GB-CHC-1043843-GLO-L4P-21-C1 Gender Action for Peace and Security L4P GAPS Gender Action for Peace and Security Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie Gender Action for Peace and Security Date start (planned) Date end (planned) Date start (actual) Date end (actual) 004402079227836 info@gaps-uk.org 45000.00 40325.00 GLO-L4P-21-C1 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie 26606.50 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie 18393.50 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie -4675.00 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie 1190.50 7133.63 17603.27 14397.61 Supportive policy environment for women’s rights and political participation in peacebuilding (LTO2) Programme contribute to this LTO by working through 2 pathways: Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies and Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies For women to participate meaningfully to sustaining peace, the policy environment must support, respect and protect their rights, participation and representation. In Burundi, Colombia and Myanmar, existing post-conflict legislative frameworks already provide some guarantee of women’s participation, on paper. However, implementation lags behind. Mutual trust and dialogue are necessary ingredients in order to put these frameworks into practice, and to improve them based on international best practice. For this to materialize, political actors need to agree on minimum criteria and benchmarks, and collectively move forward on these issues. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Political parties develop joint gender-equality agendas (IO.3.1) Political actors jointly advocate for the implementation of gender-equality legislation (IO.3.2) Political actors collaborate for better policies (IO.3.3) The programme aims to achieve these outcomes through the following set of intervention strategies: Interparty dialogue platforms/women caucuses Existing dialogue platforms in all three countries will facilitate the development of interparty agendas on women’s participation in political and peace-making processes. INSPIRED-method based multi-stakeholder dialogue Through the INSPIRED methodology NIMD facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue between civil society and political actors in emerging democracies and post-conflict settings. Peer learning and knowledge exchange across countries Exposure of key duty-bearers and political actors to environments with good practices related to women’s rights and inclusion is a proven way to enhance understanding of, and openness to, changes in domestic policy on gender issues. Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 At a time when the civic space to advocate towards governments is rapidly shrinking, CSOs must work together and push back against this trend in a concerted lobbying and advocacy effort. The Consortium will, therefore, engage in mutual capacity strengthening, and align with like-minded women’s organizations and CSOs in all three countries. The exact nature of the CSOs’ lobby agendas will depend on the country context and available civic space. Strengthening CSOs’ capacities is a pivotal enabler to reach LT02. While in-country CSO alliances can function as important pressure points to change incentive structures, political actors need to take the agendas of CSOs into account and reflect them in policy and practice. Therefore, LEAP4Peace will also engage with political actors to stimulate their commitment to the WPS agenda. Advocacy initiatives can help put positive pressure on national decisionmakers, by connecting local- and national-level actors to international feminist agendas, regional and international bodies, and women’s rights networks. Therefore, the Consortium will use its existing outreach and networks to promote women’s participation in peacebuilding. This outreach is based on both the experience in three countries in the programme, and on international good practice and experience of Consortium Partners. This Pathway aligns closely to the international frameworks and agreements around National Action Plans and the fulfilment of UNSCR 1325, and SDG 5. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda (IO.4.1) CSOs effectively monitor and lobby for policy change and implementation (IO.4.2) International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments (IO.4.3) And the intervention strategies are: CSO capacity-building assessment and strategy We will build on our existing monitoring and evaluation tool that measures CSO performance, based on the Five Capabilities model, and enables them to acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses, and implement strategies for capacity improvement. The ‘10 Steps’ and ‘Beyond Consultation’ L&A tools These GAPS tools helps governments and duty-bearers to get commitments on WPS and put them into action. Gender Policy Analysis tool This tool, developed by GEN, analyses legal and policy documents in Myanmar and compares them against international gender standards. This tool will be used also in the other countries. Supportive policy environment for women’s rights and political participation in peacebuilding (LTO2) Programme contribute to this LTO by working through 2 pathways: Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies and Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies For women to participate meaningfully to sustaining peace, the policy environment must support, respect and protect their rights, participation and representation. In Burundi, Colombia and Myanmar, existing post-conflict legislative frameworks already provide some guarantee of women’s participation, on paper. However, implementation lags behind. Mutual trust and dialogue are necessary ingredients in order to put these frameworks into practice, and to improve them based on international best practice. For this to materialize, political actors need to agree on minimum criteria and benchmarks, and collectively move forward on these issues. