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Nordic Trust FundNordic Trust Fund
Knowledge and Learning for Human Rights and Development
Nordic Trust Fund Progress ReportNovember 2011–December 2012
Nordic Trust Fund (NTF) is a knowledge and learning initiative to help the World Bank develop a more informed view on human rights. It is designed to improve existing Bank involvement on human rights in the overall context of the Bank’s core mission of promoting economic growth and poverty reduction. The NTF is managed by a secretariat in the Operations Policy and Country Services vice-presidency (OPCS). Financial and staff support for the NTF is provided by Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, with additional funding provided by Germany.
www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund
Knowledge and Learning for Human Rights and Development
Nordic Trust Fund Progress ReportNovember 2011–December 2012
C O N T E N T S
1 Summary of Progress 1
2 Introduction 3
3 Activities, Results and Outcome Indicators 5
3.1 Activities 5
3.2 Results 7
3.3 Outcome indicators 12
4 Events, Research and Grants 13
4.1 Knowledge and Partnership Events 13
4.2 Applied Research 14
4.3 NTF Grant Program Examples 17
5 Financial Summary 21
6 Looking Ahead 23
Annexes 25
Annex A: Select Knowledge and Partnership Activities 26
Annex B: NTF Program Grants Completed in 2013 32
Annex C: NTF Program Grants Approved in 2012 50
Annex D: Select NTF Supported Publications 55
A b b r E v i AT i O N S A N d A C r O N ym S
HOI Human Opportunity Index
HR Human Rights
ICT Information and Communications Technology
K&P Knowledge and Partnership
KPI Knowledge Product Index
NTF Nordic Trust Fund
OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
OPCS Operations Policy and Country Services
PS Performance Standards
SF Sustainability Framework
UN United Nations
UPR Universal Periodic Review
WBG World Bank Group
WBL Women, Business and the Law
WDR World Development Report
WPA Work Program Agreement
WTO World Trade Organization
1. S u m m A ry O f P r O g r E S S November 2011 to December 2012
This Progress Report reflects the evolution of the Nordic Trust Fund (NTF) program from November 2011 to December 2012 based on the achievements made during the two previous reporting periods. It illustrates how the supported grants, knowledge and partnership activities helped build and further consolidate the
NTF program as a platform for human rights related debates and discussions among World Bank staff, manage-ment and partners. The frequency, scope and quality of these activities continued to grow during the reporting period, thus contributing to the progression towards the NTF stated objective—to develop a more informed view of how human rights relate to the work of the World Bank in the overall context of the World Bank’s core mission.
In terms of activities, about 75 seminars were delivered and 45 reports finalized or substantively completed during the reporting period. 28 teams across the World Bank completed activities supported by previously approved NTF grants and a second round of 27 NTF grants were prepared, approved and launched. Activities took place—and grants were allocated to teams—across the whole World Bank Group, i.e. in all six regional vice presidencies, the anchor units for the four main thematic networks, the IFC as well as to the World Bank’s research arm (Develop-ment Economics), the Legal Department and the World Bank Institute.
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Results from the now completed first round of grants included, with the approval of the rele-vant Government, consideration of human rights methodology and principles to help inform World Bank country activities in half of the 28 grants. In-country activities took place in cases where there was express interest from the respective government. Seven of the grants supported the development of analytical tools and practices to indirectly inform work in client countries. The remaining seven grants complemented broader analytical or operational programs by enabling the program teams to explore the use of human rights in different contexts.
A “core” group of about 200 Bank staff bene-fitted from extensive human rights on-the-job learning, mainly staff in the grant supported teams, and about 1,000 Bank staff attended at least one of the 75 NTF events organized during the reporting period. Large secondary audiences inside and outside the World Bank were reached through some of the NTF activities, including the 2012 and 2013 World Development Reports, the revision of IFC’s performance standards and activities under some of the in-country grants.
Activities completed yielded a vast body of find-ings and recommendations. These were clus-tered into larger emerging lessons-learnt and linked to either themes pursued by the World Bank’s main sector networks, or to broader crosscutting themes. Most knowledge generated
was topic specific, i.e. how human rights relate to development work on gender, health, fragil-ity, local government, etc. The main crosscut-ting findings stemming from a review of practices among several donors was that (i) political lead-ers in many donor countries continue to firmly support human rights in development programs, (ii) donor agencies adopt very different policies in response to this policy guidance depending on their respective mandate and governance struc-tures, and (iii) despite differing policies, there is a certain degree of convergence across donors at the operational level around program objectives and components through the increased incor-poration of human rights principles into devel-opment projects. In other words, donor policies appear to vary more than donor practices.
All NTF funds, including US$17.3 million from the five Nordic donors, US$0.3 million of investment income and Euro 0.2 million from the Government of Germany, have been allocated: 83 percent for the grant program, 15 percent for the Knowledge & Partnership program and NTF Secretariat and 2 percent for administration fees. 63 percent of all funds had been disbursed by the end of 2012.
In the year ahead work will focus on the continued implementation of and support for the NTF grant program. In addition, the NTF Secretariat will con-tinue the aggregation of the knowledge gener-ated around broader lessons learnt, and prepare and disseminate this material across the World Bank, and also host or sponsor a smaller num-ber of learning events focusing on crosscutting themes and on synergies across grant teams/top-ics. The current plans and funding will sustain the NTF program until November 2014 (with the last disbursement date of March 31, 2015). The Secre-tariat will take stock of the interest expressed and explore how it can be channeled into proposed future activities to best support the NTF objective of developing a more informed view of how the Bank’s work relates to human rights.
2. i N T r O d u C T i O N
The NTF supports a World Bank knowledge and learning program for staff and management to develop an informed view of how human rights relate to the Bank’s work in the overall context of the Bank’s core man-date of poverty alleviation and economic growth, as set out in the World Bank’s Articles of Agreement.
The last two decades have seen a gradual adoption of human rights related ideas and standards, methodologies and principles into good development practice across the donor community. In the World Bank, social and envi-ronmental safeguards and other mechanisms have been put in place to prevent supported programs from causing harm and many operations contribute to the realization of rights through improved governance and better provi-sion of basic services. However, knowledge among Bank staff is limited about how a systematic consideration of human rights can improve development interventions and outcomes. In addition, knowledge about the impact of human rights on outcomes is limited as the challenge of attribution and causation remains – there is little evidence based materials available.
A Bank staff survey, conducted in 2009, identified knowledge gaps about how human rights laws, definitions, standards, principles and institutions relate to the Bank’s work, and provided a framework for the design of
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NTF supported activities. The substance of the NTF supported knowledge and learning pro-gram draws on core human rights instruments adopted by the United Nations and regional enti-ties, widely accepted human rights principles (non-discrimination, accountability, participa-tion and transparency) and on good practices employed when working with human rights in development programs.
The first two NTF progress reports are avail-able at www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund and provide a summary of program achieve-ments and content from the start in Septem-ber 2009 until October 2011. They describe the establishment and early implementation of
the two main program components, i.e. (i) the now completed 28 NTF human rights grant programs implemented by task teams across the World Bank Group and (ii) training, stud-ies partnership and capacity building activities delivered through a NTF Secretariat managed Knowledge and Partnership (K&P) program. The reports also describe the NTF manage-ment and governance structure including the Vice President level Steering Group that pro-vides overall direction and guidance, the Direc-tor level Advisory Committee providing more detailed guidance on the scope and content of activities and the NTF Secretariat housed in the World Bank’s Operations Policy and Coun-try Services (OPCS) Vice Presidency.
3. A C T i v i T i E S , r E S u l T S A N d O u T C O m E i N d i C AT O r S
3.1 Activities
The number, scope and content of activities in both NTF work streams expanded during the reporting period:
First, as part of the NTF Secretariat managed K&P Program some 35 seminars or other learning events were delivered and five analytical reports finalized or substantively completed. In addition to managing the overall NTF program, Secretariat staff made 14 trips to partner institutions, Bank country offices or human rights related conferences. The NTF Secretariat also provided support to human rights related work inside the Bank. This included technical sup-port in the context of the ongoing review of the World Bank’s safeguards as well as to the Bank’s dialogue with var-ious human rights institutions (including the UN Special Rapporteurs). Of the US$2.7 million allocated to the K&P program and overall NTF program management US$1.6 had been spent by the end of 2012.Second, under the NTF Grant Program, 28 grants completed implementation of their respective activities and were closed. A second round
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of 27 NTF grants were prepared, approved and launched. Grant teams finalized or substantively completed some 40 studies or other documented outputs and delivered about 40 workshops or other learning events. US$14.6 million had been allocated, and US$9.1 million spent, to the NTF grant program by the end of 2012.
Institutionally, NTF activities included all six regions, the anchor units for the four main the-matic networks as well as the World Bank’s research arm —Development Economics—the Legal Department and the World Bank Insti-tute. A table showing the allocation of NTF funds across the World Bank Group is shown below.
NTF: Allocated funding across World Bank units as of end 2012
Bank unitAllocated % of
US$17.3 million Bank unitAllocated % of
US$17.3 million
A: NTF Secretariat, K&P program 15% B2: Network Anchor Units 26%
Poverty, Ec mang’t 6%
B: Grant program 85% Human dev’t 2%
B1: Regions 44% Fin Priv sector, IFC 7%
Africa 12% Sustainable dev’t 11%
East Asia 3%
Europe Cent Asia 3% B3: Other 15%
Lat Am Caribbean 12% Dev’t economics, WDR 6%
Mid East N Africa 9% Legal 6%
South Asia 5% World Bank Institute 3%
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3.2 results
NTF has established itself as a vibrant plat-form for human rights related debates, discus-sions and activities with World Bank staff and management and with development partners. The frequency, scope and quality of these dis-cussions have grown over the three years that NTF has been in place. Earlier, pre-NTF con-versations often engaged only smaller audi-ences, were usually more confined and ad hoc, more tentative and less directly focused on human rights. The recent exchanges taking place through the NTF K&L and Grant funded activities attracted broader audiences and addressed the wider topic of how human rights can inform and add value to the main opera-tional and analytical programs across the World Bank Group.
The NTF activities produced results that can be sorted into three parts: (i) increased use of human rights to inform Bank programs through NTF grants; (ii) increased awareness and learning among Bank staff and management of the role of human rights in development; and (iii) progress in articulating an informed view of how human rights relate to the World Bank’s work.
Consideration of human rights in Bank programs through NTF grantsMany of the NTF grant receiving teams broad-ened and enriched their sector or country work by incorporating aspects of human rights meth-odology or principles – with any in-country activ-ities taking place only where there was express interest from the respective Government.
In the Colombia, Egypt, Roma and Central Amer-ica health grants, Bank work came to include the right to health, supported by reports and work-shops with content depending on the country cir-cumstances.
In the Sierra Leone & Nigeria and the Colombia Peace and Development projects grants teams introduced human rights in community level work in post-conflict settings linked to Bank sup-ported projects. Discrimination against women was addressed in the South Africa, DRC and Ban-gladesh grants.
In the Vietnam, Africa & South Asia Local Govern-ment, Africa and Central America Justice, and in WBI’s ICT grant in DRC, grant teams introduced dialogues on making rights available to poor or vulnerable groups, or on the use of participation and accountability in project formulation.
Other grant teams focused on developing prac-tices or analytical tools to inform Bank opera-tional and analytical work.
The Human Development Anchor team devel-oped strategy notes for the use of rights in health, education and social protection. The Social Development Anchor team developed, first, guidance for how to work with rights in pro-grams for internally displaced persons, and sec-ond, an analysis of working with human rights and youth, including contributions to a virtual platform and the national dialogue in Mexico. A Middle East and North Africa grant explored the use of rights based programming for children in conflict areas and its broader impact on safety and security.
Also, NTF grants complemented other funding by supporting teams assigned to larger tasks to add a human rights discussion or component to their work.
The World Development Report teams for 2012 (gender) and 2013 (jobs) used NTF funds to add a human rights perspective in these two World Bank flagship reports. NTF supported work in IFC on implementing the human rights aspects of the
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recently revised Performance Standards, on the human rights impact assessment tools and the implementation guide on human rights reached IFC staff and clients worldwide. The Poverty group incorporated human rights considerations to their analysis of determinants for inequality and associated policy recommendations to com-bat discrimination in the provision of basic ser-vices. The Women, Business and the Law team took human rights reasoning into consideration during the development of indicators of rele-vance for women doing business.
Increased awareness and learning among Bank staffNTF contributed to Bank staff awareness and learning in three ways.
First, a “core” group of about 200 Bank staff have benefitted from extensive on-the-job learn-ing as they have explored how to work with human rights in their respective tasks and work programs. This included the NTF grant receiv-ing teams across the World Bank Group, but also staff with a particular interest in human rights and development who attended the many NTF events and stayed in touch with the NTF Secre-tariat.
Second, about 1,000 Bank staff attended the 75 NTF events (estimated based on Annex A and B) organized during the reporting period. While many staff attended more than one event, this nevertheless means that a significant number of staff was exposed to human rights and develop-ment issues in their particular sector or program.
Third, large secondary audiences inside and out-side the World Bank were reached through some of the NTF activities. This included the above mentioned work of supporting a rights perspec-tive in the 2012 and 2013 WDR and WBL reports, the work with IFC and also NTF sponsored activ-ities in Colombia, Vietnam and South Africa that
involved significant in-country audiences from government and other stakeholders.
Articulating an informed view on human rights and the World Bank’s workThe NTF Secretariat started to cluster the many lessons learnt from the NTF supported activi-ties to make them useful and accessible for staff learning. This work took place towards the end of the reporting period as the first 28 grants and several of the Secretariat supported analytical reviews were completed. The scope and content of this vast body of knowledge generated to date are illustrated in Annexes A and B and can be sorted into two parts. First, most knowledge gen-erated is linked to a specific development topic and examines how human rights could be used in a particular sector context. Second, some knowl-edge related to broader cross-cutting aspects of human rights and development.
The table below provides an overview of the clus-tering of the main knowledge themes supported by the NTF, divided into two parts:
The top part shows the main topic and sec-tor areas pursued, and their link to the World Bank’s main sector networks. NFT-supported activities in the Poverty and Economic Manage-ment network focused on gender and on equal-ity of opportunity questions, and also on the broader question of links between economics and human rights. Activities linked to Law and Justice focused on the role of courts and on ways to enhance access to justice. Here, many activ-ities dealt with how to bridge the gap between existing human rights oriented legislation in countries, and actual practices/weak implemen-tation. Within the Human Development network, many activities examined how a consideration of the right to health can improve development outcomes, complemented by work on labor and social protection aspects. Inclusion and commu-nity related issues were examined in activities
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linked to the Sustainable Development network, as was the way for human rights considerations to contribute to local government projects and issues related to climate change. The Private Sector work was mainly linked to IFC’s work to help clients handle human rights from a busi-ness risk perspective.
The lower part lists the main cross-cutting themes pursued in the development of knowl-edge. A review of donor practices shows a strong continued support for human rights at policy level, a large variety among donors in terms of legal, mandate and governance structures, but also growing use of human rights principles in programs supported by many donors.
Research conducted indicates that information technology can be used to promote human rights but also poses risks. Human rights impact assess-ments and human rights indicators are gaining importance as the methodology continues to evolve. Human rights can be a useful approach for development work in fragile and conflict set-tings as exemplified by children rights program-ming. Many donors support redress mechanisms in the programs they support, but they are mainly informal and without legal reference.
The NTF Secretariat will continue its work to aggregate knowledge generated and lessons learnt into useful packages that can be used to complement staff training.
In June 2012, the 28 NTF grant receiving teams were surveyed, and 21 responded, about their work. Two thirds of them said their learning was directly applicable to their In June 2012, the 28 NTF grant receiving teams were surveyed, and
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Human Rights in Development – Towards an Informed View
Main Knowledge Themes Supported by the NTF Knowledge & Partnership and Grant Programs
Bank Network Related Themes
Poverty, Economic Management Law and Justice Human DevelopmentSustainable Development
and Private Sector
Economics: While tensions persist, human rights and economics are mainly complementary and emphasize different aspects. Human rights focus on the individual, on process and distribution of income. Economics underline effectiveness, prioritization and aggregate outcomes.
Equality of opportunity: Human rights inform the development of the Human Opportunity Index. It measures inequality in one index by adjusting traditional average service delivery levels with how equitably the service is distributed across groups based on race, gender, income, etc. It is a proxy measure of the human rights principle of non-discrimination, and can guide policy interventions.
Gender: Human rights can align activities with a complete normative and legal framework, provide accountability linked to legislation and broaden outcomes.
Land: Competition for land fuel many rights based disputes.
Public sector governance: Accountability systems imply rights which empower those most vulnerable.
The role of courts: Litigation for social and economic rights is increasing and may help the realization of human rights among the poor. Problems include middle class capture and difficulties in compliance but the benefits of rulings can trickle down to broader groups.
Access to justice: Legal aid support at community level can be a complement to traditional social accountability measures.
Implementing existing legislation: Assisting in implementation of already adopted national rights related laws can bridge the gap between legislation and practice. It can be a practical and useful entry point for country level human rights work and for access to information discussions.
Health: Universal provision prevails in policy discussions but operationally relevant approaches vary considerably across countries depending on income levels, implementation capacity, fiscal space and other factors.
Labor: Rights can help address forms of work that are harmful for individuals and society. Many countries have ratified ILO’s conventions but compliance gaps exist with the core principles on child labor, forced labor, discrimination, freedom of association and collective bargaining.
Social protection: Many countries have acknowledged the right to social security and ramped up social protection programs and accountability. Few programs use explicit rights based approaches and capacity constraints remain.
Inclusion: Human rights can help inform inclusion related programs, i.e. on internally displaced persons, migrants, youth and others.
Community: Human rights can provide a common ground and starting point for fresh looks at community problems and solutions, including in post conflict settings.
Local government: Rights based discourse can improve the quality of the relations between local authorities and citizens and of service delivery.
Private sector: Clients demand support to address human rights as a business risk. IFC human rights related standards represent international benchmarks.
Climate change: Impact of climate change and adaptation and prevention measures often fall on vulnerable groups and infringe their rights.
Cross-cutting Themes
Donor agencies: Continued high-level policy support for donor agencies to promote human rights. Agencies’ policy responses vary depending on governance structure and mandate. Many donors converge around the growing use of human rights principles as good development practice. Donors face both the broad question of how to improve outcomes and performance by drawing on human rights and the more specific issue of how to deal with human rights violations caused by, or related to, the supported activities.
Human rights impact assessments (HRIA): HRIA and associated human rights indicators make up an evolving and increasingly important instrument for donors to identify and measure the impact on human rights.
Technology and ICT: Technology supports human rights as it reduces costs of getting information and enhancing participation. Negative aspects include ensuring participant anonymity, information accuracy and no guarantee for concrete outcomes.
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Survey of NTF Grant Recipients In June 2012, the 28 NTF grant receiving teams were surveyed, and 21 responded, about their work. Respondents also said they mainly learnt about human rights methods, concepts and prin-ciples, and that the main results from the grants were the associated knowledge and capacity building. The grant funded activities were the best vehicle for learning and most activities took place in client countries.
Respondents also provided written comments showing great appreciation of the opportunity
to explore how human rights relate to the World Bank’s work as well as support for the learning approach adopted (grants and K&P program). Teams also appreciated the work of the NTF Sec-retariat to support the teams and grant imple-mentation.
Areas of improvement indicated in the sur-vey would include, fist, making the shorter workshops and seminars more useful for the audiences, and second, exploring how the col-laboration with partners could be strengthened.
Human Rights in Development – Towards an Informed View
Main Knowledge Themes Supported by the NTF Knowledge & Partnership and Grant Programs
Fragility and conflict: Human rights can strengthen legitimacy by addressing rights abuses, articulate a vision for social justice and enhance the voice of excluded groups. Skills needed: the ability to identify institutional entry points, engage a wide range of actors, think strategically about tensions and dilemmas and set realistic goals..
Redress: Redress mechanisms and safeguards are increasingly common at project and agency level, but mainly informal and with no legal reference.
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Select survey results
What did you learn?
81% working with human rights methods and concepts
62% working with human rights principles
52% using human rights sources and materials
48% working with minorities and vulnerable groups
38% working with human rights organizations
What were the main results?
81% knowledge and capacity building
67% learning about possible ways of integrating human rights
14% collaboration with partners
Most useful activities for learning:
95% grant activities
48% the 3-day training courses
29% workshops, seminars, etc
Where did the grant activities take place?
48% client countries
38% Washington DC
14% both
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Indicator Status and future plans
Dissemination of Annual Progress Reports to donors, Bank
staff and external audiences to raise awareness of activities
undertaken, knowledge gained and results achieved
This document is the third Annual Progress Report; the first
two were published in November 2010 and 2011, respectively,
and the fourth is scheduled for December 2013. The three
finalized reports are available on the internet at worldbank.org/
nordictrustfund.
Number of training and capacity building activities delivered with
satisfactory participant ratings.
About 45 studies and 75 workshops delivered or substantially
completed during the review period. This is a significant increase
as about 50 studies and 58 workshops were delivered during
the previous two reporting periods. A survey of participants in
the grant program and an evaluation of one major learning event
took place.
Timely completion of programming and achievement of KPIs
according to WPAs for individual activities.
First round of 28 grants completed and closed, new round of 27
grants prepared and launched as planned.
Frequent traffic on website. External www.worldbank.org/
nordictrustfund and internal http://ntf.
Internal and external websites continuously updated, populated
with finalized studies and learning materials. Traffic ranging
between 50 and 100 visitors per month.
Increase of human rights awareness among Bank staff based on
ex ante and ex post survey results.
Ex ante base line survey completed and follow-up survey
planned for late 2013.
Increased reference to and incorporation of human rights
principles in Bank operations, based on portfolio reviews.
Terms of reference in place for study of select Bank documents,
to start with social protection programs in Africa, scheduled for
early 2013.Program results in Annex B also indicate increased
use and reference to human rights principles in certain pilot
projects.
3.3 Outcome indicators
The table below shows the status of the six out-come indicators that were agreed between the Bank and the NTF donors during the develop-ment of the program.
