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GenCap Technical Workshop 2011 Evaluation Report Recommendations Geneva, 20 February 2012. >> Process. GenCap started up in 2007 as gap-filling/temporary project End 2010: Requested by donor stakeholders and steering committee Feb 2011: Request for proposal published
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GenCap Technical Workshop 2011 Evaluation Report Recommendations Geneva, 20 February 2012
>> Process • GenCap started up in 2007 as gap-filling/temporary project • End 2010: Requested by donor stakeholders and steering committee • Feb 2011: Request for proposal published • Aug 2011: Consultants started • Jan 2012: Report received • Feb & March 2012: Steering Committees, NRC and Support Unit to formulate management response plan
>> Overall finding: …remains relevant & continue for 5 more years >>
>> Project Management • Maintain GenCap roster at current size/activity level • Maintain current institutional set-up for management and admin • Increase capacity of Support Unit • Move to multi-year funding • IASC to seek clarification on responsibility for gender in humanitarian action • Strengthen continuous monitoring and follow-up • Steering Committee to take more strategic role, stop involvement in individual deployment decisions
>> Project Management II • Steering Committee to take more strategic role, stop involvement in individual deployment decisions • Responsibility for deciding on deployments and revising TORs from SC to Support Unit
>> Roster Management • Consolidate GenCap roster with core team (3-4 members on annual contracts) • Invest in continuous training of roster members – annual professional development plans • Improve training element of annual technical workshop • Soft skills are key to success
Deployment focus • Approve longer deployments • Work less with clusters – focus on humanitarian leadership and individual cluster members • Spend less time implementing the gender marker