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UNDAF PRIORITY WORKING GROUP 5
HUMAN CAPITAL
4 December 2011
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National Development Plan Vision
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Create opportunities for the development and enabling
women to expand choices and build their capacities.
Empower young people and help them overcome the
social challenges and enable them to actively
participate in building a free and civilized society under
the rule of law and institutions on the basis of freedom
and dignity as Iraqi citizens.
Empower vulnerable groups and provide them with
alternative opportunities to be able to integrate into the
community and provide the necessary care to help
them to play positive roles in the development process.
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UNDAF Priority Area 5 Outcomes :
Investment in human capital and empowerment of
women, youth and children
Outcome 1: The Iraqi state has improved knowledge, attitudes and
practices regarding the roles and rights of women, youth and children
in line with international conventions, the Iraqi constitution and
legislation
Outcome 2: Women and young people actively participate in political,
social and economic development processes in Iraq
Outcome 3: Government of Iraq has institutionalized policies,
strategies, plans and budgets responsive to gender, youth and
children at national and sub-national levels
Outcome 4: The Iraqi state has institutionalized participatory
evidence-based monitoring and reporting mechanisms involving
women, youth and children at national and sub-national levels
Outcome 5: The Iraqi State has institutionalized preventive and
protective mechanisms to combat gender-based violence
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Human Capital PWG Co-Chairs and
Members
Government Co-Chairs:
• Ministry of Labour and Social
Affairs
• Ministry of Youth and Sports
Government Members: State Ministry for
Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Human Rights,
State Ministry of Women Affairs, Ministry of
Planning, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of
Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Ministry of
Health, Human Rights Council, Childhood Council,
KRG Ministry of Planning, KRG Ministry of Labour
and Social Affairs
UN Co-Chairs:
• UN-WOMEN
• UNICEF
UN Members: UNDP, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA,
UNICEF, UN WOMEN, ILO, IOM, WHO, FAO
NGO Members
To be identified
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Key Achievements During 2011
• Advocacy campaigns on gender mainstreaming and
Improved
human rights launched focusing on the importance of
knowledge,
education especially for girls’ & women and
attitudes and
empowerment of local communities
practices
• Report on Iraq Knowledge Network survey including
gender disaggregated data
• Violence Against Children report completed
• National Strategy for the Advancement of Women in Iraq
in progress
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Key Achievements During 2011 … cont’d
• Journalists & academics trained on human
Active
protection)
participation
political,
social and
• Capacity building and consultations activities
economic
Community leaders, families, teachers, and
development
educators are better able to promote utilization of
processes
friendly health services
rights
with
peer
youth
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Key Achievements During 2011 …cont’d
Institutionalize
d policies,
strategies,
plans and
budgets
responsive to
gender, youth
and children
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• National strategy on Combating VAW, developed, led by GoI, CSOs,
religious leaders and councils
• Regional guidelines on physical activity adapted to national needs and
priorities completed
• Family protection law drafted
• Process Participatory Child Protection Policy in progress to be
completed in 2012; Child Protection Law draft completed and
Parliamentarian committees in place
• Education Strategy under progress and officially endorsed by MoE;
Continued strengthening of the Education Management Information
System (EMIS)
• First draft of the National Nutrition Strategy
• Reproductive Health / MCH strategy drafted and reviewed
• The Iraqi international CODE for breast milk substitute drafted and
submitted for endorsement by MOH.
• Several Governorate Water & Sanitation, Waste Master Plans
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completed; functional review of Water & Sanitation Sector completed.
Key Achievements During 2011 …cont’d
Institutionali • Government Analysis Team for Children issues with an
Equity focused established (GoI, Academia and CSO
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endorsed organization, structure and function)
participatory
evidence• Children Multidimensional Analysis framework completed
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and reviewed by national, regional and international
monitoring
experts.
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reporting
mechanisms • Iraq 2011 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, round 4
(MICS4) completed data collection and processing and
preliminary findings to be launched at the end of this year.
• Work in progress towards a data collection system on VAW
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Key Achievements During 2011 …cont’d
Institutional • Number of secondary school teachers trained on
providing life and social skills including harmful effect of
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VAW on families and women.
preventive
• 467 beneficiaries have received training and toolkits for
and
start-up of micro-enterprises of which 248 youth have
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received skills training (evaluation on how many have
mechanism
started business or achieved employment has not yet
s to combat
started)
gender• 24 small enterprises are being supported through
based
rehabilitation and provision of equipment.
violence
• Media campaigns addressing gender based violence
(GBV).
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Programmatic & Operational Considerations
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Need for increased engagement from UN agencies in work
of PWG
Youth sub-PWG to be established
On-going security challenges limit access to counterparts
and information, and increase cost of programme delivery
Resource mobilization
Field monitoring especially in Centre and South
Programmatic and Operational
Considerations … Cont’d
GoI
• More government engagement in work of PWG and
at programme level, including line ministries
• Intra-ministerial communication and coordination
Donor
• Donor engagement and coordination
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HUMAN CAPITAL PRIORITY AREA
FUNDING STATUS
Human Capital Priority Area is 37.72% funded
• Funds Requested for (2011-2014): $98.22 million
• Funds Available as of 30 September 2011:$ 37.05million
• Remaining Balance to be mobilized:$61.17 million
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THANK YOU
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