1. Regional Gender Community of Practice Meeting Yerevan, 17-18 October, 2007 Erika Kvapilova, Programme Specialist, UNIFEM CEE Office Bratislava

2. Outline of the presentation Changing environment –New aid modalities –UN reform UNIFEMs Strategic Plan 2008-2011 –Overall framework –Results framework –Complementarities with UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF –Management framework/ managing for results –Monitoring and evaluation

3. Dynamics of the environment the changes in the development assistance worldwide and in the CEE/CIS region in particular (new EU financial instruments, new donors…) UN reform, including discussions about a new UN “gender entity”

4. New Aid Modalities Paris Declaration (2005) summarizes the principles and indicators on new aid effectiveness agreed by the OECD-DAC donors and developing countries –Ownership –Alignment –Harmonization –Results –Mutual accountability

5. Paris Declaration does not include explicitly any measures to promote gender equality or human rights standards UNIFEM Discussion Paper (2006) Promoting Gender Equality in New Aid Modalities and Partnerships – concerns about the PD key pillars, but also identified some opportunities http://www.unifem.org/attachments/products/PromotingGen derEqualityInNewAidModalities_eng.pdfhttp://www.unifem.org/attachments/products/PromotingGen derEqualityInNewAidModalities_eng.pdf

6. EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace (UNIFEM, EC, ILO/ITC) Aimed at: obtaining knowledge on how coordination mechanisms at national level are aiding/ hindering gender equality; challenges/ opportunities for promoting GE in the aid effectiveness agenda; capacity building needs; strategic entry points

7. - support national consultations/ mapping on gender and aid effectiveness in 12 pilot countries (CEE/CIS: Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan) -resource materials, including a website and an on-line help desk on gender and aid effectiveness -expand capacity of gender advocates to advocate for gender in the 2008 Ghana High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

8. A UN reform process/ a new gender entity? Recommendation of the High Level Panel report on a System-wide coherence “Delivering as One” (2006) to establish one UN entity focused on gender equality and women empowerment Intergovernmental debate: support from some countries (Scandinavian), ambiguity from others (G-77), initial resistance from India, USA, Russia…

9. During the discussion members states can take steps to strengthen existing work, including by supporting the UNIFEM Strategic Plan 2008-2011 A Concept Note on supporting a new “hybrid” gender entity submitted to the President of the GA in August 2007 by the Secretariat (prepared in consultation with DSG’s Interagency Task Force) as a follow up of HLP report recommendations http://www.un.org/ga/president/61/letters/SD OC1599.pdf

10. Within the UN steps are being taken to address a request for a stronger architecture (seeking agreement on performance indicators on GE for UNCTs; many UN agencies striving to achieve greater coherence between the normative and operational functions; UN TF in Support to EVAW – an interagency effort administered by UNIFEM)

11. UNIFEM Strategic Plan 2008-11

12. The Executive Board of UNDP/ UNFPA on its Second Regular Session (September 10-14, 2007) endorsed the strategic priorities and results set out in the UNIFEM Strategic Plan for 2008-2011 and authorized its implementation

13. Framework for UNIFEM SP 08-11 national ownership and country programming (sustainability) capacity building for a country to strengthen implementation of CEDAW cooperation and coordination among UN agencies (gender equality and women’s empowerment is responsibility of each UN agency, but needs a driver)

14. Development Results Framework Goal/ impact: National commitments to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment implemented in stable and fragile states Outcomes 1- 4: Legal/ policy frameworks Engendering national development strategies; laws and policies; formal and informal justice systems; budgets and budget procedures; Outcomes 5-7: institutional frameworks (policy and service institutions, media) Strengthening capacity of institutions and gender equality advocates/ organizations/ networks, including those representing the most vulnerable groups of women (HIV/AIDS, migrant women…) Outcome 8: Replicable models Supporting community based initiatives

15. Complementarities with UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF Supporting NAPs on gender equality Mainstreaming gender into National Development Strategies (including support to generate and use sex segregated data) Coordinated support for protection from violence, poverty, HIV/AIDS and environmental degradation

16. Gender responsive approach to governance Joint initiatives I support of maternal and child health Multidimensional approach to enhancing and improving girls’ education

17. UNIFEM’s management for results in a UN reform process Strengthened partnership with UN organizations UNIFEM as a key driver in strengthening coordination among UN agencies in support of gender equality UNIFEM’s coordination support results in increased commitment and resources for gender equality and women’s empowerment

18. Joint programming enhances impact on gender equality support UNCTs use tools and knowledge generated by UNIFEM (and others) to enhance support for gender equality and women’s empowerment

19. Monitoring and evaluation Monitoring and reporting - to align with UNFPA and UNDP -maintain reporting to CC and other bodies Evaluation -align with the UN Evaluation Group -strengthen impact evaluation -offer support to countries and UN on gender responsive, rights based evaluation