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Political parties develop joint gender-equality agendas (IO.3.1) Political actors jointly advocate for the implementation of gender-equality legislation (IO.3.2) Political actors collaborate for better policies (IO.3.3) The programme aims to achieve these outcomes through the following set of intervention strategies: Interparty dialogue platforms/women caucuses Existing dialogue platforms in all three countries will facilitate the development of interparty agendas on women’s participation in political and peace-making processes. INSPIRED-method based multi-stakeholder dialogue Through the INSPIRED methodology NIMD facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue between civil society and political actors in emerging democracies and post-conflict settings. Peer learning and knowledge exchange across countries Exposure of key duty-bearers and political actors to environments with good practices related to women’s rights and inclusion is a proven way to enhance understanding of, and openness to, changes in domestic policy on gender issues. Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 At a time when the civic space to advocate towards governments is rapidly shrinking, CSOs must work together and push back against this trend in a concerted lobbying and advocacy effort. The Consortium will, therefore, engage in mutual capacity strengthening, and align with like-minded women’s organizations and CSOs in all three countries. The exact nature of the CSOs’ lobby agendas will depend on the country context and available civic space. Strengthening CSOs’ capacities is a pivotal enabler to reach LT02. While in-country CSO alliances can function as important pressure points to change incentive structures, political actors need to take the agendas of CSOs into account and reflect them in policy and practice. Therefore, LEAP4Peace will also engage with political actors to stimulate their commitment to the WPS agenda. Advocacy initiatives can help put positive pressure on national decisionmakers, by connecting local- and national-level actors to international feminist agendas, regional and international bodies, and women’s rights networks. Therefore, the Consortium will use its existing outreach and networks to promote women’s participation in peacebuilding. This outreach is based on both the experience in three countries in the programme, and on international good practice and experience of Consortium Partners. This Pathway aligns closely to the international frameworks and agreements around National Action Plans and the fulfilment of UNSCR 1325, and SDG 5. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda (IO.4.1) CSOs effectively monitor and lobby for policy change and implementation (IO.4.2) International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments (IO.4.3) And the intervention strategies are: CSO capacity-building assessment and strategy We will build on our existing monitoring and evaluation tool that measures CSO performance, based on the Five Capabilities model, and enables them to acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses, and implement strategies for capacity improvement. The ‘10 Steps’ and ‘Beyond Consultation’ L&A tools These GAPS tools helps governments and duty-bearers to get commitments on WPS and put them into action. Gender Policy Analysis tool This tool, developed by GEN, analyses legal and policy documents in Myanmar and compares them against international gender standards. This tool will be used also in the other countries. # national and international L&A resolutions adopted # national and international L&A resolutions adopted Thus far, GAPS has not undertaken any international advocacy activities for LEAP4Peace that has resulted in a recommendations being adopted. As discussed above, the ‘recommendations’ will be developed over the course of the project, so detail is not yet available but it will meet the following requirements: - It will be based on experiences and evidence found in the project - It will be specific and achievable; civil society will be able to hold decision makers accountable for meeting these recommendations. We will focus on international leaders on Women Peace and Security, e.g. UN Women officials. Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda # of other CSOs with increased L&A capacities. By this point, GAPS hasn’t engaged with other CSOs. We have worked with other consortium members to develop their country-specific papers on the topic of women’s role in peace process. These country-specific papers contributed to the global paper and will also be used in future national L&A activity. The end-of-year target is based on the assumption that at least two consortium members will have materials to use in their lobbying activities that they didn’t have previously and that this will be helpful. 7 countries contributing case studies and having the global knowledge product available for their advocacy use # of other CSOs included in the programme activities At this time, GAPS hasn’t engaged any other CSOs in the programme activities, beyond for consortium members and NIMD offices involved with the PoD project. GAPS intends to include same CSOs in the launch and dissemination of the global knowledge product. GAPS will also invite civil society organizations to the launch event and will record attendance via registration. 