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: Multi-Country Office for Central Asia (Kazakhstan)
: 2012 - 2013 , Multi-Country Office for Central Asia (Kazakhstan) (MCO)
: Final Evaluation of Women connect across conflicts: Building accountability for implementation of the UN SCR 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889 Cross-regional project
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By the time of the WCAC final evaluation report (July 2013), Europe and Central Asia regional structure undergoes major transformations resulting in modified country coverage. UN Women MCO Kazakhstan (previously as EECA SRO covering all countries in Fergana valley (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), and Southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) from 2014 onwards is to cover Tajikistan and Uzbekistan only (for the purpose of this management response). UN Women Country offices in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan will be responsible for their countries respectively. UN Women Regional Office in Istanbul will cover Armenia, Azerbaijan and ensure intra-regional (Fergana Valley and Southern Caucasus) and inter-regional (with Pakistan and Afghanistan) cooperation and evaluation follow-up.
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Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 1: Given the need to consolidate achievement made to date in strengthening both government capacity to develop and implement NAPs on Women, Peace, and Security, and civil society?s participation and advocacy, the project should be renewed for the second phase
Management Response: Accepted. Draft concept and logframe for entire Phase II (Ferghana Valley, Southern Caucasus, Pakistan and Afghanistan) was initially developed as a result of the WCAC retreat attended by UN Women staff and partners from WCAC target countries on 5-7 June 2012 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The concept note for Phase II was revised in April 2013 and submitted to the Finland?s MoFA for consideration. Further revisions are planned to incorporate external evaluation?s recommendations and UN Women changes in implementation modalities and structure due to implementation of UN Women regional architecture in ECA. Phase I was to lay down the grounds for sub-region specific interventions and to take into account specificities of each sub-region (Fergana Valley, Southern Caucasus) and each responsible unit (MCO, COs, RO) will be responsible for their parts. The concept note was revised to ensure different approach to each sub-region: in Central Asia (Ferghana Valley), Southern Caucasus, and Southern Asia (Pakistan and Afghanistan).
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Entire Phase II concept note will be revised, elaborated and submitted to EU Brussels after approval of the WCAC Phase I final report by EU UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan UN Women Georgia 2013/12 Completed This management response was modified in October 2014, following a Strategic Planning meeting which was organized by ECA RO in Istanbul to identify programme priorities for 2015-2017. UN Women Regional Office in Istanbul, which was established in January 2014, will develop a Regional Programme (covering a select number of countries in the region) to facilitate regional networks and exchange of information and best practice, by building capacities of gender advocates on issues related to reconciliation and piece building and recovery. The 2 counties in the Asia region, Pakistan and Afghanistan, will be considered to become part of a sub-regional initiative that the MCO Kazakhstan is planning to undertake, given the geographic proximity of the 2 counties to Central Asian counties and related implications for peace building and recovery efforts UN Women Georgia already integrated components of what could have been the second phase of the WCAC project in its two new cost-share projects ? EU funded Innovative Action for Gender Equality, duration January 2013 ? July 2015 and Women for Equality, Peace and Development in Georgia, duration January 2013 ? December 2015. Thus, UN Women Georgia CO has not developed a separate component in the MCO Kazakhstan Concept or a stand-alone concept for the WCAC II Phase. MCO Kazakhstan will review the existing Concept note for Phase 2, in light of the additional regional programme on WPS
MCO Specific-Phase II priorities will be included into a new for MCO Kazakhstan SN/AWPs for 2014-2015 in line with UN Women new SP?s priorities under WPS thematic area. UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2013/11 Completed UN Women MCO Kazakhstan SN/AWP 2014-2015 includes key priorities for WCAC follow-up in line with UN Women SP priorities under WPS thematic area.
Consultations will be undertaken with respective staff of UN Women RO in Istanbul to handover WPS portfolio in countries to be covered by the RO (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, etc.). UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/01 Completed UN Women RO is planning to hold a strategic planning retreat to develop its SN/AWP for upcoming period. UN Women MCO Kazakhstan will hand over the WPS portfolio for RO-covered countries.
