Women in Elections, UNDP Women in Elections, UNDP - Women in Elections Additional funds 2019 The main objective of the project is to strengthen women’s leadership and participation in political life. Guided by the strict observance of the highest standards of political neutrality, the project will apply the UNs Gender Equality in Elected Office approach to help secure an enabling environment for getting more women elected across board, in all spheres of decision-making in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It will look into enhancing the women’s engagement in public life and their position in the decision-making and ensure they are given a realistic and equal chance as their men counterparts in the forthcoming general elections (2018), and in the longer term, the next local elections in 2020 by advocacy for women’s equal rights and political participation. 
Strengthening women’s leadership and participation in political life will apply the two-pronged approach- vertically by proposing structural adjustments to accommodate greater numbers of women in politics, as well as horizontally by nourishing the next generation of women leaders in communities through tailored networking and capacity building initiatives.
The following outputs are foreseen within this project:
OUTPUT 1: Strengthening Women’s Leadership 
OUTPUT 2: Fostering Political Participation of Women
The project will utilise the “entry points”, contextual enablers, and programming opportunities to open up spaces for women’s leadership and strengthening their participation in political life. UN support will be provided equally to all across the political spectrum with no favours towards anyone. Det huvudsakliga målet med projektet är att stärka kvinnors ledarskap och deltagande i det politiska livet. Det kommer att tillämpa FNs Gender Equality in Elected Office-metod för att få fler kvinnor valda på alla nivåer, inom alla beslutsfattande församlingar i Bosnien och Hercegovina. Projektet kommer att sikta på att öka kvinnors engagemang i det offentliga livet och stärka deras position i beslutsfattandet och försäkra att de har en realistisk och likvärdig chans som deras manliga motparter i de kommande allmänna valen (2018), och på längre sikt, de nästkommande lokala valen 2020.
För att stärka kvinnors ledarskap och deltagande i det politiska livet kommer tvådelar strategier att användas - vertikalt genom att föreslå strukturella anpassningar för att få mera kvinnor i politiken samt horisontellt genom att nära nästa generations kvinnliga ledare genom skräddarsydda nätverks- och kapacitetsbyggande initiativ.
Följande resultat förutses inom projektet:
RESULTAT 1: Stärka kvinnors ledarskap
RESULTAT 2: Främja politisk deltagande av kvinnor
Projektet kommer att använda "ingångspunkter" och programmeringsmöjligheter för att öppna utrymmen för kvinnors ledarskap och stärka deras deltagande i det politiska livet. FNs kommer att ge samma stöd till alla utan några fördelar mot någon. Theory of Change puts forth the big picture and delineates strategic thinking on how
to make desirable change. It provides for a general direction since it makes connections
between many different aspects of social life, which are influencing each other, often in a
non-linear way. This project is designed having in mind a long term vision, while
identifying medium term niches that pave the way for it. In doing so, it adopts a
proven approach adjusting it to the BiH context, while pursuing series of activities
incrementally.
The long run progressive change of BiH society critically depends on activation of
womens engagement and resources. High level of gender equality improves overall
quality of life and contributes to the economic and democratic development of BiH. To
that end, gender equality is seen not only as a human right issue, but also as a key
development issue. Gender equality is taken as an essential precondition for redefining
political and development agendas on the local and state levels.
This is achieved by two different, but complementary set of activities: 1. Applying the
Gender Equality in Elected Office: 6 Step Action Plan to ensure structural changes that
provide an enabling environment, legislatively, institutionally and substantively, and 2.
Empowerment of women locally to identify, strengthen and nourish the next generation
of women leaders