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UNDAF PRIORITY WORKING GROUP 5 HUMAN CAPITAL 4 December 2011 1 National Development Plan Vision • • • 2 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. 2 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 3 3 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 4 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 5 5 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 6 6 Key Achievements During 2011 …cont’d Institutionalize d policies, strategies, plans and budgets responsive to gender, youth and children 7 • 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 7 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 zed endorsed organization, structure and function) participatory evidence• Children Multidimensional Analysis framework completed based and reviewed by national, regional and international monitoring experts. and 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 8 8 Key Achievements During 2011 …cont’d Institutional • Number of secondary school teachers trained on providing life and social skills including harmful effect of ized 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 protective 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). 9 9 9 Programmatic & Operational Considerations UN • • • • • • • 10 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 11 11 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 12 THANK YOU 13 13