Country: Ghana

Final DRAFT

Women Peace and Security Institute Start Up support to Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre

UNDAF Outcome(s)/Indicator(s):

Expected Outcome(s)/Indicator (s):The programme outcome will expand capacity-building, training and research support to influence women’s contributions to political peace negotiation processes, operational peacekeeping and security sector reform activities, and policy approaches to inform the regional peace and security agenda in Africa.

The objective of this programme is to lay the foundation for full-scale operation of a Peace and Security Institute for Women in Africa that will serve as a knowledge centre for expanding technical capacity, training and policy research and analysis on women, peace and security in order to better-inform the broader peace and security agenda in Africa.

Expected Output(s)/Annual Targets:The programme will produce 4 outputs to achieve its objective: 1) Baseline study undertaken on the role and situation of women in each of the five programme pillars of the Peace and Security Institute for Women; 2) Conceptual framework and institutional mechanisms to guide the establishment of the Peace and Security Institute for Women elaborated; 3) Operational plan for the Peace and Security Institute for Women adopted and resource mobilization drive initiated; 4) Peace and Security Institute for Women in Africa launched and operationalized

Implementing partner: Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre

Other partners:UNDP, UNIFEM, UNFPA, Government of Norway, Government of the Netherlands

Agreed by the Implementing Partner:

Agreed by UNDP:

Budget:Total budget: USD 1,540,800

Allocated resources:

UNDP USD 200,000UNIFEM USD 360,000UNFPA USD 70,000Government of Norway NOK 3,000,000Government of the Netherlands

Unfunded budget: USD _________

Programme Period: January 2010 – December 2011Programme Component: Programme Title: Women Peace and Security Institute Start Up support to KAIPTCBudget Code: Programme Duration: 1st of January 2010 to 31 December 2011 Type of Intervention: Capacity building, training and institutional development support

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Table of Contents

Abbreviations 3

I Executive Summary 4

II Situation Analysis 6Rationale for establishment of a Peace and SecurityInstitute for WomenLinkages to Ongoing Initiatives

III Strategy and Objective 12

IV Outputs and activities 14

V Implementation Strategy 18

VI Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Strategy 20

VII Links to Global Initiatives 21

VIII Partnership Strategy 22

IX Management Arrangements 23

X Programme Management Team 23

XI Financial Management and Reporting 25

XII Monitoring and Evaluation 25

XIII Assumptions and Risks 30

XIV Preliminary List of Organisations to be consulted 31

XV Programme Results and Resources Framework 33

XVI Project Annual Work plan 38

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AbbreviationsABIC Angie Brooks International Centre for PeaceACCORD African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of DisputesALC Africa Leadership CentreAU African UnionBCPR Bureau for Crisis Prevention and RecoveryEAC East African CommunityECCAS Economic Community for Central African StatesECOWAS Economic Community for West Africa StatesDPA Department of Political AffairsDPKO Department of Peacekeeping OperationsG-CRP Global Centre for Research on Gender, Crisis Prevention and

RecoveryGES Gender Equality StrategyIGAD Intergovernmental Authority on DevelopmentKAIPTC Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training CentreMoWAC Ministry of Women and Children’s AffairsMoFA Ministry of Foreign AffairsNGO Non-Governmental OrganisationOSAGI Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the

Advancement of WomenRBA Regional Bureau for AfricaRCF III Third Regional Programme for AfricaSADC Southern African Development CommunitySCR Security Council ResolutionSSRC Social Science Research CouncilUN United NationsUN Action UN Action against Sexual Violence in ConflictUNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for WomenUNDP United Nations Development ProgrammeUNFPA United Nations Population FundUN-INSTRAW United Nations International Research and Training Institute

for the Advancement of WomenUNOWA United Nations Office for West AfricaWIPSENT-Africa Women, Peace and Security Network-Africa

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I Executive SummaryThis proposal seeks to implement a start-up phase for the operation of a Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa to support the full implementation of Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 on women, peace and security in Africa. The proposed Institute will serve as a knowledge centre for expanding technical capacity, training and policy research and analysis on women, peace and security in order to better-inform the broader peace and security agenda in Africa. First, it will invest in expanding the technical capacities of women to participate in peace negotiations, given their marginal representation in these processes to date. Second it will support women in military and police institutions to participate in peacekeeping and facilitate gender sensitive reforms of security sector institutions. Third, it will provide a platform for women to meaningfully shape and inform the research and policy agenda on issues of gender, peace and security. Fourth, it will facilitate a more systematic documentation of women’s peacemaking experiences. The proposed Women, Peace and Security Institute will support a move away from the traditional “project-based approach” to supporting the women, peace and security agenda, and will instead provide an institutional base and knowledge centre from which to influence and inform the policy, research and training agenda on peace and security in Africa. Further, it will facilitate enhanced visibility and attention to issues of gender, peace and security, whilst also supporting mainstream African institutions working on peace and security issues to better integrate this agenda into their policies and programmes.

The proposed activities of the Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa will stress five strategic types of interventions which will provide critical contributions to help redress existing gaps to women’s participation in peace processes, whilst serving as an important complement to the work of other institutions supporting the women, peace and security agenda. The five proposed areas pertain to: a) women’s participation in peace negotiations and preventive diplomacy efforts in Africa; b) women’s leadership role in security institutions and participation in peacekeeping activities; c) African women’s leadership in addressing gender-based violence in conflict; d) policy and academic research on gender, peace and security; e) documentation of women’s contribution to peace processes in Africa.

The justification in the choice of these five areas has been provided through the result of recent research and policy reviews on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325, including the annual reports of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the implementation of Resolution 1325, as well as research and policy analysis undertaken by UN entities including UNIFEM and DPKO, which have highlighted these gaps.

The programme will serve as the first phase of operation of the Women, Peace and Security Institute, which will be implemented over a 24-month period. Four expected outputs will be produced during this first phase of the Institute: 1)A baseline analysis on the role and situation of women in each of the five programme pillars of the Women, Peace and Security Institute; 2) The design of a blue print, including institutional mechanisms to guide the management of the Women, Peace and Security Institute; 3) Mobilization of resources to support the operation of the Institute beyond the start-up phase; 4) Launch and full-scale operationalization of the Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa.

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The second phase of the Institute’s operations will implement a 5-year operational plan and a 2-year work plan which will commence upon completion of Phase 1. The activities of the second phase will include: provision of capacity-building and training services, including training to enhance women’s leadership in peace negotiations and in security sector institutions; convening of policy reviews and dialogue on gender, peace and security; maintaining and coordinating a knowledge platform of women’s contributions to peace processes; supporting mainstream institutions in Africa to integrate a gender perspective in their training and other programme activities and; supporting African countries which participate significantly in regional and international peacekeeping to revise and adopt gender-sensitive security sector policies.

The programme will be implemented as a UN-supported initiative and will be housed in the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), which stands as one of the key institutions in Africa providing leadership on research, training and capacity-building in the area of peace and security. The selection of KAIPTC as an implementing partner for this programme is informed by a number of key factors. These include the fact that KAIPTC stands as a leading Centre of Excellence in Africa in the field of peace and security; it is well resourced and capacitated to provide a base for a regional programme of this nature and has the logistical and technical facilities to support the programme; the programme focus is well-aligned with areas of programme priority of KAIPTC; and the programme builds on an existing partnership between UNDP and KAIPTC for implementation of a regional Small Arms Control Project.

A partnership strategy to guide the implementation of the start-up programme will underline cooperation with key regional inter-governmental institutions in Africa, particularly the African Union (AU) the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), amongst others. Partnership arrangements will also extend to existing women’s organizations and networks working to support peace processes in Africa, including Femmes Africa Solidarite, Women, Peace and Security Network-Africa, and the recently launched Angie Brookes International Centre for Women’s Research, Peace and Security and the Africa Leadership Centre which is currently under establishment. The institute will seek to sign Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) to guide cooperation with partner institutions beyond the start-up phase.

A small secretariat will be established at the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Training Centre to coordinate implementation of programme activities during the start-up phase, working under the guidance of a programme board, which will be established to support its work. Financial oversight will be provided by the UNDP Country Office in Accra, Ghana.

At the end of the start-up phase a full review of the programme will be undertaken to measure achievements and to capture lessons learned, which will in turn inform a transitioning of the programme from the start-up arrangements into the next full-scale operational phase of the Women, Peace and Security Institute.

The estimated total budget for the 24-month start-up phase of the programme is: USD $1,540,800

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II Situation AnalysisIn nearly a decade since the United Nations Security Council adopted its Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, the assessment of progress relating to women’s contributions to peace processes in Africa remains mixed.

The challenge of building sustainable peace and security in Africa has yet to fully embrace the skills and capacities of women to inform such processes at formal levels. Much of the contributions made by women to support the peace and security agenda to date are evident at informal and community levels, where they remain largely undocumented, and often have limited influence on mainstream policy decisions on peace and security. Bridging the gap between the contributions of women at informal levels on the one hand, and their effective participation and influence over formal processes of peacemaking on the other, remains an outstanding challenge.

The absence of an institutional base to consolidate, analyse and build the capacity of women to meaningfully contribute to peace processes further contributes to this gap. Current efforts to promote women’s participation in this regard are generally captured through ad hoc or project-based initiatives, which do not provide a sufficient anchor to consolidate knowledge, build capacity and inform mainstream policy decisions on peace and security in a sustained way.

To date, no institution exists in Africa with a specific mandate and dedicated resources to strengthen the technical skills of women to better influence and inform processes for negotiating peace, and/or for shaping the policy-based research agenda on issues of gender peace and security. Mainstream organizations working on the agenda of peace and security often adopt a “project-based approach” to supporting the women, peace and security agenda, such that institutionalization of this work remains weak.

Rationale for establishment of Women, Peace and Security InstituteThis proposal aims to implement a start-up phase for the operation of a Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa. The institute will provide a holistic response to implementation of existing mandates on women, peace and security by addressing gaps at both operational and policy levels. At the operational level it will underline capacity-building and training support to enhance the technical skills of women to better influence and participate in peace processes as negotiators and mediators, while also supporting women’s participation and leadership in security sector institutions in Africa. The institute will also enhance leadership and skills of African women to respond as respond as gender-based practitioners to support victims of sexual violence in conflict-affected situations. At the policy level, the institute will provide support to address research gaps in the field of gender, peace and security, and support increased contribution of African women to policy-based research activities to advance regional peace and security. The Institute will also foster a unique African

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perspective and support mainstream peace and security institutions in Africa to better integrate a gender perspective within their work.

