One UN Albanien Support to One UN Programme To support Albania’s international commitments for the implementation of international human rights standards, gender equality, environmental sustainability, and development of national capacities, the Government of Albania and the United Nations signed in 2011 the Programme of Cooperation 2012-2016. The Programme of Cooperation (PoC) was organised in inter-related outcomes and outputs and represented a foundation for combined work and joint programming of several UN agencies in support of Albania’s development priorities. The joint planning and programming work happens primarily at Programme, Outcome and Output level, with the participation of government representatives, UN staff and sometimes donors. While UN agencies are all required to mainstream gender in all aspects of planning and implementation of this Programme of Cooperation, in keeping with the dual nature of gender mainstreaming, the Programme also envisages interventions focused entirely or considerably on gender equality issues. The proposed intervention is a continuation of Sida's contribution to the One UN Coherence Fund for GoA-UN programme of Cooperation Programme 2012- 2016. Swedish support is a softearmarking to the gender outputs of the programme. Sida has disbursed the two installments planned in the agreement, each MSEK 10. The Embassy believes that additional funding in the amount of 20 MSEK to the gender outputs would consolidate and advance further the positive and strategic results achieved during  2012-2014. Sida, företrädd av ambassaden i Tirana, undertecknade 2011 ett avtal om stöd via One UN Coherence Fund för FNs och Albaniens samarbetsprogram 2012-2016 (Programme of Cooperation, PoC). Stödet är en mjuk öronmärkning till programmets genderrelaterade prestationer (gender outputs).  Sida har gjort två utbetalningar om 10 MSEK enligt avtal. Avtalspartnern som företräds av FNs fältchef (Resident Coordinator) och UNDP i Albanien har begärt ytterligare medel för att genomföra programmets genderprestationer, utifrån resultat och erfarenheter från en halvtidsöversyn 2014 och det reviderade resultatramverket och budgeten 2015-2016. Det nya resultatramverket har 4 effektmål (outcomes), 6 särskilda genderrelaterade prestationer (gender outputs) och även de övriga 9 prestationerna har tydliga genderdimensioner.  

Sida bedömer att fortsatt stöd till genderrelaterade prestationer (gender outputs) i samarbetsprogrammet skulle konsolidera och ytterligare påskynda de positiva och strategiska resultat som uppnåtts under perioden 2012-2014. The goal of the cooperation programme 2012-2016 is to promote sustainable and equitable development, social inclusion and adherence to international norms and fulfilment of international obligations, in support of the integration of Albania into the EU. The four outcomes in the updated RAF are:1) Human Rights and gender equality consideration guide interactions between citizens and institutions (Human rights) 2) The rights of individuals and groups are ensured through equitable, inclusive and evidence based sectorial policies (Inclusive and Social Policies) 3) The Albanian State executes major governance processes following internationally agreed democratic principles and practises, while upholding the rule of law and eliminating key factors of exclusion of women (Governance and Rule of Law). 4) Government of Albania implements policies that advance democratic, equitable and sustainable regional and local development (Regional and Local Development) The original pillars of the programme agreed are the following:  1) Governance and Rule of Law 2) Economy and Environment 3) Regional and local development and 4) Inclusive social policy. As noticed from the updated RAF, Human Rights are highlighted as a new pillar and Economy and Environment theme is integrated under the Governance and Rule of Law pillar.