41 civil society organisations attended the two launch events International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments # of international advocacy initiatives carried out by CSOs At this time, no international advocacy initiatives have taken place By the end of 2021, GAPS will have engaged with international audiences at the UN WPS week and a launch event for the global knowledge product. 2 virtual panel events to launch the global knowledge paper # studies for evidence-based L&A disseminated to political actors # studies for evidence-based L&A disseminated to political actors At this time, there have been no studies disseminated. The global knowledge product will be finished soon after this baseline report has been submitted and this will be disseminated to political actors. By the end of 2021, GAPS will have disseminated one (1) global paper to political actors including UN Women official, other contacts which includes Government officials in the UK, and GAPS Members and other civil society. Other L4P Consortium members will support dissemination in their country contexts and share with their national governments. 1 global knowledge product - a paper collating case studies from 7 countries and drawing global lessons and recommendations GB-CHC-1043843-GLO-L4P-22-C1 Gender Action for Peace and Security L4P GAPS Gender Action for Peace and Security Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie Gender Action for Peace and Security Date start (planned) Date end (planned) Date start (actual) Date end (actual) 004402079227836 info@gaps-uk.org 55552.00 55552.00 GLO-L4P-22-C1 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie 17758.50 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie 32635.20 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie 5158.20 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie 12841.87 11675.86 17172.87 Supportive policy environment for women’s rights and political participation in peacebuilding (LTO2) Programme contribute to this LTO by working through 2 pathways: Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies and Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies For women to participate meaningfully to sustaining peace, the policy environment must support, respect and protect their rights, participation and representation. In Burundi, Colombia and Myanmar, existing post-conflict legislative frameworks already provide some guarantee of women’s participation, on paper. However, implementation lags behind. Mutual trust and dialogue are necessary ingredients in order to put these frameworks into practice, and to improve them based on international best practice. For this to materialize, political actors need to agree on minimum criteria and benchmarks, and collectively move forward on these issues. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Political parties develop joint gender-equality agendas (IO.3.1) Political actors jointly advocate for the implementation of gender-equality legislation (IO.3.2) Political actors collaborate for better policies (IO.3.3) The programme aims to achieve these outcomes through the following set of intervention strategies: Interparty dialogue platforms/women caucuses Existing dialogue platforms in all three countries will facilitate the development of interparty agendas on women’s participation in political and peace-making processes. INSPIRED-method based multi-stakeholder dialogue Through the INSPIRED methodology NIMD facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue between civil society and political actors in emerging democracies and post-conflict settings. Peer learning and knowledge exchange across countries Exposure of key duty-bearers and political actors to environments with good practices related to women’s rights and inclusion is a proven way to enhance understanding of, and openness to, changes in domestic policy on gender issues. Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 At a time when the civic space to advocate towards governments is rapidly shrinking, CSOs must work together and push back against this trend in a concerted lobbying and advocacy effort. The Consortium will, therefore, engage in mutual capacity strengthening, and align with like-minded women’s organizations and CSOs in all three countries. The exact nature of the CSOs’ lobby agendas will depend on the country context and available civic space. Strengthening CSOs’ capacities is a pivotal enabler to reach LT02. While in-country CSO alliances can function as important pressure points to change incentive structures, political actors need to take the agendas of CSOs into account and reflect them in policy and practice. Therefore, LEAP4Peace will also engage with political actors to stimulate their commitment to the WPS agenda. Advocacy initiatives can help put positive pressure on national decisionmakers, by connecting local- and national-level actors to international feminist agendas, regional and international bodies, and women’s rights networks. Therefore, the Consortium will use its existing outreach and networks to promote women’s participation in peacebuilding. This outreach is based on both the experience in three countries in the programme, and on international good practice and experience of Consortium Partners. This Pathway aligns closely to the international frameworks and agreements around National Action Plans and the fulfilment of UNSCR 1325, and SDG 5. