Outcome LAC_O_3

Advancing business transformation

The regional office places significant importance on continuous improvement, knowledge management, and innovation. During the period, it strengthened the knowledge management tool, leveraging big data and artificial intelligence. The "Plan" tab of the tool was updated, and support activities in programmatic areas led to a 100% increase in items loaded compared to the same period in 2023. The use of a social listening tool helped leverage big data for advocacy and knowledge sharing, providing insights into social dynamics and creating targeted strategies. UN Women also positioned care in the bi-regional European, Latin America, and the Caribbean (EU-LAC) agenda, promoting a Bi-regional Pact for Care in collaboration with ECLAC and the EU-LAC Foundation. From January to December 2023, 37 knowledge products were initiated, and 43 were completed, totaling 80 new knowledge products. In 2024, ACRO maintained activities in various communities of practice, including Innovation & Technology, Internal Ops Comms ROLAC, and COP UNW LAC Programme, with member participation in themes like Environmentalists, Knowledge Management, and Quantum. The regional office delivered 7 operational trainings in person and conducted multiple webinars in areas such as procurement, finance, HR management, and policy-related topics. Overall, the total number of visits to all knowledge products amounts to 64,119 visits. The knowledge products with the most visits in 2024 were: Perfil regional de igualdad de género América Latina y el Caribe (5,414), La agenda 2030 para el desarrollo sostenible (3,471) and Cuidados y Políticas públicas (1,885). Supporting document: https://unwomen-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/rodrigo_herrera_unwomen_org/ETrQslRXJ0NBk5XDlOFJIqEBMMiLmzdtLnTJjsZG5aeuew?e=t954Uc

Advancing business transformation

The work with other regions, specifically with Europe and the UN Women office in Brussels, is highlighted by initiatives such as the "Bi-regional Care Pact". With the thematic intervention of the areas of governance, political participation and economic empowerment of women, this bi-regional interaction has been key to promoting technical and financial cooperation between the regions. ACRO's leadership in care and the unprecedented advances in the region have made it possible to overcome the vertical gaze of the North towards the global South and proposing new horizons of cross-regional work. Work is being done to ensure that field offices meet their RM and implementation typology targets. There is more information provide under another output of the activities done by Partnership to increase the capacities in the CO's in RM. In terms of achieving implementation typology targets - the RO is having regular monthly meetings with OMs across the region, to identify bottlenecks in implementation and support with resolving those. Furthermore, the Strategic Support Unit, responsible to project management and project implementation in the RO is provide support with developement of acceleration plans for non-core projects with large projects in countries.