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- Resource Mobilisation and Sustainability Strategy
- VI Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Strategy
- VII Links to Global Initiatives
- VIII Partnership Strategy
- IX Management Arrangements
- X Programme Management Team
- XI Financial Management and Reporting
- XII Monitoring and Evaluation
- Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
- XIII Assumptions and Risks Assumptions
- XIV Preliminary list of organizations to be consulted during the Start-up Phase
| Partnership with KAIPTC
The selection of KAIPTC as an implementing partner for this programme is informed by a number of key factors. First, KAIPTC stands as a leading Centre of Excellence in Africa in the field of peace and security, and has credibility both regionally in Africa and internationally, as well as significant influence in helping to shape African regional policy, research and training priorities including through its established cooperation with organizations including the African Union, ECOWAS, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and also individual countries contributing troops and police to peacekeeping. Second, the areas of substantive focus for the proposed Peace and Security Institute for Women are very much aligned with areas of programme priority of KAIPTC, namely capacity-building, training, policy research and knowledge management, which ensures complimentarity of objectives between the programme and the mission of KAIPTC and also provides an opportunity to mainstream a strong gender perspective in the programme activities of KAIPTC. Third, KAIPTC is well resourced and capacitated to provide a base for a regional programme of this nature and has the logistical and technical facilities to support the programme. Fourth, the wide-scale recognition and respect accredited to the work of KAIPTC, both in Africa, and also among international partners and donors, will serve to enhance the programme visibility and outreach. The fact that KAIPTC commands the solid confidence of key international donors supporting the peace and security agenda in Africa thus presents an important opportunity for enhancing visibility and mobilizing support for the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute beyond the start-up phase. Fifth, an existing regional partnership framework exists between UNDP and KAIPTC with respect to a Japanese-Government sponsored Small Arms project, which provides an important foundation on which to further expand cooperation. Within KAIPTC, the programme will be housed in the Conflict Management and Research Division (CPMRD), which is a growing arm of the Centre’s work. CPMRD is staffed by civilian personnel with policy, academic and training expertise. The work of CPMRD to date has been of diverse focus and has included policy-based research on security sector reform in post-conflict countries, regional security and peacekeeping priorities in Africa, and also research activities on post-conflict governance issues. CPMRD has moreover established cooperation arrangements with a number of research institutions and universities in Africa and globally. The location of the programme at KAIPTC will help to actualize the commitment of the Centre to strengthen its work focus on gender and peace and security, since the programme team will be able to influence emerging policies and activities of KAIPTC, whilst the Centre will also be represented on the Advisory Group that will be established to inform the substantive direction of the programme. Resource Mobilisation and Sustainability Strategy A resource mobilization strategy will be implemented during the start-up phase of the Women Peace and Security Institute in order to provide a sustainable financial basis for its medium-long-term operations. One component of the resource mobilization strategy will build on key partnerships developed during Phase 1, including UN partnership support. This will provide a basis for designing and implementing joint initiatives during Phase 2, which will advance the objectives both of the UN partners and of the Institute, thereby facilitating the continued role of the UN as a funding partner in Phase 2. Similarly, the cooperation arrangements developed between inter-governmental organizations and NGO partners in Africa in Phase 1 will be designed to ensure that these institutions draw on the technical expertise and services of the Insitute to enhance their core programmes in the mid- long term. Another component of the resource mobilization strategy will be the launch of an active outreach effort to donor partners during the start-up phase, to coincide with 10 years of the adoption of SCR 1325 in October 2010. This will include the convening of a donor roundtable as well as visits to donor institutions and foundations with clear priorities for supporting the women, peace and security agenda in Africa. At the end of the programme start-up phase, a detailed finance plan will be elaborated to support financial management of the resources that are mobilized to support the work of the Institute. The plan will respond to financial management priorities in the short, medium and long-term. The start-up phase of the Women, Peace and Security Institute will underline a strategy to facilitate the mainstreaming of gender perspective in the work of established peace and security institutions in Africa. Thus in the unlikely event of any disruptions to programme activities during Phase 2 arising from challenges to resource mobilization efforts, the future activities of the Institute will be mainstreamed into ongoing activities of partner institutions. VI Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Strategy The programme strategy of underlining a targeted focus on enhancing women’s participation and leadership in the field of peace and Security in Africa will serve as a prelude to establishing a broader gender approach in the long term. Thus as the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute evolves, a broadening of the base of its work and