Outcome PNG_O_5

UN-Women PNG CO efficiently and effectively discharges of all business processes that advance integrated delivery of its mandate at regional and country levels, including through shared services.

The Country Office efficiently and effectively discharged all business processes, ensuring compliance with corporate programme and project management requirements and tracking achievements. All projects were aligned with the SN 2024–2028 and BWP 2024–2025. A lower average reaction time for the first request in the service tracker was recorded for the Country Office, including procurement and travel services (1 day) and RO.CO Financial Management (0.32 days). There were no overdue management responses or key actions from evaluations completed between 2020 and 2025. Donor reports and corporate reports were produced and submitted on time. The reports include: 2024 last six-monthly report 2024 Country Office annual report 2024 UNSDCF Outcome 1 and 2 reports Secretary-General report to the Security Council Sustainable Peace in Bougainville project interim narrative report Empower Her project interim narrative report Women Make the Change report Strengthening PNG’s National Women’s Machinery and Accountability Mechanisms for Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment annual report Soim Wokabout inception report The Country Office also conducted the Soim Wokabout baseline study, and the report will be concluded in 2026.

UN-Women PNG CO efficiently and effectively discharges of all business processes that advance integrated delivery of its mandate at regional and country levels, including through shared services.

During the reporting period, PNG Country Office strengthened programme and operation knowledge generation to ensure efficient and effective evidence-based programming. Project baseline surveys, end of project evaluations was conducted to inform current and future projects. The Local Economic Development project in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, was tailored to the specific problems being faced by communities using the results of baseline assessment conducted in Buin, Siwai and Bana. The assessment created the benchmark of the project and enabled the project team to revise the project activities to suit community context and sustainable peacebuilding in Bougainville. The baseline noted that the community wanted support with agricultural activities to ensure community adaptation, resilience to sustainable peace building initiatives. Mr. X said, “Plant more cocoa for money to show my strength, isolate my family from public gatherings” Another community member said that “Mi wanpla victim blong Bougainville crisis, wer mi bin serve olsem Bougainville resistance fighter, nau mi stap olsem wanpla disable lon community blong mi. Yet mi struggle lon running ol project blong mi lon agriculture (cocoa) na fish farming. Mi laikim ABG or non-government organization lon fundim gut ol project belong mi, mi can sustainim life lon community na family.na more yet, economically lo mekim moni lon country. UN Women further conducted joint end of project evaluation for Mental Health Psychosocial Support and Creating Condition for peace projects. Capacity building initiatives such as peace building analysis and dialogue have positively impacted mind set change leading to peace and non-violent approaches to conflicts management within communities, The engagement of leaders in the trainings has equipped them with practical skills and opened their minds to broader perspectives on peacebuilding. Case study-“women, youth and church leaders, police reservists and village court and magistrates Hela Province gained reported having gained skills and knowledge that helped them peacebuilding, conflict analysis and conflict resolution” In future projects the evaluation noted UN Women and Government should actively involve local partners such as Faith Based Organizations, Traditional and Cultural Leaders and community members as crucial actors in sustaining peacebuilding efforts. Local partners and created community structure such WDCs, FBOs and NGOs should be given ongoing capacity building in areas of financial management, Project Planning and Management, M&E, Governance etc Need for development and implementation of a robust national civic education strategy and plan institutionalized at all formal and informal levels and Need for tailor made specific focused interventions to the Youth, Women and other marginalized groups like PLWDs. The PNG Co conducted Fit for Purpose exercise from 27 February to 16 March 2024 to generate evidence and recommendations for Resource Mobilization and efficient and effective delivery of organization mandate.