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ECA/ACW/GM.PMM/ET/2000

Economic Commission for Africa

African Centre for Women

Gender

Mainstreaming at ECA

Programme Managers' Meeting 23 October 2000

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Gender Mainstreaming at ECA

Programme Managers's Meeting 23 October 2000

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Programme of Meeting

Introduction The Context of Gender Mainstreaming An Assessment of Implementation Issues for Discussion and Decision Conclusions

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The Context of Gender Mainstreaming

UN Policy Mandates

ECA's Mandate

ACW's Mandate

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UN Policy Mandate

> " Within their existing mandates and activities, the regional commissions should mainstream women1 s issues and gender perspectives ...'

Beijing Platform for Action 1995

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EC A's Mandate

>ECA

has adopted

thegoalofgenderequalityasadevelopmentobjectiveandtomainstreamgenderinallprogrammes Ineffect,thispolicyandstrategycommitsECAtoachieveidentifiableandmeasurablegenderequitabledevelopmentoutcomesandimpacts

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For Each Division and SRDC

>ACWsmandateEachdivisionandSRDCisresponsibleandaccountableforgendermainstreaminginallareasofwork providetechnicalsupportforeachDivisionandSRDCtohavecapacityforgender-responsiveworkoutputs

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Capacity Building

> Two complementary dimensions of capacity for gender mainstreaming

> Appropriate competencies by all staff -

women

and

men

> Conducive institutional structures, systems and practices. •>

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An Assessment of Implementation

>ECAhasbeencommendedin1998bytheInter-AgencyCommitteeonWomenandGenderEqualityforitsvisionandapproachforcapacitybuildingingendermainstreaming, but....IthaslosttheleadingendermainstreaminginAfricathroughlackofinternalsupportandcapacity.

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Africa's Socio-economic development

> Member States' s > Regional Initiatives Institutions

-Nationalaccounts+ADR-Budgetdisaggregation-AccountabilityforImpactsandOutcomes♦SADC

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Data Generation

> Concepts, tools and methods to integrate unpaid productive and reproductive work into System of National Accounts exist

> Existing data collection instruments can be modified at little cost and yield reliable, macro level sex-disaggregated data

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Academic and Policy Research

♦The academic

literatureisgrowingfastintheoreticalwork,modelling,empiricalresearchonAfricaandpertinenttoAfricaneconomies... SocialAccountingMatricesandCGEmodels>Growth,genderinequality>Tradeliberalisation,employment>IntraHouseholdmodelling

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Capacity Building for Gender Mainstreaming

♦ACW has since 1997

initiatedacustom-designedapproachtocapacitybuilding,commendedbyUNSecretariatasuniqueamongregionalinstitutions. >Processdriven

Participatory>Hands-on,onthejoblearning>Results-baseddeliveryofworkoutputs>Developmentoutcomeandimpactfocussed

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Tracking Competence Building

8ProgressivelyhigherTYPESofCompetenceidentified♦fromclarityinconceptstouseofgenderanalysistomainstreamingpracticeinkeyECA

areas >WithineachTYPE,10IncreasinglyhigherLEVELSof

competence

♦fromawarenesstousewith,thenwithoutguidance,toadaptandtheninnovate

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Plan, target and benchmarks

ProgrammeManagersallTypesatlevel2Allprofessionalstaff,Types1-3and4,withoutguidance

ACW,allTypestohighestlevel By2005,Type8

Byend2000,TeamleadersandGFPs,Type4,withguidance,appliedtodesignof2002/3Biennium

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Actual Outcome

Benchmarks missed, 2 core workshops only, no hands-on, division-specific activity

Reasons: No reaction on report from programne

managers

No budget allocated for the exercise

**

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Workshops

NotPresent

Present >Participation:1/2numberprogrammed

Evaluation

♦Types1-3competenceachieved,practical,relevant.

♦Morepracticalapplications,withguidance,fromnowon

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Issues for Discussion

> Commitment to the capacity building

programme.

> Institutional mechanisms- role of

programme

managers of Divisions and SRDCs > Responsibility of EC A as a whole and role of

ACW

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Capacity Building Programme

> Commitment to capacity building in terms of time and resources within programmes. > Participation at workshops (ex: attendance at last 2 workshops) > Division-specific workshops > Which priority areas? > Targets and Benchmarks

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Institutional Mechanisms

> Responsibility of programme managers for gender mainstreaming >Rules, procedures and incentives to facilitate gender mainstreaming > Guidelines and checklists

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ECA' s responsibility and ACW s Role

> Monitoring and evaluation

> Performance appraisals

> Budgetary allocations

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Recommendations Capacity Building

> Programmes mandatory and facilitated by each division and SRDCs > Generic workshops held as a retreat >2001 programmes to include time for generic and division-specific workshops > Incentives and recognition for competence

building

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Role of Programme Managers

> Gender Focal Point FUNCTION lies with

programme

managers, ensuring

allmembers

acquire the required types and levels of

competence.

> Generic TOR for GFPs in each team to include monitoring, providing gender information and liaising with ACW for backs topping.

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Role of Programme Managers [2]

>Flagship Publications and major documents for Conferences to be gender- responsive by 2002. >Meeting reporting requirements. > Allocating at least 20% of resources to gender mainstreaming. Mobilising required expertise

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