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The gender equality marker in EU development cooperation

GENDER POLICY MARKER

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Rationale: increase the number of G-1 and G-2 programmes / projects

EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Development 2010-2015 :

Indicator 4.4 « By 2013 at least 75% of all new proposals score G-2 (gender as principle objective) or G-1 (gender as significant objective) »

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G-marker in aid cycle

1. Programming

4. Implementation

5. Evaluation + Audit

2. Identification

3. Formulation

NIPNPD /CSP/

DSCRP

ROM : G-marker assessment

G-markeron programme

G-marker on projectsobjectives and/or results expected

Country (or Sector) Gender profile

GEWE objectives

Apply GESCi

Apply GESCf

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DAC-OECD Policy Marker

• Policy markers developed by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of OECD

• The marker system facilitates monitoring and co-ordination of Members’ activities in support of DAC policy objectives for aid

• Other DAC markers: aid to environment, participatory development/good governance

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Correct use of the G-Marker

Survey on a sample of AIDCO 2008 new projects in the CRIS database

– Global coverage ratio for EU sector-allocable activities 87% ; However, the % varies according to EU Delegation

– 35% well marked– 41% badly marked– 24% missing documents (logframe, Action Fiche,

etc.)

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GENDER POLICY MARKER – G-Marker

The G-Marker is used to track resource allocations of donors to promoting gender equality

There are three G-Markers:

– G-0: when gender equality is not targeted

– G-1: when gender equality is a significant objective

– G-2: when gender equality is a principle or main objective

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How to apply the G-marker?

Assess the main objective(s) of the projectIs promotion of gender equality somewhere targeted in the project?

YES NO

Would this project have been initiated if gender equality was not mentioned in the objective(s)?

YES NO

G-0:Gender is not targeted

G-2: Gender Equality is a main objective

Is promotion of GE included in the project design (expected results) ?

YES NO

G-1: Gender Equality is a significant objective

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Methodological issues- 1: programme with different components

Applying the G-marker may be difficult for programmes with different components/sections.

• mark each component/section as a project

• total overview of scores for the different components/ sections enables to decide if gender equality is a principle or significant objective, or not targeted

• Example? Human rights programme, next slide

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Example: A Human Rights programmeA Human Rights programme consisting of 3 components• Component 1: Rehabilitation and equipment of Justice Infrastructures• Component 2: Promotion of Women’s rights• Component 3: Capacity building programme of Policemen

Applying the G-marker to the 3 components:• Component 1: Gender is not targeted = G-0. This component might however

be relevant for gender issues• Component 2: Gender is the principal objective = G-2 • Component 3: Gender is not targeted = G-0.

The programme can be marked G-1 if the Component 2 is a significant component in the programme.

If Component 2 is a small or marginal component, the programme would be marked G-0.

NB : Component 3 could become a G-1 if gender relevant issues would be included in the objectives, e.g. objectives of training police forces on how to address gender-based violence and in promoting equal opportunities of men and women within the police force, etc.

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Methodological issues- 2:local calls for proposals

How to do with local calls for proposals, which result in G-2, G-1 and G-0 projects?

• If no gender perspective in the design of the local call for proposals, CfP = G-0 (gender is not targeted by the donor), even when later on, the call results by chance in gender sensitive projects.

• The opposite case can also happen. CfP = G-1 as Gender is a significant objective in the call for proposals (the intention of the donor is G-1), but the results in terms of gender sensitive proposals may be poor.

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Some links …

• GESCi and GESCf : section1, chapter 6 of the EU Gender-Toolkit : http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sp/gender-toolkit/en/content/toolkit.htm

• OECD-DAC reporting directives : http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/14/58/31738731.pdf

• In the library of ROM gender course ( http://www.romgendercourse.eu/ , free access), the Monitoring tool 5: how to apply the G-marker? http://www.romgendercourse.eu/3dqa2ab3/resources/_misc/Gender_Tools_for_Monitors/Monitoring_Tool_5_G_Marker.pdf

• Capacity4dev gender group : http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/public-gender/