Applying HRBA and Gender Mainstreaming

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Applying HRBA and Gender Mainstreaming

• in UNDP-led Municipal Governance and Community
  Empowerment Programme, Ukraine

Olena URSU, Monitoring and Communication Expert
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Programmes Genesis

• Purpose - to strengthen municipal governance and
  improve the living quality of citizens in urban
  Ukraine through promoting participation of the
  local communities (of citizens, educational
  institutions, NGOs, small businesses) in
  decision-making process on local development
• 2004 - preparatory assistance phase
• 2005-2007 - demonstration phase
• 2008-2010 - consolidation phase

Local self-government is a right and
real ability of the territorial communities to
solve local problems independently or at
responsibility of the elected local
self-government bodies and officials (Law of
Ukraine On Local Self-Government, Article 2)
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Central Level
Ministries/Departments
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City Level
Local Authorities
Associations
NGO Network
School Network
Business Network
Service Providing Agencies
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Local Authorities
Micro Level
Service Providing Agencies
Action at Micro, Meso and Central Level
C I T I Z E N S
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Programme Activities
Creating enabling policy / legal environment
Raising public awareness on crucial human
development agenda
Participatory planning and implementation of
sustainable development projects and initiatives
(commitment and cost-sharing)
Capacity building on participatory development
and sustainable development (training, ISO,
strategic planning, ICT, other)
Creation of participatory citizen-based
organisations and bodies
Municipal Governance and Community Empowerment
Programme
National-level partners (associations,
governmental bodies)
Partner city councils
Local communities (of citizens, academia, NGOs,
businesses)
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Specific Features of a Project

• Strategic partnerships with local councils and
  national level agencies are established.
• Capacity building and investing in organsiations.
  
• Communities are active and direct participants of
  decision-making process regarding their own
  development.
• The development process is locally owned
• Cost-sharing.
• Local internalisation policies on self-help
  approach.
• Sustainability (of the results, idea/technology,
  policy).
• Synergy at each level. Building on what exists.

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Using HRBA Tools

• Local situation analysis (overall city situation)
• Vulnerability analysis (at community level)

Assessment and Analysis

• Training needs assessment
• Training package for municipal officials on
  community mobilisation for local sustainable
  development action
• Training package for community-based
  organisations on participation mechanisms
• Strengthening ICT capacities

Capacity Assessment and Building

• Creation of Municipal Sustainable Development
  Councils as forums of participatory planning and
  monitoring of local development initiatives and
  projects
• Quality Revision Committees
• Public audit of community projects
• Participatory assessment of CBOs

Monitoring and Evaluation
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Using Gender Mainstreaming Tools
Project document, manuals, annual workplans,
budget, indicators
Project organisation
Membership, encouraging female leadership,
success stories
Community organisations
Introduction of gender component into training
package, gender balance of municipal unit staff
Institutional capacities
Gender-sensitive planning of community projects,
reporting, evaluation
Community projects realisation
Public awareness initiatives for wider outreach,
preparation of specialised publication, involving
experts
Public awareness
Policy / legislation
Partnership with Parliament
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Project Results HRBA and GM Impact

• Mindset of people at all level is changing
• Communities are ready to actively participate in
  governance
• Municipalities are ready to involve communities
  into planning and implementation of development
  projects and initiatives
• Government is ready to improve policy /
  legislation
• Level of municipalities and communities
  satisfaction and, consequently, national
  ownership increased significantly
• Institutional capacity of the partners is built
  and internalisation of the approach began for
  better service delivery and governance
• Strategic partners are committed for knowledge
  transfer all over Ukraine
• Preparation for national scaling up through 1)
  curriculum development and 2) human resource
  building activities