Further strategy/approach to mobilize resources for WPS portfolio in ECA will be agreed with UN Women RO in Istanbul UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan UN Women Georgia 2014/03 Completed The ECA RO held a strategic planning meeting in September to develop its SN/AWP for the period 2015-2017 where it was agreed that a Regional Programme on WPS will be formulated towards the end of 2014 to keep the regional focus of WCAC project, as recommended by the evaluation. As soon as the project proposal has been formulated, ECA RO will share it with potential partners, including OSCE and EU for funding consideration. MCO KAZ and CO GEO will identify potential donors for the respective WCAC-related projects. AWPS Adviser was hired at RO in May 2015 and strategy development was handed over to her.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 2: The proposed model of an international manager (to ensure neutrality) in each of the Fergana Valley and Southern Caucasus sub-regions should be considered. To avoid splitting the project into two, the manager should have complementary expertise and cover different thematic areas on a project wide basis. An alternative, splitting the project in two - one for CAR and one for SC would allow the project to address the specific context in each region, although specific mechanisms would have to be defined to promote valuable learning across the regions.
Management Response: Accepted. A new management approach for Phase II was elaborated and indicated within a proposal for Phase II being shared with the potential donors: separate international managers for the programme?s operations in Ferghana valley and the Southern Caucasus.
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Revised elaborated concept note with suggested management structure will be submitted to EU Brussels after approval of the WCAC Phase I final report by EU UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2013/11 Completed The regional programme (concept note is ready) will have no dedicated project personnel, but will be handled by existing staff of the Regional Office, CO Georgia has already included a component in its existing project, and MCO KAZ will review the existing Concept note for Phase 2, in light of the additional regional programme on WPS
Follow-up with UN Women RO in Istanbul on further WPS portfolio and a composition of WPS team for projects for cost-sharing by donors UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/03 Completed UN Women ECA RO organized a strategic planning meeting to develop its SN/AWP for upcoming period. During the meeting it was agreed to develop a separate regional component on WPS as outlined above, directly managed by ECA RO, while MCO/KAZ and CO GEO will be working on their respective country specific interventions, with clear linkage to the Regional Programme
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 3: Based on learning in Phase I, Phase II of the project should have a more rigorously defined results chain, with particular emphasis on both indicators and base line relevant to measuring project objective of enhancement of capacity.
Management Response: Accepted. A project document for Phase II was developed by WCAC team as a result of the 2012 WCAC retreat, commented by EECA SRO and HQ Programme Division and will be peer-reviewed by UN Women PAC for clear defined result chain.
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Revisions of the WCAC Phase II project document has to be further made to comply with a new RO/MCO SN/AWP and donor?s priorities UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2013/11 Completed UN Women MCO Kazakhstan SN/AWP 2014-2015 includes key priorities for WCAC follow-up in line with UN Women SP priorities under WPS thematic area. The concept note is aligned with UN Women SP priorities and MCO SN/AWP priorities.
Peer review of the Phase II draft project document will be conducted to ensure clearly defined results chain UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2013/11 Completed Peer review of the concept note completed by internal MCO programme staff.
A separate project document for Phase II activities in Ferghana valley will be further revised based on the Phase II concept paper UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2013/12 Completed UN Women MCO Kazakhstan SN/AWP 2014-2015 includes key priorities for WCAC follow-up in line with UN Women SP priorities under WPS thematic area. The concept note is aligned with UN Women SP priorities and MCO SN/AWP priorities.
A project document for Phase II activities in the Southern Caucasus will be further formulated/revised together with the Istanbul RO UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/02 Completed CO Georgia has incorporated a specific component related to WCAC follow-up in its existing project
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 4: WCAC should continue to promote, motivate, support and document the development of NAPs where there is an opportunity. Particular attention should be given to methodologies for gender audits and budgeting for NRM and SSR.
Management Response: Accepted. Work has been initiated in July 2013 for the promotion of Gender Responsive Budgeting by WEPD II phase in Georgia with initial trainings conducted for the representatives of local government and Gender Equality Activists. High level regional conference ?Enforcement of international commitments on Women, Peace and Security in Europe and Central Asia? will be organised in November 2013 by UN Women and OSCE with a purpose to continue an open dialogue between governments, CSOs and international development partners and assist to countries of the region to better formulate their positions for an efficient development and implementation of Women, Peace and Security agenda. The countries in the Europe and Central Asia region can learn about the status, progress and perspectives of implementation of the UNSCRs from each other, to discuss lessons learned and define further plans and perspectives. WPS projects in COs and MCO will incorporate activities to promote, motivate, support and document the development of NAPs. Advocacy meetings with wide range of stakeholders to promote UNSCR 1325 have been conducted in all project countries.