The proposed activities of the Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa will stress five strategic types of interventions which will provide critical contributions to help redress existing gaps to women’s participation in peace processes, whilst also serving as an important complement to the work of other institutions supporting the women, peace and security agenda. The five proposed areas are: a) women’s participation in peace negotiations and preventive diplomacy efforts in Africa; b) women’s leadership role in security institutions and participation in peacekeeping activities; c) African women’s leadership in responding to gender-based violence in conflict; d) policy and academic research on gender, peace and security; e) documentation of women’s contribution to peace processes in Africa.

The justification in the choice of these five areas has been provided through the result of recent research and policy reviews on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325, including the annual reports of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the implementation of Resolution 1325 which have highlighted these gaps.

More specifically, a 2008 study by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) confirmed a continuing dearth in the meaningful participation of women in peace negotiations processes eight years after the adoption of Resolution 1325. No women have been appointed Chief or Lead peace mediators in UN-sponsored peace talks; only 2.4% of signatories to 21 major peace processes were women; and women’s participation in negotiation delegations averaged 7.6%1. The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, through a series of policy reviews in 2006 and 2007, with leading Members States that contribute to UN peacekeeping efforts, also revealed persisting gaps in the national security and defence policy arena of countries contributing to peacekeeping and the absence of targeted strategic interventions to promote women’s professional leadership advancement in this sector in most countries in Africa, a fact which continues to limit women’s participation in uniformed peacekeeping activities. Currently, women comprise less than 2% of military personnel from Africa serving in UN peacekeeping missions, and less than 5% of police personnel. The number of African women serving in senior positions in military and police peacekeeping functions is negligible. Currently, there are no African women serving in military leadership positions, whilst only two African women hold senior positions in police components of UN peacekeeping as Senior Police Adviser and Deputy Police Commissioner2.

The use of sexual violence as a tactic of war has become a widespread feature of recent conflicts in Africa and around the world. In June 2008, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1820 on women, peace and security, which provides a forceful mandate to curb the use of sexual violence against women and girls in conflict. Through the adoption of the Resolution, sexual violence against women and girls in conflict has been firmly established as an impediment to the attainment of global peace and security. In Africa, this Resolution

1 Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations: Connections between Presence and Influence, UNIFEM, January 20092 UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations

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provides an opportunity to enhance the skills and capacities of African women’s organizations to play a lead role in efforts to address sexual and other forms of gender-based violence in conflict and post-conflict settings.

At the research level, the African Women’s Fellowship Programme, initiated by the University of London’s Kings College in 2006 to offer research fellowship positions to a selected number of African women in the field of gender and peace security, has provided demonstrable evidence of the large demand that exists for this area of research. Hundreds of applicants have sought to qualify for the 3 fellowship positions supported by Kings College each year. Furthermore, a global research programme on gender, peace and security being initiated by the Social Science Research Centre in 2009 with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has been conceived to address persisting policy research gaps in the field of gender, peace and security at the global level. At the level of the fourth programme pillar, the gap in the effective documentation of women’s peacemaking efforts is a widely acknowledged one among women peace activists, many of whom have to date exerted the most influence at the informal level of peacemaking, and at community levels, and whose efforts thereby often go unacknowledged in the formal documentation of peace processes.

The Women, Peace and Security Institute will respond to progress gaps relating to each of these five proposed programme pillars:

(i) Technical Skills for mediation and peace negotiationsAlthough women’s constituencies have actively lobbied to be represented as part of delegations to peace talks in recent conflicts in Africa (including Burundi, Liberia, Sudan, Somalia, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo) their contributions continue to be made from the margins of peace negotiations and the numbers of women serving as facilitators to formal peace talks and mediation processes are negligible. This problem is often exacerbated by the unequal representation of women in decision making positions in society as well by attitudes and positions of militarized groups represented in peace negotiations. Increasing the influence and representation of women among peace negotiating teams will provide opportunity to draw on the approaches, techniques and skills-set they bring to the peace table to complement those of their male counterparts. It will also provide greater opportunities to highlight and prioritize on the agenda of peace negotiations, issues of gender-based discrimination and gender-based violence crimes. Further, it will ensure that third-party facilitation teams lead by example in modeling to parties in conflict, the value of gender balanced political representation, thus opening up opportunities to ensure that women who actively engaged in combat, are recognized and represented among the parties to conflict3. In addition to investments in expanding the available pool of formally trained women mediators and peace brokers in Africa, there is an equally pressing need to facilitate an organized professional support network and knowledge-sharing platform among women mediators and negotiators, as a strategy for enhancing their visibility and strengthening their agency to leverage greater influence and contribution to formal peace negotiation processes in Africa. An advocacy strategy which draws on the capacities of civil society organizations

3 In Liberia, over 20,000 women ex-combatants were identified in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process in 2004.

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to support increased participation of women in peace negotiations will also be a necessary complement to this effort.

The emphasis on broadening technical capacities of women mediators through training, whilst also supporting the establishment of a professional network of women mediators will enable them to better advocate, share information and strategize more effectively as an organized constituency to influence and participate in regional level mediation processes.

(ii) Support to women in security institutionsWhilst widespread recognition exists of the low representation of women in military and police institutions in Africa as conveyed in the statistics provided above, no region-wide platform exists as yet to facilitate thorough and ongoing analysis of the barriers to women’s recruitment and retention in security institutions, to support the design and sharing of strategies and good practices for increasing the recruitment of women to national military and police institutions, and their subsequent deployment to serve in regional and global peacekeeping missions. Such a platform is also necessary to support and nurture the leadership aspirations of women in these institutions, and would also provide an important avenue to facilitate gender-sensitive reforms of these security institutions.

The emphasis on building women’s leadership in security institutions and facilitating regional professional networking among women in such institutions will provide an important entry point to enable them to influence peacekeeping pre-deployment planning and preparations processes and to redress discriminatory policies and procedures within their national security establishments which ultimately impact on their ability to participate in peacekeeping activities. It further has the potential to facilitate greater attention to gender-specific priorities in the security sector.4

(iii) Addressing Gender-based Violence in ConflictThe use of sexual violence as a tactic of war has been evident in most of the recent conflicts in Africa and beyond. The prevalence of sexual is not limited to situations of active conflict but equally poses a significant threat to the security of women and girls in post-conflict situations. To date, there remains important scope to build and expand the capacity of women’s organizations in Africa to lead efforts aimed at addressing sexual violence against women and girls. This effort requires strengthening the skills and capacities of African gender-based violence practitioners to provide services to victims of sexual violence (including emergency medical services, reproductive health services and counseling services) and to support programmes to promote women’s rights and to enhance women’s access to justice in conflict situations.

(iv) Academic and policy researchTo date, the contributions of women to shaping the academic and policy research priorities on peace and security in Africa is limited. Moreover, this research and policy agenda is often bereft of any serious gender analysis. Whilst there is growing interest among African women 4 A concrete example of this can be cited from Liberia, where the increasing recruitment of women into the Liberian Police Service, and investments in training and building the capacity of these women officers is contributing to greater focus overall by the Police Service on addressing gender-related crimes such as sexual violence.

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to engage in research activities in the field of peace and security, there is as yet no institutional base to nurture and support this work5. The proposed Institute will thus help to broaden and deepen research capacities on gender, peace and security. Beyond providing a specific institutional base to coordinate research activities on gender, peace and security, there is an equally pressing need to support mainstream universities in Africa to introduce courses on gender, peace and security in order to broaden the pool of expertise in this field, particularly at the post-graduate level, thereby providing a broader basis for influencing the mainstream policy and research agenda. The outline of a post-graduate degree module on gender, peace and security will therefore also be elaborated as part of this Programme, with a view to introducing this as a course programme to a broad range of universities in Africa.

(v) Documentation of women’s peacemaking experiencesThere is currently no established base in Africa that offers a space for documentation, reflection and sharing of experiences of women peacemakers, many of whom are making vital contributions to sustaining peace at community levels. This gap hampers opportunities to better-analysis how lessons from these experiences of women can be harnessed to inform national, regional and international policy processes. It also reveals a gap in historical recording of peacemaking experiences in Africa, and presents a missed opportunity for younger African women who could draw inspiration from learning about the experiences of women to support peace efforts in Africa.

Knowledge-sharing and Mainstreaming StrategyThe Programme will seek to influence ongoing programme activities of KAIPTC and other mainstream peace and security institutions and processes in Africa. Within KAIPTC, the Programme outputs will help to influence pre-deployment training activities, briefings and debriefs to senior military and police officials, and high level policy dialogues. The Programme will further facilitate the elaboration of methodological tools to guide troop contributing countries to collect baseline data for addressing gender gaps within their security institutions. The lessons learned and analysis emerging from the Programme activities will also be shared with other mainstream institutions in order to address institutional barriers to women’s participation in peace and security processes in Africa.

Linkages to Ongoing Initiatives

The start-up phase for the proposed Women, Peace and Security Institute will provide an opportunity to review and elaborate strategies to ensure that activities of the institute effectively builds on ongoing initiatives in Africa with complimentary or related objectives. The review will elaborate linkages to guide cooperation with other ongoing initiatives with an aim to strengthen partnerships among like-minded institutions, enhance the sharing of information, expertise and resources, whilst also facilitating a mainstreaming of the outcomes of the work of the Women Peace and Security Institute into the work agenda of key

5 Evidence of this is provided through the large volume of applications received for the African Women’s Fellowship programme initiated by King’s College, University of London, which provides Fellowship opportunities to three African women each year to engage in research related to peace and security studies.

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institutions operating in Africa6. Linkages will be established with institutions working on each of the main programme areas of the Women, Peace and Security Institute.

In the first instance, the Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa will establish linkages with capacity-building and training networks and institutions, whose expertise and resources can be drawn upon to help shape and define the work of the proposed institute. At the global level, this outreach will extend to include the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, International Alert and the International Peace Institute, all of which facilitate training and capacity-building in conflict management and mediation processes. Within the UN, linkages will be established with the ongoing work of the Governance, Peace and Security Section of UNIFEM, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), INSTRAW, and the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and its Mediation Support Unit. The Programme will partner with DPA by sharing its pool of African women mediation experts to provide expert advice to UN mediators and facilitators.

