shared interest in the CGF above and beyond those of individual agencies. Communication & Information Dissemination: Continue to maintain close contacts between the UN Women China office and CGF grantees, which are essential to the quality of CGF?s capacity building results, as well as strong transparency and accountability. Intensify advocacy to promote and expand CGF?s impact as well as acquire more sustained funding. This requires repackaging of existing data and orienting their presentation for different sets of audience, putting a human face to the success stories, and reach out to potential new supporters.

Management Response:

All suggestions in this part are about CGF Call for Proposals. In the CGF 6th Call for Prospoals that was annouced from 1 June to 15 July, UN Women and TAC members have started to follow.

Key Actions Responsible Deadline Status Comments 1.1 In the 6th batch projects, grants vary from $40,000 to $50,000 UN Women 2010/01 Completed 1.1 In the 6th batch projects, grants vary from $40,000 to $50,000 UN Women 2012/08 Completed 1.2 a. Gender and Climate Change, Environment, Disaster Risk Reduction; b. Gender and the Media; c. Gender and Community-Based Poverty Alleviation; d. Gender and Corporate Social Responsibility; UN Women and TAC 2012/08 Completed 1.3 The 6th batch projects will cover: Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Yunan, Guizhou, Fujian and Beijing etc UN Women and TAC 2012/08 Completed 1.4 TAC meeting was organized to decide the themes for 6th Call for Proposals and Proposal Selection. UN Women and TAC 2012/08 Completed 1.5 CGF info sheet to be produced. UN Women 2013/05 Completed

Recommendation:	Build a strong business case. Draw on accumulated knowledge to (a) encourage buy-in from key policy and decision makers to make use of the knowledge, lessons, and skills that have been built to be incorporated into policies and practices; and (b) attract sustained investments and funding support with convincing persuasions.
Management Response:	CGF has produced some good results, which should be documented and well presented to government by different chanels so that government can incorporate the good practices into their policy making. UNTGG shall organize high level dialogue with government so that CGF good practices can be presented.

Key Actions Responsible Deadline Status Comments 2.1 To document CGF good practices and formulate them into a well presented format UN Women 2013/03 Completed 2.2 Present CGF good practices to government. UNTGG 2013/03 Completed

Recommendation:

The TAC and UNTGG should consider undertaking a joint resource mobilization exercise with government, grantees, etc., possibly beyond China. Resource mobilization efforts may also tap into the encouraging development of Corporate Social Responsibility policies and the rapidly growing number of charitable private foundations with in China. Social media, a communication vehicle that has enjoyed phenomenal success globally and especially in China, should also be used for promoting the CGF, sharing its knowledge and lessons learnt, and mobilizing the collective resources of the global community striving towards gender equality.

Management Response:

Resources Mobilization is always a challenge to CGF. According to the TAC?s decision, every donor needs to make a contribution of at least $5000 USD to the CGF every two years to maintain its membership, a change from the previous rule that a contribution of any amount would maintain TAC membership for four years. UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, UNESCO, and UNAIDS will lose their TAC membership in 2013 if they do not make any new contributions.

Key Actions Responsible Deadline Status Comments 3.1 Donor Mapping UN Women 2013/03 Completed 3.2 Joint Resource Mobilization TAC 2013/03 Completed