UN Women Strategic Note 2020-2024 UN Women Strategic Note 2020-2024 Ambassaden har beslutat att tillhandahålla icke-öronmärkt stöd till UN Women:s landkontor i Liberia (UNW-LBR) i genomförandet av deras Strategic Note för 2020-2024. Detta utgör ambassadens tredje stöd i ordningen till UNW-LBR.

Den strategiska planen är utformad i linje med UNW:s strategiska plan för 2018-2021, FN:s ramverk för hållbart utvecklingssamarbete i Liberia för 2020-2024 (UNSDCF) samt den nationella
utvecklingsstrategin (PAPD 2018-2023). De prioriterade områdena som identifierades i den tidigare strategiska planen bibehålls. Dessa innefattar: stoppa våld mot kvinnor och flickor; kvinnors ekonomiska egenmakt; fred, säkerhet och humanitärt bistånd, kvinnors politiska egenmakt och ledarskap.

Utifrån UNW:s globala strategiska plan har ytterligare tre resultatområden  identifierats med syfte att öka den organisatoriska effektiviteten, i): stärkt samordning, koherens och ansvarsutkrävande inom FN-systemets åtaganden för jämställdhet och kvinnors egenmakt, ii) ökat engagemang bland partners för stöd till UNW:s mandat, samt: iii) hög kvalité på programmen genom kunskap, innovation, resultatbaserad styrning (RBM) och utvärdering.

Den strategiska planen för 2020-2024 har bedömts i helhet, finansieringsbeslutet avser dock endast det första inledande året av programmet. Ambassaden utreder för närvarande möjligheten att stödja samarbetspartners inom FN genom att bidra till en FN-gemensam fond, vilken skulle stödja FN:s ramverk för hållbart utvecklingssamarbete i Liberia. Ambassaden har för avsikt att under 2020/2021 se över finansieringsbeslutet på nytt, med möjlighet till fortsatt direktstöd. The  Embassy  has agreed to provide non-earmarked support to UN Women Liberia’s (UNW-LBR ) Strategic Note 2020-2024 (Strategic Note). This will be the third  support to UNW-LBR.  

The Strategic Note is aligned with the UNW Strategic Plan (SP) (2018-2021), Liberia UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2020-2024, and  to Liberia’s national development strategy (PAPD 2018-2023). It will retain the same four priority areas identified in the previous Strategic Note. These are:  Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls; Women’s Economic Empowerment; Peace, Security and Humanitarian Assistance; and Governance, Women’s Political Empowerment and Leadership.

There are also three internal results areas focused on increasing organizational effectiveness derived from the global strategic plan i): Enhanced coordination, coherence and accountability of the UN system for commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment, ii) Increased engagement of partners in support of UNW’s mandate, and: iii) High quality of programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based management (RBM) and evaluation.

While the whole Strategic Note 2020-2024 will be appraised, the funding decision will cover the 1st year of the programme. The Embassy is currently assessing the possibility of supporting its UN partner agencies by contributing to a UN-developed thematic trust fund that would support the joint UN Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. The Embassy intends to revisit the funding agreement during 2020/2021, with the possibility of continued direct support. The Strategic Note is aligned with UN Women's Global Strategic Plan and will contribute to the implementation of the Liberian United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (2020-2024). It retains the strategic focus of the previous period and has five outcomes:
Outcome 1: By 2024, the most vulnerable and excluded groups have improved quality of life with rights-based, gender sensitive, inclusive, equitable access and utilization of essential social services in an environment free of discrimination and violence including in humanitarian situations.
Outcome 2: By 2024, Liberia has sustained, diversified and inclusive economic growth driven by investments in agriculture, food security and job creation and is resilient to climate change and natural disasters.
Outcome 3: By 2024, women, girls, men and boys in Liberia experience more sustained peace, inclusive and sustainable growth and development through strengthened formal and informal institutions providing access to effective and equitable justice and security services; promoting and protecting human rights; and strengthening social cohesion and reconciliation.
Outcome 4: By 2024, people in Liberia especially the vulnerable and disadvantaged, benefit from strengthened institutions that are more effective, accountable, transparent, inclusive and gender responsive in the delivery of essential services at the national and sub-national levels.
Outcome 5 (cross-cutting): The capacity of the Government and key stakeholders to assess progress in implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and other global normative and policy frameworks is strengthened.