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Gender Mainstreaming - Building capacities for development. Marta Rawłuszko UNDP CO Poland. Background. European Social Fund and Community Initiative EQUAL provided 178,5 mln EUR on social inclusion and labour market,
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Gender Mainstreaming - Building capacities for development Marta Rawłuszko UNDP CO Poland
Background • European Social Fund and Community Initiative EQUAL provided 178,5 mln EUR on social inclusion and labour market, • Projects carried out by groups of various institutions working together for the same goal, • Project promoters offered with significant training that lacks GM part, • GM is an obligatory element of all EU funded projects, EU GM manuals based on UNDP materials.
UNDP role • Proposethe idea of delivering GM training for EQUAL projects, • Support the government in preparing GM training model for project makers and thus enhance EU funds spending, • Provide knowledge and expertise in GM, propose training methodology, • Link the government with women’s NGOs which have GM expertise and training experience, • Provide ongoing support in GM related issues.
Project activities • In-depth analysis of EQUAL projects/gender dimension, • Bulding up a training model on GM and PMC: 2 days workshop agenda & training materials, • Providing 2 three-days ToT on GM – building a GM facilitators network, • GM workshops were carried out with the whole project team (no more than 20 participtants) in the place of project delivery.
Results • Training model on GM and PMC tailored to the needs of project makers, • Facilitators network of 30 people specialised in GM education, • 94 project teams from all over Poland were provided with 2 days GM training = 600 institutions = around 1500 people, • UNDP’s „Gender Mainstreaming in Practice: a Handbook” translated into Polish and disseminated in 2 000 copies.
Future perspectives • Preparing 4 training models to ensure GM implementation at programmes and projects’ levels (project makers, project evaluators, implementing agencies, regional institutions), • Carrying out 12 testing workshops, preparing comprehensive training materials and tools on GM, • Additional print of UNDP GM Handbook, • UNDP report on Gender Mainstreaming in Poland 2007 printed and disseminated.
Thank you for your attention! Marta Rawłuszko UNDP CO Poland marta.rawluszko@undp.org