Management Response

: South Sudan
: 2022 - 2022 , South Sudan (CO)
: “Promoting Resilience, Self-Reliance And Social Cohesion Among Displaced Populations And Host Communities With Focus On Women And Girls In South Sudan and Mali”
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: South Sudan
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Yes, management agrees with the main findings and would incorporate the recommendations in future programming
: Approved
Recommendation: All UN Women projects should start with baseline studies, contextual analysis and needs assessments, to ensure there is a firm basis for the project. The project design should clearly set out assumptions and risks.
Management Response: Conduct baseline study covering all thematic areas of UN Women
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Evidence, Data and statistics
Organizational Priorities: Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Impact
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
UN Women will institutionalize undertaking comprehensive baseline studies for all thematic areas as basis for subsequent evaluations Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Specialist 2023/12 Overdue-Initiated
Recommendation: b. Linking Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLAs) to micro finance institutions and linking local small businesses and smallholder agriculture.
Management Response: In the new strategic note this has been incorporated and action to operationalize connection of VSLAs to financial institutions for sustainability will be part of the AWPs
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, National ownership
Organizational Priorities: Humanitarian action
UNEG Criteria: Sustainability
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
UN Women is formalizing partnership with Alpha Bank and Stanbic Bank to help the existing VSLAs to be linked to formal financial institutions Women's Economic Empowerment Specialist 2023/12 Overdue-Initiated
Recommendation: The UN Women South Sudan should consider: a. Empowering local leaders to enlighten their communities; b. More focus on strengthening functional literacy and numeracy, business management and entrepreneurship, and raising agricultural productivity through new technologies; c. strengthening and broadening awareness raising on GBV needs and support to referral pathways; and d. Strengthening capacities of the police and judicial systems
Management Response: The above recommendations are part of UN Women's work in South Sudan - as detailed in the Strategic Note, and contribute to building local and grassroots capacities to empower women and girls; the CO strategic interventions under WEE focus on functional literacy, numeracy and business management skills, the EVAW interventions also focus on prevention awareness raising on GBV, strengthening referal pathways and enhancing the capacities of police and judicial institutions to be more responsive to GBV cases
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Management Response Category: Partially Accepted
Thematic Area: Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Promoting inclusiveness/Leaving no one behind, Internal coordination and communication
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Climate change, Engaging men and boys
UNEG Criteria: Gender equality
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Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Strengthen interventions to enhance local capacity to promote gender equality and women empowerment: a. Capacity strengthening of local leaders, male champions, religious leaders and grassroots peacebuilders b. Strengthen capacity of women in numeracy, literacy, entrepreneurship and climate smart agriculture technologies c. Work with male champions and grassroots activists to raise awareness on GBV, referral pathway as well as strengthening the capacity of police and the judiciary WEE Specialist and EVAW Specialist 2023/12 Overdue-Not Initiated