Management Response

: Palestine
: 2012 - 2013 , Palestine (CO)
: Final Evaluation of the MDG-F Joint Programme for Culture and Development
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: Palestine
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: Approved
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 1: The lessons learned and experiences of the MDG-F JP for Culture and Development along with the two other JPs in the oPt (MDG-G Gender Equality and Women?s Empowerment and the UNTHS) should be evaluated to inform the global discussion about the efficient and effectiveness of joint programming.
Management Response: Management Response: UN Women and other UN agencies continue to take part in web-dialogues and utilize the Teamworks forum and Gender as a Cross-Cutting Issue page to share and exchange information.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018), Leadership and political participation (SPs before 2018), Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Normative Support, Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Gender equality
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Final evaluations for both MDG-F programmes shared through networks Un Women HQ 2013/12 Completed The final evaluation was disseminated to all MDG-F Culture partners in Feb. 2013
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 2 : Knowledge management tools and venues should be improved and utilized to improve sharing of information, draw lessons, and build capacity of partners as well as inform the UN Country Team (UNCT) planning processes.
Management Response: Management Response: KM tools and products have been shared with UNCT. Moreover, the UN Women oPt office shared the final evaluation reports with all national partners where feedback has been positive in terms access to information and some noting that this is the first time an international partner has shared the final product. NGO and PA partners have noted that they will use the evaluation report for future planning based on findings and recommendations.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018), Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018), Leadership and political participation (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable, Normative Support, Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Gender equality, Efficiency, Effectiveness
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UN Women programme formulation to scale-up MDG-F Culture programme achievements UN Women oPt office UN Women HQ Geo Section UN Women RO 2012/10 Completed oPt component of Spring Forward programme based on best practices of MDG-F Culture programme
Lessons learned incorporated into first oPt UNDAF (2014-2016) UN Women oPt office UNDP UNESCO FAO 2013/07 Completed All MDG-F Culture partners have incorporated outputs and activities that aim to scale-up previous activities. UNDAF outcomes include the three thematic areas targeted through the MDG-F Gender Programme (economic empowerment/intangible heritage, infrastructure/tangible heritage and governance).
Documentation of best practices from the programme MDG-Secretariat UNESCO UN Women oPt office 2013/04 Completed Global assessment on best practices and lessons learned were conducted through the MDG-F Secretariat in New York for MDG-F Gender and MDG-F Culture Programmes. The oPt experience is well documented in both assessments.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 3: One of the challenges identified in this JP was the use of the English language in communications and meetings. This evaluation suggests that both the national language (in this case Arabic) and English should be used at the same level and just for key documents.
Management Response: Management Response: The UN Women oPt office takes this issue very seriously, as it has been continuously flagged by government and non-governmental partners. Within this programme, UN Women advocated for the translation of JP and bilateral documents into Arabic, however, the main challenge was the high cost required for translation and editing, which was not budgeted for in the programme. In terms, however, of its own separate programmes, the UN Women office in the oPt regularly provides key documents and/or summaries in Arabic.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Knowledge management, Not applicable, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Normative Support, Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Sustainability
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Key Action not added.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 4: Gender mainstreaming should be considered as a priority and integral part of the JP and not in isolated activities.
Management Response: Management Response: The need for gender mainstreaming was advocated for by the UN Women office in the oPt continuously since the start-up of the programme. However, challenges continued to face UN Women. The first ever UNDAF for the oPt is the opportunity to embed gender mainstreaming within joint and/or coordinated UN initiatives, so UN Women needs to invest heavily in this regard. This being said, this investment is not guaranteed to produce the required results without concrete buy-in at the highest decision-making levels.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Not applicable, Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable, Normative Support, Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability, Gender equality, Efficiency, Effectiveness
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UN Women to deploy its human and financial resources to engender the oPt UNDAF UN Women oPt office 2013/07 Completed UN Women staff actively participated in four out of the six UNDAF outcomes. It is through these thematic group meetings as well as the UNGTF that the UNDAF addressed gender inequalities to the best possible extent.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 5: In future programmes, it is recommended that attention is given to promoting and embedding the economic development potential of culture in economic development strategies by all relevant development agencies and government agencies.
Management Response: The oPt component of the Spring Forward programme takes forward this recommendation in the oPt by embedding the economic development potential of culture
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Advocacy, Not applicable, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Normative Support, Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Gender equality
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UN Women programme formulation to embed the economic development potential of culture in economic development scale-up UN Women oPt office UN Women HQ Geo Section UN Women RO 2015/10 Completed The new Spring Forward programme takes forward this recommendation in the oPt, working on the policy, advocacy and service levels to safeguard cultural heritage as a form of economic and social development
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 6: It is recommended that future programmes consider supporting fewer but more focused strategic interventions to maximize long-term impact.
Management Response: Management Response: This recommendation will need to be discussed with other UN partners to be incorporate into future joint programmes, with UNESCO taking the lead, as the technical lead for the programme. In terms of UN Women, this recommendation has already been incorporated into the new Spring Forward programme that takes forward the initiatives implemented under this joint programme.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable, Normative Support, Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Impact
Key Actions
Key Action not added.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 7: An exit strategy and plan should be developed before the end of the programme and should include actions and resources needed from JP partners, in particular national counterparts.
Management Response: Management Response: An exit strategy was actually developed at least 4 ? 6 months prior to the phasing out of the program and subsequently implemented. Palestinian governmental institutions and civil society organizations are taking forward their components.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability
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Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 8: Special attention should be given by relevant parties to ensure the endorsement of the drafted culture and heritage laws in the near future.
Management Response: Management Response: This was also one of the recommendations of the Research in the Culture and Creative Industry Sector, commissioned by UN Women in 2011 ? 2012. UNESCO is the relevant UN agency to follow up with the relevant national institutions, but no immediate action can be taken since the Palestinian Legislative Council is not currently functional and is not foreseen to be functional in the near future. UN Women has already worked with the Ministry of Women?s Affairs to ensure their follow-up on the gendered dimensions of this work.
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Governance and planning (SPs before 2018), Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Promoting inclusiveness/Leaving no one behind, Advocacy
Organizational Priorities: UN Coordination, Normative Support, Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency, Effectiveness
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Key Action not added.