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Further programming in WPS thematic area by UN Women MCO and UN Women Georgia CO will include GRB component (in line with a new SN/AWP) UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan UN Women CO in Georgia 2014/12 Completed UN Women GEO CO works closely with the Ministry of Defense namely on the capacity development of the Ministry?s staff on WPS-related issues, especially focusing on the training of newly appointed Gender Focal Points in the Ministry. As a result of UN Women close partnership the Ministry of Defense has elaborated few internal decrees on Gender Mainstreaming as well as the Ministry?s Strategy on Gender. In Addition, as per UN Women GEO CO SN/AWP for 2014, there will be conducted Participatory Gender Audits of the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Internal Affairs before the end of the year that will also provide rich material for technical support and evidence informed advocacy to mainstream gender with these key entities engaged in the SSR. Also, the mid-term review of the 1325 NAP conducted in July 2014 further addressed issues of the NAP costing and budgeting its implementation. For Central Asia: will be addressed within NAP 1325 initiative for Kazakhstan (beginning 2015) ? a subject of raising funds. NAPs development was finally replaced by implementation of of WPS commitments within the new strategy to be developed by Kazakhstan MCO.
High level regional conference ?Enhancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Region? will be organised in November 2013 by UN Women and OSCE with a purpose to continue an open dialogue between governments, CSOs and international development partners and assist to countries of the region to better formulate their positions for an efficient development and implementation of Women, Peace and Security agenda. UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2013/12 Completed UN Women MCO Kazakhstan has conducted the conference in November 2013 in cooperation with OSCE with a purpose to continue an open dialogue between governments, CSOs and international development partners and assist to countries of the region to better formulate their positions for an efficient development and implementation of Women, Peace and Security agenda.
RO, MCO and CO SN/AWP 2014-15 in WPS thematic area incorporate activities to promote, motivate, support and document the development of NAPs. UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan UN Women CO in Georgia 2013/12 Completed RO, MCO, CO SN/AWP incorporated WPS related activities to promote, motivate, support and document the development of NPAs.Interventions on NAP will be taken up and addressed at the country level, while the ECA RO will be managing the regional component of the WPS programme. The 1325 NAP has been adopted in Georgia in December 2011 for the years 2012-2015. The Mid-term review of the 1325 NAP took place in July 2014. The RBM workshop with the National Coordination Group overseen the implementation of the NAP is foreseen in October 2014 that will also review the NAP indicators to inform the drafting of the next cycle of the NAP foreseen to start in spring 2015. UN Women MCO Kazakhstan SN/AWP 2014-2015 includes key priorities for WCAC follow-up in line with UN Women SP priorities under WPS thematic area. More specifically, work on NAP in Kazakhstan will be supported.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 5: The WCAC should advance on its plan to develop a core of women peace mediators at the regional level through intense capacity building and networking AND advocate within the UN system and governments to use these resources persons. The women peace mediators should also train mediators at the national and local levels to bring a gender perspective to these efforts.
Management Response: Accepted
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Mediation training is planned within WEPD II phase for Abkhaz, Georgian and South Ossetian women peace activists with an overall goal of coming up with shared platform and advocacy issues in relation to Geneva International Discussions. UN Women CO in Georgia 2013/12 Completed There have been conducted two trainings (in November 2013 in Yerevan, Armenia and in April 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey) on gender aspects and mediation for Abkhaz, Georgian and South Ossetia women in the frameworks of WEPD II Phase. The trainings have been conducted by international trainers and indeed facilitated the process of dialogue between the women from conflict-divided communities and contributed to the formation of their joint platform vis-à-vis the Geneva International Discussions.