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda (IO.4.1) CSOs effectively monitor and lobby for policy change and implementation (IO.4.2) International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments (IO.4.3) And the intervention strategies are: CSO capacity-building assessment and strategy We will build on our existing monitoring and evaluation tool that measures CSO performance, based on the Five Capabilities model, and enables them to acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses, and implement strategies for capacity improvement. The ‘10 Steps’ and ‘Beyond Consultation’ L&A tools These GAPS tools helps governments and duty-bearers to get commitments on WPS and put them into action. Gender Policy Analysis tool This tool, developed by GEN, analyses legal and policy documents in Myanmar and compares them against international gender standards. This tool will be used also in the other countries. Supportive policy environment for women’s rights and political participation in peacebuilding (LTO2) Programme contribute to this LTO by working through 2 pathways: Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies and Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies For women to participate meaningfully to sustaining peace, the policy environment must support, respect and protect their rights, participation and representation. In Burundi, Colombia and Myanmar, existing post-conflict legislative frameworks already provide some guarantee of women’s participation, on paper. However, implementation lags behind. Mutual trust and dialogue are necessary ingredients in order to put these frameworks into practice, and to improve them based on international best practice. For this to materialize, political actors need to agree on minimum criteria and benchmarks, and collectively move forward on these issues. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Political parties develop joint gender-equality agendas (IO.3.1) Political actors jointly advocate for the implementation of gender-equality legislation (IO.3.2) Political actors collaborate for better policies (IO.3.3) The programme aims to achieve these outcomes through the following set of intervention strategies: Interparty dialogue platforms/women caucuses Existing dialogue platforms in all three countries will facilitate the development of interparty agendas on women’s participation in political and peace-making processes. INSPIRED-method based multi-stakeholder dialogue Through the INSPIRED methodology NIMD facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue between civil society and political actors in emerging democracies and post-conflict settings. Peer learning and knowledge exchange across countries Exposure of key duty-bearers and political actors to environments with good practices related to women’s rights and inclusion is a proven way to enhance understanding of, and openness to, changes in domestic policy on gender issues. Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 At a time when the civic space to advocate towards governments is rapidly shrinking, CSOs must work together and push back against this trend in a concerted lobbying and advocacy effort. The Consortium will, therefore, engage in mutual capacity strengthening, and align with like-minded women’s organizations and CSOs in all three countries. The exact nature of the CSOs’ lobby agendas will depend on the country context and available civic space. Strengthening CSOs’ capacities is a pivotal enabler to reach LT02. While in-country CSO alliances can function as important pressure points to change incentive structures, political actors need to take the agendas of CSOs into account and reflect them in policy and practice. Therefore, LEAP4Peace will also engage with political actors to stimulate their commitment to the WPS agenda. Advocacy initiatives can help put positive pressure on national decisionmakers, by connecting local- and national-level actors to international feminist agendas, regional and international bodies, and women’s rights networks. Therefore, the Consortium will use its existing outreach and networks to promote women’s participation in peacebuilding. This outreach is based on both the experience in three countries in the programme, and on international good practice and experience of Consortium Partners. This Pathway aligns closely to the international frameworks and agreements around National Action Plans and the fulfilment of UNSCR 1325, and SDG 5. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda (IO.4.1) CSOs effectively monitor and lobby for policy change and implementation (IO.4.2) International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments (IO.4.3) And the intervention strategies are: CSO capacity-building assessment and strategy We will build on our existing monitoring and evaluation tool that measures CSO performance, based on the Five Capabilities model, and enables them to acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses, and implement strategies for capacity improvement. The ‘10 Steps’ and ‘Beyond Consultation’ L&A tools These GAPS tools helps governments and duty-bearers to get commitments on WPS and put them into action. Gender Policy Analysis tool This tool, developed by GEN, analyses legal and policy documents in Myanmar and compares them against international gender standards. This tool will be used also in the other countries. # national and international L&A resolutions adopted # national and international L&A resolutions adopted Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda # of other CSOs with increased L&A capacities. 1.) Held virtual training for NIMD Colombia on advocacy skills 2.) Held face-to-face knowledge building workshop on the WPS agenda at Consortium meeting in Kenya which all consortium mebers attended # of other CSOs included in the programme activities 1.) Representatives from HearWomen and 50:50 Parliament spoke at the panel event 2.) 7 civil society orgnisations from Jordan, Nigeria Canada and the Netherlands participated in the Knowledge Exchange Workshop with FCDO on NAPs - WO=MEN, WPS Network Canada, Gender Awareness Trust Nigeria, Network of Peace and Security Women Nigeria, JNCW Jordan, ARDD Jordan and Inclusive Security. 