WEIMI GUIDANCE TOOL & BEYOND

1. WEIMI GUIDANCE TOOL & BEYOND WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED AND WHERE DO WE GO NEXT? September 10th 2013

2. Agenda • Introduction to the online WEIMI Guidance Tool • Panel presentation • Edson Nyingi – CARE Tanzania [WEIMI ] • Fatima Jahan Seema – CARE Bangladesh [WEIMI] • Sarah Ralston & May Abdelhamdi – CARE West Bank and Gaza • Charles Owuor – CARE Uganda • Discussion & Questions

3. WEIMI Guidance Tool • Background: • 2010 to 2012 provided technical support to select country offices (COs) to operationalize key women’s empowerment and gender-sensitive high-level indicators, in the context of their long term programs (LTPs) • Bangladesh, Burundi, Egypt, Mali, Tanzania, and Niger • Online Guidance Tool: • http://gendertoolkit.care.org/weimi/introduction.aspx • A harvesting of the lessons learned and good practices of the WEIMI CO teams http://tinyurl.com/WEIMIGuideYouTube

4. WEIMI in CARE Tanzania Edson Nyingi Program Quality and Learning Director

5. Tanzania’s Current Status • We’re strengthening our CO data inflow sub-system • Program indicator process • Program data collection process • Program data management process • Between “impact monitoring” and “impact measurement”, we have chosen to focus on the former.

6. The Road to Our Current Status • We began with building the theory of change on women empowerment • We proceeded with selecting indicators of women empowerment • … and with a testable hypothesis on women empowerment • … and with retrofitting existing projects into the program theory of change and indicators • In all of these, with the WEIMI’s assistance

7. For further information

8. WEIMI in CARE Bangladesh Fatima Jahan Seema Impact and Evaluation Coordinator

9. Where and What

10. Major Elements of IM and M&E

11. Alignment between Program & Project

12. Core Practices • Consistency in using tools and techniques • Following standard Evaluation policy and research framework • Establishing linkage for sharing and drawing learning within and beyond CARE world (WE, Food security, CBA, CC, governance, Food Security, GBV, Men’s engagement) • Partnerships (IDS, ICDDRB, CIGS, IUB, IGS-BU, BIDS) • Establishing mixed internal core group on thematic issues • Coherent relationship between KM& M&E group

13. CARE West Bank and Gaza Sarah Ralston Program Quality and Learning Advisor May Abelhamdi Impact and Learning Coordinator

14. Goals of CARE OPT’s System Capture learning and utilizing it to improve program quality, enable scale up and inform future designs Analyze the extent to which we support long term social change and contribute to reducing poverty, vulnerability and inequality Capture and creatively communicate evidence for advocacy Assess our impact and effectiveness Synthesize, Analyze and Creatively Communicate • Generate knowledgeand capture learning Monitor and report on quality & accountability Hold ourselves accountable to our impact group, governments, donors, civil society and partners Contribute to a growing body of knowledge, data and research on gender and rights issues in Palestine. Document evidence to support advocacy and stories of change

15. System Map

16. Annual System Cycle

17. Online Application

18. WEIMI Guide Influence What We Used • Updated/simplified guidance on program design process • Ideas about indicators and tools for our GE program • Online user guide! No more 30 page documents for staff! • Lessons learned and documents/examples from COs What We Did Differently • System development at CO level not program level • Reporting on key categories - ‘areas of inquiry’ - via a menu of indicators • Focus on annual process (annual cycle, calendar) – what does the system implementation looks like throughout the year? • Starting with what we have and phasing in • Incorporating accountability

19. Next Steps • Finalize online user guide and database (content to be finalized by end of Sept, online application development finalized by early Nov) • Implementation of key parts of new system begins September (e.g. use of indicators in project/new proposals); full rollout/training November • Testing and improving throughout FY13, phasing in different aspects as we go For more information… • System Overview Presentation posted on gender wiki • Contact Sarah Ralston sralston@care.org or May Abdelhadimabdelhadi@carewbg.org for any specific documents before October. Post-October, all documents will be online and the link shared broadly with the working group.