Training on gender sensitive mediation for natural resource management and use disputes at cross-borders is planned for November 2013 in Tajikistan (in a framework of UN Women/DPA global initiative on Gender and Mediation) ? participants will be able to practically apply knowledge/skills gained and contribute to improvement of local capacity to mediate for conflict prevention/resolution UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2013/12 Completed P&s Cluster confirmed funding for the training UN Women MCO Kazakhstan has organized in cooperation with DPA Training on gender sensitive mediation for natural resource management and use disputes at cross-borders in December 2013 in Tajikistan (in a framework of UN Women/DPA global initiative on Gender and Mediation), where participants were able to practically apply knowledge/skills gained and contribute to improvement of local capacity to mediate for conflict prevention/resolution.
Roster of mediators trained by UN Women will be developed and available for further use by partners in ECA region UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/03 Overdue-Initiated New PBF-funded cross-border project expected to start by the end 2015 includes a component focused on development of capacity of women peace activists for gender responsive mediation on natural resources disputes, peace negotiations, reconciliation and conflict prevention processes. The roster of the cross-border mediators will be prepared in the frame of the project and will be in place by the end 2016.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation or Issue 6: UN Women should support the development of specialists in key areas such as NRM and SSR by providing focused training within a framework that promotes an ongoing network among the nucleus of participants. The administration of the network should be contracted to a lead NGO in one of the countries, while UN Women provides technical input. UN Women should consider the feasibility of a small grant programme available to participants and/or their organizations to study and document relevant issues or achievements in respective countries.
Management Response: Partially accepted. This recommendation will be further discussed/agreed with UN Women RO in Istanbul to ensure a regional coverage and relevant scope of work as well as division of responsibilities between the RO, MCO and respective COs
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RO in Istanbul, once established and staffed will be consulted to ensure a regional coverage and relevant scope of work as well as division of responsibilities between the RO, MCO and respective COs UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/03 Completed The Regional Programme will be designed to facilitate regional networks and exchange of information and best practice, by building capacities of gender advocates on issues related to reconciliation and piece building and recovery. RO, MCO and CO will manage its respective projects separately, but ensuring synergies between them, with RO having an overall oversight. The concept note has been developed which will be translated into the regional Programme in early 2015.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 7: UN Women should expand the TOT programme to develop a critical mass in each country, create a framework to support the cascade training [on CEDAW and UNSCR 1325], and monitor the results to track both the reach and the possible evolution and impact.
Management Response: Accepted. Manual for trainers on CEDAW/UNSCRs was printed within Phase I and was distributed in hard copies among WCAC countries in EECA region. Electronic version of the manual was posted at UN Women SRO web-site and shared with WCAC partners via e-mail to enable partners to further use for trainings at the country level. This recommendation will be further discussed/agreed with UN Women RO in Istanbul to ensure a regional coverage and relevant scope of work (South Caucasus, etc.) as well as division of responsibilities between the RO, MCO and respective COs.
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RO in Istanbul, once established and staffed will be consulted to ensure a regional coverage and relevant scope of work as well as division of responsibilities between the RO, MCO and respective COs UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/04 Completed Concept note for the Regional Programme has been drafted, while MCO and CO will work under separate but similar projects (depending on resources mobilized) with its own management arrangements.
Support to conduct cascade training in Ferghana valley?s countries is included into WCAC Phase II and would be provided upon mobilizing necessary resources from donor/s UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/12 No Longer Applicable MCO Kazakhstan has not sucessfully fundraised for the WAC Phase II of the programme
In the frameworks of WEPD II phase the training manual on CEDAW and UNSCR 1325 is used for training of the representatives of the Ministry of Labour Health and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia. UN Women CO in Georgia 2015/12 Completed There have been conducted three trainings in 2013 as well as in 2014 using the CEDAW and UNSCR 1325 training manual for the staff of the listed Ministries ? training altogether 56 public servants (in 2013 ? IDP Ministry?s 27 employees, and Ministry of Health?s 19 employees and in 2014 ?IDP Ministry?s 10 employees). The Responsible Party for this component of WEPD II Phase has been women?s Information Centre. Altogether there have been trained.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 8: UN Women should continue to support Human rights monitoring in the Fergana Valley, increasing the numbers trained to at least 6-8 per country. Following a shared analysis as part of the training, participants should select an issue that can be shared across borders, and possibly involve cross border aspects.
