ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Making a difference

Regional Meeting for Gender Focal Points22-25 February 2010

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Presentation Outline

• Background• Basic Principles• Operational

Objectives• Results Framework

Background

• Plan of Action 2003-2006• Targeting Policy 2006• Gender Framework 2007-

2010• Gender Strategy 2011

(expected)

Purpose of Gender Framework

• Reiterate core principles

• Confirm attention to gender issues

• Establish basic parameters and indicators to monitor IFAD progress

Basic Principles

– Increase women’s economic empowerment through access and control over assets;

– Increase women’s decision-making role in community affairs and local institutions

– Increase access to services and infrastructure to improve knowledge, well-being; and decrease workload

Increase control over assets

Increase decision making role

Increase Access to Services

Operational Objectives

• COSOPs integrate gender concerns

• Project designs integrate gender concerns

• Project implementation ensures gender equal participation and benefits

• Supervision and implementation support attends to gender mainstreaming/empowerment

• Project completion reports attend to gender mainstreaming/women’s empowerment

Responsibilities

– Vice President Operations– Division Director, Asia and the Pacific– Division Director, Technical Division– Technical Advisors, Targeting and Gender– Country Programme Management Team – Borrower– Project Management Team

Everyone ; - )

Results Framework

GOAL LEVEL% of Projects rated satisfactory or better for impact on gender equality

OBJECTIVE LEVEL% of Satisfactory or better scores for gender focus in: Country Strategies, Design, Implementation, Supervision, Completion Reports