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EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development 2010-2015

EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development 2010-2015 . Workshop on Strengthening implementation of the EU Gender Equality Action Plan Brussels, 23 March 2011 Victoria Correa, Policy Officer for Gender Equality DG DEVCO I3, European Commission . Background .

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EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development 2010-2015

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  1. EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development 2010-2015 Workshop on Strengthening implementation of the EU Gender Equality Action Plan Brussels, 23 March 2011 Victoria Correa, Policy Officer for Gender Equality DG DEVCO I3, European Commission

  2. Background Commission Communication on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Development Cooperation in March 2007 Council Conclusions on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Development Cooperation in May 2007 DEVCO EEAS

  3. Process June 2008: Issues Paper consulted in MS Gender Experts meeting (part of Communication on mainstreaming cross-cutting issues) and to Civil Society Consultation November 2008: EU Gender Action Plan decided as a separate Staff Working paper February 2009: MS Gender Experts meeting December 2009: MS Gender Experts meeting DEVCO EEAS

  4. A genuine EU Gender Action Plan Member States involved from the beginning of the process: MS meetings, online consultations, frequent contacts Task Force composed of DK, NL, Fr, Fi, UK, and Es + Com staff + Gender Help Desk have contributed to the drafting EU Gender Action Plan builds on common existing resources, instruments and mechanisms DEVCO EEAS

  5. DEVCO EEAS Why is this EU Action Plan special? • Unique opportunity to coordinate our actions (according to PD) as it provides COM and MS with framework of actions at HQ and country-level, with indicators • Collective effort in our relations with partners countries can only lead to progress on gender equality in development cooperation • A tool for more visibility on gender issues • Comes at a good time: UNSCR 1889, 1888, Beijing + 15, 10th anniversary 1325, MDG Review Summit

  6. Adoption Approved by the EU Council on June 2010 as an Operational Framework to reiterate the strong EU Commitment to Gender Equality as: A human right; A question of social justice; A core value of the EU development policy. DEVCO EEAS

  7. DEVCO EEAS 1. Lead role of EU to promote GEWE in development • High level commitment and annual progress reports; • Make EU commitments visible; • A lead donor at partner country level + joint work MS; • Strengthen cooperation on GEWE with regional organizations and International Organisations.

  8. DEVCO EEAS 2. Ensure adequate human and financial resources for GEWE • financial funding: MS and COM should identify financial resources for GAP implementation; and increase EUR 10 Million for gender; • Build in-house capacity: Gender training in Core Curriculum for staff at HQ and Country level, gender mainstreaming in all training programmes, gender-expertise core-competence for HOMs, toolkit, etc.

  9. DEVCO EEAS 3. Gender is systematically on the agenda of dialogue • Guidance notes for HOMs on GE; • GE as topic in the dialogue; • Gender Coordination Mechanism/Group in countries; • Gender analysis in annual country reviews, gender mainstreaming in next generation of CSPs and NIPs.

  10. DEVCO EEAS 4. Mainstream GE in all EU funded aid modalities • Gender responsive indicators in GBS; • EU guidelines on GE-Indicators and gender-disaggregated indicators + monitoring; • Gender-sensitive indicators in all SWAPs; • Integration GE-issues in sector/macro Policy Dialogue; • Screening projects for gender-sensitiveness; • ROM-reports are gender-aware + recommend on how to improve gender performance; • 75% of new proposals score G-2 or G-1 (in 2013).

  11. DEVCO EEAS 5.Prioritize NSA’s participation, capacity building, and advocacy on GEWE • Promote NSAs participation in annual dialogues on gender • Include GE-dialogue in joint annual reports on development cooperation • Promote capacity building of NSAs on GE • Make templates for Calls for Proposals more gender-sensitive

  12. DEVCO EEAS 6. Improve EU monitoring, accountability and transparency on allocation of funds for GEWE • Establish baselines for GE-indicators • Apply G-marker in 80% of EU projects + report to OECD • Track EU expenditure on GEWE (+ Annual Report) • Mid-term evaluation (2013) to assess gender mainstreaming in development cooperation • GAP evaluation in 2015.

  13. DEVCO EEAS 7. Strengthen country’s efforts to achieve MDG-3 + MDG-5 • Focus on GEWE in High Level Meetings • Continue partnering with UN and OECD/DAC on GEWE • GE in dialogue & interventions (gender-indicators) on Food Security, Education, Health, Climate Change • Idem on economic policy, and increase support for women’s economic & political empowerment with • Maternal Mortality and reproductive health in policy dialogue on national health strategies.

  14. DEVCO EEAS 8. Strengthen country’s efforts to combat GBV and discrimination against women and girls • Online course for EU staff on how to implement EU guidelines to end VAW/G; • 80% of EU delegations take measures to implement Guidelines; • Increase support for NSAs on implementing EU guidelines • Systematic involvement of women’s rights networks and organisations in consultations on launching Calls for Proposals on Human Rights.

  15. DEVCO EEAS 9. Support countries to implement UNSCRs 1325,1820,1888, 1889 • EU Delegations in fragile or (post-)conflict states operationalise EU Comprehensive approach; • Capacity building on implementing UNSCRs on Women, Peace and Security.

  16. DEVCO EEAS Operational Framework Operational Framework • For each of the 9 Specific Objectives: • Actions • Indicators • Time-table • Tasks for Commission and EU Member States • At HQ level • At Country Level • Reporting: Annually. Final evaluation in 2015

  17. THANKS DEVCO EEAS

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