Updated Gender & Development (GAD)

Requirements for
C
Country P
Partnership
hi SStrategy and
d
Project Documents

Irish--Fe Aguilar
Irish
GS Annual Consultation Workshop
26 October 2010
ADB HQ, Manila

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 Two Sources of Updates
1. Streamlined Business Processes
• Affects both CPS and project documents
• “Shorter preparation and fewer pages”
• “Peer
Peer review”
review process introduce
2. Updated Guidelines for Gender Mainstreaming
Categories
g of ADB Projects
j (February
( y 2010))
• Interdepartmental Technical Working Group (TWG)
on Gender prepared one in 2009
• Much more clarity provided for
f GEN and EGM, and
the difference between EGM and SGB
 COUNTRY
PARTNERSHIP
STRATEGY (CPS)
GAD Requirements: CPS (1)
• Main text
– Analysis
y
ƒ Better to have some gender analysis (not a requirement)
– ADB Country Strategy
ƒ Gender equity included as one of the main elements of ADB
ADB’ss
strategic thrust

• Appendix 1 – Results Framework

– Results Framework
ƒ Link government goals to gender equity
ƒ Include gender indicators/targets in sector outcomes
ƒ Indicate % of GEN + EGM projects for future
GAD Requirements: CPS (2)
• Linked documents
– Gender
G d A Analysis
l i
ƒ Mandatory requirement in CPS.
ƒ Should not exceed 4 pages.
pages
ƒ Tip: Should cover gender analysis AND gender
strategy
gy as well.
– Sector Assessment and Road Map
ƒ Highlight
g g gender
g issues, constraints, challenges,
g
opportunities in each of the Sector Road Map.
Country Operations Business Plan
(COBP)
(CO )
• COBP
– ‘GEN/EGM’ projects required to be indicated in
the indicative assistance pipeline
(note: 40% target for ADB and 50% target
f ADF)
for ADF).
LOAN AND ADF GRANT
PROJECT DOCUMENTS
 Project Concept Paper (1)
• Main text – Due Diligence Section
– Highlight
g g potential
p to address gender
g equity
q y and
women’s empowerment
– Note requirements for projects categorized as
GEN/EGM (e.g., “gender analysis will be conducted,
GAP will
ill b
be prepared,
d andd baseline
b li for f gender
d targets
will be collected”…)
• Appendix
pp 1 – Basic Project
j Information
– Thematic Classification:
Classification: Mention “Gender Equity”
only if it is GEN
– Gender Mainstreaming Category:
Category: GEN, EGM.
SGB, NGE
• Appendix 3 – Preliminary DMF
– Note requirements for projects categorized as
GEN/EGM
 Project Concept Paper (2)
• Appendix 4 – IPSA
– Required for all ADB projects and programs
– Initial gender assessment informs gender and
development section of the IPSA, to be further
d
developed
l d after
ft gender
d analysis
l i have
h been
b conducted
d t d
• Appendix 5 - PPTA
– Include preparatory activities needed for the conduct
of gender analysis, prepare GAP, develop gender-
gender-
responsive project designs and targets
– Include gender specialist in Consulting Services
Report and Recommendations of
the President (RRP) (1)
• Project at a glance
– Gender
G d category
t (if GEN
GEN, th
then ThThematic
ti Cl
Classification
ifi ti
section needs to be also filled)
• Main text – Project and TA (Output section)
– Feature gender-
gender-responsive outcome (if GEN) and
project design features in corresponding output
(informed by gender analysis)
• Main text – Due Diligence
– Poverty and social: explain in detail how the project
brings
b gs about aspired
asp ed gender
ge de equa
equality
ty or
o women
o e
empowerment outcome, outputs, and results
(mandatory for GEN/EGM projects)
– Describe g
gender elements of other social impacts
p –
HIV/AIDS, Human Trafficking, labor impacts)
 RRP (2)

• Appendix 1 – DMF
– Note requirements for projects categorized as
GEN/EGM
• Linked Documents
– SPRSS ((mandatory):
y) gender
g analysis
y informs
gender and development section of SPRSS
– GAP: mandatory for projects categorized as
GEN/EGM. Should not exceed two pages.
 RRP (3)

• Loan / Project Agreement:

Agreement:
- Should
Sh ld include
i l d implementation
i l t ti off gender
d
action plan
- gender design/measures included

To ensure that women benefit equally from the Project and

i t
interventions
ti avoid
id gender
d bias,
bi theth Borrower
B shall,
h ll and d shall
h ll
procure that the Wholesale Banks and Participating MFIs, comply
with and implement the GAP in accordance with its terms, shall
allocate adequate resources for such implementation, and shall
monitor
it and d reportt to
t ADB on kkey gender
d outcome
t and
d output
t t
targets in accordance with the project performance and monitoring
system described in the PAM (PPMS). (BAN Crop Diversification
Project II)
 RRP (4)
• Loan / Project Agreement:
Agreement:
Gender Action Plan and the Ethnic Groups Development Plan
The Recipient through MOE shall ensure that the agreed Gender Action Plan
and the Ethnic Groups Development Plan are fully implemented and budgeted
for and that all Project activities are designed and implemented in accordance
with ADB’s Policy on Gender and Development (1998) and the Safeguard
Policy Statement (2009). In particular, the Recipient through MOE shall ensure
that: (a) the female enrolment in Project Institutions shall be (i) twenty percent
(20%) ini th
the P
Priority
i it Skill A
Areas with
ith llow ffemale
l representation,
t ti namelyl (A)
construction and building trades, (B) mechanical and machinery maintenance
and repair, and (C) furniture-making, and (ii) forty percent (40%) in basic
business; (b) ensure that at least twenty five (25%) of the voucher beneficiaries
provided under the Project and fifty percent (50%) of the dormitory rooms
constructed under the Project shall be reserved for female students; (c) at least
twenty percent (20%) of the teachers and at least forty percent (40%) of the
students to be trained by private firms through the specialist training program
under the Project shall be female; (d) at least fifty percent (50%) of the
students
t d t to t be
b trained
t i db by privately
i t l owned d TVET iinstitutions
tit ti th
through
h th
the generall
training program under the Project shall be female; (e) the ethnic groups
enrolment in Project Institutions at the certificate and diploma levels in the
Priority Skill Areas shall be at least twenty percent (20%); and (f) all monitoring
and evaluation data is disaggregated by sex and ethnicity
ethnicity. (LAO:
Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project)
Project Administration Manual (1)
• Section II.B Overall Project Implementation Plan
- GAP key activities should be included
• Section III – Project Management Arrangement
– Indicate relevant implementation organization or
social development gender-
gender-related structure
responsible for GAP
• Section VI – Procurement and Consulting
Services
– Should include gender/social development
specialists
Project Administration Manual (2)
• Section VIII – Gender and Social Dimensions
– With reference to the SPRSS, describe how the GAP
will
ill be
b implemented
i l t d (i.e.
(i whoh isi responsible,
ibl what
h t
resources are required) and include GAP in the
main text

• Section IXB – Gender and Social Dimensions Monitoring

– Describe how the g gender and social dimensions will
be monitored
– Monitoring of GAP and other provisions is required
during
g project
p j implementation
p
„ Note: for program loans, the development policy letter
and policy matrix should include gender measures.
Th k you.
Thank