3.) 4 civil society organisations participated in the pillars for peace summary report launch at the UNSC WPS week - WO=MEN, Ruta Pacifica de Mujeres, Red Nacional de Mujeres, and GEN Myanmar. International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments # studies for evidence-based L&A disseminated to political actors # studies for evidence-based L&A disseminated to political actors 1.) Pillar for Peace disseminated at panel event with the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security based on the paper. 2.) Pillars for Peace summary report launched and disseminated at UNSC WPS week event. # of international advocacy initiatives carried out by CSOs 1.) Panel event to disseminate Pillars for Peace paper and discuss key themes held in collaboration with UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security 2.) Knowledge exchange workshop hosted by GAPS, NIMD, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), which brought together government officials, civil society representatives and academics from the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, Nigeria, Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan. 3.) UNSC WPS week event to launch Pillars for Peace summary report. With opening and closing remarks from the UK and Netherlands. GB-CHC-1043843-GLO-L4P-23-C1 Gender Action for Peace and Security L4P GAPS Gender Action for Peace and Security Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie Gender Action for Peace and Security Date start (planned) Date end (planned) Date start (actual) Date end (actual) 004402079227836 info@gaps-uk.org 45561.05 45561.05 GLO-L4P-23-C1 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie 15946.37 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie 6819.16 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie Supportive policy environment for women’s rights and political participation in peacebuilding (LTO2) Programme contribute to this LTO by working through 2 pathways: Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies and Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies For women to participate meaningfully to sustaining peace, the policy environment must support, respect and protect their rights, participation and representation. In Burundi, Colombia and Myanmar, existing post-conflict legislative frameworks already provide some guarantee of women’s participation, on paper. However, implementation lags behind. Mutual trust and dialogue are necessary ingredients in order to put these frameworks into practice, and to improve them based on international best practice. For this to materialize, political actors need to agree on minimum criteria and benchmarks, and collectively move forward on these issues. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Political parties develop joint gender-equality agendas (IO.3.1) Political actors jointly advocate for the implementation of gender-equality legislation (IO.3.2) Political actors collaborate for better policies (IO.3.3) The programme aims to achieve these outcomes through the following set of intervention strategies: Interparty dialogue platforms/women caucuses Existing dialogue platforms in all three countries will facilitate the development of interparty agendas on women’s participation in political and peace-making processes. INSPIRED-method based multi-stakeholder dialogue Through the INSPIRED methodology NIMD facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue between civil society and political actors in emerging democracies and post-conflict settings. Peer learning and knowledge exchange across countries Exposure of key duty-bearers and political actors to environments with good practices related to women’s rights and inclusion is a proven way to enhance understanding of, and openness to, changes in domestic policy on gender issues. Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 At a time when the civic space to advocate towards governments is rapidly shrinking, CSOs must work together and push back against this trend in a concerted lobbying and advocacy effort. The Consortium will, therefore, engage in mutual capacity strengthening, and align with like-minded women’s organizations and CSOs in all three countries. The exact nature of the CSOs’ lobby agendas will depend on the country context and available civic space. Strengthening CSOs’ capacities is a pivotal enabler to reach LT02. While in-country CSO alliances can function as important pressure points to change incentive structures, political actors need to take the agendas of CSOs into account and reflect them in policy and practice. Therefore, LEAP4Peace will also engage with political actors to stimulate their commitment to the WPS agenda. Advocacy initiatives can help put positive pressure on national decisionmakers, by connecting local- and national-level actors to international feminist agendas, regional and international bodies, and women’s rights networks. Therefore, the Consortium will use its existing outreach and networks to promote women’s participation in peacebuilding. This outreach is based on both the experience in three countries in the programme, and on international good practice and experience of Consortium Partners. This Pathway aligns closely to the international frameworks and agreements around National Action Plans and the fulfilment of UNSCR 1325, and SDG 5. