Gender Mainstreaming - Building capacities for development

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Gender Mainstreaming - Building capacities for
development

• Marta Rawluszko
• UNDP CO Poland

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Background

• European Social Fund and Community Initiative
  EQUAL provided 178,5 mln EUR on social inclusion
  and labour market,
• Projects carried out by groups of various
  institutions working together for the same goal,
• Project promoters offered with significant
  training that lacks GM part,
• GM is an obligatory element of all EU funded
  projects, EU GM manuals based on UNDP materials.

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UNDP role

• Propose the idea of delivering GM training for
  EQUAL projects,
• Support the government in preparing GM training
  model for project makers and thus enhance EU
  funds spending,
• Provide knowledge and expertise in GM, propose
  training methodology,
• Link the government with womens NGOs which have
  GM expertise and training experience,
• Provide ongoing support in GM related issues.

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Project activities

• In-depth analysis of EQUAL projects/gender
  dimension,
• Bulding up a training model on GM and PMC 2 days
  workshop agenda training materials,
• Providing 2 three-days ToT on GM building a GM
  facilitators network,
• GM workshops were carried out with the whole
  project team (no more than 20 participtants) in
  the place of project delivery.

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Results

• Training model on GM and PMC tailored to the
  needs of project makers,
• Facilitators network of 30 people specialised in
  GM education,
• 94 project teams from all over Poland were
  provided with 2 days GM training 600
  institutions around 1500 people,
• UNDPs Gender Mainstreaming in Practice a
  Handbook translated into Polish and disseminated
  in 2 000 copies.

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Future perspectives

• Preparing 4 training models to ensure GM
  implementation at programmes and projects levels
  (project makers, project evaluators, implementing
  agencies, regional institutions),
• Carrying out 12 testing workshops, preparing
  comprehensive training materials and tools on GM,
• Additional print of UNDP GM Handbook,
• UNDP report on Gender Mainstreaming in Poland
  2007 printed and disseminated.

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• Thank you for your attention!
• Marta Rawluszko
• UNDP CO Poland
• marta.rawluszko_at_undp.org