target group (to include men) will be implemented and the name of the Institute itself could then be adapted to capture this reality. Whilst the programme is intrinsically geared to redressing gender disparities facing women’s participation in peace processes, the programme activities will draw on the participation of men who are equally committed to the goal of promoting gender equality in a number of concrete ways. The goal of promoting balance will be advanced through the management and staffing structure of the Institute. Thus the programme will seek to mobilize up to 20% representation of men on the programme board that will provide substantive direction to the programme, and will also engage the participation of a critical mass of men in the substantive elements of the programme development during the start-up phase. Strong collaborative partnerships with mainstream institutions working in the field of peace and security in Africa during the start-up phase will be an important strategy that would also be pursued to ensure that the gender-based knowledge and lessons generated from the programme are widely mainstreamed into the policies and operational activities of both non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations in Africa. VII Links to Global Initiatives The start-up programme will provide an important opportunity to establish partnership links with a number of related global initiatives with potential to reinforce and strengthen each of the pillars of the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute (women’s participation in peace negotiations; women’s participation in security institutions; women’s participation in research activities; and documentation of women’s peace initiatives). This outreach will particularly target global initiatives that are linked to each of the four identified substantive programme areas of the Institute. This would take the form of consultations initiated during the start-up phase, which will aim to inform into concrete collaboration during the optimum operational phase of the Institute. Consultations will be initiated with the Mediation Support Unit of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, UNIFEM, UNFPA and with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva, during the start-up phase, to review avenues for cooperation on the proposed activities to enhance the participation of women in peace negotiations. At the regional level in Africa, partnership strategies will be established with mainstream organizations including the Africa Peace Forum and the Centre for Conflict Resolution, as well as regional inter-governmental organizations, including the African Union Peace and Security Council. The proposed activities to support women in security institutions will seek to foster collaboration with ongoing efforts of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to enhance the participation of women military and police personnel in peacekeeping and to promote gender-sensitive reform of security sector institutions, and will also explore linkages with the Security and Defense Network of Latin America, in Argentina which has undertaken an initiative to analyse the situation of women in military establishments across 11countries in the Latin American region. Additionally consultations will be initiated with the Pearson International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Canada, which is seeking to facilitate a global network of women in security institutions. Partnership opportunities will also seek to drawn on ongoing efforts of UN Action and UNIFEM to support guidance development and training activities for peacekeepers to enable them to respond more effectively to prevention of sexual violence against women in conflict. At the regional level in Africa, partnership engagement to advance the second pillar of work of the Institute will be fostered with existing peacekeeping training centres (in South Africa, Kenya, Cairo and the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Training Centre, which will host the preparatory phase) as well as regional security organizations – including the AU, ECOWAS, IGAD and SADC. At the research level, the preparatory phase of the Global Centre for Research on Gender, Crisis Prevention and Recovery project, being supported by UNDP/BCPR/BDP-Gender Team to enhance research activities on gender, peace and security particularly in the global South will be a key partner for the research activities of the Peace and Security Institute. The outreach to partner research institutions will also extend to the University for Peace in Costa Rica and INSTRAW, which are both institutions working to broaden global research on gender, peace and security issues. The proposed activities to enhance documentation of women’s peacemaking activities will explore avenues for building collaborative linkages with the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace, in San Diego, California, which has relevant experience in helping to support documentation of the experiences of women from conflict regions across the globe. VIII Partnership Strategy The start-up phase will provide an opportunity to assess the feasibility and define the terms of formal partnership arrangements which will be established with key institutions and organizations in Africa once the Institute is operating at full capacity. Consultations and visits to inter-governmental institutions such as the AU, ECOWAS, IGAD and SADC will lay the groundwork for elaborating partnership terms with these key regional institutions. The nature of partnership arrangements with civil society organizations (CSOs) including non-governmental organizations working in the field of peace and security will also be defined through similar consultations undertaken during this phase. The partnership strategy will also target specific women’s civil society organizations and networks working in the field of peace and security, including Femmes Africa Solidarite, the Women Peace and Security Network- Africa (WIPSEN-Africa), as well as to the