1. Louise nylin Programme Advisor – Europe and central Asia
Policy & Programme
Louise nylin
Programme Advisor – Europe and central Asia
January 2015

2. What we do
As the heart of UN Women, Policy and Programme Bureau deals with global policy issues as it relates to women, we support UN Women programmes in over 80 countries as well as policy analysis and research.
The Bureau is divided into Policy and Programme focusing on UN Women focal priorities in line with our UN Women Strategic Plan,
Leadership and Political Participation
Economic Empowerment
Ending Violence against Women
Peace and Security
Governance and National Planning
HIV and AIDS

3. Policy & Programme Programme Division Policy Division
The programme division help in improving capacity of country, multi-country and regional offices to deliver high-quality programmes. They provide
Programme Direction and Oversight
Representation and Advocacy
Provide Knowledge Management
Support to Regional Context and Trend Analysis
Programme and Operational Support
Support to interagency and Normative processes
Support to partnership and Resource mobilization
Crisis and Humanitarian Response
Develop program guidance
The Policy Division provides the substantive support for UN Women's normative, operational and coordination work.  The Policy division
Conducts Research and Analysis
Provide technical guidance
Develop Training and Capacity Building
Partnerships and global programmes
UN system coordination and collaboration
Normative and intergovernmental
Corporate positioning

4. Regional Architecture
With the roll out of the regional architecture, UN Women has 6 Regional, 6 Multi-Country, 47 Country offices and 30 Programme presence around the world.
Africa
Two Regional offices i.e The East & Southern Africa Regional office (ESARO) located in Kenya and West & Central Africa Regional office (WCARO) located in Senegal with the following country offices- South Africa,
Rwanda, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Liberia,
Mali, Mozambique, South
Sudan, Tanzania, Burundi,
Cameroon, Cote d’Ivorie,
Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sierra
Leone, Sudan, Uganda,
Zimbabwe, Cape Verde,
And Ghana are the country offices
America & the Caribbean
(LAC)
Panama City, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico and Caribbean are the countries in this region. The Caribbean - Barbados is a Multi country office (MCO) supporting 22 countries.
Arab States/ North Africa
(AS)
Has 5 country offices namely Egypt, Iraq, Jordan &Syria, Palestine with Morocco having Multi country offices.
Asia & Pacific
Bangkok, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, Vietnam as well as Fiji and India (India, Bhutan, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Philippines, Samao, Solomon Island, Vanuatu, Maldives & Sri Lanka), Cambodia, China
Europe & Central Asia
(ECA)
Istanbul, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegoniva, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova and Kazakhstan (Tajikistan & Uzebekistan) MCO represent the countries in this region
6 Regional Offices
6 Multi-Country Offices
47 Country Offices*
30 Programme Presence 89
November 2014

5. UN Women presence April 2014 6 Regional Offices
Bosnia
Moldova
Istanbul
Kazakhstan
Georgia
Kyrgyzstan
Albania
oPt
Jordan
Iraq
Afghanistan
Morocco
Cairo
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Mexico
Nepal
India
Dominican Republic
Sudan
Haiti
Bangkok
Vietnam
Guatemala
Mali
Barbados
Dakar
Nigeria
South
Sudan
Ethiopia
El Salvador
Cambodia
Sierra Leone
Panama City
Cote d’Ivoire
Uganda
Liberia
Colombia
Cameroon
DRC
Nairobi
Rwanda
6 Regional Offices
Timor Leste
Ecuador
Burundi
Tanzania
PNG
Brazil
Malawi
6 Multi-Country Offices
Bolivia
Mozambique
Fiji
Zimbabwe
47 Country Offices*
Paraguay
30 Programme Presence
South Africa 89
* Country Offices for Senegal, Kenya, Egypt and Thailand included in the Regional Offices shown on the map.

6. UN Women Reg/Country Offices
Based on the analysis of 2015 Annual Work plans:
Women's Economic Empowerment and Leadership and Women's Political Participation continue to be the two predominant areas of work closely followed by Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls
Analysis show greater effort to leveraging the connection between the normative and operational parts of UN Women's mandate – Beijing + 20
Stronger focus on advocacy, evident by campaigns like UNiTE and HeForShe

7. UN Women Reg/Country Offices
Operational capacity, 2014 summary:
Last year was the best year so far for UN Women’s programmes and implementation of the mandate at country and regional level, with larger and more strategic programmes, with a total budget for all field offices, USD million.
As of 13 January 2015, programme financial delivery in the field for 2014 was at 82% compared to the Strategic Plan target of 75%.

8. Donor Assessments 2014
The EC Pillar Assessment gave UN Women a strong endorsement for management of EU programme financial resources
The MOPAN assessment recognizes that “UN-Women has a clear mandate to promote gender equality and while more remains to be done, “UN-Women has had considerable success in setting up its operational infrastructure”.