
Events
Transformative Financing for Gender Equality
in the Western Balkans
Events for 2023
Ceremony of Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Supreme Audit Institutions of Serbia, BiH and Montenegro
Date: 24 February 2023
Venue: Belgrade, Serbia
Title: Signing Ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding between Supreme Audit Institutions of BiH, Montenegro and Serbia
Description: The ceremony will be the first meeting of SAI teams to initiate the work on conducting of the parallel sub-regional audit of SDG 5
Western Balkans Stocktaking Workshop on Gender Responsive Budgeting Implementation at Local Level...
Date: 28 February - 1 March 2023
Venue: Tirana, Albania
Title: Western Balkans Stocktaking Workshop on Gender Responsive Budgeting Implementation at Local Level: Expert Discussion and Knowledge Exchange
Description: UN Women Country Offices and the national experts will be coming together for regional exchange of knowledge and best practices.
March
Signing Ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding between Supreme Audit Institutions...
Date: 3 March 2023
Venue: Skopje, North Macedonia
Title: Signing Ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding between Supreme Audit Institutions of Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia
Description: The ceremony will be the first meeting of SAI teams to initiate the work on conducting of the parallel sub-regional audit of SDG 5.
Closing financial gaps on gender equality to accelerate SDG implementation
Date: 30 March 2023
Venue: Online
Title: Closing financial gaps on gender equality to accelerate SDG implementation
Description: Experts from the Europe and Central Asia region will discuss using public finance management systems to promote gender equality and the role of oversight bodies in increasing transparency and accountability in this side event at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2023.
Promotion of the Women's Empowerment Index in Agriculture
Date: March 2023 (TBC)
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: Promotion of the Women's Empowerment Index in Agriculture
Description: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy, The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food and UN Women will meet for a promotional event on Women's Empowerment Index in Agriculture.
Training on GRB and climate methodology
Date: March 2023 (TBC)
Venue: Serbia
Title: Training on GRB and climate methodology
Description: UN Women and GFA will have a meeting to present developed methodology for simultaneous tracking of GRB and climate related actions.
Supreme Audit Institutions Training on Gender Audit
Date: March 2023 (TBC)
Venue: Serbia
Title: Supreme Audit Institutions Training on Gender Audit
Description: UN Women and SAI Serbia will be meeting for the training of representatives of SAI Serbia on gender auditing and the presentation of Gender Audit Guidelines.
April
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with 12 Local Government Units
Date: 4 April 2023
Venue: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with 12 Local Government Units
Description: UN Women and 12 Local Government Units will be Signing of MoUs to support cities and municipalities in BiH in GRB implementation.
2nd Meeting of Representatives of Supreme Audit Institutions
Date: 5 April 2023
Venue: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: 2nd Meeting of Representatives of Supreme Audit Institutions
Description: UN Women and 12 Local Government Units will be Signing of MoUs to support cities and municipalities in BiH in GRB implementation.
Workshop with local level representatives: Validation of gender analysis of sectoral programs
Date: 25-26 April 2023
Venue: North Macedonia (TBC)
Title: Workshop with local level representatives: Validation of gender analysis of sectoral programs
Description: UN Women and Kosovo Municipalities will validate gender analysis in selected sectors at a one-day workshop attended by local-level representatives.
Study visit: Exchange of best practices on GRB implementation
Date: 27 April 2023
Venue: Skopje, North Macedonia (TBC)
Title: Study visit: Exchange of best practices on GRB implementation
Description: UN Women, Kosovo Municipalities, and two municipalities of North Macedonia will share GRB implementation best practices through a study visit attended by 16 Kosovo municipalities' representatives.
GRB training at the local level
Date: April 2023 (TBC)
Venue: Albania
Title: GRB training at the local level
Description: The training aims to build the capacity of local government units to apply GRB tools in their plans and budget. The training sessions will be carried out in 10 Albanian municipalities
Launching of the Gender Audit Report
Date: April 2023 (TBC)
Venue: Albania
Title: Launching of the Gender Audit Report
Description: UN Women and ALSAI will meet for the launching event of the first Gender Audit Report prepared by Albanian State Supreme Audit Institution, with the technical expertise of UN Women.
May
PAB Meeting
Daye: 3-4 May 2023
Venue: Albania
Title: PAB Meeting
Description: The main objective of this meeting was to monitor the progress of the project implementation and identify how to advance gender equality through budgets. The other objective of the meeting was to provide high level technical support to assure that the project maintains its relevance in conforming to identified needs and priorities and responds to new developments in the region. GRB developments were also discussed during this meeting with the focus on strategic and policy priorities.
GRB Workshop
Date: 16-18 May 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: GRB Workshop
Description: As part of the Resource Center for Gender Responsive Policy Making and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy’s efforts to advance the application GRB, over 20 representatives from state agencies and ministries participated at a basic training on gender analysis. Coordinators for equal opportunities, as well as representatives from the strategic planning and finance departments, enhanced their capacities to conduct gender analysis of sectoral programmes and measures within their institutions. The participants gained valuable knowledge in gender-sensitive data collection, monitoring, evaluation, and developing gender budget statements in line with the Government’s Methodology for GRB at central level.
Gender equality and empowerment of women from rural areas through their inclusion on the labor market
Date: 25-26 May 2023
Venue: Albania
Title: Gender equality and empowerment of women from rural areas through their inclusion on the labor market
Description: The workshop was organized to present pre-study findings on the evaluation the effectiveness of measures for the inclusion of women from rural areas in the labor market.