newly-established Angie Brookes International Centre for Women’s Research, Peace and Security. Partnerships will also be extended to institutions in the Global South that are working to enhance women’s participation in peace and security processes. The partnership strategy will also ensure collaboration with mainstream peace and security institutions in Africa, as well as universities, research institutions and regional human rights organizations from Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone parts of Africa. Prior to the full-scale launch of the Institute, the Memoranda of Understanding and partnership agreements will be signed between the Women, Peace and Security Institute and the key partner institutions identified through this process. IX Management Arrangements During the start-up phase, the programme will be implemented as a UN-supported programme to KAIPTC, under the guidance of a programme board. The management arrangements will build on the established arrangements in place between UNDP and KAIPTC towards implementation of a Regional Small Arms Project in Africa. The programme board will provide oversight to the work of the programme management team. The programme board will be composed of UNDP, KAIPTC and representatives of other partner organizations and countries. Selection of board members will take due consideration of the need to ensure geographic, linguistic as well as gender balance in order to effectively guide the programme.. Partnership with the UN during the start-up phase of the programme will help strengthen outreach and access to global partnerships and networks, facilitate financial management of the programme, and will also help to enhance the programme legitimacy and credibility. The programme will be physically housed at KAIPTC during the start-up phase. Prior to initiation of the programme activities a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) can also be signed as necessary between UNDP, UNIFEM, UNFPA and KAIPTC to guide cooperation during the start-up phase. Under the guidance of the project board, a three-person project management team will be established to oversee management of programme activities during the start-up phase. The project management team will comprise a Programme Manager who will provide technical and managerial leadership for implementation of the work of the Institute, a Programme Officer and a Programme Associate. The programme team will be located at KAIPTC. UNDP will approve the budget for implementation of programme activities on an annual basis, upon receipt of an annual budget from KAIPTC. Funds will be transferred to KAIPTC every quarter upon retirement of previous advances. KAIPTC will provide financial and narrative reports to UNDP and the project board on implementation of each programme output. X Programme Management Team Substantive and financial management of the programme to ensure delivery of intended outputs during the start-up phase will be coordinated at a number of different levels: Programme Board Programme board will be established to provide management oversight and substantive policy guidance to facilitate the operations of the Institute during the start-up phase. The board will be composed of representations from UNDP, KAIPTC and other partner agencies and countries, based on a criteria which includes their prior substantive work and knowledge related to the broader peace and security agenda in Africa and/or experience related to the women, peace and security agenda; their financial commitments and contributions to the project; their access to global networks and partners whose knowledge and influence can advance the programme objectives, and their capacity to help mobilize resources to support the work of the Institute, among other things. Attention will also be given to ensuring that the board membership reflects a broad based regional and gender-balanced representation from Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone parts of Africa. The programme board will be expected to convene at least on three occasions during the start-up phase. UNDP Country Office The UNDP Country Office in Accra will serve as a member of the programme board and will also provide financial oversight for delivery of the programme outputs against established work plan objectives, whilst also overseeing financial reporting related to the programme activities. Programme Management The Programme Manager will provide technical and managerial leadership for implementation of the programme, interface with the leadership of regional governmental and non-governmental institutions in Africa as part of partnership development and outreach efforts, liaise with the programme board and UN partners as well as KAIPTC for advice and support to guide programme implementation, ensure day-to-day management of the programme activities, ensure delivery of the programme outputs, lead a resource mobilization drive, oversee programme monitoring and reporting and oversee the work of programme staff and consultants during the start-up phase. The programme manager will be supported by a programme officer and a programme associate to coordinate implementation of activities during the start-up phase. The programme officer will oversee knowledge management activities including collating and consolidating lessons learned from the programme start-up phase, overseeing the establishment and maintenance of a website for the Institute, supporting advocacy and partnership-building activities, providing technical support to enhance the gender programming capacity of KAIPTC during the start-up phase and deputizing for the programe manager as required. The programme associate will assist the programme manager in the day-to-day management of programme activities, provide administrative support to facilitate achievement of the programme outputs, and oversee the establishment of a resource library and database of partners for the Institute. Priority attention will be given to regional as well as gender balance considerations in the selection of programme staff