outcome XM-DAC-41146-ALB_O_4

Nurturing an empowered workforce and advancing an inclusive UN-Women culture

Senior management focused efforts throughout 2022 to create an enabling workspace environment by organising several team-building activities. As well, personnel were encouraged to take learning courses for knowledge and skills development, offering opportunities equally to colleagues. CO personnel completed 100% the UN Women mandatory cources, including the newcomers, and 100% for completing 2021 end year performance assessment and 2022 PMD plan. To be marked is CO's very active involvement, both programmatically and operationally, in completing the relevant indicators from the UNDIS accountability framework. UN Women took the OMT chairmanship in 2022, leading the work in some indicators which were completed successfully.

outcome XM-DAC-41146-ALB_O_5

Effective normative, programmatic and coordination products, services and processes

The Gender and Thematic Resutl Group (GTRG), chaired by UN Women Country Representative, was praised as the best thematic and result group in UN Albania by the UNCT. Initiaitves completed in 2022 by the GTRG include: - The development and roll-out of the Joint Programme Screenign Tool for Gender Equality; - The succesful development and finalization of a gender equality capacity and learning needs assessment for UN personnel, followed by the development of a capacity development plan which is being implemented for the whole duration of the Cooperation Framework; - The development of targeted advocacy pieces on gender equality, on the topic of climate change and the environment; - The development of the UNCT Shadow report to the CEDAW Committee and subsequent interagency engagement with the CEDAW List of Issues that was circulated in March 2022, including through dedicated discussions at the GTRG retreat on how to leverage the List of Issues for advocacy for gender equality; - Joint advocacy efforts during key campaigns including the 16 days of activism on ending violence against women and girls through a dedicated university tour that engaged approximately 200 students. In terms of evaluation, the Country Portfolio Evaluation and its management response were rated 'very good' in the GATE system, and the County Office continued to engage in key evaluation processes such as the evaluation of the Joint Programme on Ending Violence Against Women in Albania, Phase I. the findings of that evaluation were instrumental for the development of a second phase of the programme, which will be led by UN Women and implemented jointly with UNDP and UNFPA. The delivery rate of non-core resources was 93%, based on the revised CO budget of 31st October 2022. The Country office continues its resource mobilization efforts includign through strategic dialogue with donors, with the aim to secure funding for the Strategic Note. Sida is amongst the main donor countries targeted by the CO.