Management Response: Accepted. This action is prioritized and included into Phase II concept as a priority activity for Ferghana valley?s countries. Implementation depends on resource mobilization, however the practice introduced within WCAC Phase I will be further used within relevant new projects in WPS thematic area (will be included into a new SN/AWPs for UN Women MCO Kazakhstan)
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Proposed action will be included into Phase II concept as a priority activity for Ferghana valley?s countries and will be further used within relevant new projects in WPS thematic area (will be included into a new SN/AWP for UN Women MCO) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2015/12 No Longer Applicable Included in the Phase II Concept Note but no funds sucessfully reaised for WCAC Phase II
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 9: In cross regional trainings and meetings held outside of Georgia, UN Women should invite participants from peace organizations in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Not only are they critical actors in peace building in Georgia, but they have limited access to training and resources.
Management Response: Partially accepted. UN Women CO Georgia is organizing training in gender aspects of mediation in Yerevan in the frameworks of WEPD II phase where along with participants from Georgia proper Abkhaz and South Ossetian women peace activists will take part. This recommendation will be further considered by UN Women RO in Istanbul and Georgia CO to the extent possible considering also political sensitivities and technical difficulties related to reaching out to women in Georgia?s breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
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Training in gender aspects of mediation in Yerevan in the frameworks of WEPD II phase where along with participants from Georgia proper Abkhaz and South Ossetian women peace activists will take part. UN Women CO in Georgia 2013/12 Completed The training was conducted in Yerevan Armenia in November 2013 with the facilitation of an international trainer and some 15 women (5 Abkhaz, 5 Georgian and 5 South Ossetian) took part in the training. The training resulted in a joint statement addressed to the co-chairs of Geneva International Discussions that has been signed by 11 participants out of 15. The statement has been shared with the co-chairs in the beginning of 2014 by UN Women GEO CO.
RO in Istanbul, once established and staffed and UN Women CO in Georgia will address this recommendation and propose possible implementation considering political sensitivities and technical difficulties related to reaching out to women in Georgia?s breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women CO in Georgia 2014/12 Completed In April 2014, UN Women GEO CO through its project WEPD II Phase and co-funding from UN Women HQ organized another meeting of Abkhaz, Georgian and South Ossetian women on gender aspects of mediation in Istanbul, Turkey. The meeting was attended also by the Regional Director and representatives of the Regional Women's Lobby for Peace, Security and Justice in Southeast Europe. At this meeting the participants agreed to work towards building a coalition of women of Black Sea region or South Caucasus region for peace and came up with the objectives and key principles of work for this Coalition. The RO WPS Advisor who took up her assignment in May 2015 has made proposals on inclusion on Abkhazia and South Oddetia
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 10: UN Women should design an exit strategy for phase II on the assumption that WCAC will have made its contribution to advancing the implementation of national action plans and the capacity of women?s rights activists, and that future achievements can be made through the national plans of UN Women. This would include improved indicators and expanded complementarity planning with country level programmes.
Management Response: Accepted. High level regional conference ?Enhancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Region? will be organised in November 2013 by UN Women and OSCE with a purpose to continue an open dialogue between governments, CSOs and international development partners and assist to countries of the region to better formulate their positions for an efficient development and implementation of Women, Peace and Security agenda. The countries in the Europe and Central Asia region can learn about the status, progress and perspectives of implementation of the UNSCRs from each other, to discuss lessons learned and define further plans and perspectives. HLM 2013 concrete action plans will be discussed with every country, capacity devel is The exit strategy will be developed within a full project document for WCAC Phase II in cooperation with UN Women RO in Istanbul.