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda (IO.4.1) CSOs effectively monitor and lobby for policy change and implementation (IO.4.2) International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments (IO.4.3) And the intervention strategies are: CSO capacity-building assessment and strategy We will build on our existing monitoring and evaluation tool that measures CSO performance, based on the Five Capabilities model, and enables them to acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses, and implement strategies for capacity improvement. The ‘10 Steps’ and ‘Beyond Consultation’ L&A tools These GAPS tools helps governments and duty-bearers to get commitments on WPS and put them into action. Gender Policy Analysis tool This tool, developed by GEN, analyses legal and policy documents in Myanmar and compares them against international gender standards. This tool will be used also in the other countries. Supportive policy environment for women’s rights and political participation in peacebuilding (LTO2) Programme contribute to this LTO by working through 2 pathways: Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies and Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies For women to participate meaningfully to sustaining peace, the policy environment must support, respect and protect their rights, participation and representation. In Burundi, Colombia and Myanmar, existing post-conflict legislative frameworks already provide some guarantee of women’s participation, on paper. However, implementation lags behind. Mutual trust and dialogue are necessary ingredients in order to put these frameworks into practice, and to improve them based on international best practice. For this to materialize, political actors need to agree on minimum criteria and benchmarks, and collectively move forward on these issues. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Political parties develop joint gender-equality agendas (IO.3.1) Political actors jointly advocate for the implementation of gender-equality legislation (IO.3.2) Political actors collaborate for better policies (IO.3.3) The programme aims to achieve these outcomes through the following set of intervention strategies: Interparty dialogue platforms/women caucuses Existing dialogue platforms in all three countries will facilitate the development of interparty agendas on women’s participation in political and peace-making processes. INSPIRED-method based multi-stakeholder dialogue Through the INSPIRED methodology NIMD facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue between civil society and political actors in emerging democracies and post-conflict settings. Peer learning and knowledge exchange across countries Exposure of key duty-bearers and political actors to environments with good practices related to women’s rights and inclusion is a proven way to enhance understanding of, and openness to, changes in domestic policy on gender issues. Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 At a time when the civic space to advocate towards governments is rapidly shrinking, CSOs must work together and push back against this trend in a concerted lobbying and advocacy effort. The Consortium will, therefore, engage in mutual capacity strengthening, and align with like-minded women’s organizations and CSOs in all three countries. The exact nature of the CSOs’ lobby agendas will depend on the country context and available civic space. Strengthening CSOs’ capacities is a pivotal enabler to reach LT02. While in-country CSO alliances can function as important pressure points to change incentive structures, political actors need to take the agendas of CSOs into account and reflect them in policy and practice. Therefore, LEAP4Peace will also engage with political actors to stimulate their commitment to the WPS agenda. Advocacy initiatives can help put positive pressure on national decisionmakers, by connecting local- and national-level actors to international feminist agendas, regional and international bodies, and women’s rights networks. Therefore, the Consortium will use its existing outreach and networks to promote women’s participation in peacebuilding. This outreach is based on both the experience in three countries in the programme, and on international good practice and experience of Consortium Partners. This Pathway aligns closely to the international frameworks and agreements around National Action Plans and the fulfilment of UNSCR 1325, and SDG 5. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda (IO.4.1) CSOs effectively monitor and lobby for policy change and implementation (IO.4.2) International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments (IO.4.3) And the intervention strategies are: CSO capacity-building assessment and strategy We will build on our existing monitoring and evaluation tool that measures CSO performance, based on the Five Capabilities model, and enables them to acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses, and implement strategies for capacity improvement. The ‘10 Steps’ and ‘Beyond Consultation’ L&A tools These GAPS tools helps governments and duty-bearers to get commitments on WPS and put them into action. Gender Policy Analysis tool This tool, developed by GEN, analyses legal and policy documents in Myanmar and compares them against international gender standards. This tool will be used also in the other countries. # national and international L&A resolutions adopted # national and international L&A resolutions adopted Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda # of other CSOs with increased L&A capacities. BLTP, GEN Myanmar, NIMD Myanmar, NIMD Colombia had increased L&A capacities as a result of support in L&A advocacy efforts, coordination of meeting with partners to strengthen international advocacy efforts and dissemination of L&A resources. Specific L&A planning and training was undertaken at The Hague in person meeting, and effort has been made to include partners as