4. Ev E N TS , rE S E ArC h A N d g rA N TS
4.1 Knowledge and Partnership Events
The NTF Secretariat hosted or sponsored some 35 Knowledge and Partnership events attended by about 1,000 Bank staff. A selection of these events is provided below (for a full list see Annex A).
United Nations–World Bank Seminar on Human Rights Impact AssessmentsA one-day “Joint World Bank–UN Seminar on Human Rights Impact Assessments and Other Forms of Analysis in Development Policy and Operations” event in September 2012 was attended by some 80 participants, co-hosted by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, opened by the World Bank Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management and attended by Bank staff, representatives from UN (Unicef, UNDG-HRM, UNOHCHR), EU (Devco, EEAS), NTF donors as well as other bilateral agencies, academia and NGOs. Participants enjoyed a lively exchange about the methods of human rights impact assessments, operational implications of inte-grating human rights in development programs and about the relevance of human rights in economic, social and envi-ronmental analysis. Representatives provided a detailed account of the differences in approaches of human rights across development agencies, including an update of the work of the UN Human Rights Mainstreaming initiative. The recently approved EU strategy for the provision of budget support in EU development programs, with its strong
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focus on human rights, was discussed. The event also provided inputs for the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) Study commissioned by NTF, introducing the different approaches to conduct-ing a HRIA, and scheduled for finalization in 2013.
A Special Event on CEDAW and Women’s Rights, March 5th, 2012In honor of International Women’s Day, NTF sup-ported, and some 200 people attended, a special event on CEDAW and Women’s Rights, hosted by the World Bank. The event explored the critical role that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has played in promoting the empowerment of women and girls in developing countries, resulting in con-crete advances for societies worldwide. Interna-tional policymakers, country representatives, and NGO leaders came together to share experiences on how CEDAW has paved the way for significant advances in women’s rights, and to discuss the way forward in tackling gaps in women’s voice, agency, participation, and access to justice—key dimensions identified in the 2012 World Develop-ment Report on Gender Equality and Development. The event was sponsored by the Leadership Con-ference on Civil and Human Rights and the World Bank’s Gender and Development group. Present-ers included Sima Samar, Chair, Afghanistan Inde-pendent Human Rights Commission and former Minister for Women Affairs, Melanee Verveer, Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues, US Department of State, Sihem Badi, Minister of Women’s Affairs, Tunisia and Meaza Ashenafi, President, Women’s learning Partnership, Ethiopia.
http://live.worldbank.org/liveblog-webcast-how-ad-vance-womens-rights-developing-countries
PREM Learning Week – Integrating Human Rights into the World Bank’s Poverty and Economic Management Work A panel discussion on the possible advantages of integrating human rights in PREM’s work, orga-
nized as part of the Conference organized by the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) network on May 1 and 2, 2012, expressed the view that there is increasing convergence between the goals that human rights advocates aspire to, and the development work of the World Bank. The panel included Otaviano Canuto, Vice President of the Network, and other experts at the Bank. The panel showcased innovative NTF sup-ported activities where a human rights perspec-tive is being integrated into the Bank’s work. In Vietnam, the governance team has engaged the country in looking at how right to information can further transparency and how awareness of rights can make the state more responsive to citizens. A team in PREM is looking at the Human Oppor-tunity Index as a means of assessing inequality of opportunity among children. The World Devel-opment Report on Jobs emphasizes the concept of ‘better jobs’ that improve societal welfare, not just ‘more jobs’. While the panel recognized that points of tension between the human rights and economic policy approaches remain, the view was that engagement between the two disci-plines constitutes a fruitful terrain to explore. Economic policy offers tools and instruments that can achieve the goals enumerated in the interna-tional human rights framework, which might lack the policy prescription to accomplish the goals. The panel expressed the view that approaching development issues from a human rights lens can help strengthen the design of development pro-grams in a direction that increasingly improves welfare, empowers individuals, and furthers what one panelist called the ‘self-esteem agenda’.
http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/rights-and-development
4.2 Applied research
About 45 analytical reports were finalized or sub-stantially completed during 2012 (see Annexes A
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and B for details). Summaries of the main find-ings and recommendations in a selection of them are provided below.
World Development Report 2013–Jobs. The NTF support in the preparation of WDR 2013 on Jobs allowed for an active consultation and dia-logue with the ILO and civil society organiza-tions involved in rights issues and the production of a set of background papers related to rights and jobs: (i) the legal aspects of discrimination at work; (ii) economic dimensions and measure-ment of discrimination at work; (iii) private and voluntary initiatives to improve workers rights; (iv) voice and informal sector workers; (v) social cohesion concepts and measurement; (vi) analy-sis of well-being and work in garment factories, using data from the ILO-IFC better work program; and (vii) alternative dispute mechanisms for workers in Cambodia.
NTF support resulted in a more explicit consid-eration of rights during the preparation of the report, and integration of rights into its core messages, in particular in the definition of ‘jobs’ used in the report. Unacceptable activities that violate human rights, including hazardous child labor, forced labor, and jobs that suppress voice are not considered “jobs” in the language of the WDR. The report includes sections on jobs and rights (Chapter 5), social cohesion (Chapter 4), the rights of migrants (Chapter 7), and the inter-national context for improving rights at work, including ILO conventions, the role of trade poli-cies, and corporate social responsibility (Chapter 9). The report, summary materials, and back-ground papers are all available at www.world-bank.org/wdr2013.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Human Rights
The World Bank Institute published an NTF funded report, “ #ICT4HR, Information and Com-
munication Technologies for Human Rights”. The departure of the report is the emerging consen-sus that ICT promotes development and good government by increasing people’s ability to collect their own information and assess pub-lic decision making. The report seeks to com-plement that broader discussion by studying the impact of ICT on human rights. Using case studies from Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Dominican Republic, the report considers both the opportunities and risks pre-sented by new technologies for human rights. It concludes that there are benefits that can be real-ized through the deployment of new technolo-gies in human rights projects—new technologies offer the potential to reduce the cost of collect-ing information about human rights issues and to increase participation in human rights advocacy efforts. Each of these possible benefits, however, gives rise to new risks and challenges. Although new technologies can reduce the cost of infor-mation gathering, it can be difficult to ensure
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the accuracy of the information generated, and the associated volume can make it challenging and expensive to identify relevant data. There is also no guarantee that increased participation or information will be translated into action or con-crete outcomes for the community. The report can be accessed at http://bit.ly/VROmnu.
Human rights and economicsThis study, entitled Human rights and econom-ics, discusses the interaction between human rights and economics by comparing basic con-cepts in economics (mainly welfare economics) and human rights, and also provides a number of examples where human rights have contributed to and formed part of economic policies. The main conclusion of the study is that while ten-sions exist, the approaches adopted by human rights and economics have different areas of focus and are, therefore, largely complementary. While human rights emphasize the individual, process and questions of equality, non-discrim-ination and distribution, economics focuses on efficient resource allocation, prioritization among competing goals and aggregate outcomes. The examples in the study illustrate how develop-ment economists have expanded much beyond a focus on aggregate macroeconomic indicators of growth such as GDP, to looking at welfare out-comes at the individual and household level—the report concludes that a basic driver of this shift in emphasis is the recognition of the indi-vidual’s right to development. Concerns about equality have driven the development of disag-gregated indicators looking at disparities in out-comes for specific sub-groups and households. Economists now increasingly view governance, social accountability, and transparency as nec-essary conditions for better delivery of services, and more effective outcomes on development. Potential points of tension between the human rights and economic policy approaches remain. Economic policy is inevitably about choices, pri-oritization, and trade-offs in the face of resource
constraints. The study suggests that policy inter-ventions supporting outcomes that might enable the realization of one set of rights might mean that programs directed towards the fulfillment of other rights are left unfunded or under-funded. Economic policy seeks to resolve these dilemmas using tools such as cost-benefit analysis, but this can be hard to reconcile with the human rights starting points that rights are indivisible and inter-dependent. The study concludes that leav-ing room for prioritization and the progressive realization of rights might be the workable com-promise on such issues. The report is available at www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund.
Development, Fragility and Human RightsFollowing up on the 2011 World Development Report on Conflict, Security and Development, this report, entitled Development, Fragility and Human Rights, examines how human rights can support countries’ transition out of fragil-ity and conflict. It identifies five key areas of focus and three ways in which human rights can be used. The five broad areas of focus include: (i) legacies of violence and transitional justice, (ii) violence and conflict, and security sector pol-icy responses, (iii) rule of law and justice sec-
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tor reform, (iv) social exclusion, constitutional reform and legal empowerment, and (v) ser-vice delivery. Within these five areas, the report suggests that human rights can inform efforts for state-building and development through: (i) using a human rights lens to address the legit-imacy deficit of fragile states by making visible the grievances and legacies of rights abuses that might be at the root of conflict and fragility, (ii) drawing on human rights to articulate a vision of social justice that can reduce the risk of con-flict but which usually demands reshaping the terms of the political settlement, and (iii) using human rights to enhance the voice and agency of marginalized or excluded groups to improve the quality of state-society relations. The report advocates a context-appropriate approach where recommendations for development operations include the need to identify relevant institutional entry points and actors, appropriate skill sets, flexibility in programming, recognizing potential tensions and dilemmas and realism about ambi-tions and the role of international actors. The report is available on ‘the Hive’ – a knowledge platform on fragility, conflict and violence, estab-lished by the World Bank, and has been distrib-uted to the UN Conflict Advisors at the request of the UN Interagency Framework Team for Preven-tive Action, hosted by UNDP.
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/PROJECTS/Resources/40940-1331068268558/Fragility_Human_Rights_June2012.pdf
4.3 NTf grant Program Examples
Equality of OpportunityThis NTF grant supported the development and application of the Human Opportunity Index (HOI), a tool designed to measure inequality due to personal circumstances endured during child-hood outside of the individual’s control (i.e. race,
gender, birthplace, parent’s educational level or their father’s occupation). By showing which, and how much, such personal circumstances matter in gaining or preventing access to key services —running water, sanitation, electricity or basic education—needed for a productive life, HOI pro-vides key information for the design of any pub-lic policy initiative focusing on equity. The index runs from 1 to 100 where a country with universal coverage of a service, i.e. primary school enroll-ment, will score 100 for this service. A country with 50% average but inequitable coverage in favor of children of certain circumstances will have a HOI score of below 50 with the discounted score depending on how unequal the enrollment is. HOI can thus be seen to provide a proxy indicator of discrimination. Since 2010, the HOI team has con-ducted analyses in nearly 40 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia, and developed policy recommen-dations for Bank supported operations. The NTF grant also supported a photo contest on inequal-ity with on-line voting that started in late 2012. 756 pictures were submitted and 8,000 votes received. The winners will be announced in 2013. See one of the winning pictures on page 24.http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-re-lease/2013/01/30/inequality-matters-people-worldwide-world-bank-photo-contest-shows
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Human Rights and Local Government in AfricaThis NTF grant supports the strengthening of the link between formal local government insti-tutions and citizens through work of the World Bank’s Africa Region. The objective is to explore the possible use of human rights principles in operational work, and the impact this would have on service delivery and governance per-formance. The grant has examined the possible impacts of the use of human rights principles in new and existing operations in nine countries across the region (Ghana, Mali, DRC, Kenya, Ethi-opia, Mauritania, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique), with different activities, stud-ies and design work directly targeting partic-ipation, accountability and transparency. The outputs of these activities were project com-ponents or design elements that reflect human rights principles, targeting both demand and supply side – including (i) designing and imple-
menting participatory budgeting, (ii) mapping and reviewing legal and operational frameworks for human rights based interventions, (iii) using ICT for urban service delivery, and (iv) design-ing relevant rights focused project compo-nents in new projects (total value of portfolio of existing and new projects benefiting from NTF activities amounting to more than $800m) to strengthen principles of transparency, participa-tion and accountability in local government ser-vice delivery. In addition, cross cutting regional review of project implementation and design has been undertaken, allowing learning from existing local government projects in Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania as regards the application of mechanisms to strengthen LG accountability governance in local governments. Findings and outcomes of the studies can be used to inform the design of other local government projects in Africa, if requested.
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Middle East and North Africa – Child Rights-based Programming in conflict areasThis grant explored the relationship between human rights, child rights-based programming and development in conflict-affected areas, more specifically what the benefits and challenges are of using child-rights based programming as an overall approach for development interventions and how these benefits and challenges are related to safety and security. Conducted in partnership with Save the Children, operational practices and outcomes of seven existing development projects funded by Save the Children Sweden and Unicef, that use child rights-based programming in con-flict-affected areas in Yemen, Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian Territories were reviewed. Overall this study found that the benefits of child rights-based programming in conflict-affected areas outweigh its challenges. Moreover, three of these projects, had clear outcomes that posi-tively influenced safety and security in the geo-graphical areas of the projects. The work resulted in the report issued by Save the Children Swe-den : “Rights-based Programming for Children in Conflict-Affected Areas – Operational Experience from the Middle East Region”:http://resourcecentre.savethechildren.se/content/library/documents/rights-based-programming-chil-dren-conflict-affected-areas-operational-expe
Colombia – Strengthening Human Rights in Colombia’s Peace and Development Project. The World Bank’s Bogotá office and the Govern-ment of Colombia explored the links between
human rights and development in the Regional Development and Peace Programs (RDPP) in six conflict-affected regions of Colombia. An initial review concluded that (i) poverty and vulnera-bility reduction is linked to human rights and (ii) activities can help ensure the enjoyment of rights and avoid unwanted harm by incorporat-ing rights based components and goals in the design and implementation of projects. The grant team and a broad range of stakeholders, including the Government, then took these find-ings to a practical level by designing a Planning and Management Tool for Human Rights-Based Development Projects. This tool includes sur-veys, indicators and graphs, and was tested in two of the RDPP projects. Main outcomes from the grant funded activities include increased awareness among World Bank staff and RDPP project teams about the possible links between their work and human rights, know-how and strong commitment of RDPP to incorporate a human rights perspective into their work, keen interest from Government and the Euro-pean Union in using the Planning and Manage-ment Tool for other programs and, finally, the opening of a new human rights-informed line of dialogue with Government partners and civil society. The team designed and locally vali-dated a knowledge transfer methodology and a multimedia package including the Grant’s main products, including the tool, available at the link below.http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/fea-ture/2012/11/05/colombia-measuring-connec-tion-between-development-and-human-rights
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5. f i N A N C i A l S u m m A ry
5.1 funding Contributions
As of December 31, 2012, all pledged contributions from the five NTF donors had been received and amounted to US$17.3 million. In addition, the funds received had generated investment income of US$0.3 mil-lion. Complementary funding (not shown in the table) supporting NTF related activities in the amount of Euro 0.2 million was received from the Government of Germany.
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Allocation and use of fundsBy the end of 2012, all NTF funds had been allo-cated – mainly (US$14.6 million, 83 percent of total) for the NTF grant program, partly for NTF Secretariat activities (US$2.7 million, 15 per-
Allocation and Use of Funds as of December 31, 2012, US$ million
Category Allocated Disbursed Committed
Grants Program 14.6 9.1 0.3
Economic, social and cultural rights
3.1 2.0 0.1
Governance and Empowerment
3.1 1.5 -
Discrimination and Vulnerable Groups
6.0 4.0 0.2
Capacity and Institutions 2.4 1.6 -
Secretariat activities 2.7 1.6 0.1
Administration fee 0.3 0.3 -
Total 17.6 11.0 0.4
cent of total) and the remaining (US$0.3 mil-lion, 2 percent of total) for administration fees. US$11.0 million (63% of total funds) had been disbursed.
NTF Funds as of December 31, 2012, US$ million
Sources of funds Received
Denmark 4.6
Finland 2.8
Iceland 0.2
Norway 5.6
Sweden 4.1
Total donor contribution 17.3
Investment Income 0.3
Total funds 17.6
6. l O O K i N g A h E A d
in the year ahead work will focus on the continued implementation of and support for the NTF grant program. This will include stock-taking and aggregation of results and lessons learnt of the first round of grants that closed in November 2012 (listed in Annex B) and the launch and implementation of the 27 new grants (listed in
Annex C). For the new grants, the objective is to support the respective teams to develop 1–2 written outputs and 1–2 learning events/workshops.
In addition, the NTF Secretariat will prepare and disseminate select analytical work, and host or sponsor a smaller number of learning events focusing on the identified cross-cutting themes and on synergies across grant teams/topics. These events will also promote discussions with key development partners including the UN, EU, OECD, other multi- and bilateral donors, academia and civil society. The Secretariat will also continue its role
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as focal point and host for generating knowl-edge with respect to human rights related top-ics in the Bank, and as a resource for internal human rights related work, including in the con-text of the ongoing review of the World Bank safeguards.
As part of the work to aggregate the findings and recommendations from the NTF activities into lessons relevant to the Bank’s operational and analytical programs, the NTF secretariat will establish a resource library populated with the key outputs from the NTF grant and K&P programs and select external materials, aimed
at the learning coordinators and staff training units in the Bank. There is considerable inter-est in the NTF program across the Bank. During the call for grant proposals in 2012 the avail-able funding was sufficient only to fund half of the proposals received. While the current plans and funding will sustain the NTF program until November 2014 (with a last disbursement date of March 31, 2015), the Secretariat will take stock of the interest expressed and explore how it can be channeled into proposed future activities to best support the NTF objective of developing a more informed view of how the Bank’s work relate to human rights.
This is one of the winning pictures in the NTF sponsored photo contest described on Page 17.
A N N E x E S
Annex A: Select Knowledge and Partnership Activities
Annex b: NTf Program grants – Completed
Annex C: NTf Program grants – under inmplementation
Annex d: Select NTf Supported Publications
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Annex A
Select Knowledge and Partnership Activities
Date/Partner Audience/Description
A. NTF Annual Grant and major Partnership Workshops
November 2012: NTF Annual Grant Workshop, Bolger Center, Maryland, USA. Staff from across the World Bank Group, government, academia and NGOs. Representatives from Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, South Africa, USA and Vietnam.
60 Bank staff and 10 representatives from government agencies, universities and NGOs. Three day workshop for Bank staff. Focus on NTF grant holders and their country counterparts. Presentations on select human rights issues and of results from mature NTF grants and plans for start-ups. Knowledge sharing and learning between grant teams.
September 2012: NTF Annual Partnership Workshop, Washington DC: “United Nations – World Bank Seminar on Human Rights Impact Assessments and Other Forms of Analysis in Development Policy and Operations”. Co-hosted by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, opened by the World Bank Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management. Representatives from UN (Unicef, UNDG-HRM, UNOHCHR), EU (Devco, EEAS), NTF donors, other bilateral agencies, academia and NGOs.
65 Bank staff and 15 representatives from UN, EU, bilateral donors, academia and NGOs. One day workshop—morning plenary session and afternoon group discussions—on Human Rights Impact Assessments, their use in development work and their methodology.
March 2012: Half day Conference on CEDAW and Women’s Rights, together with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the World Bank’s Gender and Development group. Opened by Caroline Anstey, World Bank Managing Director. Including Sima Samar, Chair, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and former Minister for Women Affairs, Melanee Verveer, Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues, US Department of State, SIhem Badi, Minister of Women’s Affairs, Tunisia, Meaza Ashenafi, President, Women’s learning Partnership, Ethiopia, and others.
500 Bank staff. This event explored the critical role that CEDAW has played in promoting the empowerment of women and girls in developing countries, resulting in concrete advances for societies worldwide. International policymakers, country representatives, and NGO leaders discussed the way forward in tackling gaps in women's voice, agency, participation and access to justice—key dimensions identified in the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development.http://live.worldbank.org/liveblog-webcast-how-advance-womens-rights-developing-countries
May 2012: Panel discussion, integrating human rights into the World Bank’s poverty and economic management work, part of PREM Learning Week. Opened by the World Bank Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management and chaired by the Director for The Public Sector and Governance Group.
50 Bank staff, discussion on how human rights relate to aspects of the World Bank’s work. Presentations from the 2013 WDR, the NTF supported governance program in Vietnam and rights-related research in the World Bank. http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/rights-and-development
B: Other Events
December 2012: Presentation on Health Law and Rights during one session if the World Bank’s Law, Justice and Development Week, by Mr. Moses Mulumba, Human Rights Lawyer from Uganda.
20 Bank staff (mainly Legal Department). Presentation on and discussion about access to justice and inclusion for society’s most marginalized groups, with examples from the health sector in Uganda.
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Date/Partner Audience/Description
November 2012: Seminar on the use of human rights principles in programs promoting voice for youth as a means to reduce violence. VC presentations from program teams in Mexico and El Salvador.
20 Bank staff working on social development projects. Presentation and discussion on design and implementation of programs to engage youth in campaigns against violence through public or private sector interventions.
November 2012: Right to Health Seminar, Professors Everaldo Lamprea and Tatiana Andia, Law School of the University of Los Andes, Bogota.
25 Bank staff mainly working on health. Presentation and discussion on efforts in Colombia to put in place universal and functioning health insurance, identification of main obstacles and solutions.
November 2012, Dhaka: Technical consultation and stakeholder discussion related to NTF grant on Human Rights and Gender in Social Protection in Bangladesh.
Technical consultation on ‘Strengthening Institutional Arrangements to Combat violence against Women through One-stop Crisis Cells’ (attended by 43 people including Bank staff, government representatives, civil society, academics and donors); Stakeholder discussion on ‘Women’s Economic Empowerment through Microfinance’.
September 2012: Seminar on the role of Human Rights in EU’s development cooperation. Jean-Louis Ville, Head of Unit, DG Devco, European Commission, Michael Swann, Human Rights Desk, European External Action Service.
10 participants, informal discussion between NTF Secretariat staff, ECA VPU staff and EU representatives on the experiences from integrating human rights into EU development cooperation policy and operations, based on the 2012 EU Strategic Framework and 2011 EU Agenda for Change.
September 2012: Development Responses to Internal Displacement: Why Human Rights Matter, arranged by the World Bank Global Program on forced Displacement
30 participants. Presentation by Walter Kalin, University of Bern, on ‘Internal Displacement in Africa and the Integration of Human Rights in Bank Activities’ followed by discussion.
