Management Response

: Georgia
: 2014 - 2015 , Georgia (CO)
: Final evaluation of project "Innovative Action for Gender Equality in Georgia"
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Georgia

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The final external evaluation of UN Women EU supported project Innovative Action for Gender Equality has provided highly instrumental findings, lessons learned, conclusions and recommendations for UN Women Georgia country future office programming. The findings and recommendations of the evaluation have been taken into the consideration in the development of Georgia Strategic Note for the years 2016-2020. The evaluation has found that overall, UN Women has made important contributions in all areas of its interventions under the IAGE.
: Approved
Recommendation: Continue the initiatives started by the Project so to further invest in sustaining positive results and to contribute to the Project goal to adopt and implement relevant policies and legislation to address specific healthcare, social and economic needs of excluded groups of women in Georgia
Management Response: Accepted. UN Women Georgia CO in its Strategic Note 2016-2020 has prioritized work on the levels of legislation, policies, institutions and grassroots to further address specific needs of different excluded groups of women in Georgia. Thematic areas of UN Women CO programmatic intervention are: Economic Empowerment of Women, especially the poorest and most excluded (UNW SP Impact area 2); Ending violence against women and girls (UNW SP Impact area 3) and support to women’s leadership and participation in peace and security action (UNW SP Impact area 4).
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Management Response Category: Not applicable
Thematic Area: Not applicable
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Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
Key Actions
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1.1. Continue providing technical support to the Prime-Minister’s Office in the process of development of Institutional Mechanism on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the executive branch of the government UN Women CO GEO 2016/12 Overdue-Initiated UN Women in partnership with UN Country Team has prepared a technical proposal to the government of Georgia on the development of Institutional Mechanism (IM) on GEWE in the executive branch of the government. The package has been submitted to the government and awaits its feedback and further actions. Strengthening IM in the executive is a precondition for ensuring that gender is systematically mainstreamed in policies, including social, employment and healthcare policies and takes into account specific needs of marginalized/ socially excluded groups and women.
1.2. To support the development of the ToR and recruitment of gender specialist on WEE to work for the Institutional Mechanism on GEWE and Gender Adviser in the IDP Ministry UN Women CO GEO 2016/12 Overdue-Not Initiated
1.3. Provide technical support in mainstreaming gender into the National Action Plan on IDPs’ access to livelihoods 2016-2017 UN Women CO GEO 2016/02 Completed The Action Plan was adopted by the government on 18 December 2015. The majority of UN Women recommendations aimed at mainstreaming gender into this policy document have been taken into the consideration. These include: request for sex segregated data, inclusion of gender specific indicators and targets.
1.4. To provide technical support to the DV Council to evaluate the DV NAP 2013-2015 and facilitate informed and participatory process of drafting and implementation, monitoring and reporting of the subsequent DV NAP (2016 - ?) UN Women CO GEO 2016/03 Completed The drafting and consultations’ process around the DV NAP for 2016-2017 have been finalized in the first quarter of 2016.
1.5. To provide technical support to the DV Council to carry out analysis and prepare needed amendments to VAWG, especially sexual and domestic violence related legislation and policies UN Women CO GEO 2016/12 Overdue-Initiated
1.6. To provide technical support to the government of Georgia in the development of the new phase of NAP 1325 (2016-2017) UN Women CO GEO 2016/03 Completed The drafting and consultations’ process around the NAP 1325 (2016-2017) have been finalized in the first quarter of 2016. Compared to the NAP 2012-2015 the new draft pays attention to specific needs of IDP and conflict affected women, in particular to strengthening their participation in local decision-making and planning. In addition, the costing exercise of the new NAP 1325 has been also completed.
Recommendation: UN Women and partners should explore how they can continue to support the realization of rights of IDP, imprisoned, ethnic minority and rural women through a set of individual actions for these different groups.
