Subprogramme Names of presenters Division 2020 Second Quarter

<< Subprogramme >> << Names of presenters >> << Division >> 2020 Second Quarter Accountability and Programme Performance Review Meeting 8 – 10 July 2020 [Virtual]

General guideline • Use the template provided in the next slides to prepare your presentation • For each RA, use: 1 slide on “ 2020 progress on achievements”; 2 slides on “Delivery modality”; and 1 slide on “challenges/lessons learnt”. For the SP, use: 1 slide on budget performance (all sources) and 1 slide on status of implementing partners • Use Arial Regular font, minimum 18 pt. • Use key words and short phrases (Not long sentences). Avoid capitalized words and word hyphenation • A maximum of 10 minutes presentation per Section (One consolidated divisional/SP presentation to be made by Section Chiefs for each RA) • All presentations should be submitted to SPORD by 28 June 2020 for quality review purposes

2020 Progress on achievements (all budget sources: 18, 23, 11, 35) Objective: To achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment for inclusive and sustainable development in Africa. Result Area 1: Harnessing Demographic Dividend in Africa with Gender a Gender Dimension Progress made to achieving the result area Number of countries adopting sector-specific policies that mainstream gender into their demographic dividend policies by 2020 • Baseline 2019 (1) • Target 2020 (3) • Actual 2020 at Q 2 Progress made in achieving results • Preparations are on going for the Regional workshop on Demographic Dividend with a Gender Dimension, in collaboration with ESCAP. The meeting with be held virtually in the first week of July. • ECA is also working towards finalization of the Operational Manual entitled “Integrating Gender and Demographic Dividends into National Plans”, to enhance capacity of member States to harness demographic dividend through gender equality.

HOW? Delivery modalities – RA 1 Alignment with ECA’s strategic directions Target countries Programme delivery in the following countries: • In collaboration with SRO-WA Benin, Niger, • Nigeria and Uganda • Countries of focus include: Ghana, South Africa and Zambia Response to COVID-19 • As part of the response to COVID-19, the related DA 11 project on Demogrphic Dividends with a Gender Dimension has been revised. Project deliverables will now also include analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 as part of the national profiles and country situation analysis. Deliverables will also include online elements enhancing knowledge management aspects of the project deliverables. Joint delivery in Countries of Focus Supporting joint delivery of project objectives as part of the DA 11 project, with: • Logistical support, substantive and technical assistance • SRO-EA, SRO-NA, SRO -WA, PCKMD • Technical backstopping on data collection, analysis and modelling: • ECA African Centre for Statistics (ACS) • Programme planning, delivery and reporting: • SPORD

HOW? Delivery modalities - RA 1 Contribution to the SDGs • • Goal 5: target 5. 6 Goal 10: target 10. 3 OIBCs (if applicable) • Harnessing DD, Gender and Youth Development Follow-up on ARFSD res. Partnerships (external) • Through targeted interventions, especially in the areas of youth; education; empowerment of women and persons with disabilities; health; data and statistics; and their related gender dimensions. UN agencies providing substantive support, extended mandate and joint delivery: • UNFPA on demographic dividends to convene national workshops in Ghana • UNICEF on demographic dividends to convene national workshops in Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zambi • ESCAP – joint delivery on the DA 11 project on harnessing demographic dividends for gender equality and women’s empowerment Gender Mainstreaming • Is the core focus of SP 6 • Integration of gender dimensions in all aspects • SP 6 will further ensure that gender is mainstreamed across other ECA subprogrammes and components

Status update: Key challenges and lessons learnt – RA 1 Key challenges • The DA 11 project related to harnessing Demographic Dividends with a Gender Dimension, was originally due to finish in June 2021, • The COVID-19 situation is impacting delivery of national and regional workshops, as well as impacting the project timeline, planned activities as well as the deliverables according to the DA 11 project plan and the original ABP for SP 6. Lessons learnt • The project deadline has been extended and was sought from DESA and in collaboration with UN ESCAP, the project implementation partner. • The final project timeline is now December 2021. • This includes revision of the deliverables to incorporate the impacts of COVID into country analysis, changes to delivery methods to include more online elements, as well as shifting budget allocation across different budget lines.

2020 Progress on achievements (all budget sources: 18, 23, 11, 35) Objective: To achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment for inclusive and sustainable development in Africa. • Result Area 2: Enhanced capacity of member States to mainstream gender into sectoral policies Progress made to achieving the result area Number of countries adopting sector-specific policies with a gender dimension by 2020 • Baseline 2019 (12) - Target 2020 (16) - Actual 2020 at Q 2 Progress made in achieving results • In preparation for the training workshop on the AGDI, the background document has been drafted. This include aligning the current AGDI more closely to the SDGs and human rights treaties, and taking into account the lessons learnt from implementing the tool in 40 African countries. • The Sub-program has reached out to divisions without Gender Focal Persons. ECA, for the first time, has a GFP at D 1 level, shows the seriousness some divisions accord to gender mainstreaming. • SP 6 is revising the draft gender policy and gender strategy to integrate a focus to SDGs to gender commitments and the new strategic directions of ECA. Divisional consultations on gender mainstreaming planned for the last week of july to discuss GFP To. Ra and collaboration strategies.

HOW? Delivery modalities – RA 2 Alignment with ECA’s strategic directions Target countries • All member States through the convening of regional workshops and dissemination of knowledge products Response to COVID-19 • ECA, UNWomen and AUC jointly organized a virtual meeting of Ministers of Gender on COVID-19 • Collaborated with the NEPAD section to support DESA to organize the Africa Dialogue Series. • Implementing the care economy stream on DA 13. • Working with the Af. DB - COVID-19/ women entrepreneurs Joint delivery in Countries of Focus The subprogramme is working with ACS to assist the Government of Seychelles to undertake a gender assessment to inform the 2020 VNR. • Logistical support, substantive and technical assistance): • SRO-EA, SRO-NA, SRO-WA, MGD, RITD, TCND, PCKMD • Technical backstopping on data collection, analysis and modelling: • ECA African Centre for Statistics (ACS) • Programme planning, delivery and reporting: • SPORD

HOW? Delivery modalities – RA 2 Contribution to the SDGs • • Goal 5: target 5. 2, 5. 5 Goal 10: target 10. 2 Follow-up on ARFSD res. • Through targeted interventions, especially in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation; empowerment of women and persons with disabilities; data and statistics; and trade, and their related gender dimensions OIBCs (if applicable) Gender Mainstreaming Gender and Youth Development • Worked with TCND, RITD and ACS on data collection, analysis and modelling, and produced infographics for the IWD documentary. • Is the core focus of SP 6 • Integration of gender dimensions in all aspects • SP 6 will further ensure that gender is mainstreamed across other ECA subprogrammes and components Partnerships (external) UN agencies and regional institutions providing substantive support, extended mandate and joint delivery: • UN Women • AUC • Af. DB

Status update: Key challenges and lessons learnt – RA 2 Key challenges • The subprogramme is being implemented with three professional staff – two vacant posts. Lessons learnt • One of the posts has now been advertised • Consultants have been recruited as mitigating measures.

Status of budget utilization/implementation • Provide status update on the SP’s budget utilization/implementation by budget source (all budget sources: RB, XB, RPTC, DA)

Status update on implementing partners • Provide status update on the SP’s implementing partners for XB funded projects

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