August 2012: Promoting the right to health, pilot program in Sierra Leone.
33 Bank staff. Discussion on methods and costs for social accountability in the health sector, including the use of community based paralegals to support intended program beneficiaries.
July 2012: Seminar on the use of Human Rights Impact Assessments in IFC’s work.
15 Bank staff. Discussion on how human rights methodology is used in the private sector, and on tools and approaches that are consistent with IFC’s revised performance standards.
July 2012: Seminar on human rights and information and communication technology (ICT), Professor Molly Land, University of New York.
20 Bank staff. Presentation of a WBI/NTF report and discussion about the opportunities and risks associated with the use of technology when trying to promote participation, accountability and empowerment in development programs.
June 2012: WDR 2012 seminar: Beyond compliance – promoting labor rights in a global economy.
26 Bank staff. Discussion and presentation of a study on how to improve labor standards and worker rights in volatile markets and under-institutionalized settings, recommending an approach based on capability building and collaboration.
June 2012: The WB Inspection Panel (IP) and human rights, IP Chairperson Alf Morten Jerve.
12 Bank staff. Discussion on how IP’s work is related to risks and rights, including right to know and be consulted, right to no-deterioration in livelihood resulting from Bank supported activities and right for indigenous people to benefit from development investments.
June 2012: Seminar with Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.
35 Bank staff. Discussion hosted by the WB Water and Sanitation Group about the desirability, practicality and value added of including a rights perspective in the World Bank’s work in the water and sanitation sector.
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Date/Partner Audience/Description
May 2012: Seminar on the monitoring of the right to health. Prof. Dov Chernichovsky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
20 Bank staff. Discussion on how to measure equity in health at the macro/societal level. Topics included the extent of privately bought “parallel care”, how the poor insure when in potential need and when they can afford insurance and reasons for dissatisfaction with the public system.
May 2012: Workshop with Morten Kjaerum, Director for the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.
22 Bank staff. Discussion on the work of EU, UNDP and the World Bank related to Roma issues in Europe.
April 2012: Meeting with Kelly Scott, Institute for Human Rights and Business, UK.
8 Bank staff, discussion on land acquisitions and private sector human rights guidelines.
April 2012: Meeting with Elizabeth Broderick, Australian Human Rights Commission.
8 Bank staff, discussion about the commission’s work in Australia.
April 2012: Seminar with the World Bank’s Social Development Unit the Sustainable Development Gender Community of Practices.
20 Bank staff, how to build gender inclusive cities and issues of access to housing and services, land tenure and education.
April 2012: Seminar with the World Bank’s South Asia Region Social Protection Unit and the Social Development network.
20 Bank staff, A Rights-Based Approach to Gender and Social protection in Bangladesh: Prospects and Pitfalls.
March 2012: Workshop with World Bank Institute ICT4Gov program.
25 Bank staff, experiences on the use of ICT to promote human rights and citizens’ empowerment in DRC and Dominican Republic.
March 2012. Discussion on Human Rights, Development, Fragility and Conflict – Human Rights abuses as drivers of fragility – Human Rights as drivers of resilience.
15 Bank staff. Discussion with Sima Simar, Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and Meaza Ashenafi, founder of the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association on human rights as drivers of resilience in fragile and conflict-affected situations.
February 2012: Seminar on redress mechanisms in development project, Amar Inamdar, Project Manager, the World Bank.
20 Bank staff. Presentation and discussion on how to enhance participation and accountability in development projects through redress mechanisms.
January 2012: Seminar on the role of courts and social policy, hosted by the World Bank’s Human Development Network Chief Economist. Phillip Alston, co-chair, New York University’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, judges from the Constitutional Court of Colombia, Delhi High Court, India, the South African Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
20 Bank staff. Senior judges from around the world discussed the increasing involvement of courts in social policy making through judicial enforcement, including issues related to trade-offs and costs.
December 2011: Informal discussion with Washington based NGOs and academia. Amnesty, Bank Information Center, Human Rights Watch, Georgetown University, George Washington University
NTF Secretariat and 15 NGO and academia representatives. Discussion on the NTF program, reflections on Human Rights Day (Dec 10) and update on NGO activities.
December 2011: Seminar on the Right to Health with Matte Hartlev, Professor of Law, University of Copenhagen.
8 Bank staff, discussion on the right to health as employed in Europe and Latin America.
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Date/Partner Audience/Description
December 2011: Women's Economic Inclusion: A Human Rights Perspective
Presentation by Julie Maupin, Center for International Comparative Law, Duke University Author of the annex ‘Women’s Economic Rights and Human Rights’ to Women Business and the Law 2011
October 2011: Seminar on a human rights approach to poverty alleviation, Magdalena Sepulveda, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, hosted by the World Bank Human Development Network.
20 Bank staff. Discussion on (i) the Special Rapporteur’s work on social security (social protection), promoting a rights-based approach, and (ii) preventative work on penalization of poverty—identifying laws, policies and practices which punish, segregate, control and undermine the autonomy of people living in poverty and (iii) recommendations to States about their obligations to ensure people living in poverty are able to enjoy their human rights without discrimination.
October 2011: Seminar on decentralization and local governance in India. George Matthew, Chairman, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi.
15 Bank staff. Overview of the impact of decentralization for marginalized groups in India and South east Asia.
October 2011: Meeting with disability rights expert Marianne Schulze, hosted by WB Legal Department (took place during previous reporting period but was not included in the previous progress report).
15 Bank staff. Discussion on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
C: Analytical Activities and Dissemination
“OECD-WB joint publication of Integrating Human Rights Into Development: Donor Approaches, Experiences and Challenges – 2nd edn”. Based on a first report in 2006, an updated draft was prepared in late 2011 and reviewed and discussed with OECD and the participating donors in 2012. Joint publication with OECD is scheduled for March 2013.
The report provides extensive source material for how different donors handle human rights in their work. The main conclusions are that (i) the political support for using human rights in development activities remain strong, (ii) donor agencies respond to this in many different ways, leading to different policies and mandates across agencies, and (iii) there is convergence of operational objectives/methods across agencies despite the varying mandates.
“Report on Development, Fragility and Human Rights”. Draft report reviewed at a seminar at the World Bank Center on Conflict, Security and Development, in Nairobi, November 2011. Revised draft reviewed in Washington DC in March 2012. Report finalized and printed June 2012. http://www.odi.org.uk/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/7772.pdf
Within the overall frame of human rights in development and state building, this report examines how to work with human rights in the context of fragility and conflict. Drawing on the 2011 World Development Report, the emphasis is on institutional processes and human rights to support transition out of fragility.
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Select Knowledge and Partnership Activities
Date/Partner Audience/Description
“Study on Human Rights Impact Assessments: a Review of the Literature, Differences with other forms of Assessments and Relevance for Development”. A draft of the report was presented and discussed at the “Joint World Bank – UN Seminar on Human Rights Impact Assessments and Other Forms of Analysis in Development Policy and Operations” in September 2012. A formal review of the draft was held on September 20, 2012. The study is scheduled for finalization and printing in March 2013.www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund
This study reviews the various existing approaches to human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) and assesses their current form, content, methodology and use, as well as potential relevance to development policy and practice. It considers the essential elements of HRIAs and compares those with other forms of assessments used in development, such as environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and social impact assessments (SIAs) or environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs).
“Human Rights and Economics. Tensions and Positive Relationships – A Desk Study”. Drafts of this study were reviewed on three occasions in 2011 and 2012. A final and printed version of the study is planned for January 2013. www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund
This study discusses the interaction between human rights and economics by comparing basic concepts in economics (mainly welfare economics) and human rights. The main conclusion is that while tensions and differences exist, the approaches adopted by human rights and economics are largely complementary. The second part of the study provides a number of examples where human rights have contributed to and formed part of economic policies.
“Gender and Human Rights based Approaches”. An outline of this study was first discussed in late 2011, again in February 2012, and a draft final version was presented at a seminar in November 2012. Final formatting and editing is underway and a final printed version is scheduled for March 2013.
This study assesses the value added of using a human rights based approach in gender related development work in select World Bank supported activities. Main findings include that complementing work with a human rights based approach can lead to (i) better alignment at policy and practice level with a normative framework, (ii) a more robust accountability framework and (iii) improved support to empowerment objectives.
D: Participation in seminars, meetings with partners, missions to support NTF grants in-country, etc.
November 2012: Mission to Mozambique, Norway and Denmark.
Mozambique: Review of NTF grant supporting local government programs in Mozambique and other countries. Norway: Presentation of NTF program and economics study at Oslo University Human Rights Center. Denmark: Discussions with government on human rights in Denmark’s bilateral aid program.
November 2012: Mission to Uganda and Kenya. Uganda: Participation in NTF grant workshop on Internally Displaced Persons and Human Rights ‘Dialogue for Action on Domesticating and Implementing the Kampala Convention’ Kenya: presentation of NTF program for WB country office staff.
October 2012: Mission to Ethiopia and Luxemburg. Ethiopia: (i) Participation in NTF Grant visit to assess activities to promote access to justice for vulnerable groups, (ii) Presentation on human rights and the NTF for country office staff. Luxemburg: Participation in human rights experts meeting in EIB on how to integrate human rights in the due diligence work of financial institutions.
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Date/Partner Audience/Description
June 2012: Participation in consultation meeting on Conflict Prevention and Human Rights in NY arranged by the Social Science and Research Council, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum. Presentation of Report on development, fragility and human rights as well as two conflict related NTF grants (Colombia Peace and Development and MENA Child rights study)
The meeting was arranged by the Social Science and Research Council, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum, on behalf of the UN Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action, hosted by UNDP, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery. The meeting had about 30 participants, mostly from different parts of the UN System as well as a few experts from outside the UN System. The idea of the meeting was to bridge the gap between conflict prevention practitioners and human rights practitioners.
May 2012: Meeting with Sida delegation Meeting with Sida Director General and delegation, review of NTF program.
May 2012: Mission to Tunisia and Finland Tunisia: Discussions with AfDB on possible future joint events. Finland: Participation in workshop on Nordic Africa Institute activities, presentation to Finnish NGOs on NTF program.
April 2012: Meeting with NTF donor delegations Review of NTF program with donor representatives at WB Spring Meetings.
March 2012: Mission to Copenhagen and Sierra Leone Review of NTF grant supporting the use of paralegals in community development project. In Copenhagen, presentation of draft report on Human Rights and Economics at the Institute for Human Rights and in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Meeting with Sustainability responsible of the Maersk Company.
February 2012: Mission to Vietnam and Switzerland. Vietnam: Review of NTF grant on governance in Hanoi office, participation in workshop on freedom of information. Switzerland: Participation in UN Human Rights Council seminar on mainstreaming human rights in UN agencies.
February 2012: Mission to Colombia Review of NTF grant supporting the peace and development project, participation in presentation of a human rights diagnostic tool.
December: Meeting with Unicef, New York. Presentation of NTF Study on ‘Rights-Based Programming for Children in Conflict-Affected Areas, with Save the Children.
December: Mission to India. Workshop in Kerala on human rights and local government development programs in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
December 2011: Mission to Ethiopia and France. Ethiopia: Review of NTF support to program on access to justice for vulnerable groups. France: Meeting with European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
November 2011: Mission to Kenya and Lebanon. Kenya: Seminar reviewing NTF study on Development, fragility and human rights. Lebanon: Workshop on NTF study on rights-based programming for children in conflict settings.
October 2011: Mission to Switzerland and Italy. Switzerland: Participation in 2-day seminar on human rights and the MDGs with UN agencies, focusing on accountability issues. Italy: Delivery of lectures on human rights, development and the NTF at the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights.
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n.
Cons
ider
atio
ns
rega
rdin
g hu
man
righ
ts
in th
e pr
epar
atio
n of
Ba
nk-s
uppo
rted
heal
th
proj
ects
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: C
ompl
etio
n of
sev
eral
rese
arch
repo
rts,
polic
y di
alog
ues
and
diss
emin
atio
n ev
ents
on
the
right
to h
ealth
in
Colo
mbi
a. M
ain
repo
rts: (
i) As
sess
ing
the
Perfo
rman
ce o
f the
(Uni
vers
al)
Heal
thca
re S
yste
m b
y Ho
useh
old
Surv
eys;
The
Cas
e of
Col
ombi
a, (i
i) Th
e In
com
plet
e Sy
mph
ony;
The
Ref
orm
of C
olom
bia’
s He
alth
care
Sys
tem
, (ii
i) su
stai
nabi
lity,
acco
unta
bilit
y an
d pe
rform
ance
of t
he C
olom
bian
Hea
lth
Care
sys
tem
, (iv)
Stu
dy o
n Ri
ght t
o He
alth
: an
Inte
rnat
iona
l Ove
rvie
w,
(v) S
tudy
for a
ltern
ative
mec
hani
sms
to a
ddre
ss ju
dici
al c
ompl
aint
s),
and
(vi)
Deve
lop
prop
osal
s fo
r alte
rnat
ive m
echa
nism
s to
ass
ure
equa
l op
portu
nitie
s to
acc
ess
heal
th ri
ghts
in C
olom
bia.
Pol
icy
dial
ogue
: (i)
org
aniza
tion
of tw
o Pu
blic
Hea
rings
abo
ut th
e Ri
ght t
o He
alth
with
the
Cons
titut
iona
l Cou
rt (a
pub
licat
ion
was
issu
ed b
y th
e Ba
nk a
ddre
ssin
g al
l sp
eech
es) a
nd (i
i) pa
rtici
patio
n in
sev
eral
mee
tings
, sem
inar
s an
d tra
inin
g ev
ents
with
the
Min
istry
of H
ealth
. Dis
sem
inat
ion
for B
ank
staf
f: tw
o se
min
ars
in W
ashi
ngto
n DC
. Sup
port
to th
e un
finis
hed
New
Sta
tuto
ry L
aw
in h
ealth
(to
be c
ompl
eted
by
follo
w-o
n NT
F gr
ant).
Prev
ious
ly: P
repa
ratio
n of
rese
arch
repo
rt fin
alize
d in
201
3. P
olic
y di
alog
ue a
nd d
isse
min
atio
n ac
tiviti
es in
Col
ombi
a an
d W
ashi
ngto
n DC
.
Enha
nced
kno
wle
dge
and
awar
enes
s am
ong
Gove
rnm
ent,
Civil
Soc
iety
and
oth
er s
take
hold
ers
abou
t the
im
plem
enta
tion
of h
ealth
righ
ts. C
apac
ity b
uild
ing
amon
g Ba
nk s
taff
of h
ow th
e Ba
nk c
an h
elp
a cl
ient
cou
ntry
ad
dres
s its
gov
ernm
ent’s
obl
igat
ion
rela
ted
to th
e rig
ht
to h
ealth
. Dev
elop
men
t of o
ptio
ns fo
r ana
lysis
, leg
isla
tion
and
mec
hani
sms
to a
ssur
e eq
ual o
ppor
tuni
ty fo
r acc
ess
to h
ealth
righ
ts a
nd to
enh
ance
the
acce
ss a
mon
g th
e po
ores
t.
Cent
ral A
mer
ica
– Re
prod
uctiv
e He
alth
am
ong
the
Yout
h.
Latin
Am
eric
a an
d Ca
ribbe
an R
egio
n.
How
righ
t-to
-hea
lth
cons
ider
atio
ns c
an
impr
ove
yout
h an
d re
prod
uctiv
e he
alth
op
erat
ions
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Rev
iew
s on
hum
an ri
ghts
sta
ndar
ds w
as
carri
ed o
ut in
El S
alva
dor,
Nica
ragu
a an
d Ar
gent
ina.
Qua
ntita
tive
and
qual
itativ
e an
alys
is fo
r the
sel
ecte
d co
untri
es w
as u
nder
take
n an
d di
scus
sed
with
Gov
ernm
ent o
ffici
als.
(ii)
A vid
eo w
as p
rodu
ced
to p
rom
ote
conc
erns
on
sexu
al a
nd re
prod
uctiv
e he
alth
righ
ts fo
r ado
lesc
ents
. (ii
i) Di
ssem
inat
ion
stra
tegy
of fi
ndin
gs a
nd p
olic
y di
scus
sion
was
don
e in
co
llabo
ratio
n w
ith th
e Pa
n Am
eric
an H
ealth
Org
aniza
tion
(PAH
O) th
roug
h an
inte
rnat
iona
l wor
ksho
p w
ith g
over
nmen
t offi
cial
s an
d au
thor
ities
from
Tech
nica
l and
Pol
icy
Dial
ogue
with
cou
ntrie
s on
hum
an
right
s in
sex
ual a
nd re
prod
uctiv
e he
alth
as
part
of B
ank
supp
orte
d pr
ogra
ms
at th
e co
untry
leve
l, te
chni
cal
partn
ersh
ip o
n re
prod
uctiv
e he
alth
with
PAH
O.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
An
nex
b
3 3
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
seve
ral c
ount
ries
in C
entra
l Am
eric
a an
d Ba
nk s
taff.
(iv)
The
Pro
ject
use
d so
cial
med
ia to
ens
ure
adol
esce
nts´
par
ticip
atio
n an
d fe
edba
ck. (
v) A
fina
l pu
blic
atio
n th
at in
clud
es th
e re
sults
from
the
targ
eted
cou
ntrie
s w
ill be
w
idel
y di
strib
uted
May
201
3.
Prev
ious
ly: S
tart
of re
view
s fo
r El S
alva
dor a
nd A
rgen
tina,
pre
para
tion
for
Nica
ragu
a, c
olla
bora
tion
with
PAH
O.
Mid
dle
East
–
Unde
rsta
ndin
g &
Exer
cisi
ng R
epro
duct
ive
Righ
ts in
Egy
pt. M
iddl
e Ea
st a
nd N
orth
Afri
ca
Regi
on.
How
righ
t-to
-hea
lth
cons
ider
atio
ns c
an
impr
ove
repr
oduc
tive
heal
th o
pera
tions
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: A
n in
-dep
th a
nalys
is of
Egy
pt’s
fam
ily p
lann
ing
prog
ram
was
con
duct
ed to
look
at t
he c
halle
nges
faci
ng it
thro
ugh
a hu
man
righ
ts le
ns, e
xplo
ring
whe
ther
indi
vidua
ls an
d co
uple
s ar
e ab
le
to e
xerc
ise th
eir r
ight
s to
acc
ess
(fina
ncia
l and
phy
sical
) fam
ily p
lann
ing
serv
ices
of g
ood
qual
ity. I
t also
exp
lore
d w
heth
er c
lient
dem
and
for s
ervic
es
and
the
acce
ptab
ility
of s
ervic
es is
influ
ence
d by
hum
an ri
ghts
asp
ects
of
ser
vice
deliv
ery
such
as
info
rmat
ion,
priv
acy,
confi
dent
ialit
y, m
etho
d ch
oice
, and
aut
onom
y to
cho
ose
the
num
ber a
nd s
paci
ng o
f birt
hs. A
repo
rt w
as p
rodu
ced
synt
hesiz
ing
findi
ngs
from
thre
e so
urce
s: (i
) an
anal
ysis
of
lega
l and
eth
ical
cod
es a
nd in
stitu
tions
for u
phol
ding
repr
oduc
tive
right
s in
Egy
pt; (
ii) a
lite
ratu
re re
view
of p
ast s
tudi
es a
nd s
urve
ys in
Egy
pt; a
nd
(iii)
a fie
ld s
tudy
in fo
ur g
over
nora
tes
usin
g qu
antit
ative
and
qua
litat
ive
met
hods
to a
sses
s th
e ac
cess
ibilit
y an
d qu
ality
of F
P se
rvic
es in
fam
ily
heal
th u
nits
. The
stu
dy c
onsid
ered
vie
ws
from
clie
nts
(in e
xit in
terv
iew
s)
and
thos
e of
com
mun
ity m
embe
rs (i
n fo
cus
grou
p di
scus
sions
with
mar
ried
wom
en, h
usba
nds
and
mot
hers
-in-la
w) o
n th
eir p
erce
ptio
n of
FP,
the
qual
ity o
f ser
vices
and
ser
vice
resp
onsiv
enes
s to
thei
r nee
ds. I
t was
also
su
pple
men
ted
by in
-dep
th in
terv
iew
s w
ith p
rogr
am m
anag
ers,
sup
ervis
ors
and
polic
y-m
aker
s. F
indi
ngs
from
this
rese
arch
wer
e di
ssem
inat
ed th
roug
h a
wor
ksho
p he
ld in
Cai
ro, E
gypt
on
Nove
mbe
r 26
with
par
ticip
atio
n of
na
tiona
l and
inte
rnat
iona
l exp
erts
wor
king
on
fam
ily p
lann
ing.
Prev
ious
ly: T
erm
s of
refe
renc
e pr
epar
ed fo
r stu
dy o
n re
prod
uctiv
e he
alth
in
Egy
pt
Tech
nica
l and
pol
icy
dial
ogue
on
hum
an ri
ghts
in
repr
oduc
tive
heal
th w
as c
ondu
cted
with
Min
istry
of H
ealth
, th
e Na
tiona
l Pop
ulat
ion
Coun
cil,
and
deve
lopm
ent p
artn
ers.
Re
sults
poi
nt to
the
need
of r
epos
ition
ing
popu
latio
n po
licy
in E
gypt
and
ado
ptin
g a
right
s-ba
sed
appr
oach
in s
ervic
e de
liver
y of
the
fam
ily p
lann
ing
prog
ram
. Thi
s w
ill be
furth
er
purs
ued
with
the
GoE
whi
le d
evel
opin
g a
new
ser
vice
deliv
ery
mod
el.
3 4Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report: November 2011–December 2012
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Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Hum
an ri
ghts
in
the
Bank
’s h
uman
de
velo
pmen
t wor
k.
Hum
an D
evel
opm
ent
Netw
ork
Anch
or U
nit.
Cons
ider
atio
ns
rega
rdin
g hu
man
rig
hts
in th
e co
ntex
t of
the
Bank
’s h
ealth
, ed
ucat
ion,
and
soc
ial
prot
ectio
n w
ork.
