An integrated approach towards effective implementation of UNSCR 1325 and 1820



Contract partner: ICAN - International Civil Society Action Network Country: Afrika, regional/länderübergreifend Funding amount: € 350.000,00 Project start: 01.12.2014 End: 31.12.2016

Short Description:

Overall goal


Overall objective: to contribute to the realization of women’s rights to participate in decision-making and peace processes at all levels; and to live free from sexual and gender-based violence.

Main purpose: improved implementation of UNSCR 1325 and 1820 in Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda.

Expected results:

1. Development of at least 6 draft Local Action Plans and/or integration of UNSCR 1325 in Local Development Plans by authorities, traditional, civil society, other local leaders in communities;

2. Meaningful participation of civil society in national and local task forces/steering committees/workshops on UNSCR 1325 and 1820 NAPs;

3. Lessons learnt from local implementation of UNSCR 1325 and 1820 inform the regional and global WPS Agenda including the appointment of a Senior Gender Adviser in the ongoing peace negotiation in South Sudan to ensure the sustained participation of women the peace process.

Beneficiaries: 2,625 government officials, traditional, religious, women and CSO leaders and community/regional/global policy makers (Multiplied by communication and media outreach). Long-term beneficiaries are women, girls and their families living in conflict-affected communities in Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda.

Activities:

Localization Workshops in Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda; NAP Workshops in Kenya and South Sudan; Participation of GNWP members and partners in the 2016 AU Summit; meetings between GNWP members, local partners and relevant AU leaders at the Summit; Advocate with IGAD to appoint a Senior Gender Adviser to ensure the South Sudan peace agreement is gender responsive; Events/meetings during Commission on Status of Women sessions and UNSCR 1325 Anniversaries and SC HL Review of UNSCR 1325.

Background information: 14 years after adoption of UNSCR 1325, there are only 47 national action plans (NAPs) and implementation is still slow. A NAP translates WPS resolutions into executable, measurable and accountable actions to hold Member States accountable.

project number 2764-00/2014
source of funding OEZA
sector Staatsführung & Zivilgesellschaft, allgemein
tied
modality
marker
  • Policy marker: are used to identify, assess and facilitate the monitoring of activities in support of policy objectives concerning gender equality, aid to environment, participatory development/good governance, trade development and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Activities targeting the objectives of the Rio Conventions include the identification of biodiversity, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and desertification.
    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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  • Purpose/ sector code: classifies the specific area of the recipient’s economic or social structure, funded by a bilateral contribution.
  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.