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Indicators for the Comprehensive approach to the EU implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 on women, peace and security
Governance and Gender, Policy Document, Inter-Governmental OrganizationAt its meeting of 13 July 2010, the Political and Security Committee endorsed the Indicators for the Comprehensive approach to the EU implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 on women, peace and security as set out in the annex.
The Oslo Principles on Democratic Governance Assessments
GAP, Policy Document, Academic/Think Tank, UNDP Produced, UN Women, Other UN Agency, Civil SocietyIn early October 2011, the Oslo Governance Forum gathered 270 policy makers, experts and practitioners from 75 countries to engage in a rigorous investigation of the principles and pragmatics underpinning democratic governance assessments. The Forum was convened by UNDP’s Democratic Governance Group in partnership with a broad coalition of stakeholders, including UNDEF, ActionAid, Act Alliance,...
Preventing corruption in the water sector
Policy Document, Academic/Think Tank, UNDP Produced, Civil SocietyWater integrity – a priority Good governance is crucial to ensure sustainable and equitable use and distribution of water, and to secure effective delivery of water supply and sanitation. Transparency, accountability and integrity are critical governance components without which corruption issues cannot be successfully addressed. As the world is rapidly facing the imminent issue of...
Gender AwarePrograms and Women’s Roles in Agricultural Value Chains
Africa, Governance and Gender, Land Governance, Policy Document, Inter-Governmental Organization, GovernmentWomen comprise over half of the agriculture labor force and about two-thirds of the trade and commerce labor force in Liberia. Their role in agriculture is important, particularly in food crops, where they are reported to produce over half of the output; their production of cash crops is limited. Access to resources and markets is also significantly constrained—across the population—but women...
Statistics for Transparency, Accountability, and Results: A Busan Action Plan for Statistics
Policy Document, Inter-Governmental Organization[...] This five point action plan provides the direction for the decade ahead. It supports three principal objectives: (1) Fully integrating statistics in decision making; (2) Promoting open access to statistics; (3) Increasing resources for statistical systems. The Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4) to be held in Busan, Korea in 2011 is an opportunity to form a ...
Power, Politics, and Change: How International Actors Assess Local Context
Policy Document, Civil SocietyThe International Peace Institute (IPI) has undertaken a project called Understanding Local Context, which aims to enhance our understanding of how international actors grapple with local context and political dynamics in partner countries. Under the first phase of the project, IPI conducted an informal analysis of conflict, governance, and fragility/stability assessment tools developed by...
Putting Gender Economics at the Forefront
Governance and Gender, Policy Document, Civil SocietyThis paper demonstrates that, notwithstanding some advances since the Beijing World Conference on Women adopted an ambitious plan of action towards gender equality fifteen years ago, and in the thirty one years since the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the UN member States still have not fully implemented their commitments to gender...
Evidence-based policy research: critical review of some international programmes on relationships between social science research and policy-making
Civil Society, Policy Document, Other UN AgencyThe report has two main objectives. Firstly, to critically present current programmes implemented by international organizations, which seek to enhance the interconnections between social scientific research and policy. Secondly, to highlight a series of critical issues with regard to the nature of the linkages between the two domains. This double venture and the debate it provokes ultimately aim...
Comparing the Effectiveness of Accountability Mechanisms in Eastern Europe and Latin America
Conflict, Democracy, Europe and CIS, Justice, Latin America and the Carribean, Policy Document, Other UN AgencyA society that transitions from authoritarianism or armed conflict to a democracy needs to address important questions of justice and accountability for past human rights abuses in order to build a stable and peaceful future. In the rapidly maturing field of transitional justice an expanding number of initiatives have taken place providing valuable lessons for newly democratizing societies....
The DRC at 50: confronting the challenges of peace and territorial consolidation
Africa, Conflict, Democracy, Local Governance and Decentralization, Policy Document, Civil SocietyOn 30 June 2010 the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) celebrated 50 years of independence from colonial rule. At 50, the country is torn between competing and contradictory internal forces as it tries to negotiate a path towards self understanding, internal cohesion and responsible behaviour. At this landmark point in its postcolonial trajectory, the DRC needs to confront the old wounds...