Outcome LBY_O_1

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.

During the reporting year, the Libya CO upheld it's accountability and turstworthiness by ensuring effective and robust results-based management, financial management controls, internal and external transparency of financial data, timely and accurate donor reporting, responsive and secure information systems, environmental sustainability and a reduced carbon footprint, and physical security. In Tunisia, marked by political and socio-economic challenges that demanded high-level technical and coordination expertise deployed from UN Women, the CO took the lead in developing high-level analyses and briefs on the situation of women in Tunisia to inform executive decisions on the UN's role in the country. It also continued to implement its coordination role by mainstreaming gender within UNCT as the chair of the Gender Theme Group (GTG) and by co-chairing the Gender Coordination Group (GCG), which consists of international stakeholders, governmental officials, and representatives from civil society. As a result, the UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard was carried out successfully and a UNCT action plan developed. Moreover, thanks to the active engagement of the Embassy of Spain in the GTG, Tunisia was included in the ‘Safe Cities’ with an expected budget of 400,000 EUR. The CO received funding from several donors (Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF), and the Governments of Japan, Canada, Finland, Sweden, SIDA, France and Switzerland) to implement various programmes in WPPL, WPS, WEE, EVAW and gender statistics, covering programme, administrative and operational costs. Financial reporting to those donors, and reporting on budget and resources allocations to HQ have been completed on time and in line with corporate rules and regulations. Furthermore, these funds were properly managed in line with its programmatic ambitions and fiduciary obligations with respective program teams and responded to the identified needs. In Libya, the leveraging of regular resources has allowed for UN Women to have an excellent reputation and the position of one of few resident agencies operating inside Libya. Despite challenges on the ground due to increasing resistance from conservative groups, UN Women continued to ensure that women’s needs, and voices are placed in the centre of Libya’s reconciliation processes. UN Women played a key role to ensure that women’s empowerment was duly mainstreamed throughout the new United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023-2025, including as the co-chair of Pillar 1 (Peace and Governance). Moreover, UN Women capitalized on its normative and advocacy mandate to leverage international support for women in Libya. During the presentation of the reports of the Fact-Finding Mission for Libya at the Human Rights Council, UN Women delivered a statement highlighting the disproportional impact that the protracted conflict has on women and girls in Libya, including the need to prevent and combat violence against women at all levels, including online spaces. UN partners showed their support by joining and leading campaigns, for example during the ‘16 days of activism.’ The CO received funding from several donors (Japan, Finland, Norway, France, and Germany) to implement various programmes in WPS, WPPL and EVAW, covering programme, administrative and operational costs. Financial reporting to those donors, and reporting on budget and resources allocations to HQ have been completed on time and in line with corporate rules and regulations. Furthermore, these funds were properly managed in line with its programmatic ambitions and fiduciary obligations with respective program teams and responded to the identified needs.