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Int
rane
t web
site
on
hum
an ri
ghts
issu
e de
velo
ped
with
info
rmat
ion
on a
cces
s to
info
rmat
ion
and
hum
an ri
ghts
ap
proa
ches
http
://in
twor
k.w
orld
bank
.org
/uni
ts/H
DN/c
e/Pa
ges/
Hum
an-
Righ
ts-in
-HD.
aspx
. (ii)
Pan
el d
ebat
e on
cou
rts, h
uman
righ
ts a
nd h
uman
de
velo
pmen
t. (ii
i) Th
ree
pres
enta
tions
on
acce
ss to
info
rmat
ion
and
acco
unta
bilit
y (A
frica
regi
on, G
AC, D
FID)
. (iv)
Gui
danc
e no
tes
on ta
rget
ing,
he
alth
, acc
ess
to in
form
atio
n co
mpl
eted
.
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Nin
e kn
owle
dge
and
lear
ning
eve
nts
on h
uman
righ
ts
and
hum
an d
evel
opm
ent f
or s
ome
250
Bank
sta
ff, p
artly
as
Bank
sta
ff re
gula
r tra
inin
g. (i
i) Su
mm
ary
video
of t
he m
ajor
pan
el d
ebat
e on
hum
an
deve
lopm
ent a
nd h
uman
righ
ts. (
iii) T
wo
stud
ies:
One
on
the
right
to
heal
th a
nd h
uman
dev
elop
men
t, an
d on
e on
Citi
zens
and
Ser
vice
Deliv
ery
anal
yzin
g 42
7 re
cent
Ban
k su
ppor
ted
proj
ects
in H
D..
Outre
ach
and
grow
ing
awar
enes
s of
righ
ts is
sues
am
ong
Bank
pra
ctiti
oner
s in
hea
lth, e
duca
tion
and
soci
al
prot
ectio
n. G
row
ing
insi
ght i
nto
hum
an ri
ghts
met
hodo
logy
am
ong
parti
cipa
ting
Hum
an D
evel
opm
ent s
taff.
Par
tner
ship
an
d co
oper
atio
n w
ith th
e UN
and
with
CSO
s in
-cou
ntry
.
Sier
ra L
eone
and
Nig
eria
–
Lega
l Em
pow
erm
ent
Appr
oach
es to
Rea
lizin
g th
e Ri
ghts
to H
ealth
, W
ater
and
Edu
catio
n.
Lega
l Dep
artm
ent.
Usin
g in
nova
tive
form
s of
just
ice
to im
prov
e se
rvic
e de
liver
y fo
r the
po
or
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: A
: Sie
rra L
eone
(i) P
repa
ratio
n an
d la
unch
of
two
stud
ies
of fo
ur a
nd tw
o di
stric
ts, r
espe
ctive
ly, to
exa
min
e th
e ro
les
of s
ocia
l acc
ount
abilit
y an
d le
gal e
mpo
wer
men
t as
mea
ns to
bo
ost s
ervic
e de
liver
y. Th
e st
udie
s, e
xpec
ted
to b
e co
mpl
eted
in 2
013
unde
r a fo
llow
-up
NTF
gran
t, ex
plor
e th
e im
pact
of l
egal
em
pow
erm
ent
tech
niqu
es o
n re
solu
tion
of c
omm
unity
and
clin
ic s
taff
grie
vanc
es a
roun
d he
alth
ser
vice
deliv
ery.
Eigh
t ind
icat
ors
will
asse
ss th
e im
pact
of d
iffer
ent
soci
al a
ccou
ntab
ility
mec
hani
sms,
i.e.
com
mun
ity s
core
card
s, c
omm
unity
co
mpa
cts,
as
way
s to
impr
ove
serv
ice
deliv
ery.
(ii) M
ultip
le w
orks
hops
an
d BB
Ls w
ithin
Ban
k an
d w
ith C
SOs
on ro
le o
f soc
ial a
ccou
ntab
ility
and
lega
l em
pow
erm
ent i
n im
prov
ing
deve
lopm
ent r
esul
ts. (
iii) C
onsu
ltatio
ns
with
and
adv
ice
to G
over
nmen
t of S
ierra
Leo
ne o
n ro
le o
f jus
tice/
acco
unta
bilit
y in
adv
anci
ng s
ervic
e de
liver
y un
der d
ecen
traliz
atio
n.
Enha
nced
kno
wle
dge
amon
g Ba
nk te
ams
to w
ork
on
right
s ba
sed
appr
oach
es to
impr
ovin
g se
rvic
e de
liver
y an
d re
solvi
ng c
itize
n gr
ieva
nces
, as
a co
mpl
emen
t to
soci
al
acco
unta
bilit
y st
rate
gies
with
in th
e fra
mew
ork
of B
ank
Coun
try A
ssis
tanc
e St
rate
gy a
nd a
s fre
e-st
andi
ng T
A.
Less
ons
from
hea
lth s
ecto
r will
be u
sed
in o
ther
ser
vice
deliv
ery
cont
exts
.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
3 5
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
(iv) A
nnex
to S
ierra
Leo
ne C
ount
ry A
ssis
tanc
e St
rate
gy o
n so
cial
ac
coun
tabi
lity,
with
em
phas
is o
n he
alth
sec
tor.
B: N
iger
ia (i
) Im
prov
ed
acco
unta
bilit
y fo
r the
del
ivery
of h
ealth
ser
vices
in a
Ban
k-su
ppor
ted
oper
atio
n. (i
i) De
sign
and
test
ing
of S
MS
tech
nolo
gy to
enh
ance
citi
zen
repo
rting
. (iii)
Inte
grat
ion
of S
MS
repo
rting
with
the
over
all p
erfo
rman
ce
eval
uatio
n m
echa
nism
and
inte
rnet
-bas
ed re
porti
ng in
terfa
ces.
(iv) S
MS
syst
em a
nd a
web
site
whe
re a
ll co
mpl
aint
s ar
e co
llect
ed d
esig
ned
and
test
ed. (
v) R
epor
ting
syst
ems
desi
gned
and
a c
omm
unic
atio
ns c
ampa
ign
deve
lope
d. T
he p
roje
ct h
as b
een
awai
ting
the
rele
ase
of a
“sho
rt co
de”
(trun
cate
d te
leph
one
num
ber t
o fa
cilit
ate
easy
text
ing)
whi
ch w
ill al
low
th
e pu
blic
to s
tart
usin
g th
e sy
stem
. Thi
s co
de h
as re
cent
ly be
en
auth
orize
d by
the
Natio
nal C
omm
unic
atio
ns C
omm
issi
on, w
hich
will
be
auth
orizi
ng te
leco
m c
ompa
nies
to re
leas
e it
imm
inen
tly. L
aunc
h of
the
pilo
t is
plan
ned
for e
arly/
mid
201
3.
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Des
ign
of s
ocia
l acc
ount
abilit
y an
d gr
ieva
nce
redr
ess
mec
hani
sms
in N
iger
ia a
nd p
repa
ratio
n of
stu
dies
on
the
impa
ct o
f leg
al
empo
wer
men
t in
Sier
ra L
eone
. (ii)
Wor
ksho
p in
Was
hing
ton
DC o
n th
e us
e of
par
aleg
al a
id in
dev
elop
men
t pro
gram
s.
Hum
an R
ight
s an
d th
e So
cial
Dev
elop
men
t St
rate
gy.
Soci
al D
evel
opm
ent
Netw
ork.
Cons
ider
atio
ns
rega
rdin
g hu
man
righ
ts
in th
e co
ntex
t of t
he
Bank
’s s
trate
gy fo
r so
cial
dev
elop
men
t
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Soc
ieta
l Dyn
amic
s an
d Fr
agilit
y fla
gshi
p:
Repo
rt fin
alize
d. (i
i) So
cial
Incl
usio
n fla
gshi
p: C
once
pt N
ote
appr
oved
. Fi
eldw
ork
unde
r im
plem
enta
tion
and
back
grou
nd p
aper
s cu
rrent
ly be
ing
draf
ted.
(iii)
Soc
ial A
ccou
ntab
ility
flags
hip:
Bac
kgro
und
pape
r on
‘the
role
of
con
text
in s
hapi
ng s
ocia
l acc
ount
abilit
y in
terv
entio
ns’ n
early
fina
lized
, co
ncep
t not
es fo
r bac
kgro
und
know
ledg
e pr
oduc
ts o
n fra
gile
sta
tes
and
clos
ed p
oliti
es a
ppro
ved
and
field
wor
k st
arte
d, d
rafti
ng o
f con
cept
not
e fo
r the
ove
rall
flags
hip
repo
rt un
der w
ay.
Prev
ious
ly: A
gree
men
t on
thre
e m
ain
hum
an ri
ghts
rela
ted
stud
ies
to
com
plem
ent t
he re
vised
Soc
ial D
evel
opm
ent s
trate
gy. D
raft
of fi
rst s
tudy
(S
ocie
tal D
ynam
ics
and
Frag
ility)
, sta
rt of
wor
k on
the
othe
r tw
o.
Enh
ance
d kn
owle
dge
abou
t the
rele
vanc
e of
hum
an ri
ghts
pr
inci
ples
to S
DV’s
wor
k an
d in
situ
atio
ns w
ith w
eak,
em
ergi
ng, a
nd n
ot-a
cces
sibl
e pu
blic
inst
itutio
ns.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Hum
an ri
ghts
in
the
Bank
’s h
uman
de
velo
pmen
t wor
k.
Hum
an D
evel
opm
ent
Netw
ork
Anch
or U
nit.
Cons
ider
atio
ns
rega
rdin
g hu
man
rig
hts
in th
e co
ntex
t of
the
Bank
’s h
ealth
, ed
ucat
ion,
and
soc
ial
prot
ectio
n w
ork.
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Int
rane
t web
site
on
hum
an ri
ghts
issu
e de
velo
ped
with
info
rmat
ion
on a
cces
s to
info
rmat
ion
and
hum
an ri
ghts
ap
proa
ches
http
://in
twor
k.w
orld
bank
.org
/uni
ts/H
DN/c
e/Pa
ges/
Hum
an-
Righ
ts-in
-HD.
aspx
. (ii)
Pan
el d
ebat
e on
cou
rts, h
uman
righ
ts a
nd h
uman
de
velo
pmen
t. (ii
i) Th
ree
pres
enta
tions
on
acce
ss to
info
rmat
ion
and
acco
unta
bilit
y (A
frica
regi
on, G
AC, D
FID)
. (iv)
Gui
danc
e no
tes
on ta
rget
ing,
he
alth
, acc
ess
to in
form
atio
n co
mpl
eted
.
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Nin
e kn
owle
dge
and
lear
ning
eve
nts
on h
uman
righ
ts
and
hum
an d
evel
opm
ent f
or s
ome
250
Bank
sta
ff, p
artly
as
Bank
sta
ff re
gula
r tra
inin
g. (i
i) Su
mm
ary
video
of t
he m
ajor
pan
el d
ebat
e on
hum
an
deve
lopm
ent a
nd h
uman
righ
ts. (
iii) T
wo
stud
ies:
One
on
the
right
to
heal
th a
nd h
uman
dev
elop
men
t, an
d on
e on
Citi
zens
and
Ser
vice
Deliv
ery
anal
yzin
g 42
7 re
cent
Ban
k su
ppor
ted
proj
ects
in H
D..
Outre
ach
and
grow
ing
awar
enes
s of
righ
ts is
sues
am
ong
Bank
pra
ctiti
oner
s in
hea
lth, e
duca
tion
and
soci
al
prot
ectio
n. G
row
ing
insi
ght i
nto
hum
an ri
ghts
met
hodo
logy
am
ong
parti
cipa
ting
Hum
an D
evel
opm
ent s
taff.
Par
tner
ship
an
d co
oper
atio
n w
ith th
e UN
and
with
CSO
s in
-cou
ntry
.
Sier
ra L
eone
and
Nig
eria
–
Lega
l Em
pow
erm
ent
Appr
oach
es to
Rea
lizin
g th
e Ri
ghts
to H
ealth
, W
ater
and
Edu
catio
n.
Lega
l Dep
artm
ent.
Usin
g in
nova
tive
form
s of
just
ice
to im
prov
e se
rvic
e de
liver
y fo
r the
po
or
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: A
: Sie
rra L
eone
(i) P
repa
ratio
n an
d la
unch
of
two
stud
ies
of fo
ur a
nd tw
o di
stric
ts, r
espe
ctive
ly, to
exa
min
e th
e ro
les
of s
ocia
l acc
ount
abilit
y an
d le
gal e
mpo
wer
men
t as
mea
ns to
bo
ost s
ervic
e de
liver
y. Th
e st
udie
s, e
xpec
ted
to b
e co
mpl
eted
in 2
013
unde
r a fo
llow
-up
NTF
gran
t, ex
plor
e th
e im
pact
of l
egal
em
pow
erm
ent
tech
niqu
es o
n re
solu
tion
of c
omm
unity
and
clin
ic s
taff
grie
vanc
es a
roun
d he
alth
ser
vice
deliv
ery.
Eigh
t ind
icat
ors
will
asse
ss th
e im
pact
of d
iffer
ent
soci
al a
ccou
ntab
ility
mec
hani
sms,
i.e.
com
mun
ity s
core
card
s, c
omm
unity
co
mpa
cts,
as
way
s to
impr
ove
serv
ice
deliv
ery.
(ii) M
ultip
le w
orks
hops
an
d BB
Ls w
ithin
Ban
k an
d w
ith C
SOs
on ro
le o
f soc
ial a
ccou
ntab
ility
and
lega
l em
pow
erm
ent i
n im
prov
ing
deve
lopm
ent r
esul
ts. (
iii) C
onsu
ltatio
ns
with
and
adv
ice
to G
over
nmen
t of S
ierra
Leo
ne o
n ro
le o
f jus
tice/
acco
unta
bilit
y in
adv
anci
ng s
ervic
e de
liver
y un
der d
ecen
traliz
atio
n.
Enha
nced
kno
wle
dge
amon
g Ba
nk te
ams
to w
ork
on
right
s ba
sed
appr
oach
es to
impr
ovin
g se
rvic
e de
liver
y an
d re
solvi
ng c
itize
n gr
ieva
nces
, as
a co
mpl
emen
t to
soci
al
acco
unta
bilit
y st
rate
gies
with
in th
e fra
mew
ork
of B
ank
Coun
try A
ssis
tanc
e St
rate
gy a
nd a
s fre
e-st
andi
ng T
A.
Less
ons
from
hea
lth s
ecto
r will
be u
sed
in o
ther
ser
vice
deliv
ery
cont
exts
.
3 6Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report: November 2011–December 2012
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Gove
rnan
ce a
nd E
mpo
wer
men
t
Viet
nam
– C
itize
ns’
right
s. E
ast A
sia
and
Paci
fic R
egio
n.
How
Ban
k w
ork
can
supp
ort g
over
nmen
ts
effo
rts to
hel
p ci
tizen
s cl
aim
righ
ts
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Wor
ksho
p on
“Med
ia, C
omm
unic
atio
n an
d Hu
man
Rig
hts”
, co-
orga
nize
d an
d co
nduc
ted
by th
e M
inis
try
of In
form
atio
n an
d Co
mm
unic
atio
ns a
nd th
e W
orld
Ban
k, a
imed
to
prov
ide
jour
nalis
ts w
ith a
pan
oram
ic u
nder
stan
ding
of h
uman
righ
ts
and
inte
rnat
iona
l con
vent
ions
on
hum
an ri
ghts
in re
latio
n to
med
ia
and
com
mun
icat
ions
, and
sha
re in
tern
atio
nal e
xper
ienc
es o
n m
edia
, co
mm
unic
atio
ns a
nd h
uman
righ
ts a
nd h
uman
righ
ts re
porti
ng.
(ii) R
esea
rch
proj
ect i
n co
oper
atio
n w
ith th
e Vi
etna
m In
stitu
te fo
r Hum
an
Righ
ts o
n “H
uman
Rig
hts
and
Citiz
en R
ight
s Aw
aren
ess
amon
g Ca
dres
an
d Pu
blic
Offi
cial
s at
Cen
tral a
nd P
rovin
cial
Lev
els
in V
ietn
am”,
base
d on
a s
urve
y of
1,2
00 c
adre
s an
d pu
blic
offi
cial
s. (i
ii) P
repa
ratio
n of
tra
inin
g m
odul
es, w
ith th
e Vi
etna
m In
stitu
te fo
r Hum
an R
ight
s, o
n “P
erfo
rmin
g Pu
blic
Ser
vice
and
Guar
ante
eing
of H
uman
Rig
hts
and
Citiz
en’s
Rig
hts”
. The
trai
ning
mod
ules
wer
e pi
lote
d at
thre
e re
gion
al
train
ing
of tr
aine
rs w
orks
hops
in H
anoi
, Da
Nang
, and
Ho
Chi M
inh
City.
Th
e pa
rtici
pant
s fo
r the
se w
orks
hops
wer
e tra
iner
s fro
m th
e re
gion
al
polit
ical
sch
ools
affi
liate
d w
ith th
e Ho
Chi
Min
h Po
litic
al A
cade
my.
The
NTF
gran
t sup
porte
d th
e VI
HR a
nd th
e w
orks
hops
, as
wel
l as
tech
nica
l as
sist
ance
of t
he Ir
ish
Hum
an R
ight
s Co
mm
issi
on.
Prev
ious
ly: H
uman
Rig
ht w
orks
hop
on th
e ne
w “L
aw o
n Ca
dres
and
Civi
l Se
rvan
ts” a
nd s
tudy
on
awar
enes
s of
hum
an ri
ghts
am
ong
loca
l pub
lic
offic
ials
in fo
ur p
rovin
ces,
bot
h w
ith th
e Vi
etna
m In
stitu
te fo
r Hum
an
Righ
ts. P
repa
ratio
n of
the
2012
act
ivitie
s.
Enha
nced
kno
wle
dge
of h
uman
righ
ts o
f 50
edito
rs-in
-ch
ief,
depu
ty e
dito
rs-in
-chi
ef, a
nd e
dito
rs fr
om 3
0 m
edia
or
gani
zatio
ns, b
oth
at c
entra
l and
loca
l lev
els
acro
ss
Viet
nam
, as
wel
l as
repr
esen
tativ
es fr
om re
leva
nt n
atio
nal
gove
rnm
ent a
nd p
arty
age
ncie
s, jo
urna
lists
ass
ocia
tions
, an
d ac
adem
ic in
stitu
tions
.
Enha
nced
und
erst
andi
ng o
f the
leve
l of a
war
enes
s of
hu
man
righ
ts, a
nd k
now
ledg
e ga
ps a
mon
g ca
dres
and
pu
blic
offi
cial
s in
Vie
tnam
.
Enha
nced
und
erst
andi
ng o
f mor
e th
an 1
00 tr
aine
rs fr
om
regi
onal
pol
itica
l and
pub
lic a
dmin
istra
tion
scho
ols
on
the
role
and
resp
onsi
bilit
y of
cad
res
and
publ
ic s
erva
nts
in g
uara
ntee
ing
hum
an ri
ghts
whi
le p
erfo
rmin
g pu
blic
se
rvic
es, t
he h
uman
righ
ts-b
ased
app
roac
h to
pol
icy
mak
ing,
and
oth
er to
pics
.
3 7
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Afric
a –
Hum
an ri
ghts
an
d lo
cal g
over
nmen
t.
Afric
a Re
gion
.
How
hum
an ri
ghts
co
nsid
erat
ions
can
im
prov
e Ba
nk-s
uppo
rted
loca
l gov
ernm
ent
oper
atio
ns
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: T
he p
roje
ct h
as b
oth
anal
ytic
al a
nd o
pera
tiona
l fo
cus.
It h
as c
ompl
eted
revie
ws
of e
xistin
g lo
cal g
over
nmen
t pro
ject
s in
Et
hiop
ia, T
anza
nia
and
Ugan
da ∙
in a
dditi
on to
the
alre
ady
com
plet
ed o
ne
in G
hana
. It h
as s
uppo
rted
the
desi
gn o
f new
loca
l gov
ernm
ent p
roje
cts
in D
RC, S
outh
Sud
an, G
hana
and
Zim
babw
e, M
ali,
and
Mau
ritan
ia, a
nd
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
act
ivitie
s in
Moz
ambi
que
(par
ticip
ator
y bu
dget
ing)
, re
view
of o
ptio
ns fo
r par
ticip
ator
y bu
dget
ing
in N
airo
bi, K
enya
., an
d th
e in
tegr
atio
n of
ICT
as to
ol fo
r pro
mot
ion
of a
ccou
ntab
ility
and
trans
pare
ncy
in s
ervic
e de
liver
y (G
hana
and
Zim
babw
e). A
t the
bro
ader
an
alyt
ical
and
met
hodo
logi
cal l
evel
, the
pro
ject
has
sup
porte
d a
Revie
w
of A
ccou
ntab
ility
Mec
hani
sms
used
in W
orld
Ban
k Lo
cal G
over
nmen
t Op
erat
ions
in A
frica
and
A G
uide
for U
sing
Soc
ial A
ccou
ntab
ility
Tool
s in
W
B Lo
cal G
over
nmen
t Ope
ratio
ns in
Afri
ca. F
inal
ly, a
boo
klet
Too
lkit
for
Inte
grat
ing
Soci
al A
ccou
ntab
ility
in U
rban
Ope
ratio
ns h
as b
een
prod
uced
.
Prev
ious
ly: T
he p
roje
ct c
ompl
eted
a G
hana
revie
w: T
he In
tegr
atio
n of
Hu
man
Rig
hts
in L
ocal
Gov
ernm
ent C
apac
ity S
uppo
rt Pr
ojec
t. Di
agno
stic
st
udie
s in
a n
umbe
r of o
ther
cou
ntrie
s w
ere
initi
ated
toge
ther
with
the
prep
arat
ion
of A
Gui
de fo
r Usi
ng S
ocia
l Acc
ount
abilit
y To
ols
in W
orld
Ban
k Lo
cal G
over
nmen
t Ope
ratio
ns in
Afri
ca.
