Management Response

: Nepal
: 2015 - 2015 , Nepal (CO)
: Mid-term evaluation of Strengthening Implementation of Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Nepal (SIWPSAN) project
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: Nepal
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UN Women Nepal Country Office welcomes the mid-year evaluation’s overall findings. The evaluation report highlights that the “Strengthening Implementation of Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Nepal” (SIWPSAN) project has been well-conceptualized and progress against its outputs are satisfactory. Overall, in the midterm, the project is on track to achieving the planned results . The recommendations clearly show the need for strengthening coordination amongst project partners, women and children office (WCO) and other actors for localization of the NAP on UNSC 1325 and 1820. Collective ownership by government officials, strengthening local networks, capacity development of social mobilizers should be addressed in the remaining project period. The recommendations are of great value in supporting UN Women’s efforts to effectively localize NAP implementation. UN Women will focus on developing an exit strategy to ensure smooth transition and sustainability, strengthen coordination among project partners, revise a few ambitious indicators and continue to enhance the capacities of project staff.
: Approved
Recommendation: Since SIWPSAN is a pilot initiative that adopted a comprehensive, bottom-up approach ( Bottom-up approach in SIWPSAN context refers to a process whereby information collection and decision-making are carried out in consultation with vulnerable and marginalized groups among the target beneficiaries) worked with multiple partners at multiple levels, the project should identify areas of strategic focus (e.g. capacity building of the key stakeholders, NAP localization at different levels etc) for its future programming guidance.
Management Response: Agreed
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Description:
Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018), Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency, Gender equality
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
UN Women will prepare a knowledge product detailing how the national action plan on UNSCRs 1325 and 1820 can be localized. This will guide UN Women programming in the future including the nature of support to the Government. Peace and Security Unit 2016/12 Completed UN Women in partnership with Search for Common Ground (SfCG) prepared and disseminated a knowledge product detailing how the national action plan on UNSCRs 1325 and 1820 can be localized. https://www.sfcg.org/promoting-womens-rights-protection-and-participation-in-post-conflict-situations/
Recommendation: Formulate an exit strategy that would include more sustained engagement of its partners in post-project scenario specifically, assigning clear roles and responsibility with action points and timeline to further promote the project gains. It is important that the strategy stipulates how resource and management can be in place to enable safe landing of the CAW/G, IPWA groups promoted by the project. Provisions shall be made for follow-up/advance trainings/market linkages, access to finance, linkages with existing relevant GoN structures and other district level business entities etc.
Management Response: Agreed
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable, Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Gender equality, Efficiency
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
UN Women will develop an exit strategy for the project Peace and Security Unit 2015/12 Completed The exit strategy is completed and has been shared to project partners through email.
Recommendation: Ensure that Social Mobilizer’s of local partners are equipped with adequate knowledge, information and capacity in order to link project promoted groups with existing structures in the VDC.
Management Response: Accepted
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency, Effectiveness
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
UN Women will conduct discussions with local partners on orienting project related staff members including SMs of partner organisations on the exit strategy, in collaboration with the local GON officials. Peace and Security Unit 2016/02 Completed After finalization of the exit strategy of the project, an orientation was conducted with all the social mobilizers and the staff of project partners in collaboration with the local GON Officials.
Recommendation: Strengthen coordination, communication between local partners (TCN and DHS/CDS/BASE). Improve collaboration in implementing exit strategy. UN WOMEN project field officer assist local partners to strengthen coordination at VDC level, to conduct more monitoring visits to the VDCs and meet the beneficiaries to get project updates and progress or to note any dissatisfaction.
Management Response: Accepted
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Not applicable
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Partnership
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Impact
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UN Women in partnership with MOWCSW will continue to organize joint field visits for DCC members and local partners and will emphasize as part of the mission objective and plan to strengthen coordination and communication between partners . Peace and Security Unit 2016/04 Completed The proposed joint monitoring visit could not take place in February 2016 due to other competing priorities of the government. However, the mission took place in June 2016 where the mission members highlighted the need to strengthen coordination and communication between local partners to efficiently track progress of the project.
Recommendation: Revisit some ambitious indicators in the RRF (e.g. 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 3.3) for smooth implementation and monitoring. (Please refer to Annex XII for more details).
Management Response: Accepted
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Not applicable, Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Operational activities
UNEG Criteria: Impact, Efficiency, Effectiveness
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UN Women will share the findings of MTE including the need for revisiting indicators like 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 3.3 of SIWPSAN projects RRF with the Project Steering Committee members and post approval revise the indicators accordingly. Peace and Security Unit 2015/12 Completed The findings of the MTE project was shared at the Project Steering Committee meeting held 14 August 2015 and the meeting approved the revised indictors.
Recommendation: Even during the implementation phase, lessons learnt and best practices need to be documented so as to continually improve the learning process and inform future project design and benefit the wider audience.
Management Response: Accepted
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, UN Coordination
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Impact
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UN Women will continue to discuss good practices and lessons learnt from the project in its unit and SMT meetings. UN Women is also in the process of developing relevant knowledge products documenting success stories and best practices to continue improving its learning on NAP localization so as to guide the design for new projects. Peace and Security Unit 2016/03 Completed The project staff regularly reflected good practices and lessons learnt from the project in the unit meetings and SMT meetings during the relevant discussion topics. UN Women in partnership with Search for Common Ground (SfCG) developed series of knowledge products that documents good practices and lessons learnt from the project (https://www.sfcg.org/promoting-womens-rights-protection-and-participation-in-post-conflict-situations/) and shared them during Executive Boards visit to Kailali and during the dissemination workshop of SIWPSAN project evaluation outcome dissemination workshop in the first quarter of 2017.
Recommendation: UN WOMEN learning of NAP localization through SIWPSAN could potentially be discussed at policy level and if applicable, advocate for scale up of the activities to additional districts.
Management Response: Accepted
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Management Response Category:
Thematic Area: Peace and security (SPs before 2018), Governance and planning (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Advocacy
Organizational Priorities: Not applicable, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Impact, Efficiency, Effectiveness
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UN Women in partnership with MOPR, MOWCSW and LDTA/MoFALD will organize a policy dialogue event on NAP localization bringing together the Government Representative, Development Partners/Peace Support Working Group members. Peace and Security Unit 2016/03 Completed UN Women in collaboration with MOFALD/LDTA organized a discussion on NAP localization using GRB principles. MOPR and MOWCSW were also involved in the discussion. UN Women as a Chair of Peace Support Working Group (PSWG) organized a discussion on what role, if any, the PSWG can continue to play to support the development and implementation of NAP phase II.