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The exit strategey will be developed within a full project document for WCAC Phase II in cooperation with UN Women RO in Istanbul UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/12 No Longer Applicable The concept note by UN Women MCO Kazakhstan developed and submitted to Regional Director for her visit to Brussels in July 2014. In light of a regional component, a concept note will be revised with clear "exit" strategy, in consultation with ECA RO. Funds were not sucessfully reaised for WCAC Phase II
High level regional conference ?Enhancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Region? will be organised in November 2013 by UN Women and OSCE with a purpose to continue an open dialogue between governments, CSOs and international development partners and assist to countries of the region to better formulate their positions for an efficient development and implementation of Women, Peace and Security agenda UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2013/12 Completed UN Women MCO Kazakhstan has conducted the conference in November 2013 in cooperation with OSCE with a purpose to continue an open dialogue between governments, CSOs and international development partners and assist to countries of the region to better formulate their positions for an efficient development and implementation of Women, Peace and Security agenda.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 11 (Georgia): UN Women should continue to provide technical support as needed to government working groups on NRM and UN SCR. This should include developing capacity to properly estimate budget costs for the implementation of the plan, and carrying out gender audits at a ministerial level to assist in planning
Management Response: Accepted. Participatory Gender Audit (PGA) methodology has been introduced to Georgia in November 2012 with some 27 PGA facilitators trained jointly by ILO and UN Women. In the frameworks of WEPD II phase Participatory Gender Audits have been launched in the Parliament of Georgia and in the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia. Provision of technical expertise and support in the area of creation of National Referral Mechanism for the survivors of sexual violence during conflict in Georgia has been incorporated in the WCAC II Phase concept South Caucasus part. However, the II Phase of WCAC covering Southern Caucasus needs to be further elaborated in consultation with Istanbul RO.
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Technical support to the government of Georgia in the area of monitoring and coordination of the implementation of the NAP on Women Peace and Security (2012-2015) will be provided, this work will be further documented and shared with partners in the Istanbul RO countries potentially covered by the II phase of the WCAC. Georgian experience will be further shared with partners in the Istanbul RO countries potentially covered by the II Phase of the WCAC. UN Women CO in Georgia 2015/12 Completed UN Women GEO CO through its project WEPD II Phase provides regular support to the National Coordination Group ? inter-agency structure overseeing the implementation of the 1325 NAP in the area of monitoring of the NAP implementation. UN Women supported also the mid-term review of the NAP implementation in July 2014 and plans to organize RBM training for the NCG members in October 2014. Thus, this work can be considered completed from GEO CO perspective. If WCAC II phase takes place UN Women GEO CO will gladly share its lessons learned and tools used with other countries of the region in the area of monitoring of the implementation of the NAP 1325 in Georgia.
Georgian experience will be further shared with partners in the Istanbul RO countries potentially covered by the II Phase of the WCAC. UN Women CO in Georgia 2013/12 No Longer Applicable UN Women GEO CO explores opportunities to raise funds for sharing experience of Georgia in the area of UNSCR 1325 NAP development with Armenian and Azerbaijani women?s NGOs will provide inputs, while the RO will ensure that the Regional Programme, will have provisions for exchange of best practices and experiences among programme partners of the region, including Georgia. Funds were not sucessfully reaised for WCAC Phase II
Provision of technical expertise in NRM in Southern Caucasus will be reviewed and included in WCAC Phase II UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) 2013/12 No Longer Applicable Funds were not sucessfully reaised for WCAC Phase II
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 12 (Georgia): In close collaboration with WEPD, the WCAC project should carry out a gender/NAP policy audit in selected municipalities to assess challenges and opportunities of implementation at the local level. WCAC should document and share lessons learned in this process with international networks.
Management Response: Accepted. WEPD II Phase is actively engaged in facilitating the implementation of the NAP on Women, Peace and Security in Shida Qartli and Samegrelo regions of Georgia (i.e. regions that are adjacent to the administrative boundary lines with the conflict zones). Several high-level advocacy meetings have been already organized between IDP and conflict affected women and government officials (such as Vice Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure, heads of local administrations). Undertaking of NAP implementation monitoring in selected regions of Georgia has been incorporated in the WCAC II Phase concept South Caucasus part. However, the II Phase of WCAC covering South Caucasus needs to be further elaborated in consultation with Istanbul RO.