The
proj
ect h
as e
nhan
ced
know
ledg
e ab
out h
uman
righ
ts
appr
oach
es, a
nd h
as s
peci
fical
ly en
hanc
ed o
pera
tions
th
roug
h th
e in
tegr
atio
n of
hum
an ri
ghts
asp
ects
(act
ivitie
s in
nin
e co
untri
es a
cros
s th
e re
gion
). Th
e hu
man
righ
ts
lens
has
ena
bled
incr
ease
d at
tent
ion
on c
ore
issu
es
rela
ted
to p
artic
ipat
ion,
acc
ount
abilit
y an
d tra
nspa
renc
y. Th
e in
tegr
atio
n of
prin
cipl
es in
pro
ject
s ha
s re
sulte
d in
in
crea
sed
sust
aina
bilit
y of
the
activ
ity—
i.e. c
reat
ing
larg
er
pote
ntia
l out
com
es/im
pact
s w
ith re
lativ
e lim
ited
reso
urce
s.
The
proj
ect h
as a
lso
supp
orte
d re
view
s of
exis
ting
proj
ects
. On
e ex
ampl
e of
suc
cess
ful s
cale
up
of ri
ghts
focu
sed
appr
oach
in o
pera
tions
is th
e su
cces
sful
roll—
out o
f Pa
rtici
pato
ry B
udge
ting
in p
eri-u
rban
are
as o
f Map
uto.
Thi
s ac
tivity
—w
hich
has
ben
efitte
d m
ore
than
3,0
00 p
eopl
e—ha
s al
so le
d to
a d
ecis
ion
by th
e ci
ty c
ounc
il to
exp
and
parti
cipa
tory
bud
getin
g to
all
neig
hbor
hood
s in
the
city.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
3 8Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report: November 2011–December 2012
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Sout
h As
ia –
Hum
an
Righ
ts a
nd lo
cal
gove
rnm
ent.
Sout
h As
ia R
egio
n.
How
hum
an ri
ghts
co
nsid
erat
ions
can
im
prov
e Ba
nk-s
uppo
rted
loca
l gov
ernm
ent
oper
atio
ns
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: E
labo
ratio
n an
d co
mpl
etio
n of
loca
l gov
ernm
ent
stud
ies
in B
angl
ades
h an
d Ne
pal.
A Pr
ocee
ding
s re
port
on S
outh
-Sou
th
Know
ledg
e ex
chan
ge fr
om th
e Lo
cal G
over
nmen
t and
Dec
entra
lizat
ion
conf
eren
ce h
eld
durin
g th
e pr
evio
us p
erio
d fin
alize
d
Prev
ious
ly: C
o-fin
ance
d a
conf
eren
ce o
n Lo
cal G
over
nanc
e an
d So
uth-
Sout
h co
oper
atio
n w
here
issu
es o
f hum
an ri
ghts
feat
ured
pro
min
ently
. On
e BB
L on
loca
l gov
ernm
ent i
n In
dia
held
in W
ashi
ngto
n. E
mba
rked
on
back
grou
nd s
tudi
es o
n hu
man
righ
ts a
nd lo
cal a
ccou
ntab
ility
in N
epal
, Ba
ngla
desh
, tog
ethe
r with
a li
tera
ture
revie
w.
The
back
grou
nd s
tudi
es a
re s
ynth
esize
d in
to a
fina
l rep
ort
that
will
be u
sed
to in
form
ong
oing
ope
ratio
ns o
n lo
cal
gove
rnm
ents
in N
epal
and
Ban
glad
esh.
The
bac
kgro
und
stud
ies
focu
sed
on a
ccou
ntab
ility
mec
hani
sms
acro
ss
the
sect
ors/
sub-
sect
ors
of e
duca
tion,
hea
lth, s
afet
y ne
ts
and
wat
er s
uppl
y in
Nep
al a
nd B
angl
ades
h. E
mph
asis
w
as p
lace
d on
ass
essi
ng th
e im
pact
s of
acc
ount
abilit
y m
echa
nism
s on
impr
ovin
g hu
man
righ
ts fo
r wom
en,
child
ren,
urb
an p
oor a
nd tr
ibal
pop
ulat
ions
.
Cent
ral A
mer
ica
– Hu
man
Rig
hts
and
Just
ice.
Latin
Am
eric
an a
nd
Carib
bean
Reg
ion.
How
hum
an ri
ghts
co
nsid
erat
ions
can
im
prov
e w
ork
on
crim
inal
and
just
ice
syst
ems
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Cou
ntry
cas
e st
udie
s on
Crim
inal
Jus
tice
and
Hum
an R
ight
s ha
ve b
een
final
ized
and
deliv
ered
for E
l Sal
vado
r, Ho
ndur
as, G
uate
mal
a an
d Ni
cara
gua;
(ii)
Focu
s gr
oup
surv
eys
wer
e co
nduc
ted
in E
l Sal
vado
r, Gu
atem
ala,
Hon
dura
s an
d Ni
cara
gua
and
prod
uced
a fi
nal r
epor
t on
the
perc
eptio
ns o
f the
Crim
inal
Jus
tice
Syst
em
and
hum
an ri
ghts
in th
ese
coun
tries
; (iii)
A w
orks
hop
pres
entin
g th
e fin
ding
s of
the
coun
try re
ports
was
car
ried
out i
n Ju
ne 2
012,
whi
ch le
d to
incr
ease
d aw
aren
ess
risin
g am
ong
Bank
sta
ff ab
out t
he re
spec
t of
hum
an ri
ghts
in a
n en
viron
men
t of e
ndem
ic v
iole
nce
and
crim
e.
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Cou
ntry
cas
e st
udie
s on
Crim
inal
Jus
tice
and
Hum
an R
ight
s ha
ve b
een
cond
ucte
d fo
r Hon
dura
s, G
uate
mal
a an
d Ni
cara
gua;
(ii)
Focu
s gr
oup
surv
eys
are
ongo
ing
in E
l Sal
vado
r, Gu
atem
ala,
Hon
dura
s an
d Ni
cara
gua;
and
(iii)
An
Actio
n Le
arni
ng P
lan
has
been
form
ulat
ed to
be
laun
ched
in th
e be
ginn
ing
of 2
012
incl
udin
g di
ssem
inat
ion
of th
e ca
se
stud
ies.
Awar
enes
s ris
ing
amon
g Ba
nk s
taff
and
coun
try p
artn
ers
abou
t the
resp
ect o
f hum
an ri
ghts
in a
n en
viron
men
t of
ende
mic
vio
lenc
e an
d cr
ime.
The
resu
lts o
f the
repo
rts a
nd
the
surv
eys
have
fed
inte
rnal
repo
rts s
uch
as th
e Pu
blic
Ex
pend
iture
and
Inst
itutio
nal R
evie
w c
arrie
d ou
t for
EL
Salva
dor i
n 20
12, a
nd h
ave
incr
ease
d th
e Ba
nk´s
bod
y of
em
piric
al k
now
ledg
e on
the
subj
ect.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
3 9
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Tech
nolo
gy fo
r hum
an
right
s. W
orld
Ban
k In
stitu
te.
Use
of te
chno
logy
for
hum
an ri
ghts
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: T
wo
BBLs
wer
e or
gani
zed.
One
on
Parti
cipa
tory
bu
dget
ing
and
right
s in
the
Dom
inic
an R
epub
lic a
nd in
DRC
, Sou
th
Kivu
. The
oth
er B
BL in
trodu
ced
the
repo
rt, #
ICT4
HR, I
nfor
mat
ion
and
Com
mun
icat
ion
Tech
nolo
gies
for H
uman
Rig
hts.
Usi
ng c
ase
stud
ies
larg
ely
from
thre
e co
untri
es, K
enya
, the
Dem
ocra
tic R
epub
lic o
f the
Co
ngo,
and
the
Dom
inic
an R
epub
lic, t
he re
port
cons
ider
s bo
th th
e op
portu
nitie
s an
d ris
ks p
rese
nted
by
new
tech
nolo
gies
for h
uman
righ
ts.
The
repo
rt ca
n be
acc
esse
d at
htt
p://
bit.
ly/V
RO
mnu
.
Prev
ious
ly: T
hree
wor
ksho
ps o
n Pa
rtici
pato
ry b
udge
ting
and
viole
nce
agai
nst w
omen
car
ried
out i
n So
uth
Kivu
, Dem
ocra
tic R
epub
lic o
f Con
go,
incl
udin
g th
e us
e of
mob
ile p
hone
s fo
r vot
ing,
and
fund
ing
from
the
cent
ral g
over
nmen
t for
the
proc
ess
achi
eved
. One
wor
ksho
p fo
r Ban
k st
aff i
n W
ashi
ngto
n. A
stu
dy o
n IC
T, Hu
man
Rig
hts
and
Gove
rnan
ce w
as
elab
orat
ed 2
011.
Les
sons
lear
ned
wer
e sh
ared
thro
ugh
BBLs
and
a
docu
men
tatio
n vid
eo.
Inst
itutio
naliz
ed p
artic
ipat
ory
budg
etin
g es
tabl
ishe
d in
So
uth
Kivu
Pro
vince
in D
RC. C
hang
e in
pub
lic e
xpen
ditu
re
with
incr
ease
d in
vest
men
ts a
t loc
al le
vels
for s
ervic
es fo
r th
e po
ores
t sec
tions
of s
ocie
ty a
s a
resu
lt of
the
budg
etin
g pr
oces
s.
Incr
ease
d le
vel o
f tax
com
plia
nce
by c
itize
ns fo
llow
ing
the
first
roun
d of
the
proc
ess.
Oth
er D
RC p
rovin
ces
and
othe
r co
untri
es s
uch
as C
amer
oon
are
repl
icat
ing
the
expe
rienc
e an
d ar
e be
ing
info
rmed
by
the
less
ons
lear
ned
from
the
stud
y.
Disc
rimin
atio
n an
d vu
lner
able
gro
ups
Sout
h Af
rica
– Hu
man
Ri
ghts
and
Gen
der-
Base
d Vi
olen
ce:
Iden
tifyin
g Op
portu
nitie
s fo
r Eng
agem
ent.
Afric
a Re
gion
.
Oppo
rtuni
ties
for h
uman
rig
hts
cons
ider
atio
ns
in g
ende
r-ba
sed
Bank
w
ork
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Fol
low
-up
mee
tings
and
act
ivitie
s re
late
d to
em
ergi
ng th
emes
from
pre
vious
repo
rts a
nd w
orks
hops
. Thi
s in
clud
ed
wor
k w
ith G
oSA
and
soci
al p
artn
ers
on m
ains
tream
ing
gend
er a
spec
ts in
th
e “J
obs
Fund
”, a
stat
e fu
nd e
ndow
ed w
ith $
500
Milli
on. (
ii) R
epor
t “On
e m
ore
river
to c
ross
– E
cono
mic
Em
pow
erm
ent i
n So
uth
Afric
a” fi
naliz
ed,
as w
ell a
s “S
umm
ary
Repo
rt on
Eng
ende
ring
Econ
omic
Pol
icy:
Sou
th
Afric
a’s
New
Gro
wth
Pla
n an
d Vi
sion
203
0”.
Impr
oved
kno
wle
dge
abou
t wom
en’s
em
pow
erm
ent i
ssue
s in
RSA
, stro
nger
Ban
k pr
esen
ce in
the
deba
te o
n hu
man
rig
hts
and
wom
en’s
em
pow
erm
ent i
n RS
A. W
orld
Ban
k is
co
nsid
erin
g a
GoSA
requ
est f
or s
uppo
rt to
dev
elop
a M
&E
fram
ewor
k on
gen
der a
spec
ts o
f eco
nom
ic p
olic
y.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
4 0Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report: November 2011–December 2012
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Stu
dies
/revie
ws
incl
udin
g “G
ende
r and
Hum
an
Righ
ts L
itera
ture
Rev
iew
”, “A
n Ac
tion
Plan
for I
ncre
asin
g Ec
onom
ic
Empo
wer
men
t of W
omen
and
Gen
der E
cono
mic
Em
pow
erm
ent”
and
“Inco
rpor
atin
g W
omen
’s V
oice
s in
to E
cono
mic
Pol
icy
Mak
ing”
. (ii)
Tw
o W
orks
hops
to d
iscu
ss th
e dr
aft s
tudi
es a
nd to
pre
pare
an
actio
n pl
an,
and
to d
iscu
ss h
ow to
eng
ende
r the
“New
Gro
wth
Pat
h an
d Vi
sion
20
30”.
(iii)
Parti
cipa
tion
in p
artn
er e
vent
and
par
tner
ship
s w
ith re
leva
nt
stak
ehol
ders
on
gend
er in
the
Gove
rnm
ent,
civil
soc
iety
and
bus
ines
s co
mm
unity
.
Wom
en’s
and
Chi
ldre
n’s
Righ
ts in
Dem
ocra
tic
Repu
blic
of C
ongo
. Af
rica
Regi
on.
How
hum
an ri
ghts
co
nsid
erat
ions
can
im
prov
e Ba
nk w
ork
in
confl
ict s
ettin
gs
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: K
atan
ga a
nd C
hild
Lab
or: A
num
ber o
f lar
ge
stak
ehol
der c
onsu
ltatio
n m
eetin
gs w
ere
held
in J
une/
July
2012
in
Kolo
wez
i and
Lub
umba
shi t
o di
scus
s pr
actic
al s
trate
gies
to a
ddre
ss
child
labo
r in
the
open
-cas
t min
es in
Kol
owez
i (Es
quis
se d
u pl
an d
e la
st
raté
gie
du p
roje
t NTF
: Le
trava
il de
s fe
mm
es e
t des
enf
ants
sur
les
site
s d’
expl
oita
tion
min
ière
arti
sana
le d
e Ko
lwez
i).
The
outc
ome
of th
ese
cons
ulta
tions
has
bee
n dr
awn
up in
to a
stra
tegy
w
hich
is n
ow w
ith P
ROM
INES
to d
eter
min
e ne
xt s
teps
: mos
t lik
ely
a na
tiona
l lev
el m
eetin
g be
twee
n Go
vern
men
t, do
nors
and
inte
rnat
iona
l ag
enci
es w
orki
ng o
n ch
ild la
bor t
o w
ork
out a
pla
n of
act
ion
expe
cted
fir
st h
alf o
f 201
3 (S
ynth
èse
: Rap
port
du c
onsu
ltant
loca
l sur
Le
trava
il de
s fe
mm
es e
t des
enf
ants
dan
s le
s si
tes
d’ex
ploi
tatio
n m
iniè
re
artis
anal
e au
Kat
anga
.
Kivu
s, g
ende
r, co
nflic
t and
min
ing:
An
initi
al q
ualit
ative
rese
arch
stu
dy
has
been
und
erta
ken
on th
e Ki
vus.
Thi
s w
as c
ut s
hort
due
to th
e re
sum
ptio
n of
arm
ed c
onfli
ct in
the
sub-
regi
on. T
he p
roje
ct te
am is
now
di
scus
sing
the
idea
of d
oing
a p
opul
atio
n ba
sed
surv
ey a
nd w
hat i
s po
ssib
le in
the
curre
nt s
ecur
ity c
limat
e.
Loca
l and
regi
onal
con
sens
us o
n w
hat a
ctio
ns it
will
take
to
star
t add
ress
ing
child
labo
r in
Kolo
wez
i min
e.
Initi
al s
tudy
on
gend
er, c
onfli
ct a
nd m
inin
g in
the
Kivu
pr
ovin
ces.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
4 1
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nts
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Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Prev
ious
ly: L
itera
ture
revie
ws
on c
hild
labo
r in
Kolw
ezi a
nd a
sec
ond
one
on w
omen
, con
flict
and
min
eral
s in
the
two
Kivu
pro
vince
s of
Dem
ocra
tic
Repu
blic
of C
ongo
Rom
a –
Righ
t to
Heal
th.
East
ern
Euro
pe a
nd
Cent
ral A
sia
Regi
on.
Cons
ider
atio
ns
rega
rdin
g hu
man
righ
ts
in p
rom
otin
gacc
ess
to
serv
ices
by
min
oriti
es
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Mat
erna
l Chi
ld H
ealth
stu
dy in
Kos
ovo
look
ing
at th
e he
alth
sta
tus
of R
oma
wel
l und
erw
ay. R
epor
t bei
ng d
rafte
d.
Find
ings
pre
sent
ed to
repr
esen
tativ
es fr
om th
e M
inis
try o
f Hea
lth a
nd
othe
r aid
org
aniza
tions
in P
risht
ina.
(ii)
Two
pres
enta
tion
for t
he K
osov
o au
thor
ities
. (ii)
Stu
dy in
Ser
bia
disc
ontin
ued
due
to s
hifti
ng p
riorit
ies
in th
e ne
w g
over
nmen
t.
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Sum
mar
y do
cum
ent o
f hum
an ri
ghts
inst
rum
ents
and
lega
l ob
ligat
ions
rela
ted
to R
oma
heal
th. (
ii) R
evie
w o
f Rom
a he
alth
issu
es.
(iii)
Desi
gn o
f stu
dy to
mea
sure
qua
lity
of h
ealth
car
e in
Ser
bia.
Deep
ened
und
erst
andi
ng o
f hea
lth c
are
issu
es fo
r m
inor
ities
and
how
to a
ddre
ss th
is in
dev
elop
men
t pr
ogra
ms
base
d on
wor
k in
Ser
bia
and
Koso
vo. I
n Ko
sovo
, te
ntat
ive fi
ndin
gs in
dica
te th
at c
omm
unic
atio
n is
sues
co
ntrib
ute
to th
e w
orse
mat
erna
l and
chi
ld h
ealth
out
com
es
exhi
bite
d by
the
RAE
(Rom
ani,
Ashk
ali,
and
Egyp
tian)
po
pula
tion.
For
pre
nata
l car
e, a
dher
ence
to a
sta
ndar
d ch
eckl
ist a
ppea
rs lo
w fo
r thi
s po
pula
tion
incl
udin
g ad
vice
to th
e m
othe
r on
taki
ng ir
on o
r fol
ic a
cid
supp
lem
ents
or
on d
ange
r sig
ns to
look
out
for d
urin
g pr
egna
ncy.
The
RAE
popu
latio
n ex
perie
nces
alm
ost 1
.5 s
tand
ard
devia
tions
lo
wer
adh
eren
ce. P
regn
ant R
AE w
omen
are
muc
h m
ore
likel
y to
del
ay m
akin
g th
eir fi
rst p
rena
tal c
are
visit
until
m
onth
s 3–
5 of
thei
r pre
gnan
cy.
Oper
atio
naliz
ing
hum
an
right
s in
stru
men
ts in
the
Bank
’s w
ork
targ
etin
g in
tern
ally
disp
lace
d pe
ople
.
Soci
al D
evel
opm
ent
Netw
ork.
Hum
an R
ight
s co
nsid
erat
ions
in
wor
king
with
inte
rnal
ly di
spla
ced
pers
ons
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Ana
lytic
al re
view
fina
lized
“Int
erna
l di
spla
cem
ent a
nd th
e Ka
mpa
la C
onve
ntio
n: a
n op
portu
nity
for
deve
lopm
ent a
ctor
s”. T
he p
aper
dis
cuss
es th
e re
leva
nce
of h
uman
rig
hts
base
d ap
proa
ches
for d
evel
opm
ent a
ctivi
ties
targ
etin
g co
nflic
t –
and
disa
ster
-indu
ced
disp
lace
men
t in
Afric
a. A
vaila
ble
at w
ww.
inte
rnal
-di
spla
cem
ent.o
rg (i
i) Br
ochu
re a
nd g
uide
lines
for T
TLs,
bas
ed o
n th
e an
alyt
ical
repo
rt ab
ove
(Eng
lish,
Fre
nch,
Por
tugu
ese,
Ara
bic)
. (ii)
Tw
o w
orks
hops
hel
d (M
omba
sa a
nd E
nteb
be) o
n th
e do
mes
ticat
ion
of th
e Ka
mpa
la c
onve
ntio
n.
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Sho
rt pa
per o
n “O
pera
tiona
lizin
g Hu
man
Rig
hts
Appr
oach
es
in D
evel
opm
ent I
nter
vent
ions
Tar
getin
g In
tern
ally
Disp
lace
d Pe
ople
in
Afric
a”. (
ii) O
utlin
e/dr
aft o
f the
ana
lytic
al s
tudy
fina
lized
dur
ing
the
curre
nt
repo
rting
per
iod.
(iii)
Pre
para
tion
wor
k fo
r bro
chur
es a
nd w
orks
hops
.
(i) E
nhan
ced
know
ledg
e on
the
nexu
s be
twee
n hu
man
rig
hts
and
disp
lace
men
t thr
ough
a d
evel
opm
ent
pers
pect
ive, i
nclu
ding
ope
ratio
nal g
uida
nce
for B
ank
staf
f an
d ot
her d
evel
opm
ent p
artn
ers.
(ii)
Dial
ogue
with
regi
onal
or
gani
zatio
ns in
clud
ing
the
Afric
an U
nion
and
the
Leag
ue
of A
rab
Stat
es o
n th
e us
e of
lega
l ins
trum
ents
on
forc
ed
disp
lace
men
t in
deve
lopm
ent p
lann
ing.
(iii)
Par
tner
ship
s w
ith a
cade
mic
inst
itutio
ns a
nd N
GOs
and
with
the
Inte
rnal
Di
spla
cem
ent M
onito
ring
Cent
re (I
DMC,
est
ablis
hed
in
1998
by
the
Norw
egia
n Re
fuge
e Co
unci
l and
mon
itorin
g in
tern
al d
ispl
acem
ent w
orld
wid
e).
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
4 2Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report: November 2011–December 2012
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ram
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nts
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plet
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012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Mid
dle
East
– H
uman
Ri
ghts
and
Mig
ratio
n:
Iden
tifyin
g Op
portu
nitie
s fo
r Mig
rant
Pro
tect
ion.
Mid
dle
East
and
Nor
th
Afric
a Re
gion
.
