Rapid Response Window 2021 - Women Peace and Humanitarian Fund Rapid Response Window 2021 - Women Peace and Humanitarian Fund The Women Peace and Humanitaran Fund has approached Sida for funding to set-up, start and carry out the global project "Rapid Response Window" during 2021 via a Multi Donor Trust Fund modality. 

The Rapid Response Window´s overall objective is to support women’s meaningful participation during all stages, at all tracks, and at all levels of peace processes. It is a funding mechanism which will support strategic civil society led short-term initiatives to influence and participate in formal, national or international processes. The scope for requests is purposely diverse and open to encompass demands to support women’s meaningful participation through punctual interventions which need urgent support. The Rapid Response Window will implement the intervention together with five global international NGOs.  

The full budget amounts to USD 5 600 280 (ca 47 MSEK) and the present funding gap is approximately 3 MUSD (ca 25 MSEK). Germany, Canada and Nowraw are among the donors which have already contributed to the fund. Women Peace and Humanitaran Fund har kontaktat Sida för att söka finansiering för att starta och genomföra det globala projektet "Rapid Response Window" under 2021 via en Multi Donor Trust Fund.

Det övergripande målet för Rapid Response Windows är att stödja kvinnors meningsfulla deltagande under alla delar, i alla spår och på alla nivåer av fredsprocesser. Det är en finansieringsmekanism som kommer att stödja strategiska civilsamhällesledda kortsiktiga initiativ för att påverka och delta i informella, formella, nationella eller internationella fredsprocesser. Utrymmet för ansökningar är avsiktligt öppet för att kunna omfatta behov att kunna stödja kvinnors meningsfulla deltagande genom punktinsatser för akut stöd. Rapid Response Window kommer att genomföras tillsammans med fem globala internationella icke-statliga organisationer.

Hela budgeten uppgår till 5 600 280 USD (cirka 47 MSEK) och det nuvarande finansieringsgapet är cirka 3 MUSD (cirka 25 MSEK). Exemplevis Tyskland, Kanada och Norge har redan bidragit till fonden. The RRW’s overall objective is to support women’s meaningful participation during all stages, at all tracks, and at all levels of peace processes. It is a funding mechanism which will support strategic civil society led short-term initiatives to influence and participate in formal, national or international processes. The scope for requests is purposely diverse and open to encompass demands to support women’s meaningful participation through punctual interventions which need urgent support.
While the scope is large, initiatives will be short in duration aiming to address rapidly a specific gap with an identified impact-specific action at different stages: - Before the peace negotiations: preparation/design - During the negotiations: gender provisions/women’s inputs - After the negotiations: implementation and monitoring
The RRW will serve as a demand-driven and context-specific multi-partner funding mechanism for rapid, flexible and short/medium term support to civil society organizations. Funding support under the RRW is open to all ODA countries, beyond the eligible countries under WPHF.
The RRW is reflected in the overall WPHF as being part of Outcome 4: Increased representation and leadership of women in formal and informal peace processes and/or implementation of peace agreements.
4.1 Number and/or percentage of women that influence or participate in formal and informal peace processes or negotiations (by role [mediator/adviser/stakeholder])
4.2 Existence of gender responsive provisions in peace agreements, dialogues, and/or decision-making processes
4.3 Types of strategies used/implemented to participate in and contribute to the peace process and/or implementation of a peace agreement
The RRW project is to "enable the effective establishment and delivery of the Rapid Response Window’s Outcome result and indicators." The results frame work is found in Annex A of the Project document. 
There will be four underlying out-puts:
Output 1.1. Quality technical and advisory support to the RRW and its decision-making structures is provided
Output 1.2. Efficient, effective, and timely management of the Rapid Response Window and direct implementation of support is ensured
Output 1.3. Efficient, effective and timely management of INGO partnerships is ensured
Output 1.4. Communications, capacity building and Knowledge Management is provided to the Rapid Response Window
The out-puts are underpinned with Indicators and targets, Means of verification/Sources of Information and Activities in a results frame work.