Transcript Aligning National Action Plans to the SADC Protocol on

Second row L-R, second, Standing and holding the 2012 SADC Protocol Barometer is the Minister of
Gender and Child Development, Hon. Inonge Wina (MP) and participants displaying their Certificates.
Photo: Courtesy of Joy Chasha, Ministry of Gender and Child Development.
Aligning National Action Plans to the SADC Protocol on Gender and
Development and Costing Implementation
11-14 June, 2013
Case Study
Republic of Zambia
Ministry of Gender and Child Development
Process/Experiences/Lessons
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1. Buy In
2.Baseline
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Appointments (Formal Communication)
Meetings at MGCD (PS)
Sharing of the Agenda
Team (GLs and Local Consultant).
Opening doors, renewing commitments
• Data Sources- MGCD, MoF, Central Statistics
• Limited Baseline data
• Challenges- Access, validity of sources, relevance (old data), openness),
Review process.
• Building on whom we know from inside
• GLs
3. Review of • Link with the Local Consultant (Communication)
Policy
• Late start- Affected rest of process (Time Management)
• Participants: Line Ministries (Planner, Accountant, GFPs), CSOs, Media
• Director opened workshop
• Overview of process: Mapped process, Concept of Partnership
4. Inception Meeting • Review of existing Gender Policy (2000) and Action Plan against SADC Gender and
with GFP
Development Protocol
• Barometer Presentation by national researcher (Gap Analysis)
• Recommended framework structure for National Gender Action Plan
• Agreeing on Clustering system; Group Work; Home Work (Line Ministries), Courtesy
Call to MoFN- Call Circular Engendered .
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• Refining the
5. Framework and
Clustering
6. Planning and
Costing
Workshop
process: Communication/coordination
• Reviews /Sixth National Development Plan
• MoF; Budget: Activity Based Budgeting
• Contextualizing = enhancing relevance and ownership
• GLs and Local Consultant: Link with the Ministry to carry process forward from
Inception Meeting
• Money with Key Line Ministries (Looking from within)
• Internal Ministry Dynamics- Key actors- PS, Assigned Staff
• Linking with Line Ministries/Support from Ministry/Protocol Alliance (WLSA)
• Learning while doing/sharing/empathy: Capacity building (on the job)
• Empowerment: Line Ministries, MGCD, CSOs
• Positioning: Knowing when to move, pause, run, shout, push, smile, demand,
• SADC/GIZ/GLs/WLSA (Strategic Linkages), importance
• Communication : Updates, Dealing with Challenges-Local, GLs, MGCD, SADC, GIZ
7.Backstopping
• Process (Whose processes?)
• Determination; synergy building- desire to catch up• Participants: Line Ministries (Planner, Accountant, GFPs)
• Relevance of Data in context of various plans and activities by MGCD
• Need for Harmonization, ownership
• GLs—Minister Engagement
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• Refining the
8. Validation
9. Reporting
process-Synthesis, harmonization (Line Ministries, GFP,
MGCD, CSOs)
• Communication, openness, Transparency
• Other plans and Activities (Adhoc/Parallel)
• Effect of Launch: Regional and Zambia Barometer, 2012 (Climax)Minister of Gender- Declared Commitment- Ratification.
• Participation challenges; compromise- extension of process to 2013
• Adherence to agreed time frames
• Debriefing with PS – Good will of PS.
• GLs and Local Consultant
• Link with the Ministry to carry process forward: Ministry assigned its staff to
work with GLs/Local Consultant to finalize plan
• SADC/GIZ/GLs
• Way forward: Fundraising: Coordination, multi-sectoral (Line Ministries),
• Launch of the Costed Activity Plan- necessary- Pushing for accelerated
implementation
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Lessons/Practices
Strategic Partnerships
GRB: Baselines, Planning processes
Alliances- MGCD, Line Ministries, CSOs, Media
Localizing frameworks: Use of the national planning
frameworks
Build on the positives; also challenges eg. Capacity
(Action oriented), leaning by doing.
Ownership-Ministry of Gender and Child Development
Patience, Passion, Commitment
Communication- Pushing, negotiating
Lobbying: within MGCD, Line Ministries, CSOs, GLs,
SADC .