Hum
an ri
ghts
co
nsid
erat
ions
in
wor
king
on
mig
ratio
n is
sues
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Dia
gnos
tic o
f the
Fre
nch-
Tuni
sian
labo
r ag
reem
ent a
nd o
ther
bila
tera
l sch
emes
for t
empo
rary
labo
r mob
ility.
(ii) C
ompa
rativ
e as
sess
men
t of t
he d
esig
n an
d im
plem
enta
tion
of b
ilate
ral
soci
al s
ecur
ity c
onve
ntio
ns b
etw
een
Mor
occo
, Tur
key
and
EU c
ount
ries
for t
he p
orta
bilit
y of
soc
ial s
ecur
ity ri
ghts
. (iii)
Con
sulta
tions
with
dia
spor
a as
soci
atio
ns a
nd re
leva
nt p
ublic
age
ncie
s in
Tun
isia
and
Mor
occo
to
fost
er p
olic
y ch
ange
s in
the
area
of s
uppo
rting
dia
spor
a co
ntrib
utio
ns to
en
hanc
e ac
cess
to s
ocio
-eco
nom
ic ri
ghts
in th
eir c
omm
uniti
es o
f orig
in.
(iv) S
tudy
and
pilo
t pro
posa
l to
invo
lve c
ount
ries
rece
iving
hea
lth w
orke
rs
from
abr
oad
in c
ontri
butin
g to
thei
r tra
inin
g an
d th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
heal
th c
are
serv
ices
in s
endi
ng c
ount
ries.
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Bac
kgro
und
pape
r “Hu
man
Rig
hts
in th
e Co
ntex
t of L
abor
M
igra
tion”
and
a p
olic
y br
ief.
(ii) P
repa
rato
ry w
ork
for a
ctivi
ties
final
ized
durin
g 20
12.
(i) E
nhan
ced
prac
tical
kno
wle
dge
on g
ood
prac
tices
to
prov
ide
safe
and
lega
l ave
nues
to te
mpo
rary
mig
rant
w
orke
rs v
ia b
ilate
ral a
rrang
emen
ts. (
ii) Id
entifi
catio
n of
ga
ps in
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
bila
tera
l soc
ial s
ecur
ity
agre
emen
ts a
nd w
ays
to fi
ll th
em. (
iii) P
olic
y le
sson
s to
su
ppor
t dia
spor
a co
ntrib
utio
ns to
loca
l pro
ject
s en
hanc
ing
the
right
s of
the
com
mun
ities
left
behi
nd. (
iv) E
nhan
ced
unde
rsta
ndin
g of
the
impa
ct o
f the
mob
ility
of h
ealth
w
orke
rs o
n ac
cess
to h
ealth
righ
ts in
sen
ding
cou
ntrie
s.
Bang
lade
sh –
In
tegr
atin
g hu
man
righ
ts
into
the
Bank
’s w
ork
on
soci
al p
rote
ctio
n.
Sout
h As
ia R
egio
n
Hum
an ri
ghts
co
nsid
erat
ions
in th
e Ba
nk’s
wor
k on
soc
ial
prot
ectio
n
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Wor
king
pap
ers
com
plet
ed o
n (a
) How
hum
an
right
s ex
tend
into
soc
ial p
rote
ctio
n an
d em
ploy
men
t and
ass
ocia
ted
impl
icat
ions
for B
angl
ades
h an
d (b
) Enh
anci
ng w
omen
’s ri
ght t
o em
ploy
men
t and
pos
sibl
e lin
kage
s to
vio
lenc
e ag
ains
t wom
en (V
AW) i
n Ba
ngla
desh
. (ii)
Adv
isor
y w
ork
supp
ortin
g se
rvic
e de
liver
y fo
r wom
en
victim
s of
vio
lenc
e th
roug
h a
gove
rnm
ent-
run
prog
ram
on
VAW
, thr
ough
th
e co
mpl
etio
n of
inst
itutio
nal a
sses
smen
ts a
nd d
evel
opm
ent o
f tra
inin
g m
odul
es a
nd m
ater
ials
nea
rly fi
naliz
ed. (
iii) B
BL a
nd te
chni
cal w
orks
hops
he
ld to
dis
cuss
pre
limin
ary
resu
lts w
ith s
take
hold
ers
from
gov
ernm
ent,
acad
emia
, civi
l soc
iety,
and
Ban
k st
aff.
Prev
ious
ly: D
rafts
of p
aper
s an
d pr
epar
atio
ns o
f adv
isor
y w
ork
and
diss
emin
atio
n ev
ents
del
ivere
d du
ring
2012
.
Enha
nced
kno
wle
dge
on (i
) the
pub
lic d
isco
urse
on
right
s in
Sou
th A
sia
and
Bang
lade
sh a
nd o
n (ii
) Wom
en’s
em
pow
erm
ent i
ssue
s in
Ban
glad
esh,
par
ticul
arly
arou
nd
wom
en’s
em
ploy
men
t and
sup
porti
ng e
fforts
to re
duce
vio
lenc
e ag
ains
t wom
en. (
iii) G
reat
er k
now
ledg
e of
Ban
k st
aff a
nd s
treng
then
ed B
ank-
civil
soc
iety
col
labo
ratio
n on
th
ese
issu
es.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
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ram
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nts
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Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Righ
t to
Educ
atio
n fo
r Chi
ldre
n w
ith
Disa
bilit
ies.
Lega
l Dep
artm
ent.
Hum
an R
ight
s as
pect
s of
wor
king
with
per
sons
w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: A
ctivi
ties
expl
ored
how
the
2006
Con
vent
ion
on th
e Ri
ghts
of P
erso
ns w
ith D
isab
ilitie
s (C
RPD)
and
its
prov
isio
n on
th
e rig
ht to
incl
usive
edu
catio
n ca
n en
hanc
e ac
tiviti
es o
n di
sabi
litie
s an
d ed
ucat
ion
usin
g a
hum
an ri
ghts
fram
ewor
k. (i
) Com
plet
ion
of d
esk
revie
ws
of th
e le
gal f
ram
ewor
ks o
f the
five
Eas
t Afri
can
Com
mun
ity
(EAC
) cou
ntrie
s. (i
i) St
akeh
olde
r con
fere
nce
was
hel
d in
Nai
robi
in
Nove
mbe
r 201
2 “W
orks
hop
on th
e Le
gal a
nd R
egul
ator
y Fr
amew
ork
of
EAC
Coun
tries
on
Incl
usive
Edu
catio
n” .
(iii)
Guid
ance
not
e fo
r use
by
gove
rnm
ents
and
loca
l civi
l soc
iety
org
aniza
tions
to u
se in
dis
cuss
ions
re
late
d to
nat
iona
l pol
icy
on in
clus
ive e
duca
tion.
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Pre
para
tion
of th
e de
sk re
view
s. (i
i) W
orks
hop
with
Ban
k an
d UN
sta
ff on
dis
abilit
y an
d de
velo
pmen
t
Enha
nced
kno
wle
dge
on th
e ro
le o
f CRP
D in
dev
elop
men
t w
ork
in th
e ed
ucat
ion
sect
or. G
ood
dial
ogue
with
in th
e Ea
st A
frica
n Co
mm
unity
(EAC
) on
incl
usive
edu
catio
n fo
r pe
rson
s w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s w
ith e
mph
asis
on
law,
pol
icy
and
inst
itutio
nal f
ram
ewor
ks to
sup
port
the
right
to in
clus
ive
educ
atio
n co
nsis
tent
with
inte
rnat
iona
l sta
ndar
ds.
Equa
lity
of O
ppor
tuni
ty
and
Econ
omic
and
So
cial
Rig
hts.
Pov
erty
Re
duct
ion
and
Econ
omic
M
anag
emen
t Net
wor
k.
How
hum
an ri
ghts
co
nsid
erat
ions
can
st
reng
then
equ
ality
of
oppo
rtuni
ty
The
NTF
spon
sore
d ac
tiviti
es in
form
the
impl
emen
ting
Bank
uni
t’s e
cono
mic
s-ba
sed
empi
rical
wor
k on
equ
ality
of
opp
ortu
nity
goi
ng o
n in
abo
ut 4
0 co
untri
es a
nd it
s m
any
asso
ciat
ed a
nalyt
ical
stu
dies
und
erw
ay a
bout
how
hum
an
right
s ad
d va
lue
to th
e su
bjec
t. Th
e fir
st s
tudi
es h
ave
resu
lted
in a
n in
crea
sed
dem
and
for a
nalyt
ical
wor
k on
in
equa
lity
from
cou
ntry
offi
ces.
The
pho
to c
onte
st la
unch
ed
durin
g 20
12 re
sulte
d in
nea
rly 8
00 e
ntrie
s, c
urre
ntly
with
on
line
votin
g in
pro
gres
s.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
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nts
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plet
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gh 2
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Title
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plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Disc
rimin
atio
n ag
ains
t W
omen
– H
ow
have
inte
rnat
iona
l co
nven
tions
and
le
gisl
atio
n in
clud
ing
CEDA
W b
een
impl
emen
ted?
Deve
lopm
ent
Econ
omic
s/ W
orld
De
velo
pmen
t Rep
ort
(WDR
).
Hum
an ri
ghts
asp
ects
of
disc
rimin
atio
n ag
ains
t w
omen
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: M
inor
follo
w-u
p an
d di
ssem
inat
ion
activ
ities
on
ly, a
s m
ain
activ
ities
took
pla
ce in
201
1.
Prev
ious
ly: S
ectio
n on
righ
ts a
nd g
ende
r in
the
2012
Wor
ld D
evel
opm
ent
Repo
rt on
Gen
der E
qual
ity a
nd D
evel
opm
ent;
“Rig
hts
and
thei
r effe
ctive
im
plem
enta
tion
shap
e w
omen
’s c
hoic
es a
nd v
oice
s”, p
157
-168
. Sp
ecifi
c an
alyt
ical
out
puts
: (i)
a re
view
of S
tate
par
ties’
com
mitm
ents
un
der i
nter
natio
nal c
onve
ntio
ns a
nd h
ow th
ese
help
redu
ce c
onst
rain
ts
to w
omen
’s a
uton
omy
and
deci
sion
-mak
ing;
(ii)
a da
taba
se o
n w
omen
’s
right
s an
d le
gisl
atio
n; (i
ii) P
aper
on
acce
ss to
just
ice
and
gend
er b
arrie
rs
to th
e ex
erci
se o
f rig
hts;
(iv)
Ass
ocia
ted
coun
try c
ase
stud
ies.
Impr
oved
und
erst
andi
ng o
f how
hum
an ri
ghts
affe
ct g
ende
r an
d de
velo
pmen
t arti
cula
ted
in a
nd d
isse
min
ated
thro
ugh
the
2012
WDR
. Enh
ance
d kn
owle
dge
of th
e tra
nspo
sitio
n of
the
inte
rnat
iona
l con
vent
ions
into
nat
iona
l law
and
how
th
is re
duce
s co
nstra
ints
on
wom
en’s
aut
onom
y in
dec
isio
n-m
akin
g, a
nd o
f the
rele
vanc
e of
form
al h
uman
righ
ts tr
eaty
co
mm
itmen
ts to
dis
crim
inat
ion
in d
evel
opm
ent c
ount
ries,
Afric
a –
Voic
es o
f the
Vu
lner
able
and
Hum
an
Righ
ts: P
rom
otin
g St
akeh
olde
r Lea
rnin
g on
Ac
cess
to J
ustic
e.
Afric
a Re
gion
.
Inte
ract
ion
betw
een
hum
an ri
ghts
and
ac
cess
to ju
stic
e
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) The
pre
vious
ly co
mpl
eted
“Eth
iopi
a De
sk
revie
w a
nd m
appi
ng o
f exis
ting
rese
arch
and
ana
lysis
on
acce
ss to
ju
stic
e fo
r vul
nera
ble
grou
ps” a
nd it
s fin
ding
s an
d re
com
men
datio
ns h
ave
been
sub
mitt
ed to
the
Just
ice
Sect
or B
oard
for c
omm
ents
. Afte
r fee
dbac
k is
rece
ived
a di
ssem
inat
ion
wor
ksho
p w
ill be
org
anize
d as
par
t of a
fo
llow
-up
NTF
gran
t. (ii
) Des
k re
view
s an
d m
appi
ng o
f exis
ting
rese
arch
ha
ve b
een
initi
ated
for C
amer
oon,
Sie
rra L
eone
and
Bot
swan
a. (i
ii) In
Ca
mer
oon
hous
ehol
d su
rvey
wor
k ha
s al
so b
een
cont
ract
ed.
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) com
plet
ed b
y th
e Ju
stic
e an
d Le
gal S
yste
ms
Rese
arch
In
stitu
te. (
ii) P
repa
ratio
n of
oth
er s
urve
ys a
nd re
sear
ch.
Impr
oved
und
erst
andi
ng o
f iss
ues
and
optio
ns s
urro
undi
ng
the
acce
ss to
just
ice
by th
e po
or in
Eth
iopi
a an
d ot
her
parti
cipa
ting
coun
tries
.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
4 5
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Wom
en, B
usin
ess
and
the
Law
(WBL
).
Fina
ncia
l and
priv
ate
sect
or d
evel
opm
ent
Netw
ork/
IFC.
Hum
an R
ight
s an
d di
scrim
inat
ion
agai
nst
wom
en in
bus
ines
s
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Pre
para
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
n of
thre
e fo
llow
-up
topi
c no
tes:
“Map
ping
the
Lega
l Gen
der G
ap in
Get
ting
a Jo
b”, “
Map
ping
the
Lega
l Gen
der G
ap in
Usi
ng P
rope
rty a
nd B
uild
ing
Cred
it” a
nd “M
appi
ng th
e Le
gal G
ende
r Gap
in A
cces
sing
Bus
ines
s En
viron
men
t Ins
titut
ions
”. (ii
) Pre
para
tion
of th
ree
follo
w-u
p co
untry
cas
e st
udie
s. (i
ii) P
repa
ratio
n of
sur
vey
mod
ules
on
viole
nce
agai
nst w
omen
in
con
junc
tion
with
UN
Wom
en, i
nclu
ding
mod
ules
on
sexu
al h
aras
smen
t in
the
wor
kpla
ce, h
aras
smen
t in
publ
ic s
pace
s, a
nd d
omes
tic v
iole
nce.
(iv
) Cre
atio
n of
indi
cato
r on
Viol
ence
aga
inst
Wom
en (i
n pr
ogre
ss).
http
://w
bl.w
orld
bank
.org
/
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Pre
para
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
n of
the
2012
Wor
ld B
ank
and
IFC
repo
rt “W
omen
, Bus
ines
s an
d th
e La
w: R
emov
ing
Barri
ers
to
Econ
omic
Incl
usio
n” w
ith la
unch
eve
nts
in W
ashi
ngto
n D.
C. a
nd in
Ken
ya,
supp
orte
d by
NTF
and
oth
ers.
(ii)
Prep
arat
ion
of a
nnex
on
“Wom
en’s
ec
onom
ic ri
ghts
and
hum
an ri
ghts
” p. 2
8-31
in th
e 20
12 re
port.
(ii
i) Ab
out 3
5 di
ssem
inat
ion
even
ts in
Was
hing
ton
and
inte
rnat
iona
lly o
f th
e pr
evio
usly
prep
ared
201
2 Re
port.
Impr
oved
und
erst
andi
ng a
nd d
ocum
enta
tion
of (i
) leg
al
diffe
renc
es b
etw
een
men
and
wom
en in
are
as a
ffect
ing
ince
ntive
s an
d ca
paci
ty to
wor
k or
set
up
and
run
a bu
sine
ss in
142
eco
nom
ies,
(ii)
outc
omes
of l
egal
gen
der
disc
rimin
atio
n on
wom
en’s
labo
r for
ce p
artic
ipat
ion
and
finan
cial
incl
usio
n, (i
ii) h
ow h
uman
righ
ts in
ters
ect w
ith
gend
er a
spec
ts o
f eco
nom
ic in
clus
ion
as d
iscu
ssed
in a
nd
diss
emin
ated
thro
ugh
the
2012
Wom
en, B
usin
ess
and
the
Law
repo
rt an
d as
soci
ated
topi
c no
tes,
(iv)
the
rela
tions
hip
betw
een
viole
nce
agai
nst w
omen
and
wom
en’s
eco
nom
ic
parti
cipa
tion.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
4 6Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report: November 2011–December 2012
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Capa
city
and
inst
itutio
ns
Colo
mbi
a –
Peac
e an
d De
velo
pmen
t Pro
ject
. La
tin A
mer
ica
and
Carib
bean
Reg
ion.
Cons
ider
atio
ns
rega
rdin
g hu
man
rig
hts
in p
ost-
confl
ict
deve
lopm
ent w
ork
(i) M
ain
activ
ities
of C
ompo
nent
I (J
une
2010
– A
pril
2011
): An
alyt
ical
re
port
on th
e St
ate
of th
e ar
t of t
he le
vel o
f int
egra
tion
of h
uman
righ
ts in
th
e Re
gion
al D
evel
opm
ent a
nd P
eace
Pro
gram
s (R
DPP)
.
(ii) M
ain
activ
ities
of C
ompo
nent
II (M
arch
201
1 –
Mar
ch 2
012)
: w
orks
hops
and
trai
ning
ses
sion
s on
hum
an ri
ghts
and
dev
elop
men
t with
re
pres
enta
tives
of t
he p
roje
ct. P
ilot fi
eld
activ
ities
to d
esig
n an
d te
st a
to
ol fo
r ide
ntify
ing
and
mea
surin
g th
e di
rect
and
indi
rect
con
tribu
tions
of
dev
elop
men
t pro
ject
s to
the
enjo
ymen
t of h
uman
righ
ts o
f the
targ
et
popu
latio
ns, s
take
hold
er c
onsu
ltatio
ns to
pre
sent
the
tool
and
dis
cuss
ne
xt s
teps
. Mai
n ou
tput
: Pla
nnin
g an
d M
anag
emen
t too
l for
Hum
an
Righ
ts B
ased
Dev
elop
men
t Pro
ject
s. (i
ii) M
ain
activ
ities
of C
ompo
nent
III
(Apr
il –N
ovem
ber 2
012)
: Mee
tings
with
sta
keho
lder
s to
get
feed
back
on
the
tool
. Eig
ht d
ays
wor
ksho
p in
Nor
te d
e Sa
ntan
der w
ith a
ll th
e st
akeh
olde
rs, d
irect
ed a
t sha
ring
the
know
ledg
e ge
nera
ted
abou
t the
lin
ks th
at e
xist b
etw
een
deve
lopm
ent a
nd h
uman
righ
ts, a
nd te
stin
g th
e to
ol w
ith a
sec
ond
pilo
t. M
ain
outp
uts:
a) T
este
d kn
owle
dge
shar
ing
met
hodo
logy
, b) m
ultim
edia
pac
kage
incl
udin
g th
e Gr
ant’s
mai
n pr
oduc
ts
and,
c) F
inal
repo
rt –
Guid
e fo
r the
inte
grat
ion
of ri
ghts
bas
ed a
ppro
ach
into
dev
elop
men
t pro
ject
s.
http
://w
ww.
wor
ldba
nk.o
rg/e
n/ne
ws/
2012
/11/
05/c
olom
bia-
mea
surin
g-co
nnec
tion-
betw
een-
deve
lopm
ent-
and-
hum
an-r
ight
s
(i) W
B st
aff a
nd R
DPP
proj
ect t
eam
s’ a
war
enes
s ab
out t
he li
nks
betw
een
thei
r wor
k an
d hu
man
righ
ts.
(ii) C
omm
itmen
t of R
DPP
to in
corp
orat
e HR
BA in
to th
eir
wor
k. (i
ii) G
oC, R
DPP
Netw
ork
and
EU in
tere
sted
in th
e ap
plic
atio
n of
the
Plan
ning
and
Man
agem
ent T
ool f
or
Hum
an R
ight
s Ba
sed
Deve
lopm
ent P
roje
cts.
(iv)
WB’
s ne
w
line
of d
ialo
gue
with
GoC
, par
tner
s an
d ci
vil s
ocie
ty.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
4 7
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Inte
grat
ing
hum
an ri
ghts
as
pect
s in
IFC’
s pr
ivate
se
ctor
dev
elop
men
t w
ork.
IFC.
Advis
ing
priva
te s
ecto
r cl
ient
s on
hum
an ri
ghts
as
a ri
sk fo
r bus
ines
s op
erat
ions
(i) C
ontri
butio
n of
hum
an ri
ghts
ana
lysis
to th
e up
date
of I
FC
Sust
aina
bilit
y Fr
amew
ork
(SF)
, inc
ludi
ng P
erfo
rman
ce S
tand
ards
(PS)
ap
prov
ed b
y th
e W
orld
Ban
k Bo
ard
in M
ay 2
012
and
to a
ssoc
iate
d co
nsul
tatio
n an
d tra
inin
g. S
ever
al N
TF s
pons
ored
wor
ksho
ps h
eld
for
Bank
sta
ff an
d m
anag
emen
t. w
ww.
ifc.o
rg/s
usta
inab
ilityf
ram
ewor
k.
(ii) U
pdat
e an
d di
ssem
inat
ion
of IF
C’s
onlin
e Gu
ide
to H
uman
Rig
hts
Impa
ct A
sses
smen
t and
Man
agem
ent (
HRIA
M).
Web
site
was
rede
sign
ed
and
mig
rate
d to
an
IFC-
host
ed s
ite, a
nd P
DF w
as re
desi
gned
and
als
o tra
nsla
ted
into
Spa
nish
. ww
w.ifc
.org
/hria
m. (
iii) V
olun
tary
Prin
cipl
es
(VPs
) on
Secu
rity
and
Hum
an R
ight
s Im
plem
enta
tion
Guid
ance
Too
ls
(IGT)
fina
lized
follo
win
g co
nsul
tatio
ns w
ith s
take
hold
ers
incl
udin
g pr
ivate
fir
ms,
NGO
s, a
nd g
over
nmen
ts, a
nd la
unch
ed a
t VPs
Ple
nary
in O
ttaw
a.