20. CARE Uganda Charles Owuor Director of Program Quality and Learning

21. CARE Uganda Programmes WAYFIP – Women and Youth Financial Inclusion Programme Goal of Women and youth (15-25) have diversified and sustainable livelihoods as a result of equitable financial inclusion and economic opportunity. Impact Group: Poor and vulnerable women and youth (15-25) in financially excluded households Theory of Change if you have; Financially excluded women and youth have the skills, information, knowledge and opportunity to secure diversified and sustainable livelihoods (DoC 1)where Women and youth are meaningfully engaged in decision-making processes at household and community levels on issues pertaining to their livelihoods and well being (DoC 2)with Inclusive policies, structures and systems supportive of women and youth’s financial inclusion are functioning in an equitable and transparent mannerDoC 3) then, you will have achieved the Programme

22. CARE Uganda Programmes WENG- Women Empowerment in Natural Resources Governance Impact Group: Poor and Vulnerable women and girls (10-49 yrs) whose livelihoods are dependent on or are affected by degrading natural resources and/or protected areas WENG’s ToC hypothesis is that if you have; sustainable ENR management and utilisation linked to other livelihood improvements (DoC1) where women and men are meaningfully participating in decision making at the household and community level (DoC2) with strong and legitimate CSO that are effectively representing the interests of the impact group, especially in the area of natural resource governance (DoC3)then you will have achieved the Programme Goal of Women and Girls’ (10 - 49 yrs) right to utilize natural resources to affect positive and environmentally sustainable improvements in their household livelihood security is assured.

23. CARE Uganda Programmes NUWEP- Northern Uganda Women Empowerment Programme Impact group:Women and girls of reproductive age affected by conflict, who face chronic food insecurity, and are vulnerable to rights denial. Theory of Change if Women and girls affected by conflict gain the information, skills, support, access and opportunities to pursue and ensure resilient and sustainable livelihoods in An environment of peace, with strong, functioning mechanisms in place for peace-building, conflict prevention, conflict resolution and resilience to crisis/shockwhere Governance systems with the frameworks, structures/institutions and implementation to uphold equal human rights, provide quality services and work in a way that is inclusive/participatory, accountable, transparent and gender-sensitive then you will achieve a programme goal of A peaceful society where women and men are equally empowered to enjoy their human rights

24. CARE Uganda- Where are we? Concluded the design of three programs WAYFIP, WENG, NUWEP with TOC and defined IGs) Retrofitted and Mapped existing initiatives into the Program frameworks and consistently provide rationale for this alignment to all new funding opportunities. Finalised programme level MEAL frameworks Piloting program level IM systems (customized the CARE PIIRS to the CO context) and strengthened all component M&E systems Knowledge management – Analyzing and documenting what we already have/doing , (redesigned the CO website which more interactive interface as well as enrolling 75% of CO staff on Minerva) Readjusting and piloting new forms of relationship and accountability –e.g. revision of the current Sub-grant agreement, strengthening vertical and horizontal linkages and engaging at strategic levels Aligning the programs’ functional structures - staff now providing cross functional support to initiatives within the program as opposed to formerly projectised functions Consistently responding to CARE Global Organization performance management system (UBORA)- 2 design PQAT and 1 Implementation Developed PQL guidelines for technical consistence and setting base standards for CO programming Convening quarterly PQL meetings to deepen organisational learning

25. CARE Uganda Programs relationship CARE Uganda Long Range Strategic Plan • Core technical standards for CARE Uganda in; • Climate Change • Partnership • Governance • Gender • Advocacy • KM • M&E and IM • VSLA Women Empowerment in Natural resource Governance (WENG) Northern Uganda Women Empowerment Program (NUWEP) Women And Youth Financial Inclusion Program (WAYFIP) Village Savings and Loan Associations Promote good governance and CSO-led advocacy Anti-SGBV approaches, “Men Engage”

26. Next Steps for FY 14 • Setting baselines values for each programme impact indicators; • What are the data sources? (both Internal and External sources) • Is the data reliable and credible? • Is the data relevant and responding to our programme M&E questions? • Further strengthen the capacity of the CO PQL unit to fully take on the PQL functions • Develop strategic partnerships with specialized research bodies (UNBoS, universities- Gulu and Makerere) • Testing the Programme TOC- • authenticate the programme assumptions • Test intervention logic- (Linkage between initiatives, pathways and breakthroughs) , • evaluate change in behavior (change in male masculinity, Women power relations) • FOR MORE INFORMATION: • Charles Owuor, Director Program Quality and Learning • cowuor@co.care.org • Skype: owuor.charles

27. Questions and Discussion