In Africa, this outreach will extend to African women’s advocacy and training networks like Femmes Africa Solidarite, Isis Women’s International Cross Cultural Exchange (Isis/WICCE), and the Women Peace and Security Network- Africa (WIPSEN-Africa), which are all civil society organizations supporting advocacy and leadership capacity-building to enhance women’s participation in peace processes, as well as to the newly-established Angie Brookes International Centre for Women’s Research, Peace and Security and the Africa Leadership Centre. Opportunities for establishing cooperation agreements with these organizations will be pursued as part of a strategy to ensure complimentary efforts and enhance and broaden overall impact of efforts to advance the women, peace and security agenda in Africa. Partnership with mainstream civil society institutions in Africa supporting mediation training activities including the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) and the Nairobi Peace Initiative-Africa will be underlined in this respect. Partnerships will also extend to African academic research and human rights institutions and networks, including the All African University.

At a second level, linkages will be established with institutions providing peacekeeping training, including training to inform security sector reform efforts. This partnership will particularly ensure outreach to peace and security organizations in the Global South. At the global level, the Geneva Centre for the Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) will be an important partner, given its work to facilitate gender-sensitive reform of security sector institutions. The work of UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict to support guidance and training activities on the protection of women and girls from sexual violence in conflict will also be tapped7. At the regional level in Africa, mainstream peacekeeping training centres, including KAIPTC and ACCORD will serve as important partners in this respect.

The Institute will also aim to build on and scale up existing UN-supported initiatives to implement mandates on women, peace and security in Africa, such as an ongoing pilot initiative of UNFPA, UNIFEM and OSAGI to address capacity gaps in the design of indicators to monitor implementation of National Action Plans for implementation of SCR 6 Refer to the attached list of organizations to be consulted during the preparatory phase7 This effort will support implementation of the outcomes of the Wilton Park Conference convened in May 2008 on the theme of: “Women targeted or affected by Armed Conflict: What role for Military Peacekeepers?”

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1325. This will ensure the expansion of the target countries from the 3 pilots (Sierra Leone, Uganda and Cote d’Ivoire) to other countries in Africa.

At the inter-governmental level in Africa, strategic linkages will also be fostered with regional inter-governmental organizations in Africa that are defining security sector policies and overseeing regional peacekeeping activities, particularly the Peace and Security Council of the Africa Union, the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the East African Community, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the UN Economic Commission for Africa, the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) and UN Peacekeeping Missions in Africa. Outreach efforts will also extend to individual governments participating in peacekeeping activities, as well as those undergoing post-conflict transitions, particularly through the Ministries of Gender, Ministries of Defense and Ministries of Interior, to inform the policy decisions of these governments.

At the research level, linkages will be established with UNDP-supported projects or initiatives with complimentary objectives. Specifically, the Social Science Research Council which is implementing a UNDP-supported project to establish a Global Centre for Research on Gender, Crisis Prevention and Recovery (G-CPR), will be an important partner in implementation of the research activities of the Women Peace and Security Institute. This latter project aims to strengthen global research capacity, knowledge sharing and tools to support research on gender, crisis prevention and recovery. Research partnerships will also extend to other global partners, supporting documentation and research activities on women, peace and security, including the Joan B Kroc Institute for Peace in the United States, the Africa Women Fellowship Programme at Kings College, University of London, INSTRAW and the University of Peace in Costa Rica. Additionally the Peace and Security Institute for Women in Africa will foster partnerships with mainstream African research institutions including the Conflict Prevention, Management and Research Division of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), the Centre for Conflict Resolution, and the Council on the Development of Economic and Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).

III Strategy and Objective

Overall GoalThe overall goal of the Programme is to lay the foundation for full-scale operation of a Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa that will serve as a knowledge centre for expanding technical capacity, training and policy research and analysis on women, peace and security in order to better-inform the broader peace and security agenda in Africa.

Specifically, this goal will be realized through the implementation of baseline studies and situational analyses on the five proposed programme pillars of the Institute (women’s participation in peace negotiations and conflict mediation; support to women in security institutions; African women’s leadership in responding to gender-based violence in conflict; academic and policy research on gender, peace and security; and documentation of women’s

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peacemaking efforts); elaboration of an operational plan, training modules and tools as well as institutional mechanisms to guide the full-scale operation of the Women, Peace and Security Institute; mobilization of financial resources to support the work of the Institute; and the launch and full-scale operationalization of the Women, Peace and Security Institute.

The proposed Institute will serve as a centre of excellence and an African-led resource centre that will expand capacity-building, training and research to influence women’s contributions to political peace negotiation processes, operational peacekeeping and security sector reform activities, and policy approaches in the field of regional peace and security. The Institute will seek to influence the direction of mainstream governmental and non-governmental African institutions working in the field of peace and security, and serve as a key reference base from which these mainstream institutions can access cutting edge information and knowledge to facilitate the incorporation of a gender perspective in their work. It will also seek to influence the national, regional and global policy agenda on peace and security.

Based on the outcomes of the baseline studies and the operational plan developed during the start-up phase, the activities of the Women, Peace and Security Institute in the next phase will work to: provide training and capacity-building to enhance women’s leadership in peace negotiations and the security sector in Africa; facilitate and convene policy discussions and reviews on gender, peace and security; facilitate capacity-building and skills training to enhance African women’s leadership to address sexual and other forms of gender-based violence; document and maintain a knowledge base of practical contributions of women to enhancing peace processes in Africa; support the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the work of peace and security institutions in Africa; and support African governments to review and address gender gaps in the policies and operational practices of security institutions.

In addition to supporting Ghana’s commitment and contribution to sub-regional and regional consolidation of peace, this programme also integrally advances the corporate commitment of the United Nations to support implementation of SCR 1325 and SCR 1820 in Africa. For UNDP, the programme will reinforce ongoing work to support women’s empowerment and gender equality in line with the Gender Equality Strategy (GES) of the Organisation, as well as the Eight Point Agenda for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality in Crisis Prevention and Recovery. Furthermore, the programme is in line with UNDP’s 2008-2011 Third Regional Programme for Africa (RCF III) which has an overarching purpose of developing local capacities across four focus areas, including the area of conflict prevention, peace building and recovery.

The programme objective also advances the ongoing work of UNIFEM to support implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325, including support to enhance the participation of women in peace negotiations and to support gender-sensitive approaches to security sector reform processes.

The programme will also build on the priorities of UNFPA for implementation of SCR 1325, including work to train security service personnel working in conflict-affected countries to more effectively address the needs of women victims of sexual violence. The programme

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will further reinforce ongoing efforts of UNFPA to work with partner institutions in order to develop indicators for monitoring implementation of SCR 1325 and will provide an ideal opportunity to scale up ongoing activities and to use the Institute for coordination of this work in the medium to long term.

The pogramme would thus provide an additional entry point to facilitate further consolidation of UNIFEM, UNFPA and UNDP’s support to the women, peace and security agenda in Africa.

The programme will be implemented over a 24-month period, embracing the experiences and inputs of Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone countries.

IV Output and Activities

The programme outcome will be attained through five key outputs that will be realized during the start-up phase.

Output 1: Knowledge base of information is established to identify, analyze and respond to gaps relating to women’s participation in the field of peace and security in Africa, and to facilitate effective progress monitoring

A critical aspect of the planning process for the operation of the Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa will be the implementation of a review of ongoing initiatives to support the women, peace and security agenda in Africa - incorporating desk-based reviews and site visits to mainstream institutes providing complimentary services in Africa, and to women’s institutes in regions outside of Africa providing similar services. This exercise will also include the commissioning of comprehensive baseline studies relating to the four proposed programme pillars of the Institute, namely: women’s participation in peace negotiations and conflict mediation processes; academic and policy research capacity on gender, peace and security; documentation of women’s peacemaking efforts; and strategies to enhance the role of women in security institutions. The baseline surveys will elaborate ongoing project initiatives focused on the four programme areas; identify gaps to women’s participation in these areas, as well as opportunities for enhanced support.

At the level of enhancing women’s participation in peace negotiations, a baseline directory of conflict mediation resources and capacities in Africa will be compiled, and will include available information on technically trained male and female mediators and negotiators, and will also identify technical facilitators from this directory who will help oversee the proposed mediation training activities of the Institute beyond the start-up phase. This investment will also provide analysis of the reasons for the under-representation of women in peace negotiations. This process will also work to facilitate the establishment of an information-sharing, networking and advocacy platform among women mediators in Africa during once the Institute is fully operational.

At the second component level, an analysis will be undertaken of the situation of women in military and police services in the 12 leading African countries participating in UN

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peacekeeping missions. The focus on military and police security institutions during this start-up phase derives from the fact that they draw the largest number of personnel to peacekeeping and also have the lowest representation of women within their ranks. This study will lay the groundwork for strategic interventions that could be supported by the Women, Peace and Security Institute to advance national level policy reforms, and to enhance leadership-building and training opportunities for women in security establishments. The outcomes of this analysis will also provide important baseline information to peacekeeping troop and police contributing countries in Africa, to facilitate the development of National Actions Plan on implementation of Resolution 1325 in these countries. After the start-up phase, and based on available capacity, the scope of engagement by the Women, Peace and Security Institute with other security establishments will be broadened to include corrections, border and immigration officials.

At the third component level, a baseline survey will be undertaken to assess existing skills and capacities within women’s organizations in Africa to address the needs of victims of sexual and other forms of gender-based in conflict and post-conflict situations. The outcomes of this assessment will provide a basis for elaborating capacity-development training programmes to enhance the capacities of African women’s organizations to play a lead role in providing response services to victims of sexual violence, and in supporting preventative programmes and programmes to enhance women’s access to justice.

At the research level, a similar survey of research capacities and resources on gender, peace and security, including a directory of African researchers specializing in the field of gender, peace and security will be compiled. This process will also incorporate existing research gaps, which would be elaborated through an expert group meeting that would be convened to for this purpose. The outcomes of the expert group meeting will also provide the basis for outlining the core elements of a post-graduate Masters Degree course on Gender, Peace and Security in Africa, which will be developed by the Institute after the start-up phase.