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Implementation of the NAP on Women, Peace and Security in Shida Qartli and Samegrelo regions of Georgia (i.e. regions that are adjacent to the administrative boundary lines with the conflict zones) will be facilitated and documented in WEPD II Phase. UN Women CO in Georgia 2015/12 Completed In the framework of WEPD II phase there has been particular focus on the implementation of the NAP 1325 in Shida Qartli and Samegrelo regions through a) recruitment of special women?s rights observers working in the villages of these regions that are adjacent to the Administrative Boundary lines/conflict zones ? the observers produce monthly monitoring reports that are shared with relevant decision-makers; b) active social mobilization work, resulting in the establishment of dozens of self-help groups and 4 Community Based Organizations of IDP and conflict affected women; c) provision of free of charge legal advice and court representation through established legal clinics for IDP women and their families; d) organization of the one window shop principle meetings with respective government structures to discuss and resolve problematic cases documented by the legal clinics? lawyers and women?s rights observers with the participation of beneficiaries; e) establishment of GRB local committees composed of socially mobilized women and local government to review draft local budgets and come up with recommendations for the next cycle of the budget.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 13 (Georgia): WCAC should carry out a needs assessment of the NGO/women?s organizations to determine the most appropriate training needed, and then define a capacity development framework to meet these needs. The framework should include a monitoring strategy incorporating the baseline data as well as effective indicators for measuring changes. A needs assessment methodology and framework could be made available to other country programmes.
Management Response: Accepted. UN Women CO in Georgia through its new EU Supported project Innovative Action for Gender Equality (IAGE) is carrying out the needs assessment of women?s rights and GE civil society organizations in the area of evidence-based advocacy. The needs identified as a result of this capacity assessment will be addressed with subsequent training also in the frameworks of IAGE.
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Needs assessment of women?s rights and GE civil society organizations in the area of evidence-based advocacy will be carried out and capacity development support will be provided based on this needs assessment in the frameworks of IAGE in Georgia UN Women CO in Georgia 2014/01 Completed The needs assessment of women?s rights and GE civil society organizations has been conducted in 2013 in the frameworks of UN Women/EU project Innovative Action for Gender Equality. The report has been widely presented with civil society partners as well as with the donor community in Georgia.
The capacity assessment and capacity building methodologies and framework will be made available for further usage in other countries. UN Women CO in Georgia 2015/12 Completed As a follow up to the capacity assessment mentioned above, IAGE project organized trainings in evidence based advocacy for women?s rights and GE civil society organizations in Georgia. Some 70 individuals, representatives of the NGOs were trained in January-February 2014 in evidence-based advocacy. The trainings have been conducted by a group of national and international trainers, the training manual has been developed in Georgian and made available in an electronic format for interested parties.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 14 (Georgia): UN Women should provide support and technical advice to the newly formed NGO coalition for advocacy formed as a result of the mediation training held in February 2013. Particular attention should be paid not just to advocacy capacity, but to the strategy/capacity to do it as a coalition.
Management Response: Partially accepted. UN Women CO in Georgia further supports the organizations united in the coalition by engaging its members in different activities around confidence building, mediation, and information sharing around Geneva International Discussions, etc. through WEPD II Phase and IAGE. Based on UNIFEM past experience and lessons learnt, in terms of coalition building support (also possible expansion of the Coalition to unite members from Armenia and Azerbaijan), it is critical to observe the viability of the Coalition and its activity rate in the intermission between WCAC I and II phases to avoid support to a union that is driven by UN Women rather than by civil society activists.
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Organizations united in the coalition will be supported by engaging its members in different activities around confidence building, mediation, and information sharing around Geneva International Discussions UN Women CO in Georgia 2014/12 Completed The organizations engaged in the coalition have been further engaged in IAGE Capacity Assessment exercise, also in gender and mediation meetings organized by WEPD II Phase in Yerevan, November 2013 and Istanbul, April 2014.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 15 (Tajikistan): WCAC should continue to offer technical and ad hoc support to the Committee for Women and Family affairs including co-sponsoring consultations with Civil Society and other branches of government.
