Outcome KAZ_O_4

Nurturing an empowered Workforce and advancing an inclusive UN Women culture

UN Women Country Office prioritized the strengthening of leadership and enhancement of team capacity to foster an organizational culture grounded in collaboration, transparency, creativity, and continuous reflection. Senior management consistently engaged staff at all levels in participatory decision-making processes, promoting inclusivity and shared ownership of strategic priorities and key initiatives. In 2025, as a part of ECALearn initative the professional capacity of the UN Women Country Office team was further strengthened through targeted and practice-oriented learning opportunities aimed at enhancing both technical and soft skills. Staff participated in specialized training on financial management for development professionals, reinforcing competencies in financial planning, compliance, and fiduciary risk management in line with UN rules and donor requirements. Capacity was also strengthened through training on gender-responsive budgeting within organizations, equipping the team members with practical tools to integrate gender perspectives into planning, budgeting, and resource allocation processes. To enhance strategic communication and outreach, staff completed a course on leveraging ChatGPT for effective communication in the United Nations, supporting more efficient drafting, analytical work, and knowledge management. In parallel, public speaking training was delivered to strengthen presentation, facilitation, and high-level engagement skills, enabling staff to communicate programme results and policy messages with greater clarity and confidence across diverse stakeholder fora. Collectively, these capacity-building investments contributed to a more agile, professionally confident, and results-oriented team.

Nurturing an empowered Workforce and advancing an inclusive UN Women culture

UN Women CO prioritized strengthening leadership and enhancing team capacity to cultivate an environment of collaboration, transparency, creativity, and reflection. Senior management actively engaged all team members in participatory decision-making processes, ensuring inclusivity and shared ownership of key initiatives. Notable examples included: • Collaborative design and planning of new initiatives, for instance. joint development of project proposals to the Government of Kazakhstan (Ministry of Culture and Information and the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection). • Joint negotiations with donors through building on the experience, lessons learned and results of evaluations of completed and ongoing projects • Open discussions on resource mobilization strategies with engagement of national RM experts and the development of CO RM Strategy. . This inclusive approach not only reinforced team cohesion but also fostered a culture of innovation and accountability within the Country Office. Additionally, the Country Office played an active role in the work of the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) working group. Through this engagement, the Office contributed to advancing transparent monitoring systems and effective response mechanisms, demonstrating its commitment to upholding the highest standards of integrity and accountability.

Nurturing an empowered Workforce and advancing an inclusive UN Women culture

UN Women strengthened leadership and team capacity to enable and promote an environment of collaboration, transparency, creativity and reflection. The CO Senior management regularly invited all team members to participatory decision-making processes, for instance on the design of new initiatives, negotiations with Donors, and discussions of Resource mobilisation strategy. Also, the Country Office was regularly involved in the work of the PSEA working group for advancing transparent monitoring and response.

Nurturing an empowered Workforce and advancing an inclusive UN Women culture

UN Women strengthened leadership and team capacity to enable and promote an environment of collaboration, transparency, creativity and reflection. The team was regularly invited to participatory decision-making processes, for instance on the design of new initiatives, negotiations with Donors, and discussions of Resource mobilisation strategy. After the tragic events in January 2022, the office strengthened the capacity of female staff members through a two-days Women Security Awareness Training. Also, the Country Office was regularly involved in the work of the PSEA working group for advancing transparent monitoring and response.