Regional workshop meeting
Date: 24-26 May, 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: Regional workshop meeting
Description: The audit teams from North Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo* held the first technical meeting on the regional cooperative performance audit on gender equality and empowerment of women from rural areas. Auditors discussed on the objectives, method, and topics of the joint audit report they are going to prepare on the area of Gender Equality. They met with representatives of UN Women offices from the region to discuss the future steps and needed support by the state audit institutions on mainstreaming gender in audit practices. The cooperative performance audit will be the first one in the region that will provide data and analysis of the Governments’ commitments toward rural women and their inclusion in the labour market.
GRB Local Level Workshop
Date: Date: 29-31 May, 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: GRB Local Level Workshop
Description: 23 municipal councillors from 6 municipalities have strengthened their capacities in applying gender budgeting in the oversight of local programmes and measures. As part of our training and mentoring programme at local level, the councillors enhanced their knowledge and understanding on the importance of mainstreaming gender in the local policymaking and budgeting processes to address the needs and challenges of women and men.
June
GRB basic training
Date: 7-9 June 2023
Venue: Kosovo
Title: GRB basic training
Description: 33 local administration representatives from 10 different municipalities, members of the intersectoral working groups for gender equality, participated in a 3-day training for gender responsive budgeting and gender equality. This event is part of our training and mentoring programme for capacity building of local administration and councillors on gender budgeting. Through working in groups, training participants were introduced with the basic concepts for gender equality, the importance of gender mainstreaming and gender responsive budgeting. Most important, local administration increased their understanding of the Importance of local self-government in advancing and promoting gender equality in their communities.
Final event for the presentation of results of the project
Date: 14 June 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: Final event for the presentation of results of the project “Towards More Gender-Responsive Policies and Budgets for Agriculture and Rural Development.”
Local GRB Training
Date: 16 June 2023
Venue: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: Local GRB Training
Local GRB Training
Date: 29 June 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: Launch of the Gender Equality Index for North Macedonia (2022)
July
GRB workshop on gender indicators and measuring results
Date: 5-7 and 12-14 July 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: GRB workshop on gender indicators and measuring results
Medium-Term Budget Frameworks (MTBF)
Date: 25 July 2023
Venue: Kosovo
Title: Medium-Term Budget Frameworks (MTBF)
September
Workshop for the development of the Gender Equality Strategy of the Municipality of Kisela Voda
Date: 5-6 September 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: Workshop for the development of the Gender Equality Strategy of the Municipality of Kisela Voda
GRB workshop on gender auditing and gender mainstreaming
Date: 11-15 September 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: GRB workshop on gender auditing and gender mainstreaming
Launch of the report "Effectiveness of institutions in handling cases of domestic violence”
Date: 13 September 2023
venue: Kosovo
Title: Launch of the report "Effectiveness of institutions in handling cases of domestic violence”
GRB workshop on gender indicators and measuring results
Date: 13-15 September 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: GRB workshop on gender indicators and measuring results
Fourth Regional Meeting of Supreme Audit Institutions from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro
Date: 14 September, 2023
Venue: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: Fourth Regional Meeting of Supreme Audit Institutions from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro
Basic GRB training for ministries of finance and line ministries
Date: 18-20 September 2023
Venue: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: Basic GRB training for ministries of finance and line ministries
GRB workshop on gender indicators and measuring results
Date: 19-21 September 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: GRB workshop on gender indicators and measuring results
Advanced GRB training for ministries of finance and line ministries
Date: 20-22 September 2023
Venuw: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: Advanced GRB training for ministries of finance and line ministries
GRB working meeting for the creation of gender-responsive local programmes with the Municipality of Tetovo
Date: 20-21 September 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: GRB working meeting for the creation of gender-responsive local programmes with the Municipality of Tetovo
GRB training for parliaments
Date: 26-27 September 2023
Venue: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: GRB training for parliaments
Exchange workshop between PRISMA Network members and North Macedonia counterparts
Date: 26-28 September 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: Exchange workshop between PRISMA Network members and North Macedonia counterparts on gender participatory budgeting practices and community outreach
Creation of gender-sensitive programmes for 2024
Date: 28-29 September 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: Creation of gender-sensitive programmes for 2024
October
GRB training for local government units
Date: 3-6 October 2023
Venue: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: GRB training for local government units
Workshop for the development of the Gender Equality Strategy of the Municipality of Gazi Baba.
Date: 16 October 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: Workshop for the development of the Gender Equality Strategy of the Municipality of Gazi Baba
Auditors from three Supreme Audit Institutions
Date: 17 October 2023
Venue: Kosovo
Title: Auditors from three Supreme Audit Institutions
November
Presentation of Gender and Climate Financing Baseline Study and accompanying tools
Date: 23 November 2023
Venue: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: Presentation of Gender and Climate Financing Baseline Study and accompanying tools
Kosova Public Administration Reform Conference: Panel on Gender Mainstreaming in Public Policy and Budgeting
Date: 23 November 2023
Venue: Kosovo
Title: Kosova Public Administration Reform Conference: Panel on Gender Mainstreaming in Public Policy and Budgeting
Public debate on the draft version of the Gender Equality Strategy of Kavadarci Municipality 2024-2027
Date: 24 November 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: Public debate on the draft version of the Gender Equality Strategy of Kavadarci Municipality 2024-2027
December
The University of Prishtina launched the very first Gender Action Plan
Date: 11 December 2023
Venue: Kosovo*
Title: The University of Prishtina launched the very first Gender Action Plan
Regional Meeting of Supreme Audit Institutions of Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia
Date: 13-15 December 2023
Venue: North Macedonia
Title: Regional Meeting of Supreme Audit Institutions of Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia
Description: The meeting was organized to review the audit findings, identify complementarities, and key recommendations deriving from the country specific audits
Workshop
Date: 26 December 2023
Venue: Kosovo*
Title: Workshop
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1 For UN Women, references to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of UN Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). For the European Union, this designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UN Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
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