Outcome GTM_O_3

Fostering the transformation of the organization towards feminist excellence: UN Women strategically plans and transforms its business model to generate impact at scale, through agile and ethical leadership rooted in a culture of continuous improvement.

The UN Women Country Office in Guatemala promotes strategic planning, continuous monitoring, evaluation and knowledge management as key elements to ensure program excellence and organizational transformation. The most notable achievements achieved during 2023 are highlighted below: The Monitoring, Evaluation, Research Plan (MERP) 2023 was successfully implemented. Corporate tracking reports and donor reports were prepared, submitted and uploaded on time. In particular, the semiannual monitoring reports of the Work Plan of the Guatemala Country Office were consolidated and uploaded on time to the RMS Platform (Results Management System (RMS). The Country Office of Guatemala prepared the Biennial Work Plan 2024-2025 including the update of the resource mobilization strategy, the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research Plan -MERP- and the Procurement Plan, through exercises carried out jointly with each of the programmatic and Operations areas. This strategic planning allows the office to work sequentially, staggered and with greater impact. The process of preparing the content of the UN Women Strategic Note Brochure in Guatemala continued in the format and under global standards for standardization, a process that is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2024.

Fostering the transformation of the organization towards feminist excellence: UN Women strategically plans and transforms its business model to generate impact at scale, through agile and ethical leadership rooted in a culture of continuous improvement.

UN Women Country Office in Guatemala promotes planning, monitoring, evaluation and knowledge management as fundamental pillars for the high quality of programs and the transformation of the organization towards excellence. The main results achieved in 2022 are highlighted below: • Approval of the Strategic Note of the Guatemala Country Office by the Secretary of Planning and Programming of the Presidency of the Republic of Guatemala – SEGEPLAN. 2022 being officially the first year of its implementation in the country. • Monitoring, Evaluation, Research Plan -MERP- 2022 was developed satisfactorily. Donor and corporate monitoring reports were prepared and submitted on time and with high quality. • The final evaluation of the Project Creating new avenues of resilience to sustain peace from Kaqchiquel, Q'eqchi's and mestizo women, was developed in compliance with UN Women standards and with the support of the Regional Office. • Biannual Work Plan 2022-2023 of Guatemala updated and approved by HQ. The main findings of the final evaluation of the Project Creating new avenues of resilience to sustain peace from Kaqchiquel, Q'eqchi' and mestizo women, developed in the first quarter of 2022 are: • The project was innovative in Guatemala by introducing and addressing the issue of gender violence against women in digital spaces. • The project made it possible to create intergenerational alliances between women from different territories and for women to position themselves and demand a better response from the authorities to gender violence, including cybernetic violence. • The project contributed to the women's peace and security agenda by focusing on strengthening their leadership as change agents and peace builders. • One of the strengths of the project was linking a diverse set of United Nations institutions, organizations and agencies. • The project managed to make the women leaders with whom it worked aware of the importance of linking economic autonomy with the strengthening of their sociopolitical leadership, their capacity for advocacy and political participation in various spaces. • One of the main impacts of the Project was its ability to raise awareness and provide women with tools to address the problem of cyber violence.

Result 3. Fostering the transformation of the organization towards feminist excellence: UN Women strategically plans and transforms its business model to generate impact at scale, through agile and ethical leadership rooted in a culture of continuous improvement.

UN Women, committed to its mandate of promoting gender equality and women's empowerment, applies results-based management by prioritizing strategic planning, continuous monitoring, systematic evaluation, and knowledge management as fundamental pillars to strengthen its leadership and consolidate an organizational culture based on continuous improvement and accountability. In 2024, key actions were implemented that reflect this strategic vision: The 2025 annual plan was developed through a participatory process, including detailed operational planning of activities, budget, procurement plan, evaluation plan, and communications plan. Since 2025 marks the final year of the Strategic Note’s implementation, ensuring the achievement of strategic goals and objectives has been a key priority. The indicators of the 2022-2025 Strategic Note of the Country Office were adjusted in line with the technical and methodological guidelines provided during the Mid-Term Review of UN Women's Global Strategic Plan, which proposed methodological adjustments to enhance the measurement and reporting of results. Potential risks for the office in 2025 were managed through the identification and analysis of contextual, strategic, operational, and protection risks, including their potential effects and mitigation plan. Corporate reporting processes were led, including the 2023 annual results report, the semi-annual activity report, and the Quarterly Business Review (QBR), as well as the monitoring of donor reports submitted and recorded in the Donor Agreement Management System (DAMS). Support was provided for the Mid-Term Evaluation of the Women, Local Economy, and Territories Program (MELYT II), led by the Regional Office and implemented in the El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras offices.