outcome XM-DAC-41146-PNG_O_3

UN-Women PNG CO strategically plans for and transforms its business model to deliver impact at scale, through agile and ethical leadership rooted in a continuous improvement culture.

A record of QBR indicators has been maintained and tracked. The key indicators for PNG include: Implementation of internal audit recommendations Addressing financial findings from the partners audit 2022 Delivery rate Improvement in timely submission of donor reporting Completion of performance planning and appraisal ICT Compliance (Intune: 100%, Infosec: 96%, Windows 11: 100%, MS Entra: 100%) PNG has made good progress in all of these areas. Internal Audit (2022) Recommendations Number of recommendations: 15 Fully addressed/implemented: 15 (100%) Partner Audit - Financial Findings Total financial findings (2022): USD 218,282 Supporting documents of eligible expenditure submitted to HQ/BDO: USD 66,463.10 Refunded to UN Women: USD 18,279.25 Write-off submitted/unresolved: USD 133,539.31 Fit for Purpose Assessment The Fit for Purpose consultant was in-country from 27 February to 16 March 2024 to facilitate a participatory process aimed at gathering additional evidence and recommendations for a Fit-for-Purpose Assessment and the Resource Mobilization Strategy. He presented the findings to the Country Office on 15 March and to the Regional Office during the week of 8 April 2024. The action items are being implemented, and progress status is periodically reported to the Regional Director by senior management. Personnel and Collaboration All personnel funded from different sources have received their salaries on time. UN Women PNGCO, in collaboration with other UN agencies, participated in 18 activities and contributed to common business in HR, procurement, ICT, security, finance, and common premises management in line with the Business Operations Strategy (BOS). The data from BOS, including the leadership role of the PNGCO Operations Manager in reviewing and planning the BOS for PNG, was appreciated by the RC and other OMT members. The common service budget was approved by the UNCT following a rigorous exercise at the OMT level.

outcome XM-DAC-41146-PNG_O_4

With its unique and inclusive culture, UN-Women PNG CO is an employer of choice with a diverse and highly performing cadre of personnel that embodies UN values.

UN Women PNGCO has remained an agile and trustworthy organization that continued to emphasize on inclusive feminist culture and put a high emphasis on culture of mutual learning and growth, caring each other, making more transparent the criteria to reward the performers and valuing and encouraging everyone to share and contribute to its goal. It emphasized the performance management system with 100% compliance rate; facilitated for improved rate of mandatory training completion ( 73%); completing periodic survey, retreats events and implementation of recommendations from the survey events.

outcome XM-DAC-41146-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.

During the reporting period, PNG Country Office strengthened 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.