Multi-Country Office for the Pacific (Fiji)
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Overall comments: The EA was an opportunity for the MCO to reflect on its programmes, the need to have a clear theory of change for its programmes and projects. It also highlighted the need to have a good communications strategy which the MCO could formulate from available information through various consultations with partners. The EA also reinforces the importance of leveraging the MCO's coordination work within the UN and also with other partners without having it as a standalone component of the Annual Work Plan. Similarly, knowledge management is already mainstreamed into the MCO's programmes and will continue to expand on producing knowledge materials on its website as a hub for information on gender equality and empowerment of women in the Pacific.Lessons learnt from the EA also informed the Strategic Note 2014 ? 2017 and Annual Work Plan. One of the issues raised in the report was "In its administration of the Pacific Regional EVAW Facility Fund, there was a concern expressed that the MCO had not made the case that the portfolio of grants being given to NGOs would actually achieve the outcome of eliminating violence against women." It must be noted that UN Women has never stated that the grant support and capacity development components of the project would result in eliminating VAW in the Pacific. Under the Pacific Regional EVAW Facility Fund project the focus is to support governments and CSO partners provide better services to survivors and also to provide evidence based prevention work. In essence, UN Women attempts to assist governments and CCSOs to adopt and implement EVAW policies, legislation, improved services for survivors and prevention of violence against women. The Theory of Changes is embedded in the approved project document from HQ, a vital element before final approval of project document. The EA recommendations contributed to the way forward for the MCO to fulfill its mandate, the essence of policy and normative work supported by effective implementation as it contributes to the improvement of livelihoods to women, men and children in the Pacific. The EA was timely as the findings were able to inform the development of new programme and project documents in particular the Access to Gender Justice in the Pacific (AGJP) programme, EVAW programme and the Markets for Change project. Each of these prodocs now have a Theory of Change (TOC) and a sound M & E results framework. Lessons from the EA has set the platform upon which other pending programme documents such the Increasing Community Resilience (IREACH) and the broad Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) programmes will build on. It is also acknowledged that the MCO needs to devote more attention to monitoring particularly structured monitoring and regular reporting work. The MCO will continue to focus on the global mandate of UN Women on policy and normative work and implementation of these policies for very practical reasons. Findings from the EA was shared with UN Women Regional Office and with input from the Programme teams at MCO and also from the Regional Office provided the gist for the Management Response (MR). The management response addresses the main recommendations in the main evaluation report with references to the approved key actions outlined in the Annual Work Plan for 2014 and the Pacific MCO medium term Plan 2014 - 2017.
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