Management Response: Accepted. UN Women CO will continue to fulfil its coordination function on gender through chairing of the Gender Theme Group that unites all the key development players working on gender equality issues in Georgia. Also UN Women will continue / engage as a member in relevant policy advisory structures that deal with ethnic minority, imprisoned, IDP and rural women’s issues.
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Key Actions
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2.1. To chair GTG meetings and co-chair / support ad hoc GTG task force mechanisms according to GTG Annual Work Plan 2016 UN Women CO GEO 2016/12 Overdue-Initiated
2.2. To join the Consultative Board of the Ministry of Corrections (MOC) to ensure regular policy dialogue with the government on the needs and priorities of female prisoners UN Women CO GEO 2016/03 Completed UN Women has been invited by the MOC to join the Consultative Board as an observer in the end of 2015
2.3. To provide technical support to the Public Defender’s Office to address the needs and priorities of different excluded groups of women UN Women CO GEO 2016/12 Overdue-Initiated
Recommendation: UN Women should continue supporting ongoing evidence-based advocacy and awareness raising among relevant duty bearers (including current project partners) at national and local levels through producing research studies, reports and analyses of status of women from different groups.
Management Response: Accepted. IAGE project has provided UN Women Georgia CO with the opportunity to create baseline studies on the needs and priorities of different excluded groups of women. Evidence generated from these studies will continue to inform UN Women programming and policy dialogue with the government. Further studies will be conducted as needed and as UN Women programming resources allow. In addition, UN Women will use the findings and recommendations generated through UN Women supported Participatory Gender Audits of different state institutions to improve gender mainstreaming in the audited entities.
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Key Actions
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3.1. To place all the baseline studies conducted in the frameworks of IAGE at UN Women Georgia web-page. UN Women CO GEO 2016/02 Completed All IAGE knowledge products are placed at the web-page; UN Women Georgia CO will continue to share its knowledge products among others through the UN Women Georgia CO web-page – www.georgia.unwomen.org.
3.2. To conduct the assessment of agriculture and rural development policies on gender in selected regions of Georgia UN Women CO GEO 2016/03 Completed "Gender Assessment of Agriculture and Local Development Systems" has been carried out by UN Women in partnership with Austrian Development Agency and Swiss Cooperation Office in the first quarter of 2016.
3.3. To incorporate the findings of IAGE baseline studies as well as assessment of agriculture and rural development policies into UN Women programmes and its policy dialogue with the government UN Women CO GEO 2016/12 Overdue-Initiated
3.4. To follow up to findings and recommendations of Participatory Gender Audits conducted by UN Women CO in 2013-2015 UN Women CO GEO 2016/12 Overdue-Initiated In the period of 2013-2015 UN Women Georgia CO has completed 6 Participatory Gender Audits of the following entities: Parliament of Georgia, IDP Ministry, Ministry of Defence; Ministry of Internal Affairs; Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure; Tbilisi Municipality.
Recommendation: UN Women and partners should further utilise its neutral role to continue facilitating initiated networking among like-minded actors and stakeholders within cultural or local activist spheres at local level and across the ABL, as well as in the (sub)region and internationally.
Management Response: Accepted. UN Women Georgia CO has prioritize confidence building and people-to-people diplomacy interventions with the engagement of women in its Strategic Note and AWP for 2016 and in several cost-share project proposals that have been developed and submitted to different bilateral donors (Norway, USAID). Thus, the implementation of this recommendation will greatly depend on the availability of non-core resources to be mobilized by the CO for this work.
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Management Response Category: Not applicable
Thematic Area: Not applicable
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Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
Key Actions
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4.1. To engage Abkhaz, Georgian and South Ossetian youth in human rights, peace and tolerance education UN Women CO GEO 2017/12 Overdue-Not Initiated
4.2. To engage Abkhaz Georgian and Ossetian teachers in tolerance and peace education UN Women CO GEO 2017/12 Overdue-Not Initiated
4.3. To support people-to-people interventions for the representatives of media and youth UN Women CO GEO 2017/12 Overdue-Not Initiated