At the fifth component level, a baseline survey of women-led peacemaking initiatives will be compiled. This will be complemented by a review of options to best-support documentation and analysis of the experiences of women peacemakers both under the auspices of the Women, Peace and Security Institute, as well as through residency programmes and research fellowships within mainstream universities in Africa which have the capacity and research facilities to host women practitioners for short-term periods. This proposed strategy will foster greater linkages between academics and practitioners in the field of gender, peace and security.

Output II: The medium-long-term planning and operational framework to guide the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute is in place

The start-up programme for the Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa will provide an opportunity to elaborate a detailed conceptual framework and work plan to guide the operations of the institute based on the outcomes of the substantive baseline study. This process will also include the elaboration of a set of simple start-up strategies to address the core organizational requirements; identification of key partner institutions; establishment of a

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governance framework and management arrangements to guide the work of the institute; and mobilization of resources to sustain the activities of the Institute in the medium to long-term. The outcomes of this undertaking will inform the elaboration of a 5-year programme framework with an accompanying budget, and a 2-year operational work plan to support the running of the Peace and Security Institute for Women in Africa.

The operational work plan will detail the substantive programme priorities for the second phase of work of the Institute, once the start-up phase is completed. These will build on the outcomes of the baseline surveys undertaken during the start-up phase, and will implement activities to:

Provide capacity-building and training programmes to enhance women’s leadership in peace negotiations and in the security sector in Africa;

Facilitate and convene policy discussions on gender, peace and security; Provide training to enhance the skills and capacities of gender-based violence

practitioners in Africa Document and maintain a knowledge base of practical contributions of women to

enhancing peace processes; Support the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the work of KAIPTC and other

mainstream peace and security institutions in Africa, through influencing pre-deployment training activities, briefings and debriefs to senior military and police officials, and high level policy dialogues; and

Support troop and police contributing countries in Africa to review and address gender gaps in the policies and operations of their security institutions using methodological tools developed during the start-up phase.

Provide technical support to African countries to develop indicators to monitor implementation of National Action Plans on SCR 1325 and SCR 1820

The training modules and resource materials that will facilitate the above activities of the Institute after completion of the start-up phase will be developed and consolidated with support of training experts and consultants as part of this process.

The work plan will also outline the initial core functions and staffing requirements for the first two years, and would also establish the accounting, communication and operational and budget oversight functions before further expansion. The broader 5-year programme framework will outline the contingency options for expanding the Institute in an incremental and sustainable manner. The plan will also outline a suitable institutional model that would best facilitate realization of the goals of the Institute. It is anticipated that the Institute will continue to be located within KAIPTC after the start-up phase, operating with programmatic autonomy. The governance framework to guide the operations of the Women, Peace and Security Institute will build on the board structure for the start-up phase. Thus the inputs of the board will facilitate decision-making on the personnel and administrative resource requirements after the start-up phase.

A public information and communication strategy to enhance visibility and influence of the institute will also be elaborated within the plan. A resource mobilization strategy to support

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realization of short, medium and long term sustainable funding objectives for the Institute will be elaborated, and will guide the launch of a resource mobilization drive upon finalization of the plan.

The technical expertise and inputs of organizational development consultants will be harnessed to support elaboration of the operational plan during the start-up phase.

Output III: Broad-based ownership is established among key stakeholders to collaborate and support the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute, and financial partnerships are mobilised to support implementation of the medium-long-term operations of the Institute

In order to build region-wide ownership for implementation of the operational plan of the Institute, a partnership strategy to support collaboration and outreach to other organizations working in the field of peace and security in Africa and globally will be developed, to enhance impact of the work of the Institute. As part of this partnership strategy, the operational plan for the Peace and Security Institute for Women will be reviewed and adopted by key stakeholders in Africa and global partners as an important part of efforts to build ownership and consensus around its operations. Specifically, a regional consultation with key stakeholders will be convened, at which the plan will be presented for adoption.

Upon adoption of the operational plan, a resource mobilization drive, spanning a period of six months will be initiated, and would include visits to funding institutions as well as the convening of a specific donor roundtable to mobilize partnerships support for operationalising the plan. The resource mobilization drive will seek to access donor funding mechanisms that are directed at supporting African-based institutions to advance the peace and security agenda in the region. This effort will also target available gender funding facilities of traditional donors of KAIPTC, where the programme will be hosted. The fund-raising drive will also target Foundations that underline support for African-based institutions.

To enhance the status, visibility and resource mobilization efforts of the Institute, six eminent African and global personalities will be identified and invited to serve as patrons to advocate and support the work of the Institute. The programme management team will ensure that the patrons are regularly briefed and informed on progress and developments relating to the work of the Institute so as to facilitate their advocacy efforts on behalf of the Institute.

In order to enhance advocacy and knowledge sharing and to solicit feedback on the work of the Institute, a knowledge management platform will be established as part of the start-up phase of the Women, Peace and Security institute. This platform will include establishment and maintenance of a website to enhance outreach and advocacy efforts of the Institute.

An evaluation of the programme will also be undertaken to review and document lessons learned, and to assess the outcomes of the start-up phase against the programme objectives established at the outset. The lessons learned from this evaluation process will be used to inform the elaboration of the work plan priorities and implementation strategy of the fully-

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operational Institute. The outcomes of the evaluation will also guide the design of formal partnership terms and arrangements with other institutions and networks.

Output IV: The gender programming capacity of KAIPTC is enhanced; and the transitioning of the Women, Peace and Security Institute from the start-up to fully-operational phase is completed

Activities implemented during the programme start-up phase will include provision of ongoing strategic support by the programme management team to enhance the gender programming capacity of KAIPTC. Specifically, the programme team will provide technical advice to facilitate integration of a gender perspective in policy and programme priorities of KAIPTC, and will also help to shape the content and outcomes of debriefs and high level policy dialogues convened by KAIPTC. This support will also include technical inputs to inform the content of peacekeeping training activities organized by KAIPTC, as well as support to facilitate increased participation of women in the activities of the Centre.

To mark the transitioning of the Women, Peace and Security Institute from a start-up phase to a fully-operational phase, an official full-scale launch of the institute will be organized through an event that will bring together women leaders and key stakeholders from national, regional and international institutions as well as sponsors.

A wide-scale advocacy campaign will be initiated at the end of the start-up phase, as the Women Peace and Security Institute transitions into its second phase of operation. The advocacy campaign will have a region-wide scope in Africa and will aim to mobilize attention and support of key constituencies to the goals and objectives of the Institute, highlighting the status of African women’s participation in the peace and security sector. A range of advocacy tools will be developed to facilitate this campaign.

V Implementation Strategy

The work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute will be launched in two phases. The first will be a 24-month start-up phase whose objectives will be to: undertake baseline surveys on the 5 programme pillars of the Institute; develop an operational plan, course contents and mobilize financial resources to support the work of the Institute in the immediate to mid term; develop training modules and tools to facilitate implementation of the work plan of the Institute in Phase 2; establish partnership arrangements with key institutions in Africa and globally and; validate the programme priorities of the Institute identified in the start-up phase.

The objectives of Phase 2 of the Women Peace and Security Institute will be to implement a 5-year operational plan and a 2-year work plan which will commence upon completion of Phase 1. The activities of the second phase will include: provision of capacity-building and training services, including training to enhance women’s leadership in peace negotiations and in security sector institutions; convening of policy reviews and dialogue on gender, peace and security; training to enhance the capacity of African women’s organizations to address

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gender-based violence in conflict; maintaining and coordinating a knowledge platform of women’s contributions to peace processes; supporting mainstream institutions in Africa to integrate a gender perspective in their training and other programme activities and; supporting Member States to revise and adopt gender-sensitive security sector policies.

During the start-up phase, the programme management will be supported by UN agencies, and will be hosted at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), which will provide the physical space and facilities to support the programme.

Partnership with KAIPTCThe selection of KAIPTC as an implementing partner for this programme is informed by a number of key factors. First, KAIPTC stands as a leading Centre of Excellence in Africa in the field of peace and security, and has credibility both regionally in Africa and internationally, as well as significant influence in helping to shape African regional policy, research and training priorities including through its established cooperation with organizations including the African Union, ECOWAS, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and also individual countries contributing troops and police to peacekeeping. Second, the areas of substantive focus for the proposed Peace and Security Institute for Women are very much aligned with areas of programme priority of KAIPTC, namely capacity-building, training, policy research and knowledge management, which ensures complimentarity of objectives between the programme and the mission of KAIPTC and also provides an opportunity to mainstream a strong gender perspective in the programme activities of KAIPTC. Third, KAIPTC is well resourced and capacitated to provide a base for a regional programme of this nature and has the logistical and technical facilities to support the programme. Fourth, the wide-scale recognition and respect accredited to the work of KAIPTC, both in Africa, and also among international partners and donors, will serve to enhance the programme visibility and outreach. The fact that KAIPTC commands the solid confidence of key international donors supporting the peace and security agenda in Africa thus presents an important opportunity for enhancing visibility and mobilizing support for the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute beyond the start-up phase. Fifth, an existing regional partnership framework exists between UNDP and KAIPTC with respect to a Japanese-Government sponsored Small Arms project, which provides an important foundation on which to further expand cooperation.

Within KAIPTC, the programme will be housed in the Conflict Management and Research Division (CPMRD), which is a growing arm of the Centre’s work. CPMRD is staffed by civilian personnel with policy, academic and training expertise. The work of CPMRD to date has been of diverse focus and has included policy-based research on security sector reform in post-conflict countries, regional security and peacekeeping priorities in Africa, and also research activities on post-conflict governance issues. CPMRD has moreover established cooperation arrangements with a number of research institutions and universities in Africa and globally.

The location of the programme at KAIPTC will help to actualize the commitment of the Centre to strengthen its work focus on gender and peace and security, since the programme

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team will be able to influence emerging policies and activities of KAIPTC, whilst the Centre will also be represented on the Advisory Group that will be established to inform the substantive direction of the programme.