co-creators in IL&A activitiy plans, to ensure equal partnership and improve capacity. # of other CSOs included in the programme activities - 1 CSO was a speaker at the side event at the Stockholm Forum for Peace and Development: OSCE - 3 CSOs were featured on the ‘Mind the GAPS podcast: Womankind Worldwide, Women for Refugee Women and Women’s International Peace Centre. - 2 CSOs (non-L4P partners) were speakers at the WPS week event: WILPF Colombia, WIPC (counted above) International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments # of international advocacy initiatives carried out by CSOs - Side event on women’s participation in decision-making and gender responsive leadership in partnership with the FBA at the Stockholm Forum for Peace and Development. - Side event on localising the WPS agenda with NIMD Colombia & GEN Myanmar at UN WPS week # studies for evidence-based L&A disseminated to political actors # studies for evidence-based L&A disseminated to political actors - Pillars for Peace summary report disseminated at Stockholm Forum event on women’s participation in decision making. - Pillars for Peace report and summary report promoted in Podcast episode featuring L4P Partner NIMD Colombia. - Pillars for Peace summary report disseminated at UN WPS week event. GB-CHC-1043843-GLO-L4P-24-C1 Gender Action for Peace and Security L4P GAPS Gender Action for Peace and Security Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie Gender Action for Peace and Security Date start (planned) Date end (planned) Date start (actual) Date end (actual) 004402079227836 info@gaps-uk.org 67085.00 67085.00 GLO-L4P-24-C1 Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie Supportive policy environment for women’s rights and political participation in peacebuilding (LTO2) Programme contribute to this LTO by working through 2 pathways: Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies and Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies For women to participate meaningfully to sustaining peace, the policy environment must support, respect and protect their rights, participation and representation. In Burundi, Colombia and Myanmar, existing post-conflict legislative frameworks already provide some guarantee of women’s participation, on paper. However, implementation lags behind. Mutual trust and dialogue are necessary ingredients in order to put these frameworks into practice, and to improve them based on international best practice. For this to materialize, political actors need to agree on minimum criteria and benchmarks, and collectively move forward on these issues. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Political parties develop joint gender-equality agendas (IO.3.1) Political actors jointly advocate for the implementation of gender-equality legislation (IO.3.2) Political actors collaborate for better policies (IO.3.3) The programme aims to achieve these outcomes through the following set of intervention strategies: Interparty dialogue platforms/women caucuses Existing dialogue platforms in all three countries will facilitate the development of interparty agendas on women’s participation in political and peace-making processes. INSPIRED-method based multi-stakeholder dialogue Through the INSPIRED methodology NIMD facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue between civil society and political actors in emerging democracies and post-conflict settings. Peer learning and knowledge exchange across countries Exposure of key duty-bearers and political actors to environments with good practices related to women’s rights and inclusion is a proven way to enhance understanding of, and openness to, changes in domestic policy on gender issues. Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 At a time when the civic space to advocate towards governments is rapidly shrinking, CSOs must work together and push back against this trend in a concerted lobbying and advocacy effort. The Consortium will, therefore, engage in mutual capacity strengthening, and align with like-minded women’s organizations and CSOs in all three countries. The exact nature of the CSOs’ lobby agendas will depend on the country context and available civic space. Strengthening CSOs’ capacities is a pivotal enabler to reach LT02. While in-country CSO alliances can function as important pressure points to change incentive structures, political actors need to take the agendas of CSOs into account and reflect them in policy and practice. Therefore, LEAP4Peace will also engage with political actors to stimulate their commitment to the WPS agenda. Advocacy initiatives can help put positive pressure on national decisionmakers, by connecting local- and national-level actors to international feminist agendas, regional and international bodies, and women’s rights networks. Therefore, the Consortium will use its existing outreach and networks to promote women’s participation in peacebuilding. This outreach is based on both the experience in three countries in the programme, and on international good practice and experience of Consortium Partners. This Pathway aligns closely to the international frameworks and agreements around National Action Plans and the fulfilment of UNSCR 1325, and SDG 5. