GENDER EQUALITY PROJECT - UNDP Afghanistan

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1. FINANCIALS During Q2, a total of USD 378,413 was spent for this output. For more details, please look at Annex 1 and Annex 2 2. RISKS/ISSUES Risks • Security Due to security reasons and restricted movements, some of the provincial level activities such as the district level exchange visits of religious leaders and organization of economic empowerment activities in Herat could not be undertaken on the planned dates but were held later. Issues • Lack of coordination with the DoWA officials of Bamyan Due to a lack of common understanding and coordination with the DoWA officials, the recruitment of the M&E Specialist has met with some delays. This has also impacted adversely on other provincial level activities. A strategy has been developed to be undertaken by the project management once the Director of DoWA returns from her leave. • Need to upscale economic empowerment activities There is an urgent need to upscale and diversify the economic activities that are presently being undertaken for the economic empowerment of women. For this purpose, the Provincial Coordinators have been asked by the Project Management to develop their quarterly plans carefully with an emphasis on the design of innovative programmes for diversifying their activities. These plans are prepared in close coordination with other stakeholders- PWDC members, DoWA, to make the impact of the activities more broadbased and inclusive. • Transfer of funds to Herat office Since the occurrence of the theft in February of this year, advances for implementing provincial level activities are not being sent directly to the Provincial Coordinator. As a stop gap arrangement, alternatives have been arranged but this is now proving to be difficult. To overcome this situation, the Country Office will make a decision which would speed up ivities at the provincial level. 3. LESSONS LEARNED • Need for institutional strengthening and capacity development of PWDC s and other sub-national level institutions A carefully prepared Capacity Development Plan is necessary for a sustained capacity development of officials of the different sub-national level institutions. This was observed during the different training programmes undertaken for enhancing the capacity of the concerned 14 | P a g e
officials. This will be included in the quarterly action plan which will be prepared by the Provincial Coordinators and monitored by the project office. • Well developed quarterly plans for a deeper impact The quarterly plans prepared by the provincial offices need to be prepared with a focus on the long-term aims of the project and monitored closely by the Provincial Coordinators to ensure they are well To translate this into action, special instructions have been issued to the Provincial Coordinators on this topic and the draft of the next quarterly action plan has been revised accordingly. • Up-scaling of support services for improved access by women to the legal justice system The legal support being extended by the LHCs need to be strengthened and provided in a systematic manner to address the needs of vulnerable women effectively. Different options are currently being discussed and a decision will be adopted shortly to ensure the quality of service delivery is improved. • Need to have more joint ventures with other partners based on the recent collaboration with the Organization of Security and Economic Cooperation (OSCE), Vienna The Organization of Security and Economic Cooperation has collaborated with the <strong>UNDP</strong> through a Letter of Intent for promoting the entrepreneurial skills of fifteen women entrepreneurs engaged in handicrafts production. They will attend a training programme in Turkey at which point there will be a one-year technical support to develop their IT and marketing skills for improving their productivity. Negotiations with other development partners are currently underway to establish similar alliances. 4. FUTURE PLAN In Q3, GEP will focus its assistance on developing high quality quarterly plans for the four provinces: Balkh, Herat, Bamyan and Nangarhar that would address the needs of the target groups more efficiently. In particular, special emphasis will be placed on improving the design and implementation of economic empowerment activities. The extension of the toll-free hotline service in all the four provinces will be another milestone for the next quarter which would also Finally, there is a need to diversify the religious leaders ing programme through the adoption of innovative activities. 15 | P a g e
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