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Macedonia has made commitments to work for improved gender equality by signing international conventions and enacting national laws and policies. An ongoing reform of the public financial management system includes an initative to introduce and institutionalise gender responsive budgeting (GRB). This means that national and local budgets are formulated, planned, executed and evaluated with consideration to the needs of men, women, boys and girls, and that the effects budgets bring are analysed with reference ot these groups. The reform concerns both central and municipal level. UN Women has been involved in GRB work both in Macedonia and in around 70 other countries in the world. The programme in Macedonia involves civil servants both at central and local level, parliamentarians, local politicians and civil society organisations. Sida, together with Swiss SDC, supports the implementation of the programme with 11.7 million SEK during the period 2018-2021. Omprogrammerade medel för att lindra konsekvenserna av covid-19
Makedonien har åtagit sig att arbeta för en stärkt jämställdhet genom dels internationella åtaganden och dels nationella policies och planer. 
I Makedonien har en reform av den offentliga finansiella styrningen inletts där man bl.a vill införa programbaserad budgetering. Man önskar även införliva en jämställdhetsintegrerad budgetprocess. Det betyder att nationella och lokala budgetar formuleras, planeras, genomförs och utvärderas med hänsyn till de olika behov män, kvinnor, pojkar och flickor har samt vilka effekter som budgeten ger för dessa olika grupper. Reformen berör både central och kommunal nivå. UN Women har sedan tidigare arbetat med jämställdhetsintegrering i budgetprocesser, i Makedonien och i ett 70-tal andra länder. I föreliggande programförslag i Makedonien medverkar, förutom berörda stats- och kommuntjänstemän, även parlamentariker och kommunpolitiker samt civilsamhällesorganisationer. Sida, tillsammans med schweiziska SDC, stödjer detta arbete under perioden 2018-2021 med ett belopp om totalt 11,7 miljoner SEK. The project Promoting Gender Responsive Policies and Budgets: Towards Transparent, Inclusive and Accountable Governance in FYR of Macedonia has an overall objective “To improve women’s lives and support the inclusion of the most vulnerable groups through systematic and sustainable integration of gender perspective at all stages of national and local policy-making and budgeting processes.”
To contribute to the achievement of the overall goal, the project will work towards achieving the following two  outcomes:
- The Government’s public finance management and the strategic planning processes are improved to respond to the different needs of women and men as a result of effective application of gender responsive budgeting 
- Civil society organizations, women, including the most vulnerable actively participate in planning and decision-making mechanisms, and their priorities are fully reflected in public policies and budgets.  
The theory of change of the proposed intervention is as follows: IF (1) national and local institutions formulate, implement and monitor evidence-based policies and budgets which fully reflect gender equality commitments; (2)  Members of Parliament and gender advocates demand accountability to GEWE commitments; (3) Women, including the most vulnerable, voice their needs and participate in local planning and decision-making; THEN more women, including the most vulnerable, will influence the development of and benefit from gender responsive policies and budgets; BECAUSE the capacities of national and local institutions are increased, accountability mechanisms are strenghtened and women's needs and concerns are fully taken into consideration.