Resource Mobilisation and Sustainability StrategyA resource mobilization strategy will be implemented during the start-up phase of the Women Peace and Security Institute in order to provide a sustainable financial basis for its medium-long-term operations. One component of the resource mobilization strategy will build on key partnerships developed during Phase 1, including UN partnership support. This will provide a basis for designing and implementing joint initiatives during Phase 2, which will advance the objectives both of the UN partners and of the Institute, thereby facilitating the continued role of the UN as a funding partner in Phase 2. Similarly, the cooperation arrangements developed between inter-governmental organizations and NGO partners in Africa in Phase 1 will be designed to ensure that these institutions draw on the technical expertise and services of the Insitute to enhance their core programmes in the mid- long term.

Another component of the resource mobilization strategy will be the launch of an active outreach effort to donor partners during the start-up phase, to coincide with 10 years of the adoption of SCR 1325 in October 2010. This will include the convening of a donor roundtable as well as visits to donor institutions and foundations with clear priorities for supporting the women, peace and security agenda in Africa.

At the end of the programme start-up phase, a detailed finance plan will be elaborated to support financial management of the resources that are mobilized to support the work of the Institute. The plan will respond to financial management priorities in the short, medium and long-term.

The start-up phase of the Women, Peace and Security Institute will underline a strategy to facilitate the mainstreaming of gender perspective in the work of established peace and security institutions in Africa. Thus in the unlikely event of any disruptions to programme activities during Phase 2 arising from challenges to resource mobilization efforts, the future activities of the Institute will be mainstreamed into ongoing activities of partner institutions.

VI Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment StrategyThe programme strategy of underlining a targeted focus on enhancing women’s participation and leadership in the field of peace and Security in Africa will serve as a prelude to establishing a broader gender approach in the long term. Thus as the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute evolves, a broadening of the base of its work and target group (to include men) will be implemented and the name of the Institute itself could then be adapted to capture this reality.

Whilst the programme is intrinsically geared to redressing gender disparities facing women’s participation in peace processes, the programme activities will draw on the participation of men who are equally committed to the goal of promoting gender equality in a number of concrete ways. The goal of promoting balance will be advanced through the management and

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staffing structure of the Institute. Thus the programme will seek to mobilize up to 20% representation of men on the programme board that will provide substantive direction to the programme, and will also engage the participation of a critical mass of men in the substantive elements of the programme development during the start-up phase.

Strong collaborative partnerships with mainstream institutions working in the field of peace and security in Africa during the start-up phase will be an important strategy that would also be pursued to ensure that the gender-based knowledge and lessons generated from the programme are widely mainstreamed into the policies and operational activities of both non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations in Africa.

VII Links to Global Initiatives

The start-up programme will provide an important opportunity to establish partnership links with a number of related global initiatives with potential to reinforce and strengthen each of the pillars of the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute (women’s participation in peace negotiations; women’s participation in security institutions; women’s participation in research activities; and documentation of women’s peace initiatives). This outreach will particularly target global initiatives that are linked to each of the four identified substantive programme areas of the Institute. This would take the form of consultations initiated during the start-up phase, which will aim to inform into concrete collaboration during the optimum operational phase of the Institute.

Consultations will be initiated with the Mediation Support Unit of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, UNIFEM, UNFPA and with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva, during the start-up phase, to review avenues for cooperation on the proposed activities to enhance the participation of women in peace negotiations. At the regional level in Africa, partnership strategies will be established with mainstream organizations including the Africa Peace Forum and the Centre for Conflict Resolution, as well as regional inter-governmental organizations, including the African Union Peace and Security Council.

The proposed activities to support women in security institutions will seek to foster collaboration with ongoing efforts of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to enhance the participation of women military and police personnel in peacekeeping and to promote gender-sensitive reform of security sector institutions, and will also explore linkages with the Security and Defense Network of Latin America, in Argentina which has undertaken an initiative to analyse the situation of women in military establishments across 11countries in the Latin American region. Additionally consultations will be initiated with the Pearson International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Canada, which is seeking to facilitate a global network of women in security institutions. Partnership opportunities will also seek to drawn on ongoing efforts of UN Action and UNIFEM to support guidance development and training activities for peacekeepers to enable them to respond more effectively to prevention of sexual violence against women in conflict.

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At the regional level in Africa, partnership engagement to advance the second pillar of work of the Institute will be fostered with existing peacekeeping training centres (in South Africa, Kenya, Cairo and the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Training Centre, which will host the preparatory phase) as well as regional security organizations – including the AU, ECOWAS, IGAD and SADC.

At the research level, the preparatory phase of the Global Centre for Research on Gender, Crisis Prevention and Recovery project, being supported by UNDP/BCPR/BDP-Gender Team to enhance research activities on gender, peace and security particularly in the global South will be a key partner for the research activities of the Peace and Security Institute. The outreach to partner research institutions will also extend to the University for Peace in Costa Rica and INSTRAW, which are both institutions working to broaden global research on gender, peace and security issues.

The proposed activities to enhance documentation of women’s peacemaking activities will explore avenues for building collaborative linkages with the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace, in San Diego, California, which has relevant experience in helping to support documentation of the experiences of women from conflict regions across the globe.

VIII Partnership Strategy

The start-up phase will provide an opportunity to assess the feasibility and define the terms of formal partnership arrangements which will be established with key institutions and organizations in Africa once the Institute is operating at full capacity.

Consultations and visits to inter-governmental institutions such as the AU, ECOWAS, IGAD and SADC will lay the groundwork for elaborating partnership terms with these key regional institutions. The nature of partnership arrangements with civil society organizations (CSOs) including non-governmental organizations working in the field of peace and security will also be defined through similar consultations undertaken during this phase.

The partnership strategy will also target specific women’s civil society organizations and networks working in the field of peace and security, including Femmes Africa Solidarite, the Women Peace and Security Network- Africa (WIPSEN-Africa), as well as to the newly-established Angie Brookes International Centre for Women’s Research, Peace and Security. Partnerships will also be extended to institutions in the Global South that are working to enhance women’s participation in peace and security processes. The partnership strategy will also ensure collaboration with mainstream peace and security institutions in Africa, as well as universities, research institutions and regional human rights organizations from Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone parts of Africa.

Prior to the full-scale launch of the Institute, the Memoranda of Understanding and partnership agreements will be signed between the Women, Peace and Security Institute and the key partner institutions identified through this process.

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IX Management Arrangements

During the start-up phase, the programme will be implemented as a UN-supported programme to KAIPTC, under the guidance of a programme board. The management arrangements will build on the established arrangements in place between UNDP and KAIPTC towards implementation of a Regional Small Arms Project in Africa.

The programme board will provide oversight to the work of the programme management team. The programme board will be composed of UNDP, KAIPTC and representatives of other partner organizations and countries. Selection of board members will take due consideration of the need to ensure geographic, linguistic as well as gender balance in order to effectively guide the programme..

Partnership with the UN during the start-up phase of the programme will help strengthen outreach and access to global partnerships and networks, facilitate financial management of the programme, and will also help to enhance the programme legitimacy and credibility. The programme will be physically housed at KAIPTC during the start-up phase. Prior to initiation of the programme activities a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) can also be signed as necessary between UNDP, UNIFEM, UNFPA and KAIPTC to guide cooperation during the start-up phase.

Under the guidance of the project board, a three-person project management team will be established to oversee management of programme activities during the start-up phase. The project management team will comprise a Programme Manager who will provide technical and managerial leadership for implementation of the work of the Institute, a Programme Officer and a Programme Associate. The programme team will be located at KAIPTC. UNDP will approve the budget for implementation of programme activities on an annual basis, upon receipt of an annual budget from KAIPTC. Funds will be transferred to KAIPTC every quarter upon retirement of previous advances. KAIPTC will provide financial and narrative reports to UNDP and the project board on implementation of each programme output.

X Programme Management Team

Substantive and financial management of the programme to ensure delivery of intended outputs during the start-up phase will be coordinated at a number of different levels:

Programme BoardProgramme board will be established to provide management oversight and substantive policy guidance to facilitate the operations of the Institute during the start-up phase. The board will be composed of representations from UNDP, KAIPTC and other partner agencies and countries, based on a criteria which includes their prior substantive work and knowledge related to the broader peace and security agenda in Africa and/or experience related to the women, peace and security agenda; their financial commitments and contributions to the project; their access to global networks and partners whose knowledge and influence can

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advance the programme objectives, and their capacity to help mobilize resources to support the work of the Institute, among other things. Attention will also be given to ensuring that the board membership reflects a broad based regional and gender-balanced representation from Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone parts of Africa. The programme board will be expected to convene at least on three occasions during the start-up phase.

UNDP Country OfficeThe UNDP Country Office in Accra will serve as a member of the programme board and will also provide financial oversight for delivery of the programme outputs against established work plan objectives, whilst also overseeing financial reporting related to the programme activities.

Programme ManagementThe Programme Manager will provide technical and managerial leadership for implementation of the programme, interface with the leadership of regional governmental and non-governmental institutions in Africa as part of partnership development and outreach efforts, liaise with the programme board and UN partners as well as KAIPTC for advice and support to guide programme implementation, ensure day-to-day management of the programme activities, ensure delivery of the programme outputs, lead a resource mobilization drive, oversee programme monitoring and reporting and oversee the work of programme staff and consultants during the start-up phase.

The programme manager will be supported by a programme officer and a programme associate to coordinate implementation of activities during the start-up phase. The programme officer will oversee knowledge management activities including collating and consolidating lessons learned from the programme start-up phase, overseeing the establishment and maintenance of a website for the Institute, supporting advocacy and partnership-building activities, providing technical support to enhance the gender programming capacity of KAIPTC during the start-up phase and deputizing for the programe manager as required.

The programme associate will assist the programme manager in the day-to-day management of programme activities, provide administrative support to facilitate achievement of the programme outputs, and oversee the establishment of a resource library and database of partners for the Institute.

Priority attention will be given to regional as well as gender balance considerations in the selection of programme staff and consultants. This will ensure that the profile of the programme staff and consultants reflects a broad-based representation of women and men from different sub-regions, including Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone Africa.

The decision on the staffing composition for the Women Peace and Security Institute after the start-up phase will be determined by the programme board, and will be informed by the outcomes of the programme evaluation.

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XI Financial Management and Reporting

Financial management and reporting for the programme activities during the start-up phase will be overseen by the UNDP Country Office in Accra, which will ensure that the allocated resources for the programme work plan are utilized effectively in the planned activities, and that the envisaged disbursements are within the approved budgets.