Management Response: Accepted. UN Women MCO provides constant Technical Advice and support to the National Committee for women and family affairs and local partners within current UN Women MCO Kazakhstan SN/AWP and will be further kept as a priority within a new SN/AWP 2014-15
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Constant Technical Advice and support to the National Committee for women and family affairs and local partners in place. The TA will be addressed within UN Women MCO Kazakhstan SN/AWP and will be further kept as a priority within a new SN/AWP 2014-15 UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/12 Completed TA is in place through the NPO in Tajikistan and Programme Specialist in MCO
Training and mock session to prepare the Committee and members of the state delegation for reporting at CEDAW Committee?s session will be provided. Issues related to UNSCRs commitments and linkages with a new CEDAW Committee GRs on women in conflict and post-conflict situations are to be covered UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2013/09 Completed September 2013, report available.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 16 (Tajikistan): UN Women should explore following up its advocacy and policy work on early marriages with innovative approaches to empowering young women.
Management Response: Accepted. Following up on the outcomes of WCAC Phase I human rights monitoring reports and assessments on early marriages conducted, possibilities will be to explore advocacy work advocacy and policy work on early marriages with innovative approaches to empowering young women will be incorporated into MCO Kazakhstan SN/AWP 2014-2015 as priority area.
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A concept on VAW and early marriages will be drafted to formulate programme interventions in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary format in Tajikistan UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2013/11 Completed VAW is addressed within a UN Women?s component under the joint UNDP/UN Women project on Rule and Law Consultations with USAID on VAW/early marriages are in place for a possible fundraising
Awareness raising and advocacy on prevention of early marriages in a context of intensive labour migration will be covered within the regional migration programme in Tajikistan (with funding from DFiD) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/12 Completed Activities were undertaken within RMP and Norway-funded project on abandoned migrants? wives in TAJ
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 17 (Tajikistan): As they are facing the ongoing effects of conflict, UN Women should follow up, on initiatives to involve younger women, based on work with university students and the study on early marriage. This should include information/ awareness raising, debates/forums to explore and analyze issues, and opportunities to be included in civil society/ government consultations. Special efforts should be made to include rural young women and to partner with organizations already working with youth. Close monitoring could provide lessons learned on Youth & UN SCR 1325 in the sub-region.
Management Response: Accepted. Awareness raising and advocacy on prevention of early marriages in a context of intensive labour migration will be covered within the regional migration programme in Tajikistan (with funding from DFiD). The work with rural young women will be prioritized for Tajikistan within a new SN/AWPs for 2014-2017.
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The work with rural young women will be prioritized for Tajikistan within a new SN/APWs for 2014-2017 UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/12 Completed Prioritized within MCO 2015 AWP.
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 18 (Pakistan): WCAC should increase participation of NGO/Civil Society partners in cross regional TOT on CEDAW/UN SCR 1325 to provide civil society with greater capacity to defend their rights and advocate with their government. Where and if possible WCAC, in consultation with the UN Women office, should consider offering appropriately tailored training internally in Pakistan to further extend awareness.
Management Response: Partially accepted
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The recommendation will be considered within Phase II concept and discussed with UN Women ROs for Europe and Central Asia and Asia and Pacific, P&s Cluster and Pakistan CO UN Women RO for Europe and Central Asia UN Women RO Asia and Pacific, P&s Cluster and Pakistan CO 2014/12 No Longer Applicable Funds were not sucessfully reaised for WCAC Phase II
Recommendation: Evaluation Recommendation 19 (Pakistan): Pakistan NGOs should be invited to the specialized training on NRM and SSR and to form part of the network. NRM is particularly important given the severity of the problem and the obstacles for Cooperation created by the government?s denial of the problem. With improved information and skills regarding international standards and practices, both practice and advocacy will be more effective.
Management Response: Accepted. MCO Kazakhstan continues to disseminate all relevant information, materials developed, information about upcoming regional events and capacity development opportunities among Pakistan programme partners.
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Partners from Pakistan will be kept informed on a further progress, lessons leant on capacity development of partners on gender sensitive NRM and SSR and will be further invited where/if possible for targeted trainings UN Women HQ Programme Division (until Istanbul RO is established) UN Women MCO Kazakhstan 2014/12 Completed As reflected above, the recommendation was addressed at the September Strategic Plan meeting organized by ECA RO. The Regional programme on WPS will target CSOs/gender advocates from the ECA region in its capacity building and networking initiatives. MCO Kazakhstan will involve partners from Pakistan on its sub regional initiatives, as reflected in the key actions of the management response for Recommendation 1