Management Response

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: 2015 - 2015 , IST (CO)
: Final evaluation of the Gender Responsive Recovery for Sustainable Peace (GRRSP) project
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The “Gender Responsive Recovery for Sustainable Peace” (GRRSP) project was jointly implemented by UN Women Nepal Country Office, FAO and ILO (led by UN Women). The overall experience of the entities suggests that well-designed and well-coordinated joint efforts do contribute to supporting the recovery of conflict affected women and girls. The evaluation confirms that better results can be achieved when participating organizations work jointly on areas that no single agency can carry out on its own - as working in post conflict contexts is complex and a multidimensional development challenge. UN Women will take forward the recommendations from the evaluation in improving its future projects by advocating for continuing support to conflict affected women and girls, better coordination for NAP on UNSRC 1325 and 1820 implementation and the replication of the joint programme approach with longer project duration. UN Women will further share the lessons learnt with different stakeholders (government, development and CSOs) and discuss how the findings/recommendations can influence current and future efforts in this area of work.

: Approved
Recommendation: Continued support to the project so that the gains made during the last two years can be consolidated. The kind of changes envisaged by the project requires sustained inputs over a longer period. The project has the potential to make significant gains
Management Response: Accepted
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Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
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UN Women will explore the possibility of continuing support to conflict affected women through its advocacy with different line Ministries (Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction (MoPR)/Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW)/Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Ministry of Labour and Employment (MOLE), Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) Peace and Security Unit 2016/12 Ongoing UN Women has initiated discussions to continue providing support to conflict affected women as part of the joint UN initiative, drawing on the recommendation of the Global Study Review on UNSCRs 1325 and focusing on issues like Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV).
Recommendation: In order to achieve a tangible and sustainable impact, such projects should have a longer duration considering the project preparation period.
Management Response: Accepted
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UN Women will advocate for a longer project period with relevant mechanisms- WPS Project Steering Committee United Nation Peace Fund Nepal (UNPFN) /Peace Support Working Group (PSWG)/United Nation Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) Outcome Steering Group (OSG) 8 and 9. Senior Management Team 2016/06 Ongoing UN Women has raised the issue regarding longer project durations with the Steering Committee at the meeting held 14 August 2015. The Steering Committee members requested development partners to consider this recommendation during the design of their future projects.
Recommendation: The multi-stakeholder approach (UN, CSO and local bodies) of specialised agencies, working in synergy enhanced outcomes, which was one of the best features of the GRRSP project. Therefore, it is recommended that this joint project approach be adopted in future and replicated in other areas
Management Response: Accepted
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UN Women will undertake joint (FAO, ILO, UN Women) advocacy (including a policy dialogue) to highlight the benefits of the joint approach in UNDAF Outcome Steering Group (OSG 8 and 9), PSWG, UNPFN sharing meetings etc. Senior Management Team 2016/12 Overdue-Not Initiated UN Women will share the evaluation findings of the GRRSP project with different stakeholders, highlighting the benefit of joint approach. UN Women, FAO and ILO have planned to conduct the an advocacy workshop by June 2016.
Recommendation: Coordination of multiple stakeholders can be a major challenge, due to frequent changes of government staff, resulting in a delay of understanding of the programmes and the project itself. In future, coordination mechanisms should be established and strengthened at the district level to inform government staff about the project as soon as they assume office and engages them in all stages of project implementation.
Management Response: Accepted
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UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
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UN Women will raise the issue for better coordination for NAP implementation with MoPR and the Project Steering Committee (PSC) and suggest the need for an induction program at the district level for officials when they are transferred. GNP/WEE/Peace and Security Units 2015/12 Ongoing UN Women has raised the recommendation and the key actions in the WPS Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting held on 14 August 2015 at the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction (MOPR) and also in the Gender Responsive Budget Committee (GRBC) meetings held at the Ministry of Finance (MOF).
Recommendation: There may have been fewer concerns over the definition of CAW if this had been displayed in the project partner organisations and VDC offices from the initial stage. The definition and selection process of the beneficiaries should be clearly stated at the initial stage of the project.
Management Response: Accepted
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Management Response Category: Not applicable
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Organizational Priorities: Not applicable
UNEG Criteria: Not applicable
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Government of Nepal has defined conflict affected women in the National Action Plan (NAP) on UNSCRs 1325 and 1820. UN Women will raise the need for using NAP definition consistently in the UNDAF Outcome 8 and 9 meetings. Peace and Security Unit 2016/06 Ongoing UN Women discussed the recommendation and the key action in the Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting held at MOPR on 14 August 2015. Going forward, UN Women will raise the need for using the NAP definition consistently in the Outcome Steering Group (OSG) meeting of UNDAF 8 and 9. Due to the humanitarian crisis, OSG meetings could not take place.