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda (IO.4.1) CSOs effectively monitor and lobby for policy change and implementation (IO.4.2) International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments (IO.4.3) And the intervention strategies are: CSO capacity-building assessment and strategy We will build on our existing monitoring and evaluation tool that measures CSO performance, based on the Five Capabilities model, and enables them to acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses, and implement strategies for capacity improvement. The ‘10 Steps’ and ‘Beyond Consultation’ L&A tools These GAPS tools helps governments and duty-bearers to get commitments on WPS and put them into action. Gender Policy Analysis tool This tool, developed by GEN, analyses legal and policy documents in Myanmar and compares them against international gender standards. This tool will be used also in the other countries. Supportive policy environment for women’s rights and political participation in peacebuilding (LTO2) Programme contribute to this LTO by working through 2 pathways: Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies and Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 Pathway 3: Collaboration for better policies For women to participate meaningfully to sustaining peace, the policy environment must support, respect and protect their rights, participation and representation. In Burundi, Colombia and Myanmar, existing post-conflict legislative frameworks already provide some guarantee of women’s participation, on paper. However, implementation lags behind. Mutual trust and dialogue are necessary ingredients in order to put these frameworks into practice, and to improve them based on international best practice. For this to materialize, political actors need to agree on minimum criteria and benchmarks, and collectively move forward on these issues. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Political parties develop joint gender-equality agendas (IO.3.1) Political actors jointly advocate for the implementation of gender-equality legislation (IO.3.2) Political actors collaborate for better policies (IO.3.3) The programme aims to achieve these outcomes through the following set of intervention strategies: Interparty dialogue platforms/women caucuses Existing dialogue platforms in all three countries will facilitate the development of interparty agendas on women’s participation in political and peace-making processes. INSPIRED-method based multi-stakeholder dialogue Through the INSPIRED methodology NIMD facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue between civil society and political actors in emerging democracies and post-conflict settings. Peer learning and knowledge exchange across countries Exposure of key duty-bearers and political actors to environments with good practices related to women’s rights and inclusion is a proven way to enhance understanding of, and openness to, changes in domestic policy on gender issues. Pathway 4: Lobbying & Advocacy (L&A) for implementation of UNSCR 1325 and SDG 5 At a time when the civic space to advocate towards governments is rapidly shrinking, CSOs must work together and push back against this trend in a concerted lobbying and advocacy effort. The Consortium will, therefore, engage in mutual capacity strengthening, and align with like-minded women’s organizations and CSOs in all three countries. The exact nature of the CSOs’ lobby agendas will depend on the country context and available civic space. Strengthening CSOs’ capacities is a pivotal enabler to reach LT02. While in-country CSO alliances can function as important pressure points to change incentive structures, political actors need to take the agendas of CSOs into account and reflect them in policy and practice. Therefore, LEAP4Peace will also engage with political actors to stimulate their commitment to the WPS agenda. Advocacy initiatives can help put positive pressure on national decisionmakers, by connecting local- and national-level actors to international feminist agendas, regional and international bodies, and women’s rights networks. Therefore, the Consortium will use its existing outreach and networks to promote women’s participation in peacebuilding. This outreach is based on both the experience in three countries in the programme, and on international good practice and experience of Consortium Partners. This Pathway aligns closely to the international frameworks and agreements around National Action Plans and the fulfilment of UNSCR 1325, and SDG 5. The Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) in this pathway, which contribute to LTO2 are: Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda (IO.4.1) CSOs effectively monitor and lobby for policy change and implementation (IO.4.2) International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments (IO.4.3) And the intervention strategies are: CSO capacity-building assessment and strategy We will build on our existing monitoring and evaluation tool that measures CSO performance, based on the Five Capabilities model, and enables them to acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses, and implement strategies for capacity improvement. The ‘10 Steps’ and ‘Beyond Consultation’ L&A tools These GAPS tools helps governments and duty-bearers to get commitments on WPS and put them into action. Gender Policy Analysis tool This tool, developed by GEN, analyses legal and policy documents in Myanmar and compares them against international gender standards. This tool will be used also in the other countries. # national and international L&A resolutions adopted # national and international L&A resolutions adopted Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda Strengthened like-minded CSOs align for joint advocacy agenda # of other CSOs with increased L&A capacities. # of other CSOs included in the programme activities International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments International lobby and advocacy for supportive international and national policy environments # of international advocacy initiatives carried out by CSOs # studies for evidence-based L&A disseminated to political actors # studies for evidence-based L&A disseminated to political actors