UN Women Gender Responsive Budgeting Western Balkans 2020 - 2024 - UN Women Gender Responsive Budgeting Western Balkans UN Women Gender Responsive Budgeting Västra Balkan 2020 - 2024 The contribution is a support to UN Women for the project "Transformative Financing for Gender Equality towards more Transparent, Inclusive and Accountable Governance in the Western Balkans". The project is implemented by UN Women in the Western Balkans (mainly in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia and regional) with a total budget of 49 435 784 SEK during the period 2020-2024. 

The overall goal of the project is to enhance systematic integration of gender equality at all stages of national and local policy making and budget processes in Western Balkan countries. Insatsen är ett stöd till UN Women för projektet "Transformative Financing for Gender Equality towards more Transparent, Inclusive and Accountable Governance in the Western Balkans". Projektet implementeras av UN Women på västra Balkan (huvudsakligen i (Bosnien och Herzegovina, Albanien, Kosovo och Serbien samt regionalt), med en total budget på 49 435 784 SEK under perioden 2020 - 2024. 

Det övergripande målet med insatsen är att stärka jämställdhetsintegrering i samtliga delar av budgetprocesser inom myndigheter och offentliga institutioner på nationell och lokal nivå på västra Balkan. Overall objective: Project countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo, and Serbia) systematically integrate gender equality and become more transparent at all stages of national and local policymaking and budgeting processes. 

The project is expected to contribute to Public Finance Management reforms, budget transparency and openness about budgeting processes and disbursements, enabling the identification of disparities between pledges to gender equality and actual allocations. Furthermore, the project is expected to advance the implementation of national laws and strategies and international commitments on gender equality and womens empowerment, as well as to contribute to the EU integration process, and specifically to alignment with the EUs Gender Equality strategy and plans.

In order to achieve the overall objective of the project, the project will work towards two principal outcomes and seven outputs:
Outcome 1: By 2024, national and local governments apply gender responsive budgeting to integrate gender equality principles in public financing processes.
Output 1.1: By 2024, Ministries of Finance, Line Ministries and National GE Machineries have knowledge and evidence to make informed budgetary allocation towards GE in line with national,  and international commitments.
Output 1.2: By 2024, local governments have the capacity to apply GRB tools in their plans and budgets.
Output 1.3: By 2024, government officials share knowledge and best practices across the region on GRB.
Outcome 2: By 2024 public oversight bodies, women including the disadvantaged, demand transparency and accountability of public policies and budgets to gender equality processes.
Output 2.1: By 2024, Parliament and oversight bodies have capacities to monitor and advocate for gender responsive policies and budgets.
Output 2.2: By 2024, Gender equality advocates are able to raise issues related to Financing for GE.
Output 2.3: By 2024, Women, including the disadvantaged, are able to voice their needs and act as agents of change in planning and budgetary process.
Output 2.4: By 2024, Oversight bodies are able to share knowledge and best practices across the region on GRB.