and consultants. This will ensure that the profile of the programme staff and consultants reflects a broad-based representation of women and men from different sub-regions, including Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone Africa. The decision on the staffing composition for the Women Peace and Security Institute after the start-up phase will be determined by the programme board, and will be informed by the outcomes of the programme evaluation. XI Financial Management and Reporting Financial management and reporting for the programme activities during the start-up phase will be overseen by the UNDP Country Office in Accra, which will ensure that the allocated resources for the programme work plan are utilized effectively in the planned activities, and that the envisaged disbursements are within the approved budgets. XII Monitoring and Evaluation The programme will be subject to standard UNDP procedures and policies for monitoring and evaluation. The monitoring and evaluation process will use the quantitative and qualitative performance indicators detailed against each of the programme objectives. The Programme Manager, Programme Assurance, Programme Officer and Programme Board will be responsible for programme monitoring and for devising corrective action if required. Within the annual cycle, the following monitoring tools shall be used:
The data above will be entered into the relevant ATLAS M&E modules. To complement this, an annual programme review will be conducted by UNDP and KAIPTC to assess programme results. The main programme stakeholders will be engaged in the review process, which will assess progress on attainment of programme outputs, and that these remain aligned to appropriate outcomes. The review will be structured by a set of common standards, and will be subject to spot external quality assurance assessments. This review should update output targets and results achieved in Atlas. An evaluation of the programme will be undertaken at the end of the start-up phase, which will aim to draw lessons learned that could be harnessed by UNDP, UNIFEM and UNFPA to inform support for similar institutions being established in other regions of the world. The M&E tools described above will inform the conduct of the evaluation. The report of the final review undertaken during the start-up phase will be made available to relevant partners and stakeholders. The lessons learned from the review process will inform revision and finalization of the substantive work plan for the operations of the institute, drawing particularly on good practices in the areas of operational, resource mobilization and partnership arrangements. Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
XIII Assumptions and Risks Assumptions The proposed start-up programme for establishment of a Women, Peace and Security Institute is premised on a number of assumptions:
Risks A number of potential risks to the effective implementation of the programme, and the proposed strategies for averting these risks have been identified below:
XIV Preliminary list of organizations to be consulted during the Start-up Phase All African University Angie Brooks International Centre for Peace, Monrovia, Liberia African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), Durban, South Africa African Great Lakes Initiative, Nairobi, Kenya Africa Peace Forum, Nairobi, Kenya African Union (AU), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia African Women’s Leadership Institute, Kampala, Uganda Angie Brooks International Centre for Women’s Research, Peace and Security Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa Centre for Peace Initiatives in Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe Conciliation Resources (CR), London, United Kingdom Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva, Switzerland East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Libreville, Gabon Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Abuja, Nigeria Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Femmes Africa Solidaritè (FAS), Dakar, Senegal Global Centre for Research on Gender, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, New York, USA Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Accra Ghana Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti International Alert (IA), London, United Kingdom International Peace Institute (IPI), New York, United States Joan B Kroc Institute for Peace, San Diego, California, United States Nairobi Peace Initiative-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York South African Development Community (SADC), Gaborone, Botswana Security and Defense Network of Latin America (RESDAL), Buenos Aires, Argentina University of London, Kings College, London, United Kingdom University of Peace, San José, Costa Rica United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), New York, USA United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA), New York, USA United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), New York, USA United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York, USA United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW), Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Dakar Senegal United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), New York, USA Women, Peace and Security Network – Africa (WIPSEN – Africa), Accra, Ghana Directory: content -> dam -> undp -> documents -> projects projects -> Human Rights and Justice Joint Programme projects -> Project Closure Report projects -> U n country Team in Jordan post-2015 concept note dialogues on Partnerships with Civil Society undp -> Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services projects -> Back to office report undp tanzania projects -> Tourism lab programme report projects -> Request for ceo endorsement projects -> Republic of namibia projects -> Conserving Biodiversity and reducing habitat degradation in Protected Areas and their Areas of Influence Download 244.54 Kb. Share with your friends:
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