IGT
also
tran
slat
ed in
to S
pani
sh a
nd m
ade
avai
labl
e, a
long
side
the
Engl
ish
vers
ion,
on
the
VPs
web
site
. ww
w.vo
lunt
aryp
rinci
ples
.org
(und
er
Reso
urce
s).
The
upda
ted
SF in
clud
es (i
n bo
th th
e Su
stai
nabi
lity
Polic
y an
d th
e Pe
rform
ance
Sta
ndar
ds) t
he p
rivat
e se
ctor
’s
resp
onsi
bilit
y to
resp
ect h
uman
righ
ts..
The
PSs
are
a gl
obal
ben
chm
ark
for t
he p
rivat
e se
ctor
—fo
r bot
h pr
ojec
t in
vest
men
t and
fina
ncia
l int
erm
edia
ries—
and
prov
ide
a co
mpr
ehen
sive
app
roac
h re
flect
ing
key
hum
an ri
ghts
pr
inci
ples
. IFC
’s c
ontin
uing
wor
k on
hum
an ri
ghts
issu
es—
incl
udin
g on
due
dilig
ence
—is
par
t of a
requ
este
d ag
enda
fro
m a
wid
e ra
nge
of s
take
hold
ers
(e.g
., by
the
near
ly 50
Eq
uato
r Prin
cipl
es F
inan
cial
Inst
itutio
ns, 1
1 Ex
port
Cred
it Ag
enci
es, 7
Dev
elop
men
t Fin
ance
Inst
itutio
ns, 1
5 IF
C cl
ient
s an
d 11
gov
ernm
ent a
genc
ies
parti
cipa
ting
in th
is
year
’s a
nnua
l Com
mun
ity o
f Lea
rnin
g). T
he G
uide
to H
RIAM
is
use
d by
com
pani
es to
und
erst
and,
ass
ess,
and
man
age
thei
r ow
n ris
ks a
nd im
pact
s, a
nd IF
C ha
s su
ppor
ted
its
pres
ence
and
mai
nten
ance
thro
ugh
the
mig
ratio
n to
an
inte
rnal
ly ho
sted
web
site
.
Mex
ico
– So
uth
Afric
a –
Inco
rpor
atin
g Hu
man
Ri
ghts
Prin
cipl
es
into
You
th V
iole
nce
Prog
ram
min
g an
d Po
licy
Dial
ogue
. Soc
ial
Deve
lopm
ent N
etw
ork.
Oppo
rtuni
ties
for
inco
rpor
atin
g hu
man
rig
hts
cons
ider
atio
ns
and
incl
usio
n of
you
ng
peop
le in
to p
olic
y di
alog
ue a
roun
d vio
lenc
e
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Fou
r reg
iona
l you
th fo
rum
s in
Mex
ico
cond
ucte
d an
d in
puts
take
n up
in n
atio
nal p
reve
ntio
n st
rate
gy. (
ii) In
SA,
su
ppor
t to
a w
orks
hop
in J
ohan
nesb
urg
to a
lign
mun
icip
al s
trate
gies
with
th
e na
tiona
l stra
tegy
, and
pla
nnin
g of
a s
imila
r fol
low
-up
wor
ksho
p in
Ca
peto
wn.
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Cou
ntry
Ass
essm
ents
on
Yout
h Vi
olen
ce, P
olic
y an
d Pr
ogra
ms
for S
outh
Afri
ca a
nd M
exic
o; (i
i) Pa
rtici
patio
n in
Mex
ican
Na
tiona
l Con
fere
nce
on y
outh
vio
lenc
e pr
even
tion,
Jan
uary
201
1.
(i) E
nhan
ced
know
ledg
e on
hum
an ri
ghts
dim
ensi
ons
of y
outh
vio
lenc
e. (i
i) In
Mex
ico,
inpu
ts fr
om th
e gr
ant
supp
orte
d yo
uth
foru
m h
ave
info
rmed
a n
atio
nal s
trate
gy
and
the
crea
tion
of a
nat
iona
l you
th n
etw
ork,
with
a v
irtua
l pl
atfo
rm to
con
nect
you
th a
nd th
e na
tiona
l gov
ernm
ent.
(iii)
In S
A, d
ialo
gue
betw
een
mun
icip
al a
nd n
atio
nal l
evel
go
vern
men
ts h
as b
een
stre
ngth
ened
.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
4 8Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report: November 2011–December 2012
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Hum
an R
ight
s an
d De
velo
pmen
t ass
ista
nce
in th
e co
ntex
t of v
iole
nt
confl
ict a
nd s
ocie
tal
fragi
lity.
Mid
dle
East
and
No
rth A
frica
Reg
ion.
Cons
ider
atio
ns
rega
rdin
g th
e po
tent
ial
use
of h
uman
righ
ts
met
hodo
logy
in
deve
lopm
ent w
ork
in
confl
ict s
ettin
gs
Curre
nt re
porti
ng p
erio
d: (i
) Res
earc
h re
port
“Rig
hts
Base
d Pr
ogra
mm
ing
for C
hild
ren
in C
onfli
ct-A
ffect
ed A
reas
– O
pera
tiona
l Exp
erie
nce
from
the
Mid
dle
East
Reg
ion”
fina
lized
. (ii)
Dra
ft re
port/
diss
emin
atio
n w
orks
hop
in B
eiru
t Nov
embe
r 201
1 w
ith th
e Le
ague
of A
rab
Stat
es, g
over
nmen
ts
in th
e re
gion
, Wor
ld B
ank,
UN
and
civil
soc
iety.
http
://re
sour
cece
ntre
.sa
veth
echi
ldre
n.se
/con
tent
/libr
ary/
docu
men
ts/ri
ghts
-bas
ed-
prog
ram
min
g-ch
ildre
n-co
nflic
t-af
fect
ed-a
reas
-ope
ratio
nal-e
xpe
Prev
ious
ly: (i
) Inc
eptio
n re
port
on C
hild
Rig
hts
Prog
ram
min
g in
MEN
A.
(ii) R
egio
nal s
take
hold
er w
orks
hop
in J
orda
n in
May
201
1 w
ith
parti
cipa
nts
from
the
Leag
ue o
f Ara
b St
ates
, gov
ernm
ents
in th
e re
gion
, W
orld
Ban
k, U
N an
d ci
vil s
ocie
ty, to
dis
cuss
pilo
t res
earc
h an
d re
sear
ch
resu
lts re
spec
tivel
y. (ii
i) Fi
eldw
ork
cond
ucte
d in
Leb
anon
, Yem
en a
nd
Wes
t Ban
k an
d Ga
za
(i) R
esea
rch
resu
lts: C
hild
righ
ts-b
ased
pro
gram
min
g,
thro
ugh
its fo
cus
on n
on-d
iscr
imin
atio
n an
d pa
rtici
patio
n,
has
the
pote
ntia
l to
posi
tivel
y in
fluen
ce th
e sa
fety
and
se
curit
y in
a p
roje
ct a
rea.
(ii)
Enha
nced
kno
wle
dge
on
right
s-ba
sed
prog
ram
min
g am
ong
parti
cipa
ting
Bank
sta
ff.
(iii)
Upta
ke o
f the
resu
lts fr
om th
e re
sear
ch in
the
Leag
ue o
f Ar
ab S
tate
s w
ho o
rgan
ized
a fo
llow
up
wor
ksho
p on
chi
ld
right
s-ba
sed
prog
ram
min
g an
d sa
fety
and
sec
urity
.
Inst
itutio
ns a
nd H
uman
Ri
ghts
.
Deve
lopm
ent
Econ
omic
s.
Link
s be
twee
n hu
man
rig
hts
and
inst
itutio
nsCu
rrent
repo
rting
per
iod:
(i) A
nalyt
ic w
ork
on: t
he im
pact
of h
uman
rig
hts
treat
ies,
the
impa
ct o
f con
stitu
tiona
l cou
rt de
cisi
ons,
grie
vanc
e re
dres
s in
dev
elop
men
t, rig
hts
base
d ap
proa
ches
to d
evel
opm
ent,
and
cust
omar
y le
gal i
nstit
utio
ns. (
ii) C
olla
bora
tive
wor
k w
ith th
e Co
nstit
utio
nal
Cham
ber o
f the
Sup
rem
e Co
urt o
f Cos
ta R
ica
and
the
Cons
titut
iona
l Co
urt o
f Col
ombi
a on
com
plia
nce
with
hum
an ri
ghts
ord
ers.
(iii)
Ove
r te
n co
llabo
rativ
e ef
forts
, sem
inar
s, a
nd p
rese
ntat
ions
on
inst
itutio
ns a
nd
hum
an ri
ghts
acr
oss
the
Wor
ld B
ank
Grou
p (in
clud
ing
the
Sout
h As
ia
and
Latin
Am
eric
a Re
gion
s, th
e Hu
man
Dev
elop
men
t, Po
verty
Red
uctio
n/Ec
onom
ic M
anag
emen
t and
Sus
tain
able
Dev
elop
men
t net
wor
k an
chor
un
its a
nd th
e De
velo
pmen
t Eco
nom
ics
unit)
.
Prev
ious
ly: E
ight
pub
licat
ions
pre
pare
d an
d di
ssem
inat
ed in
the
rese
arch
co
mm
unity
and
in th
e W
orld
Ban
k.
(i) E
nhan
ced
awar
enes
s on
hum
an ri
ghts
– in
stitu
tions
re
late
d is
sues
am
ong
Bank
sta
ff. (i
i) Th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
a ne
w d
ata
syst
em a
nd n
ew d
atas
et o
n co
mpl
ianc
e w
ith
hum
an ri
ghts
rulin
gs in
Cos
ta R
ica.
(iii)
The
pub
licat
ion
of e
ight
rese
arch
pap
ers
on h
uman
righ
ts, i
nclu
ding
“R
edre
ssin
g Gr
ieva
nces
and
Com
plai
nts
Rega
rdin
g Ba
sic
Serv
ice
Deliv
ery,”
Wor
ld D
evel
opm
ent 4
1: 1
09-1
19,
2012
, http
://dx
.doi
.org
/10.
1016
/j.w
orld
dev.2
012.
05.0
27,
and
“Hum
an R
ight
s-ba
sed
Appr
oach
es to
Dev
elop
men
t: Co
ncep
ts, E
viden
ce, a
nd P
olic
y” (w
ith S
iri G
lopp
en),
Polit
y 44
: 485
-503
, Oct
ober
201
2, h
ttp://
ww
w.pa
lgra
ve-jo
urna
ls.
com
/pol
ity/jo
urna
l/v44
/n4/
pdf/p
ol20
1212
a.pd
f.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
4 9
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Com
plet
ed T
hrou
gh 2
012
Title
, im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k un
it
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
(i) th
e cu
rren
t rep
ortin
g pe
riod
(Nov
embe
r 201
1 –
Dece
mbe
r 201
2) a
nd (i
i) pr
evio
usRe
sults
Capa
city
and
inst
itutio
ns
The
Righ
t to
Wor
k:
Unde
rsta
ndin
g th
e Hu
man
Rig
hts
Dim
ensi
ons
of
Empl
oym
ent.
Deve
lopm
ent
Econ
omic
s/W
orld
De
velo
pmen
t Rep
ort
(WDR
).
Supp
ort t
o th
e 20
13
WDR
With
the
supp
ort o
f the
NTF
, the
WDR
201
3 on
Job
s in
clud
ed a
n ex
plic
it fo
cus
on ri
ghts
. Thi
s is
inte
grat
ed in
to th
e fra
mew
ork
of th
e re
port
(Ove
rvie
w a
nd C
hapt
er 5
) and
the
defin
ition
of j
obs
that
is a
pplie
d.
Unac
cept
able
act
ivitie
s th
at v
iola
te h
uman
righ
ts, i
nclu
ding
haz
ardo
us
child
labo
r, fo
rced
labo
r, an
d jo
bs th
at s
uppr
ess
voic
e ar
e no
t con
side
red
“jobs
” in
the
lang
uage
of t
he W
DR. T
he R
epor
t inc
lude
s se
ctio
ns o
n jo
bs
and
right
s (C
hapt
er 5
), so
cial
coh
esio
n (C
hapt
er 4
), th
e rig
hts
of m
igra
nts
(Cha
pter
7),
and
the
inte
rnat
iona
l con
text
for i
mpr
ovin
g rig
hts
at w
ork,
in
clud
ing
ILO
conv
entio
ns, t
he ro
le o
f tra
de p
olic
ies,
and
cor
pora
te s
ocia
l re
spon
sibi
lity
(Cha
pter
9).
The
NTF
supp
ort a
lso
allo
wed
for a
n ac
tive
cons
ulta
tions
and
dia
logu
e w
ith th
e IL
O an
d ci
vil s
ocie
ty o
rgan
izatio
ns
invo
lved
in ri
ghts
issu
es. T
he re
port,
sum
mar
y m
ater
ials
, and
bac
kgro
und
pape
rs a
re a
ll av
aila
ble
at w
ww.
wor
ldba
nk.o
rg/w
dr20
13.
The
mai
n re
sult
of th
e NT
F su
ppor
t was
the
inte
grat
ion
of
right
s in
to th
e co
re m
essa
ges
and
fram
ewor
k of
the
Repo
rt.
This
focu
s ha
s be
en n
oted
by
key
exte
rnal
con
stitu
enci
es
incl
udin
g th
e IL
O, d
evel
opm
ent p
artn
ers
incl
udin
g DF
ID,
GiZ
and
KfW
, and
civi
l soc
iety
org
aniza
tions
. In
addi
tion
to th
e se
ctio
ns o
f the
repo
rt, th
e NT
F gr
ant s
uppo
rted
the
prod
uctio
n of
a s
et o
f bac
kgro
und
pape
rs re
late
d to
rig
hts
and
jobs
incl
udin
g pa
pers
on:
(i) t
he le
gal a
spec
ts
of d
iscr
imin
atio
n at
wor
k; (i
i) ec
onom
ic d
imen
sion
s an
d m
easu
rem
ent o
f dis
crim
inat
ion
at w
ork;
(iii)
priv
ate
and
volu
ntar
y in
itiat
ives
to im
prov
e w
orke
rs ri
ghts
; (iv)
voi
ce
and
info
rmal
sec
tor w
orke
rs; (
v) s
ocia
l coh
esio
n co
ncep
ts
and
mea
sure
men
t; (v
i) an
alys
is o
f wel
l-bei
ng a
nd w
ork
in g
arm
ent f
acto
ries,
usi
ng d
ata
from
the
ILO-
IFC
bette
r w
ork
prog
ram
; and
(vii)
alte
rnat
ive d
ispu
te m
echa
nism
s fo
r w
orke
rs in
Cam
bodi
a.
5 0Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report: November 2011–December 2012
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Appr
oved
in 2
012
(ave
rage
am
ount
= U
S$25
0,00
0)
Title
, Im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k Un
itOb
ject
ives
and
pla
nned
act
iviti
es
Econ
omic
, soc
ial a
nd c
ultu
ral r
ight
s
Heal
th, e
duca
tion
and
soci
al p
rote
ctio
n –
Stre
ngth
enin
g th
e re
leva
nce
of H
uman
Rig
hts
in th
e Ba
nk’s
Hum
an D
evel
opm
ent (
HDN)
Wor
k. H
uman
Dev
elop
men
t Net
wor
k.To
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
prom
ote
deep
er k
now
ledg
e ab
out t
he ro
le o
f hum
an ri
ghts
in th
e W
orld
Ban
k’s
wor
k in
hea
lth, e
duca
tion
and
soci
al p
rote
ctio
n. T
here
are
two
com
pone
nts
in
the
prop
osal
: (i)
back
grou
nd a
nd g
uida
nce
note
s on
key
righ
ts a
spec
ts a
nd th
eir p
rogr
essi
ve
real
izatio
n (c
hild
ren,
food
, wor
k) a
nd th
e di
ssem
inat
ion
of g
uida
nce
note
s; a
nd (i
i) en
gage
w
ith re
gion
s fo
r sup
port
on-d
eman
d fro
m p
roje
cts
and
team
s, c
ase
stud
ies
and
follo
w-u
p w
ork
Indo
nesi
a –
Heal
th c
are
acce
ss fo
r the
poo
r and
vul
nera
ble:
A p
ropo
sal t
o as
sess
the
avai
labi
lity
of b
enefi
t ent
itlem
ents
und
er In
done
sia’
s Ja
mke
smas
Pro
gram
. Eas
t Asi
a Re
gion
.To
exp
lore
the
use
of ri
ghts
to p
rom
ote
unive
rsal
acc
ess
to h
ealth
. Use
of a
sses
smen
t to
ol a
nd h
ealth
cen
sus,
and
with
a fo
cus
on fo
ur tr
acer
con
ditio
ns p
reva
lent
am
ong
the
poor
to a
sses
s di
stric
t-le
vel v
aria
tions
in th
e av
aila
bilit
y of
Jam
kesm
as b
enefi
t pac
kage
ac
ross
Indo
nesi
a. R
esul
ts w
ill in
form
Ban
k pr
ogra
m o
n un
ivers
al c
over
age
and
be u
sed
in
wor
ksho
ps, B
BLs,
pol
icy
brie
fs. A
ctivi
ties
disc
usse
d an
d ap
prov
ed b
y th
e ch
air o
f Nat
iona
l In
stitu
te o
f Hea
lth R
esea
rch
and
Min
istry
of H
ealth
.
Braz
il –
Canc
er a
nd H
uman
Rig
hts.
Lat
in A
mer
ican
and
Car
ibbe
an R
egio
nTo
exp
and
know
ledg
e ab
out h
ow th
e rig
ht to
hea
lth c
an im
prov
e de
alin
g w
ith c
ance
r in
Braz
il. A
ctivi
ties
incl
ude:
(i) B
ackg
roun
d no
te o
n ca
ncer
and
the
right
to h
ealth
and
how
lit
igat
ion
has
impa
cted
on
the
heal
th s
yste
m, e
quity
, im
plic
atio
ns o
f cur
rent
prio
ritiza
tion
proc
edur
es e
tc; (
ii) W
orks
hop
on c
ance
r car
e an
d th
e rig
ht to
hea
lth; (
iii) R
epor
t su
mm
arizi
ng th
e pr
esen
tatio
ns, d
iscu
ssio
ns, a
nd c
oncl
usio
ns o
f the
wor
ksho
p; (
iv) E
m
Brev
e no
te??
; and
(v) I
nter
nal w
orks
hop.
Latin
Am
eric
a –
Impr
ovin
g re
sults
of B
ank’
s op
erat
ions
by
enha
ncin
g eq
uity,
gov
erna
nce
and
acco
unta
bilit
y an
d su
ppor
ting
hum
an d
evel
opm
ent p
olic
ies
that
con
tribu
te to
the
real
izatio
n of
th
e rig
ht to
hea
lth. L
atin
Am
eric
an a
nd C
arib
bean
Reg
ion.
To e
xplo
re h
ow th
e rig
ht to
hea
lth c
an im
prov
e th
e W
orld
Ban
k’s
wor
k in
the
heal
th s
ecto
r. Ac
tiviti
es in
clud
e; (i
) Re
port
with
revie
w o
f Ban
k’s
oper
atio
nal t
ools
aim
ed a
t im
prov
ing
gove
rnan
ce a
nd a
ccou
ntab
ility
in th
e he
alth
sec
tor;
(ii)
Repo
rt on
dat
a co
llect
ion,
mon
itorin
g an
d an
alyt
ical
tool
s; (i
ii) C
ase
stud
ies
on ri
ght t
o he
alth
; (iv)
Res
ourc
e ki
t; (v
) 8 w
ebin
ars
( HD
and
HNP
know
ledg
e pl
atfo
rm; (
vi). T
wo
wor
ksho
ps; (
vii) D
igita
l sum
mar
y vid
eo p
ublic
atio
ns;
and
(viii)
Sem
inar
s.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
An
nex
C
5 1
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Appr
oved
in 2
012
(ave
rage
am
ount
= U
S$25
0,00
0)
Title
, Im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k Un
itOb
ject
ives
and
pla
nned
act
iviti
es
Sier
ra L
eone
– P
rom
otin
g He
alth
Rig
hts
thro
ugh
Citiz
en A
ccou
ntab
ility.
Afric
a Re
gion
.To
exa
min
e ev
iden
ce o
n ci
tizen
s’ e
ngag
emen
t in
prom
otin
g ac
coun
tabi
lity
usin
g co
mm
unity
ba
sed
or m
ore
form
al m
echa
nism
s. H
ow c
an a
righ
ts-b
ased
app
roac
h bo
lste
r soc
ial
acco
unta
bilit
y ac
tiviti
es?
The
proj
ect w
ill be
invo
lved
in th
e cu
rrent
PRS
P an
d w
ill co
ntrib
ute
to C
AS 1
4. It
will
also
be
invo
lved
in th
e De
cent
raliz
ed S
ervic
es D
elive
ry P
roje
ct
Latin
Am
eric
a –
Soci
al P
rote
ctio
n an
d Ri
ghts
’ Bas
ed P
olic
ies:
Inst
itutio
nal a
nd o
pera
tiona
l ex
perie
nces
. Lat
in A
mer
ican
and
Car
ibbe
an R
egio
n.To
exa
min
e th
e in
stitu
tiona
l and
nor
mat
ive fr
amew
orks
for r
ight
s ba
sed
soci
al p
olic
ies
in
Latin
Am
eric
a. A
ctivi
ties
incl
ude:
(i) P
rodu
ctio
n of
cou
ntry
repo
rts a
nd th
emat
ic re
ports
and
as
soci
ated
wor
ksho
ps; (
ii) P
ilot M
anag
emen
t Inf
orm
atio
n Sy
stem
to p
rovid
e ev
iden
ce o
n pr
ogre
ssive
real
izatio
n of
soc
ial r
ight
s; a
nd (i
ii) C
onfe
renc
e on
Hum
an R
ight
s an
d So
cial
Pr
otec
tion.
Cou
ntry
wor
k pl
anne
d fo
r Bra
zil, G
uate
mal
a, P
eru
and
El S
alva
dor.
Gove
rnan
ce a
nd E
mpo
wer
men
t
Afric
a –
Enha
ncin
g In
clus
ivene
ss in
Citi
es. A
frica
Reg
ion.