XII Monitoring and Evaluation

The programme will be subject to standard UNDP procedures and policies for monitoring and evaluation. The monitoring and evaluation process will use the quantitative and qualitative performance indicators detailed against each of the programme objectives. The Programme Manager, Programme Assurance, Programme Officer and Programme Board will be responsible for programme monitoring and for devising corrective action if required.

Within the annual cycle, the following monitoring tools shall be used:

Quarterly monitoring progress reports shall be submitted by the Programme Manager to the Programme Assurance and the Programme Board.

An Issue Log shall be updated regularly to facilitate tracking and resolution of potential problems or requests for changes;

A Risk Log (based on the risk elements detailed below) shall be developed and used to regularly review the external environment that may affect the programme implementation.

A Lessons Learned Log shall be activated and regularly updated to ensure on-going learning and adaptation within the programme. The lessons will be shared with key stakeholders working on the women, peace and security agenda in Africa.

A Quality Log shall record progress towards the completion of activities.

The data above will be entered into the relevant ATLAS M&E modules. To complement this, an annual programme review will be conducted by UNDP and KAIPTC to assess programme results. The main programme stakeholders will be engaged in the review process, which will assess progress on attainment of programme outputs, and that these remain aligned to appropriate outcomes. The review will be structured by a set of common standards, and will be subject to spot external quality assurance assessments. This review should update output targets and results achieved in Atlas.

An evaluation of the programme will be undertaken at the end of the start-up phase, which will aim to draw lessons learned that could be harnessed by UNDP, UNIFEM and UNFPA to inform support for similar institutions being established in other regions of the world. The M&E tools described above will inform the conduct of the evaluation. The report of the final review undertaken during the start-up phase will be made available to relevant partners and stakeholders. The lessons learned from the review process will inform revision and finalization of the substantive work plan for the operations of the institute, drawing

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particularly on good practices in the areas of operational, resource mobilization and partnership arrangements.

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Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Expected Outputs Indicators, baselines and targets Means of verificationKnowledge base of information is established to identify, analyze and respond to gaps relating to women’s participation in the field of peace and security in Africa, and to facilitate effective progress monitoring

Indicators:Desk-based reviews and on-site visits to partner institutions in Africa and globally;Number of institutions consulted and number of visits undertaken to regional and global peace and security organizations;Mission reports of Programme Manager from visits to partner institutions; Surveys commissioned to assess training and capacity gaps related to women’s participation in peace negotiations, security sector institutions, African women’s leadership in addressing gender-based violence in conflict and research gaps in the field of gender, peace and security in Africa;Contractual services for 4 consultants undertaking baseline studies;Consultants’ reports on outcome of baseline surveys;Workshop convened to elaborate research gaps on gender, peace and security;Number of researchers participating in expert group meeting;Baseline: There has been little progress in efforts to strengthen the participation of women in conflict mediation processes and in leadership positions within the security sector. No comprehensive survey has been undertaken to date to develop baseline date on women’s participation in conflict mediation, in security institutions engaged in peacekeeping, in assessing existing capacities of African women’s organizations to respond to sexual and gender based violence in conflict, and in research activities on gender, peace and security.Target: Comprehensive baseline survey of ongoing initiatives to support the women, peace and security agenda in Africa undertaken relating to: technically trained male and female conflict mediators and negotiators in Africa; women-led peacemaking initiatives; the situation of women in the military and police services of the 12 leading African countries participating in peacekeeping; available skills and capacities of Africa gender-based violence practitioners, and African researchers specializing in the field of gender, peace and security compiled;Consolidated Directory of baseline information compiled, to provide basis for developing a blueprint of the Women, Peace and Security Institute;Expert group meeting comprising academic researchers and policy practitioners convened to elaborate research gaps and to lay the groundwork for development of a Post-graduate course on Gender, Peace and Security

-Directory of technically trained women and male conflict mediators and negotiators-Analytical report produced to highlight key opportunities for strengthening women’s roles and leadership in security institutions-Findings on capacity assessment of African women’s organizations to address sexual and gender-based violence in conflict-Directory of Africa researchers in the field of gender, peace and security-Outline of post-graduate module on gender peace and security developed

The medium-long-term planning and operational framework to guide the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute is in place

Indicators:Analysis undertaken of baseline survey results;Substantive work plan activities and budget of Women Peace and Security Institute elaborated;Number of activities proposed to guide work plan of Institute;

-A realistic and operational work plan for the first 2 yearsBroad framework with some detailed activities for a 5-year work plan-Operational and management structure model in place for start-up with contingency plans for expansion

Expert review and analysis undertaken on options of organizational models and institutional frameworks; Contractual services for organizational development consultancy; Number of institutional models reviewed and proposed for Institute;Institutional and governance framework elaborated;Number of organizations consulted in drawing up partnership and resource mobilization strategies;Consultations undertaken with regional and global stakeholders to elaborate partnership options Partnership development and resource mobilization framework elaborated; Draft work plan and budge presented to Programme BoardBaseline: A “project-based” has informed support for the women, peace and security agenda in Africa to date. There is no consolidated strategy to respond to the proposed programmatic areas of the Women, Peace and Security Institute.Target: A comprehensive blueprint for establishment of a Women, Peace and Security Institute developedA 2-year detailed work plan and the broader framework for a 5-year operational plan and budget for the Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa developed.Operational and management structures established to facilitate programme implementation

-Modules developed for training and capacity-building activities to be undertaken in Phase 2 of the Institute

Broad-based ownership is established among key stakeholders to collaborate and support the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute, and financial partnerships are mobilised to support implementation of the medium-long-term operations of the Institute

Indicators:Regional consultation to adopt operational planNumber of institutions participating in stakeholders meeting;Partnership visits undertaken to donor countries;Number of donor countries visited;Donor roundtable convened;Amount of pledges received Number of donor institutions participating in donor roundtableNumber of eminent personalities agreeing to serve as patrons for the InstituteNumber of direct advocacy activities undertaken by patronsNumber of institutions linked to website and number of subscribers to knowledge platformBaseline: No platform has been established to foster ownership and endorsement of the proposed Institute by broad-based organizations in the Africa region. No long-term funding strategy is in place to respond to gaps in advancing the women, peace and security agenda in Africa. No knowledge management platform exists to enhance the women, peace and security agenda in AfricaTarget: Operational plan reviewed and adopted by key stakeholders in Africa (women’s organizations, regional organizations and governments) and global partners Resource mobilization strategy implemented during a six-month time-frame and donor commitments secured for first 5 years of operation of the Institute

-Report of regional consultation-Trip reports-Report of donor roundtable-Financial commitments and pledges received-Profile and status accorded to the Institute-Website address

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Website and knowledge platform operationalThe gender programming capacity of KAIPTC is enhanced; and the transitioning of the Women, Peace and Security Institute from the start-up to fully-operational phase is completed

Indicators:Gender Policy in place within KAIPTCPolicy debriefs and training activities of KAIPTC incorporate guidance for implementing mandates on women, peace and securityNumber of women participating in activities of KAIPTCFormal launch event of Women, Peace and Security Institute; Number of organizations and individuals represented at the launch of Institute;Management and administrative procedures adopted by Programme Board;Number of personnel recruited to the Institute after the start-up phase;Full-scale operational phase of Institute initiated;Number of recommendations from evaluation that are used to inform the work plan of the Institute;Number of African institutions participating in the regional campaignNumber and range of campaign tools developedBaseline: KAIPTC has limited capacity to integrate a gender perspective in all its policies and programmes. No institution exists in Africa with a mandate and resources dedicated to strengthening technical skills and addressing training and research gaps to enhance women’s participation in peace processes.Target: KAIPTC assumes leadership role among mainstream African institutions for supporting implementation of women, peace and security mandates. Institutional base for start-up of work of Institute confirmed; Official launch activities for the Peace and Security Institute for Women implemented;Final review conducted of programme outcomes during the preparatory phase and lessons learned from evaluation incorporated in operational work plan; Implementation start-up phase of the Institute initiated;Staffing recruitment initiated to support implementation of work planStart-up public relations and communications strategy implementedRegion-wide campaign on the status of African women in the peace and security sector initiated

- All key policies and programme plans of KAIPTC reflect gender considerations-Percentage of women participating in KAIPTC activities-Official launch ceremony hosted with publicity events-Operational work plan for first years of Institute’s work-Campaign tools and materials developed

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XIII Assumptions and Risks

AssumptionsThe proposed start-up programme for establishment of a Women, Peace and Security Institute is premised on a number of assumptions:

Support will be forthcoming from all key stakeholders (particularly women’s groups and organizations particularly in conflict-affected countries, UN and regional organizations, NGOs and donor partners) for the establishment of the Institute

The objectives and proposed programme areas of the work of the Women Peace and Security Institute will be validated through the start-up process

KAIPTC will host and support the programme as a UNDP-managed initiative The partner institutions identified will be willing to support the programme activities Adequate financial resources will be secured to support the running of the Institute

after the start-up phase, which will facilitate UNDP’s exit strategy.

RisksA number of potential risks to the effective implementation of the programme, and the proposed strategies for averting these risks have been identified below:

The start-up phase will highlight a wider range of programme priority areas than those identified for the Women Peace and Security Institute. To address this potential risk, a partnership strategy, which draws the attention of other institutions and organizations, better-capacitated to address and respond to these broader priorities will be pursued.

Similar programme initiatives to that proposed for the Women, Peace and Security Institute may be underway by other organizations. To address this risk, the start-up phase will place emphasis on elaborating the comparative advantage of the Institute’s work and underline the goal of building synergies and complimentarity with other initiatives in order to enhance overall collective impact.

The proposed programme agenda for the Women, Peace and Security Institute may be too broad and ambitious. In order to address this, linkages and partnership opportunities with other institutions will be explored during the start-up phase to facilitate a more balanced and realistic work programme for the Institute.

Unforeseen delays in implementation of the start-up phase may arise. To address this potential risk, the ongoing monitoring mechanism established to support the programme will provide a means of reviewing programme implementation against established time-lines on a quarterly basis, and thus reviewing and adopting strategies that will help overcome these.

