Gdansk Gender Budget Initiative

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Gdansk Gender Budget Initiative
Beijing 10, NGO assessment of implementation of
the Beijing Platform for Action in CEE/NIS
countries

• Zofia Lapniewska NEWW - Polska

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What is Gender Budget?

• The most important policy tool of government,
• Ensures the needs and interests of individuals
  from different social groups,
• Brings gender awareness into policies and
  agencies budgets,
• Combines technical knowledge for equitable
  policymaking, advocacy, and organizing,
• Recognizes the ways in which women contribute to
  the society and economy.

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Benefits of GB

• Efficiency focus on those in need,
• Monitoring of government performance,
• Transparency, accountability, reduced corruption,
• Cooperation with civil society, NGOs, national
  and international gender commitments,
• Information to challenge discrimination and
  propose new and different policies.

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Gdansk Gender Budget Initiative

• Outgrowth of NEWW activities centred on women,
• Outcome of Women and Economy Gender Policy
  Conference, 2003,
• and Gender Budgeting Initiative in CEE/NIS
  Region Meeting in Sopot, April 2004,
• Need of substantial research on the local level,
• Lack of information on tools and methods on
  influencing governments policies,
• No gender-segregated data and gender sensible
  strategy, plans and projects in the region.

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Goals of GGBI

• GB research and analysis in one of the areas
  domestic violence, unemployment and labour
  market, health or education,
• The comparative study within CEE/NIS and EU,
• The best practice to follow in Poland and Region,
• Monitoring tools, methodology, mechanisms to
  develop the recommendations for government and
  advocacy like the promotion campaign,
• Involvement of various groups of interests like
  public institutions, government, NGOs, civil
  society, in women issues.

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GGBI

• Compares various researches and makes adaptation
  of the methodologies to the local needs
• Carries out the local analysis in Gdansk and
  Pomeranian Region as a pilot area of the Project,
  for further duplication and implementation
• Provides advocacy activities, based on the
  findings and recommendations resulting from the
  analysis, to disseminate tools and models of
  Gender Budgeting for further implementations in
  CEE/NIS.

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Activities Schedule

• Engagement of academic experts
• Networking in the local area for GB purpose
• Adjusting methodology-best practices from CEE/EU
• Establishing an international cooperation for
  consultation and comparative study
• Contacting City Hall, authorities, institutions
• Preliminary expertise in four sectors - gender
  segregated data
• Gender Budget Analysis in chosen area
• Advocacy, seminar, lobbying of new solutions,
• Evaluation, info. dissemination, database.

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Target Groups

• Women and womens NGOs from CEE/NIS region by
  providing GGB researches, summing up tools ready
  for implementation, methods and mechanisms,
  information and its dissemination, as well as
  the conclusions, the whole region can gain
• Local government key areas of concern, new
  ideas and programmes, gender sensitive budget.

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Expected Results

• Concrete analysis and report on regional
  situation concerning expenditures and incomes of
  the town, with the gender division,
• Picture of sensitiveness of the fulfillment of
  women needs by local government,
• Solutions for the existing problems, advisements
  (procedures, programmes, ev. legislation),
• Database and spreading the initiative through the
  country and region as a good practice,
• Continuation in other spheres and continuous
  improvements - as the long term project.