Initiatives of gender budgeting in Lithuania

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Initiatives of gender budgeting in Lithuania

• Indre Mackeviciute
• Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman

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Implementation of the gender equality principle

• Law on Equal Opportunities of Women and Men
  (1998)
• Gender equality machinery
• Parliamentary level
• Governmental level
• Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsman

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Gender budgeting initiatives in Lithuania
1. Assess the impact of government expenditures and revenues on the economic and social position of men and women, boys and girls / -
2. Develop strategies that will bring about a gender sensitive allocation of resources / -
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1. Methodology for Impact Assessment of Draft
Decisions (2003)

• Requirement to assess the impact of decision to
  equal opportunities of women and men in the
  employment market
• Lack of specific gender indicators
• Lack of assessment of results in the form of
  outputs and outcomes

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2. Active measures

• National Programme on Equal Opportunities of
  Women and Men for 2003-2004
• Other national programmes
• Projects

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National Programme on Equal Opportunities Of
Women and Men for 2003-2004

• Purpose
• Setting equal opportunities of women and men in
  practise
• Action Plan
• Coordinating institution
• Inter-Ministerial Commission of Equal
  Opportunities of Women and Men
• Ministry of Social Protection and Labour
• Areas covered
• employment, education, politics and
  decision-making, human rights, violence against
  and trafficking in women, health, environmental
  protection

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Budget of the Program

• 727 thousand Litas (approx. 211 thousand EUR) for
  the years 2003-2004
• approx. 0,0013 of the GDP
• Allocated to the ministries from the state
  budget, other sources

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Other national programs

• National Action Plan for the Promotion and
  Protection of Human Rights in the Republic of
  Lithuania
• National Action Plan on Reducing Social Exclusion
  and Increasing Social Inclusion for 2004-2006
• Program of the Republic of Lithuania for
  Increasing Employment in 2001-2004
• National Action Plan on Employment

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Gender equality in local administrations

• The project financed by SIDA and Open Lithuania
  Foundation in Lithuania
• 2 pilot municipalities in Lithuania
• Coordinator
• Sweden SALA IDA
• Lithuania Office of the Equal Opportunities
  Ombudsperson

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3R method
3R method 1. Representation 2. Resources 3. Realia
Representation - Who ? Decision-makers Personnel, managers Users
Resources What? Time Room Money
Realia Terms? Norms and values
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3R researches done by the Siauliai municipality

• The performance evaluation of civil servants in
  Siauliai municipality
• Advice provided by the employees of
  administration of Siauliai municipality regarding
  matters of child care
• Resources provided to the clients in the field of
  social services
• Opportunities of women and men to get equal
  resources of health care in the municipality of
  Siauliai

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3R investigations done by Palanga municipality

• Impact of smoking prevention program on boys and
  girls
• Collecting statistical data in Klaipeda district

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Gender equality is a guarantee of womens career
in education, science and decision-making

• Financed by UNESCO
• Seminars on gender budgeting to county
  representatives (civil servants)

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