In the event that securing funding for the operations of the Women, Peace and Security Institute after the start-up phase proves to be challenging, the scope of proposed activities of the Institute will be defined in more modest terms and will be implemented as part of ongoing activities of KAIPTC. Specifically, the activities will be mainstreamed into ongoing activities of the research and training divisions of the Centre and into the work of other institutions in Africa.

XIV Preliminary list of organizations to be consulted during the Start-up Phase

All African University

Angie Brooks International Centre for Peace, Monrovia, Liberia

African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), Durban, South Africa

African Great Lakes Initiative, Nairobi, Kenya

Africa Peace Forum, Nairobi, Kenya

African Union (AU), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

African Women’s Leadership Institute, Kampala, Uganda

Angie Brooks International Centre for Women’s Research, Peace and Security

Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa

Centre for Peace Initiatives in Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe

Conciliation Resources (CR), London, United Kingdom

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva, Switzerland

East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania

Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Libreville, Gabon

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Abuja, Nigeria

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Femmes Africa Solidaritè (FAS), Dakar, Senegal

Global Centre for Research on Gender, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, New York, USA

Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Accra Ghana

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti

International Alert (IA), London, United Kingdom

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International Peace Institute (IPI), New York, United States

Joan B Kroc Institute for Peace, San Diego, California, United States

Nairobi Peace Initiative-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York

South African Development Community (SADC), Gaborone, Botswana

Security and Defense Network of Latin America (RESDAL), Buenos Aires, Argentina

University of London, Kings College, London, United Kingdom

University of Peace, San José, Costa Rica

United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), New York, USA

United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA), New York, USA

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), New York, USA

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York, USA

United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW), Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic

United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Dakar Senegal

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), New York, USA Women, Peace and Security Network – Africa (WIPSEN – Africa), Accra, Ghana

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XV. PROGRAMME RESULTS AND RESOURCES FRAMEWORK.

Intended Programme Outcome: Enhanced integration of a gender perspective in peace and security processes in Africa; and enhanced capacity, access and contribution of women to promoting peace and security in Africa.

Applicable MYFF Service Line:Partnership Strategy: NEXProgramme title: Start-up Programme for operation of a Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa.ATLAS Award ID:

START-UP PHASEExpected Outputs

Output Targets for (2009/2010) Indicative Activities Responsible parties

Inputs

1. Knowledge base of information is established to identify, analyze and respond to gaps relating to women’s participation in the field of peace and security in Africa, and to facilitate effective progress monitoring

Indicator: contractual services for 4 consultants undertaking baseline studies; number of institutions consulted and number of visits undertaken to regional and global peace and security organizations; mission reports of Programme Manager from visits to partner institutions; consultants’ reports on outcome of baseline surveys; number of researchers participating in expert group meeting;Baseline: There has been

1.1 Comprehensive baseline survey of ongoing initiatives to support the women, peace and security agenda in Africa undertaken

1.2 Directory compiled of technically trained male and female conflict mediators and negotiators in Africa

1.3 Baseline survey of women-led peacemaking initiatives compiled, and options developed for documentation of women’s experiences

1.4 Baseline study undertaken to analyse the situation of women in the military and police services of the 12 leading African countries participating in peacekeeping

1.5 Baseline survey undertaken to assess the capacities and skills of African women’s organizations to address sexual and other forms of gender-based violence in conflict and post-conflict situations

1.6 Directory of African researchers specializing in the field of gender, peace and security compiled

1.7 Consolidated Directory of baseline information that will provide basis for developing a blueprint of

1.1 Undertake desk-based reviews and on-site visits to mainstream institutes working on peace and security in Africa and globally

1.2 Commission baseline surveys on women’s participation in peace negotiations; on existing research on gender peace and security; on available skills and capacities of African women’s organizations to address gender-based violence in conflict and post-conflict situations; on women-led peacemaking initiatives; and on the situation of women in security institutions in 12 African countries.

1.3 Consolidate and produce a directory of the baseline survey results and disseminate to key stakeholders and partner organizations in Africa

1.4 Convene a week-long expert group meeting for up to 10 participants to elaborate research gaps and to develop the outline of a post-graduate Masters degree course on Gender, Peace and Security in Africa

UN/KAIPTC

Travel to partner institutions in West, East, Central and Southern Africa; travel to partner institutions in Europe and the Americas: $50,000

Consultancy to support baseline studies on women’s participation in peace negotiations, to assess women-led peacemaking initiatives and to assess available institutional skills and capacities for addressing gender-based violence(1 consultant over 3 months, including travel costs): $35,000

3 consultants (over 2 months each) to undertake analysis of the situation of women in the 12 selected countries participating in peacekeeping (4 countries per consultant), including travel costs to the target countries : $80,000

limited progress in strengthening women’s participation in conflict mediation and their leadership roles in the security sector. No comprehensive survey has been undertaken to date to develop baseline date on women’s participation in conflict mediation, in security institutions engaged in peacekeeping, to assess institutional capacities in Africa to address gender-based violence in conflict, and in research activities on gender, peace and security.

the Women, Peace and Security Institute

1.8 Expert group meeting comprising academic researchers and policy practitioners convened to elaborate research gaps and to lay the groundwork for development of a Post-graduate course on Gender, Peace and Security

Publication and dissemination of directory of baseline survey findings, including translation into French: $20,000

Consultant to facilitate expert group meeting to determine policy research priorities. Travel and DSA for 10 participants for expert group meeting; preparation of workshop report: $50,000

Monitoring and Reporting costs: $125.000

Admin/Logistical costs: $25,000

USD 385,000

Expected Outputs Output Targets for 2010 Indicative ActivitiesResponsible parties Inputs

2. The medium-long-term planning and operational framework to guide the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute is in placeIndicator: Contractual services for organizational development consultancy; Number of activities proposed to guide workplan of Institute;Number of organizations consulted in drawing up partnership and resource mobilization strategies; Number of institutional models reviewed and proposed for Institute; Draft work plan and budge presented to Programme BoardBaseline: A “project-based” has informed

2.1 A comprehensive blueprint for operation of a Women, Peace and Security Institute developed

2.2 A 2-year detailed work plan and the broader framework for a 5-year operational plan and budget for the Women, Peace and Security Institute in Africa developed.

2.3 Training modules and resources to guide programme activities after the start-up phase developed

2.4 Operational and management structures established to facilitate programme implementation

2.1 Convene consultative and strategic planning expert meetings to develop the framework and substantive components of the Women, Peace and Security Institute.

2.2 Elaborate institutional framework and budget to support a 2-year work plan and a broader 5-year programme framework to address four key gaps in the women, peace and security agenda in the areas of: conflict mediation, academic and policy research; knowledge management and mentorship; gender sensitive security sector reforms.

2.3 Training consultants recruited to develop modules and resources for use after the start-up phase

2.4 Develop organizational model, an appropriate institutional set-up and governance framework for the Women Peace and Security Institute, drawing on the expertise of specialist consultants

UN/ KAIPTCConsultative workshops and expert group meetings to develop detailed substantive work programme: $50,000

Consultancy costs for organizational development specialists; and for communication specialists (2 experts each for 2-month consultancies), including travel: $30,000

Travel costs to partner institutions in Africa: $30,000

2x Training consultants to develop modules over 3 months including travel: $50,000

Monitoring and Reporting costs: $125,000

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support for the women, peace and security agenda in Africa to date. There is no consolidate strategy to respond to the proposed programmatic areas of the Peace and Security Institute for Women.

2.5 Elaborate a partnership strategy to support the work of the Institute

2.6 Elaborate a public information and communications strategy to facilitate the work of the proposed Institute

2.7 Elaborate a resource mobilization strategy to facilitate the work of the proposed Institute over a 5-year time-frame

Admin/Logistical costs: $25,000

Contractual services $25,000

USD 335,000

Expected Outputs Output Targets for 2011 Indicative ActivitiesResponsible parties Inputs

3. Broad-based ownership is established among key stakeholders to collaborate and support the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute, and financial partnerships are mobilised to support implementation of the medium-long-term operations of the InstituteIndicator: Number of institutions participating in stakeholders meeting; Number of donor countries visited; Number of donor institutions participating in donor roundtable and pledges made. Number of eminent personalities agreeing to serve as patrons for the InstituteNumber of direct advocacy activities undertaken by patrons. Number of institutions linked to website and number of subscribers to knowledge platformBaseline: No platform has been established to foster ownership and

3.1 Operational plan reviewed and adopted by key stakeholders in Africa (women’s organizations, regional organizations and governments) and global partners

3.2 Resource mobilization strategy implemented during a six-month time-frame and financial pledges received for first 5 years of operation of the Institute

3.3 Eminent personalities identified to serve as patrons of Women Peace and Security Institute

3.4 Knowledge management platform established to facilitate knowledge sharing and outreach activities of the Women, Peace and Security Institute

3.1 Convene a regional consultation with key stakeholders and partner organisations to review and adopt the work plan

3.2 Undertake visits to donor institutions to build partnership support for the work of the Institute

3.3 Convene a donor roundtable to mobilize resources to support implementation of programme activities

3.4 Identify and seek consent of six eminent African and global personalities to serve as advocates and supporters for work of Women, Peace and Security Institute. Provide regular written and oral briefs to patrons on developments relating to the work of the Institute

3.5 Establish a knowledge sharing platform and website to support advocacy and outreach activities of the Women, Peace and Security Institute and to facilitate coordination of feedback on the work of the Institute

UN/KAIPTC

Workshop for 30 partners and stakeholders, including travel costs (travel for 20 participants); Workshop facilitation costs; workshop materials and workshop report:$80,000

Travel costs to donor institutions in Europe, North America and within Africa: $40,000

Donor roundtable for 25 donor partners; Travel costs for 6 African women peacemakers to attend donor roundtable, and travel of Programme Board members; preparation of documentation: $50,000

Technical inputs for knowledge platform and website: $35,000

Monitoring and Reporting Costs: $125,000

Admin/Logistical costs including materials for workshop: $25,000

USD 355,000

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endorsement of the proposed Institute by broad-based organizations in the Africa region. No long-term funding strategy is in place to respond to gaps in advancing the women, peace and security agenda in Africa. No African knowledge management platform exists to enhance women, peace and security agenda

Expected Outputs Output Targets for 2011 Indicative ActivitiesResponsible parties Inputs

