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outcome XM-DAC-41146-KGZ_D_1.1
SN Outcome 1/UNSDCF Outcome 2: By 2027, the well-being of the population of the Kyrgyz Republic will have improved through the further rollout of a green economy based on sustainable and healthy food systems natural resource management, and effective migration processes, by accelerating the use of gender transformative social and technological innovations and entrepreneurship.
The year 2023 was the first year of SN implementation and therefore the CO has made some progress in achieving this Outcome. Women increased their access to income as a result of UN Women’s continued strategic partnership with the Bank of Asia. During the reporting year, 121 people (110 women and 11 men) secured jobs created as a result of 7 women-led enterprises and 2 enterprises (where the majority of employees are women) receiving loans worth KGS 36,235,000 through the ‘Ishker Ayim’ credit line under the Gender Bonds launched by the Bank of Asia in 2022. UN Women serves as an observer on the Credit Committee and provides technical advisory support to ensure gender equality considerations in the process of selecting and approving business plans of women entrepreneurs for crediting. Women entrepreneurs are actively increasing their awareness on the Ishker Ayim credit line, through dissemination by UN Women, including through the Women EXPO 2023 platform. With technical support from UN Women, Bank of Asia approved a number of documents, policies and concepts to support gender equality within its internal procedures, as well as a social finance policy, Code of Corporate Governance, etc. Based on the results of the audit for compliance with ICMA (International Capital Market Association) principles, Bank of Asia received a "second (alternative) opinion" from the GFC Green Finance Centre in Astana. In addition, at the end of 2022, Bank Asia embarked on an ESG transformation and ESG principles are an important development component in the Bank's current strategy. Front offices, where 64 per cent of employees are professional women, to senior management on the Board of Directors and shareholders increased their knowledge on the principle of fender equality through information sharing at all levels of operations management by the Bank. UN Women conducted the series of sessions with the management of the Bank of Asia and other private companies to discuss on the benefits of applying WEP and how these principles contribute to the profitability of the business.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-KGZ_D_2.1
SN Outcome 2/UNSDCF Outcome 4: By 2027, all people in the Kyrgyz Republic enjoy the benefits of fair and accountable democratic institutions that are free from corruption and apply innovative solutions that promote respect for human rights, and strengthen peace and cohesion.
The year 2023 was the first year of SN implementation and therefore the CO has made only some progress in achieving this Outcome. Within this Outcome area local partners accessed innovative tools to ensure gender responsive and human centric local development process for promoting peace, social cohesion and increasing local adaptation to climate insecurities. 9 target Local Self Governments (LSGs) of Batken and Leilek districts improved the efficiency of their LSG plans development process and strengthened interaction between communities and LSGs using the tools of "speed dating" and "design thinking". Further, LSG working groups used those innovative tools that allowed them to conduct a constructive dialogue with community residents, gather more ideas and discuss community concerns, producing the following results: 38 civil society organisations contributed to the development of the Vision to strengthen engagement between authorities and communities for joint action to promote Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and jointly foster the community culture of peace, social cohesion and create a safe and prosperous society 149 LSG representatives (9 localities) increased their understanding of "How?" to engage community members in the local development planning (LDP) process and integration of gender and climate security priorities into the local plans and budgets 764 (495j/269m)- 617 community members and 147 LSG representatives participated in dialogues by applying innovative tool of ‘Speed Dating’ which enabled local partners to improve the quality of community engagement. 173 (130w/43m) - 142 community members and 31 members of LSG working groups from 9 LSGs used the Design Thinking method and jointly developed project ideas for inclusion in local development plans. 9 LSGs integrated 136 project ideas in their LDPs, taking into account priorities on gender equality, climate change adaptation and security.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-KGZ_O_1
Assuring an accountable organization through principled performance: UN-Women is an accountable and trustworthy development organization that manages its financial and other resources with integrity and in line with its programmatic ambitions and fiduciary obligations
UN Women Country Office continues to keep its standards to remain an accountable and trustworthy development organization that manages its financial and other resources with integrity, in line with SN, and in accordance with its administrative and financial rules. In 2023 UN Women successfully managed the completion of the Spotlight Initiative Joint Programme, acting as the lead agency for ensuring coherency between partner agencies – UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA and UNODC, and maintaining timely and accurate financial planning, monitoring and reporting. UN Women also led the PBF funded Joint Programme with FAO as a partner from UN and the International Public Foundation ‘Roza Otunbayeva Initiative” as a partner from civil society. UN Women proved its capacity for transparent and well-structured management and coordination, enabling partners to launch the first year of JP implementation in a smooth manner.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-KGZ_O_2
Advancing partnerships and resourcing
The output has been partially achieved. UN Women has been working throughout the year 2023 to build new partnerships: 1) more than 40 organizations engaged in the 16 days campaign. This year there was an increase in participation of high-level policy makers from state and private sectors, bringing an unprecedented public attention to the campaign. The Head of the Cabinet of Ministries of the KR opened the Ceremony of Launching of the Campaign on 16 days of activism against VAWG making the political statement on the political will of the country management for promoting GEWE agenda and EVAWG. During the Ceremony the Head of the Cabinet of Ministries of the KR declared about the approval of the State Programme on WiL. 2) more than 20 organizations engaged in the Peace Week initiative. UN Women as a member of Peace Hub in Kyrgyzstan acted as a co-organiser and co-convener of the Peace Week together with the 7 Hub members. The Peace Week has become a dynamic platform for fostering connections and collaboration across diverse sectors. It has exemplified the value of working collectively and has contributed to building mutual trust between CSOs, the business community and authorities 3) two new companies signed the ESG as the result of the EXPO 2023, plus 202 women entrepreneurs improved their access to resources 4) two new NGOs engaged as implementing partners into project implementation – Search for Common Ground and Civic Platform – bringing in an extensive expertise in the areas of peacebuilding and civic activism. 5) five academic institutions signed a number of MoUs to promote gender-sensitive journalism.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-KGZ_O_3
Advancing business transformation
The output has been partially achieved. UN Women country team follows on organizational developments and advances its business transformation in line with OEE plan. In the framework introduction of a new system – Quantum, in 2023 the CO conducted regular sessions for the staff to learn and practice new tools and platforms.Showing 1 - 5 of 7