4. The gender programming capacity of KAIPTC is enhanced; and the transitioning of the Women, Peace and Security Institute from the start-up to fully-operational phase is completedIndicator: Gender policy in place in KAIPTCPolicy debriefs and training activities of KAIPTC incorporate guidance for implementing mandates on women, peace and securityNumber of women participating in activities of KAIPTCNumber of organizations and individuals represented at the launch of Institute; Number of personnel recruited to the Institute at the start-up phase; Number of recommendations from evaluation that are used to inform the work plan of

4.1Gender programming capacity of KAIPTC enhanced

4.2 Official launch activities for the Women, Peace and Security Institute implemented

4.3 Final review conducted of programme outcomes during the start-up phase and lessons learned from evaluation incorporated in operational work plan

4.4 Initiation of full-scale operational phase of the Institute, including adoption of partnership agreements

4.5 Staffing recruitment initiated to support implementation of work plan

4.6 Start-up public relations and communications strategy implemented

4.7 Wide-scale regional advocacy campaign initiated as part of transitioning from start-up phase to Phase II of the Institute

4.1Provide ongoing technical advice and support to inform policies and programming activities of KAIPTC, including providing inputs into training and policy debriefs of senior level uniformed personnel

4.2 Convene an official launch event for up to 50 stakeholders and partners at the permanent premises of the Women, Peace and Security Institute

4.3 Prepare a lessons learned report and Incorporate lessons learned of final programme review into work plan activities of the Peace and Security Institute

4.4 Initiate implementation of management, administrative and personnel procedures to guide the operations of the Institute

4.5 Initiate implementation of substantive work plan for the first two years of the operations of the Institute with a focus on: capacity-building and training activities to enhance women’s leadership in different aspects of the peace and security agenda; facilitating and convening policy discussions on gender, peace and security; documenting and maintaining a knowledge base of practical contributions of women to enhancing peace processes; and supporting the

UN/ KAIPTC Official launch ceremony: $60,000

Evaluation consultancy costs: $35,000

Contractual services: $20,000

Establishment of resource library and database of partners to facilitate start-up of institute: $20,000

Admin/ Logistical costs: $25,000

Outreach activities and development of publicity materials: $30,000

Campaign materials and tools:$50,000

Monitoring and reporting costs: $125,000

USD $365,000

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the Institute; Adoption of the management and administrative procedures by Programme BoardNumber of African institutions participating in the regional campaignNumber and range of campaign tools developedBaseline: KAIPTC has limited capacity to integrate a gender perspective in all its policies and programmes No institution exists in Africa with a mandate and resources dedicated to strengthening technical skills and addressing training and research gaps to enhance women’s participation in peace processes.

mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the work of mainstream peace and security institutions in Africa.

4.6Develop and disseminate publicity materials to support the launch of the Institute

4.7 Develop brochures, advocacy tools and educational materials on the status of women’s participation in the peace and security sector in Africa

Sub-total 1,355,000General Management Service (7% of sub-total) 100,800

GRAND TOTALUSD 1,540,800

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Annual Work Plan Year: 2010

EXPECTED OUTPUTS PLANNED ACTIVITIESList activity results and associated

actions

TIMEFRAMERESPONSIBLE

PARTY

PLANNED BUDGET

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Funding Source Budget Description Amount

Output 1Knowledge base of information is established to identify, analyze and respond to gaps relating to women’s participation in the field of peace and security in Africa, and to facilitate effective progress

1.1 Undertake desk-based reviews and on-site visits to mainstream institutes working on peace and security in Africa and globally

X UN/KAIPTC Travel costs15,000

1.2 Commission baseline surveys on women’s participation in peace negotiations; on the situation of women in security institutions in 12 African countries; on skills and institutional capacities available in Africa to respond to sexual and other forms of gender-based violence in conflict; on existing research on gender peace and security; and on women-led peacemaking initiatives.

X UN/KAIPTC

Consultancy Costs:1 x 3 month consultancy including travel baseline survey on women’s participation in peace negotiations, women-led peace initiatives, and skills and capacities to address gender-based violence in conflict

3 Consultants (over 2 months each) to analyse the situation of women in the 12 leading countries participating in peacekeeping (4 countries per consultant), including travel costs

Publication translation and dissemination of baseline surveys

Monitoring/Reporting

15,000

20,000

125,000TOTAL 175,000

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Annual Work Plan Year: 2010

EXPECTED OUTPUTS PLANNED ACTIVITIESList activity results and associated

actions

TIMEFRAMERESPONSIBLE

PARTY

PLANNED BUDGET

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Funding Source Budget Description Amount

Output 1Knowledge base of information is established to identify, analyze and respond to gaps relating to women’s participation in the field of peace and security in Africa, and to facilitate effective progress

1.1 Undertake desk-based reviews and on-site visits to mainstream institutes working on peace and security in Africa and globally

x x X UN/KAIPTC Travel Costs 35,000

1.2 Commission baseline surveys on women’s participation in peace negotiations; on the situation of women in security institutions in 12 African countries; on skills and institutional capacities available in Africa to respond to sexual and other forms of gender-based violence in conflict;on existing research on gender peace and security; and on women-led peacemaking initiatives;

x X UN/KAIPTC Consultancy Costs:1 x 3 month consultancy including travel baseline survey on women’s participation in peace negotiations, women-led peace initiatives, and skills and capacities to address gender-based violence in conflict

3 Consultants (over 2 months each) to analyse the situation of women in the 12 leading countries participating in peacekeeping (4 countries per consultant), including travel costs to the target countries

Publication and dissemination of baseline surveys, including translation into French

20,000

60,000

20,000

1.3 Convene a week-long expert group meeting for up to 10 participants to elaborate research gaps and to develop the outline of a post-graduate Masters degree course on Gender, Peace and Security in Africa

X UN/KAIPTC

Travel and DSA for 10-12 participants. Workshop facilitation costs

Monitoring/Reporting

Admin/Logistical costs

50,000

125,00

25,000

Output 2The medium-long-term planning and operational framework to guide the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute is in place

2.1 Elaborate substantive activities, an institutional framework and budget to support a 2-year work plan and a broader 5-year programme framework to address four key gaps in the women, peace and security agenda in the areas of: conflict mediation, academic and policy research; knowledge management and mentorship; gender sensitive security sector reforms.

x x UN/KAIPTC

Consultative workshops and expert group meetings

Consultancy costs for organisational development specialist and communications specialist

50,000

30,000

2.2 Develop organizational model, an appropriate institutional set-up and governance framework for the Women Peace and Security Institute, drawing on the expertise of specialist consultants

x x UN/KAIPTC Travel costs to partner institutions

30,000

2.3 Elaborate training modules and tools to support programme activities of the Institute after the start-up phase

x x UN/KAIPTC Consultancy costs50,000

2.4 Elaborate a partnership strategy to support the work of the Institute

x x UN/KAIPTC Contractual services10,000

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2.4 Elaborate a public information and communications strategy to facilitate the work of the proposed Institute

x x UN/KAIPTC Contractual services15,000

2.5 Elaborate a resource mobilization strategy to facilitate the work of the proposed Institute over a 5-year time-frame

x UN/KAIPTCMonitoring/Reporting

Admin/Logistical costs125,000

25,000

TOTAL 670,000

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Annual Work Plan Year: 2011

EXPECTED OUTPUTS PLANNED ACTIVITIESList activity results and associated

actions

TIMEFRAMERESPONSIBLE

PARTY

PLANNED BUDGET

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Funding Source Budget Description Amount

Output 1Broad-based ownership is established among key stakeholders to collaborate and support the work of the Women, Peace and Security Institute, and financial partnerships are mobilised to support implementation of the medium-long-term operations of the Institute

1.1Convene a regional consultation with key stakeholders and partners to review and adopt the work plan

x UN/KAIPTC

Workshop for 30 participants including travel and workshop facilitation costs

80,000

1.2 Undertake visits to donor institutions to build partnership support for the work of the Institute

x x x UN/KAIPTC Travel costs to donor institutions

40,000

1.3 Convene a donor roundtable to mobilize resources to support implementation of programme activities

x UN/KAIPTC

Travel costs for African women participants and Programme Board members to attend donor roundtable

50,000

Identify and seek the consent of six eminent African and global personalities to serve as advocates and supporters for work of Women, Peace and Security Institute. Provide regular written and oral briefs to patrons on developments relating to the work of the Institute

x x UN/KAIPTC Admin/Logistical costs 25,000

1.4 Establish a knowledge sharing platform and website to support advocacy and outreach activities of the Women, Peace and Security Institute and to facilitate coordination of feedback on the work of the Institute

x x UN/KAIPTC

Technical inputs to support establishment of knowledge platform and website

35,000

Output 2The gender programming capacity of KAIPTC is enhanced; and the transitioning of the Women, Peace and Security Institute from the start-up to fully-operational phase is completed

Provide ongoing technical advice and support to inform policies and programming activities of KAIPTC, including providing inputs into training and policy debriefs of senior level uniformed personnel

x x x UN/KAIPTC Monitoring and reporting costs

125,000

2.1 Convene an official launch event for up to 50 stakeholders and partners at the permanent premises of the Peace and Security Institute for Women

x UN/KAIPTC Event materials, travel and transportation costs

60,000

2.2 Prepare and disseminate a lessons learned report and Incorporate lessons learned of final programme review into work plan activities of the Women, Peace and Security Institute

x UN/KAIPTC

Evaluation Consultancy costs

Admin/Logistical costs

35,000

25,000

2.3 Initiate implementation of management, administrative and personnel procedures to guide the operations of the Institute, including finance plan

x UN/KAIPTC Contractual services 20,000

2.4 Initiate implementation of substantive work plan for the first two years of the operations of the Institute

x UN/KAIPTC

Establishment of resource library and database of partners to facilitate work of Institute after the start-up phase

20,000

2.5 Develop and disseminate publicity materials to support the launch of the Institute

x UN/KAIPTCOutreach activities and development of publicity materials

30,000

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2.5 Develop brochures, advocacy tools and educational materials on the status of women’s participation in the peace and security sector in Africa

x UN/KAIPTCPrinting and audio-visual materials and campaign materials

50,000

TOTAL 595,000Programme Sub-Total 1440,000General Management Service (7% of Programme sub-total)

100,800

Grand Total (2009-2011) 1,540,800

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