To d
evel
op w
ays
to s
uppo
rt pa
rtici
patio
n an
d em
pow
erm
ent t
hrou
gh e
quita
ble
targ
etin
g an
d in
clus
ivene
ss o
f the
poo
r, ba
sed
on th
e W
B Ur
ban
and
Loca
l Gov
ernm
ent S
trate
gy,
Syst
ems
of C
ities
. The
pro
pose
d pr
ojec
t will
unde
rtake
dia
gnos
tic s
tudi
es, p
rovid
e te
chni
cal
assi
stan
ce to
stre
ngth
en o
ngoi
ng u
rban
ope
ratio
ns o
n in
clus
ivene
ss, a
nd o
rgan
ize
wor
ksho
ps w
ith s
take
hold
ers
in th
e re
gion
and
the
Bank
. Ca
se s
tudi
es e
xpec
ted
in G
hana
an
d Et
hiop
ia in
whi
ch a
ctivi
ties
have
alre
ady
been
impl
emen
ted
as p
art o
f the
pre
vious
NTF
gr
ant.
Viet
nam
– S
uppo
rting
Citi
zen’
s Ri
ghts
II. E
ast A
sia
Regi
on.
To s
uppo
rt th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of ri
ghts
to a
ll pa
rts o
f the
pop
ulat
ion
as o
utlin
ed in
exis
ting
Viet
nam
ese
law.
Con
tinua
tion
of p
revio
us N
TF a
ctivi
ties
thro
ugh
(i) A
war
enes
s ra
isin
g th
roug
h th
e m
edia
(ii)
Asse
ssm
ent a
nd s
urve
y of
leve
ls o
f rig
hts
awar
enes
s (ii
i) K&
L ac
tiviti
es
in W
B co
untry
offi
ce.
Enha
ncin
g Ci
tizen
s’ P
artic
ipat
ion
and
Incl
usio
n th
roug
h M
obile
-bas
ed T
echn
olog
ies.
Wor
ld
Bank
Inst
itute
.To
sup
port
inte
grat
ion
of m
inor
ity g
roup
s an
d fa
cilit
ate
incl
usio
n an
d no
n-di
scrim
inat
ion.
Ac
tiviti
es w
ill fo
cus
on V
oice
and
Par
ticip
atio
n th
roug
h ce
ll-ph
ones
in p
artic
ipat
ory
budg
etin
g pr
oces
ses
whi
ch in
clud
e m
inor
ity g
roup
s an
d tra
ckin
g th
e pa
rtici
patio
n of
thes
e gr
oups
. Ac
tiviti
es in
clud
e op
erat
iona
l tes
ting
of fi
ndin
gs m
ade
in th
e HR
stu
dy m
ade
durin
g th
e fir
st
proj
ect,
incl
udin
g us
e of
ICT
in m
edia
ted
Parti
cipa
tory
bud
getin
g an
d sy
stem
atizi
ng th
e us
e of
citi
zen
call
cent
ers.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
5 2Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report: November 2011–December 2012
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Appr
oved
in 2
012
(ave
rage
am
ount
= U
S$25
0,00
0)
Title
, Im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k Un
itOb
ject
ives
and
pla
nned
act
iviti
es
Libe
ria –
The
Pol
itica
l Eco
nom
y of
Nat
ural
Res
ourc
e Go
vern
ance
. Sm
all h
olde
r Tre
e Cr
op
Revit
aliza
tion
Proj
ect.
Lega
l Dep
artm
ent.
To u
se a
righ
ts-b
ased
app
roac
h as
a m
eans
to im
prov
e th
e im
pact
of n
atur
al re
sour
ce
inve
stm
ent o
n co
mm
uniti
es. L
abor
, foo
d, h
ealth
, and
righ
ts o
f ind
igen
ous
peop
les
are
in
focu
s. A
ctivi
ties
are
anal
ytic
al, c
apac
ity b
uild
ing
of B
ank
staf
f as
wel
l as
Libe
rian
CSO.
East
ern
Euro
pe a
nd C
entra
l Asi
a –
Incl
udin
g a
Hum
an R
ight
s Pe
rspe
ctive
in th
e Op
erat
iona
lizat
ion
of th
e 20
11 W
DR o
n Co
nflic
t, Se
curit
y an
d De
velo
pmen
t in
ECA.
Eas
tern
Eu
rope
and
Cen
tral A
sia
Regi
on.
To in
tegr
ate
hum
an ri
ghts
in th
e EC
A St
rate
gic
Initi
ative
on
Frag
ility
and
Confl
ict w
ith fo
cus
on: (
i) T
ools
for F
ragi
lity
and
Confl
ict S
ensi
tive
Appr
oach
es; (
ii) Y
outh
Incl
usio
n an
d So
cial
Ac
coun
tabi
lity;
(iii)
Soc
ial C
ohes
ion
thro
ugh
Com
mun
ity-b
ased
dev
elop
men
t; an
d (iv
) Rig
hts
sens
itivit
y in
CAS
and
ISN,
tech
nica
l ass
ista
nce,
and
sem
inar
s.
Oper
atio
nal F
ram
ewor
k fo
r Soc
ial I
nclu
sion
: Int
egra
ting
hum
an ri
ghts
. Soc
ial D
evel
opm
ent
Netw
ork.
To e
xplo
re th
e in
tegr
atio
n of
hum
an ri
ghts
into
the
Bank
’s w
ork
arou
nd in
equa
lity,
incl
usio
n an
d ex
clus
ion
as p
art o
f the
SDV
Fla
gshi
p w
ork
on S
ocia
l Inc
lusi
on. A
nalyt
ical
wor
k, le
arni
ng
even
ts a
nd d
isse
min
atio
n, e
xter
nal p
artn
ersh
ips.
Impl
emen
ting
Righ
t to
Info
rmat
ion
(RTI
) Ref
orm
s. P
over
ty R
educ
tion
and
Econ
omic
M
anag
emen
t Net
wor
k.To
ana
lyze
how
righ
t to
info
rmat
ion
refo
rms
are
impl
emen
ted
and
how
the
right
is u
sed
from
a c
ompa
rativ
e pe
rspe
ctive
. Ana
lytic
al w
ork
in e
ight
cou
ntrie
s. T
wo
synt
hese
s re
ports
on
resp
ectiv
ely
impl
emen
tatio
n an
d us
e. T
echn
ical
sup
port
and
Diss
emin
atio
n.
Soci
al A
ccou
ntab
ility
Activ
ities
to A
dvan
ce H
uman
Rig
hts.
Soc
ial D
evel
opm
ent N
etw
ork.
To e
nhan
ce th
e ef
fect
ivene
ss o
f soc
ial a
ccou
ntab
ility
oper
atio
ns in
‘fra
gile
’ and
‘clo
sed’
co
ntex
ts. A
s pa
rt of
the
Soci
al A
ccou
ntab
ility
Flag
ship
, w
ork
will
com
pris
e an
alyt
ical
wor
k,
evid
ence
gat
herin
g, c
ompi
latio
n of
an
over
view
of fi
ndin
gs, a
nd k
now
ledg
e di
ssem
inat
ion.
Disc
rimin
atio
n an
d vu
lner
able
gro
ups
Sub
Saha
ran
Afric
a –
Voic
es o
f the
Vul
nera
ble
and
Hum
an R
ight
s: P
rom
otin
g St
akeh
olde
r Le
arni
ng o
n Ac
cess
to J
ustic
e in
Sub
Sah
aran
Afri
ca (S
SA).
Afric
a Re
gion
.To
pro
mot
e le
arni
ng a
mon
g go
vern
men
tal a
utho
ritie
s an
d Ba
nk s
taff
abou
t the
var
ious
av
enue
s fo
r exp
andi
ng a
cces
s to
just
ice
for t
he v
ulne
rabl
e gr
oups
, esp
ecia
lly w
omen
and
yo
uth
in S
ub S
ahar
an A
frica
(SSA
). Ac
tiviti
es in
clud
e w
orks
hops
, stu
dies
and
kno
wle
dge
diss
emin
atio
n. C
ount
ries
to in
clud
e Bo
tsw
ana,
Sie
rra L
eone
and
oth
ers.
Afric
a –
Desi
gnin
g So
cial
Acc
ount
abilit
y M
echa
nism
s to
incl
ude
the
Excl
uded
. Afri
ca R
egio
n.To
impr
ove
the
desi
gn o
f acc
ount
abilit
y m
echa
nism
s fo
r Soc
ial p
rote
ctio
n in
Afri
can
coun
tries
. Act
ivitie
s in
clud
e co
mpi
latio
n of
cas
e st
udie
s, te
chni
cal a
ssis
tanc
e in
thre
e se
lect
co
untri
es d
esig
ning
effe
ctive
acc
ount
abilit
y th
at re
ach
the
mos
t vul
nera
ble
grou
ps a
nd
prep
arat
ion
of a
sum
mar
y do
cum
ent a
nd g
uida
nce
note
.
Viol
ence
Aga
inst
Wom
en (W
AV) ,
Wom
en B
usin
ess
and
the
Law.
Fin
anci
al a
nd P
rivat
e Se
ctor
De
velo
pmen
t Net
wor
k/IF
C.To
cre
ate,
bui
ldin
g on
pre
vious
gra
nt, i
ndic
ator
s on
VAW
and
inte
grat
e an
alys
is o
f VAW
in
next
WBL
13.
Kno
wle
dge
diss
emin
atio
n ac
tiviti
es re
late
d to
this
.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
5 3
NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
Appr
oved
in 2
012
(ave
rage
am
ount
= U
S$25
0,00
0)
Title
, Im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k Un
itOb
ject
ives
and
pla
nned
act
iviti
es
Zam
bia
– In
cent
ivizin
g th
e M
arke
t – L
inki
ng w
omen
and
the
Priva
te S
ecto
r: a
Hum
an R
ight
s Ba
sed
Appr
oach
. Sus
tain
able
Dev
elop
men
t Net
wor
k.To
exp
lore
the
links
bet
wee
n hu
man
righ
ts a
nd fe
mal
e m
anag
ed fa
rmin
g in
a p
rivat
e se
ctor
co
ntex
t. Re
view
of C
SR a
nd 4
-6 c
ase
stud
ies
show
casi
ng g
ood
prac
tice
betw
een
com
pani
es
and
rura
l wom
en. C
ount
ry w
ide
wor
ksho
ps in
Zam
bia.
Fin
al re
port
and
diss
emin
atio
n w
orks
hops
. Sou
th-s
outh
exc
hang
e.
Djib
outi
– En
surin
g Ri
ghts
and
live
lihoo
ds fo
r the
Mos
t Vul
nera
ble.
Mid
dle
East
and
Nor
ther
n Af
rica
Regi
on.
To e
xplo
re th
e va
lue
adde
d of
inte
grat
ing
hum
an ri
ghts
int
o th
e Ba
nk s
uppo
rted
‘Cris
is
Resp
onse
: Em
ploy
men
t and
Hum
an C
apita
l Soc
ial S
afet
y Ne
t’ pr
ojec
t. An
alys
is o
f des
ign
and
impl
emen
tatio
n of
pro
ject
; add
ition
al c
ompo
nent
on
hum
an ri
ghts
in im
pact
eva
luat
ion
and
in d
esig
n of
the
natio
nal s
afet
y ne
t reg
istry
.
Tuni
sia
and
Mor
occo
: Enh
anci
ng th
e rig
hts
of m
igra
nts
and
of th
ose
left
behi
nd. M
iddl
e Ea
st
and
North
ern
Afric
a Re
gion
.To
exa
min
e th
e ro
le o
f hum
an ri
ghts
in th
ree
mig
ratio
n co
ntex
ts: b
efor
e m
igra
nts
mov
e,
whi
le th
ey a
re a
broa
d an
d, fi
nally
, im
pact
on
thos
e le
ft be
hind
. In
coun
try c
ases
incl
ude
Tuni
sia
and
Mor
occo
. Act
ivitie
s w
ill fo
cus
on a
cces
s to
saf
e em
ploy
men
t ave
nues
, soc
ial
prot
ectio
n is
sues
, and
hea
lth a
nd e
duca
tion
impl
icat
ions
of i
nter
natio
nal l
abor
mob
ility.
Outp
uts
incl
ude
polic
y no
tes,
dia
gnos
tic to
ols,
lear
ning
wor
ksho
ps a
nd B
BLs.
Hum
an R
ight
s an
d w
omen
’s e
mpo
wer
men
t, vo
ice
and
agen
cy. P
over
ty R
educ
tion
and
Econ
omic
Man
agem
ent N
etw
ork.
To e
xam
ine
the
hum
an ri
ghts
asp
ects
of c
ross
cou
ntry
lega
l diff
eren
tiatio
n on
the
basi
s of
ge
nder
, inc
ludi
ng d
etai
led
topi
cal a
nalys
is a
nd c
ount
ry c
ase
stud
ies
(Nig
er, T
unis
ia, P
apua
Gu
inea
). Ou
tput
s in
clud
e w
orks
hops
and
sem
inar
s, a
nalyt
ical
gui
danc
e fo
r tea
ms
on p
over
ty
and
gend
er a
sses
smen
ts g
roun
ded
in H
RBA.
Wor
k to
feed
into
flag
ship
repo
rt on
wom
en’s
vo
ice
and
agen
cy.
Expa
ndin
g kn
owle
dge,
aw
aren
ess
and
evid
ence
-bas
e on
equ
ality
of o
ppor
tuni
ty. P
over
ty
Redu
ctio
n an
d Ec
onom
ic M
anag
emen
t Net
wor
k.To
enh
ance
the
anal
ytic
al u
nder
stan
ding
of p
olic
y lin
kage
s of
equ
ality
of o
ppor
tuni
ty, a
nd
to ra
ise
awar
enes
s an
d bu
ild e
viden
ce b
ase
thro
ugh
a co
mbi
natio
n of
dis
sem
inat
ion,
kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
and
pub
lic in
form
atio
n ca
mpa
igns
.
Indi
a –
Sexu
al O
rient
atio
n an
d Ge
nder
Iden
tity
Righ
ts: u
nder
stan
ding
thei
r Int
erco
nnec
tion
with
De
velo
pmen
t. So
uth
Asia
Reg
ion.
To e
xam
ine
the
rela
tions
hip
betw
een
hum
an ri
ghts
, sex
ual m
inor
ities
and
dev
elop
men
t. Ou
tput
s in
clud
e a
repo
rt on
link
s be
twee
n LG
BT a
nd g
ende
r min
oriti
es a
nd c
onst
rain
ts o
n ec
onom
ic a
nd s
ocia
l dev
elop
men
t, an
d w
ill in
clud
e a
fram
ewor
k on
how
to in
tegr
ate
the
sexu
al m
inor
ity a
ngle
in d
evel
opm
ent i
nter
vent
ions
, res
earc
h an
d kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
. Fi
ndin
gs to
be
pres
ente
d at
sem
inar
and
wor
ksho
ps in
Indi
a.
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t pag
e)
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NTF
Prog
ram
Gra
nts
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oved
in 2
012
(ave
rage
am
ount
= U
S$25
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Title
, Im
plem
entin
g W
orld
Ban
k Un
itOb
ject
ives
and
pla
nned
act
iviti
es
DRC
– Su
rvey
on
Hum
an R
ight
s, G
ende
r and
Min
ing.
Soc
ial D
evel
opm
ent N
etw
ork.
To a
sses
s th
e va
lue
adde
d of
usi
ng h
uman
righ
ts m
etho
dolo
gy o
n is
sues
rela
ted
to g
ende
r an
d m
inin
g in
DRC
. Act
ivitie
s to
incl
ude
(i) S
urve
y in
stru
men
t to
focu
s on
gen
der a
nd
hum
an ri
ghts
ass
ocia
ted
with
ASM
in e
aste
rn C
ongo
(ii)
Trai
ning
of C
ongo
lese
rese
arch
ers
in s
urve
y m
etho
dolo
gy (i
ii) U
nder
taki
ng o
f sur
vey
and
surv
ey a
nalys
is; (
iv) S
urve
y re
port;
(v)
Four
wor
ksho
ps: t
wo
in e
aste
rn D
RC, o
ne in
Kin
shas
a an
d on
e in
DC
to d
iscu
ss fi
ndin
gs w
ith
partn
ers
and
Gove
rnm
ent (
vi) O
ne w
orks
hop
in D
C on
sur
vey
met
hodo
logy
and
des
ign
of
the
Gend
er T
oolk
it an
d hu
man
righ
ts s
ecto
r ana
lysis
. .
The
Empi
rical
Cas
e fo
r Int
egra
ting
Hum
an R
ight
s in
Dev
elop
men
t. De
velo
pmen
t Eco
nom
ics.
To a
nalyz
e th
e im
pact
and
use
fuln
ess
of e
mpl
oyin
g hu
man
righ
ts m
etho
dolo
gy in
thre
e di
ffere
nt d
evel
opm
ent p
rogr
am c
onte
xts:
(i) C
ompl
ianc
e w
ith H
uman
Rig
hts
Cour
t Ord
ers
in
Cost
a Ri
ca a
nd C
olom
bia.
(ii)
Aid,
Hum
an R
ight
s, a
nd th
e M
DGs.
(iii)
Grie
vanc
e Re
dres
s in
De
velo
pmen
t Pro
ject
s an
d Pr
ogra
ms.
Out
puts
incl
ude
anal
ysis
, stu
dies
and
wor
ksho
ps.
Colo
mbi
a –
Stre
ngth
enin
g de
velo
pmen
t pra
ctic
es fo
r rig
hts
rest
orat
ion
in th
e fra
mew
ork
of
trans
ition
al ju
stic
e. L
atin
Am
eric
a an
d Ca
ribbe
an R
egio
n.To
exp
lore
the
role
of h
uman
righ
ts in
dev
elop
men
t pro
ject
s to
pro
mot
e th
e pe
ace
proc
ess
and
stat
e bu
ildin
g in
Col
ombi
a. B
ased
on
less
ons
lear
nt a
nd a
pla
nnin
g to
ol d
evel
oped
und
er
prev
ious
gra
nt: (
i) ca
rry
out a
nalys
is e
xplo
ring
the
link
betw
een
deve
lopm
ent p
roje
cts
and
right
s’ re
stor
atio
n; (i
i) pi
lot a
righ
ts b
ased
sub
proj
ect;
and
(iii)
carr
y ou
t kno
wle
dge
shar
ing
(pub
licat
ion
of g
uide
line
and
wor
ksho
ps).
Supp
ortin
g hu
man
righ
ts a
spec
ts in
IFC’
s pr
ivate
sec
tor d
evel
opm
ent w
ork.
IFC.
To a
ssis
t IFC
and
its
clie
nts
in a
sses
sing
and
add
ress
ing
hum
an ri
ghts
rela
ted
risks
in th
e co
ntex
t of I
FCs
rece
ntly
refo
rmed
per
form
ance
sta
ndar
ds. T
hree
cat
egor
ies
of ri
ghts
are
pa
rticu
larly
in fo
cus:
labo
r rig
hts,
land
righ
ts, a
nd in
dige
nous
peo
ples
’ rig
hts.
Out
puts
incl
ude
know
ledg
e pr
oduc
ts, c
apac
ity b
uild
ing
and
diss
emin
atio
n.
5 5
Annex d
Select NTF Supported Publications
NTF Grant Program Publications
#ICT4HR: Information and Communication Technologies for Human Rights, June 2012
A Guide for Using Social Accountability Tools in World Bank Local Government Operations in Africa, Feb 2012
Basic Human Opportunities in Zambia
Citizens and Service Delivery, 2012
Country Assessment on Youth Violence, Policy and Programmes in South Africa
Equality of Opportunities Fiscal Incidence in Côte d’Ivoire
Equality of Opportunities, Redistribution and Fiscal Policies in Liberia
Focus on Inequality of Opportunity in South Africa
IFC Guidance Notes for Performance Standards, Jan 2012
IFC Guide to Human Rights Impact Assessments
IFC Performance Standards, Jan 2012
IFC Voluntary Principles on Business and Human Rights
Inequality of Opportunities in the Labor Market
Internal displacement and the Kampala Convention, Jan 2013
Internal displacement in Africa – A Development Challenges, Jan 2013
La Violencia Juvenil En Mexico, June 2012
Local Government Accountability Mechanisms in Bangladesh Dec 2012
Mali Urban Local Government Support Project, Jan 2012
MENA Knowledge and Learning…Fast Brief: Human Rights and Development Assistance in Contexts of Violent Conflict and Social Fragility
Opportunities for Children in Vietnam
Review of Accountability Mechanisms for Enhanced Service Delivery in Nepal, Dec 2012
5 6Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report: November 2011–December 2012
Review of Accountability Mechanisms used in World Bank Local Government Operations in Africa, Feb 2012
Review of Social Accountability Mechanisms of Ethiopian Urban Local Government Development Project, May 2012
Rights-Based Programming for Children in Conflict-Affected Areas (Save the Children), June 2012
South Africa Action Plan Engendering Growth Path
South Africa Grant Summary report Engendering Economic Policy: South Africa’s New Growth Plan and Vision 2030
South Africa Report-One more river to cross
Study of Gender and Human-Based Approaches in Development, Jan 2013
Study on Human Rights Impact Assessments, Feb 2013
The Integration of Human Rights in the Local Government Capacity Support Project in Ghana
Women, Business and the Law: Removing barriers to economic inclusion + Human Rights Annex
World Development Report on Gender, 2012
Colombia: Measuring and Strengthening the Link between Development and Human Rights
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2012/11/05/colombia-measuring-connection-be-tween-development-and-human-rights
NTF Secretariat Publications
Report on Development Fragility and Human Rights, June 2012
Report on Human Rights and Climate Change
Report on Human Rights Indicators in Development
Human Rights and Economics: Tensions and Positive Relationships, Dec 2012
Report on Human Rights Impact Assessment, Feb 2013
A Study of Gender and Human Rights-Based Approaches in Development, Jan 2013
Joint World Bank OECD Study: Integrating Human Rights into Development: Donor Approaches, Experiences and Challenges. Second Edition
Nordic Trust FundNordic Trust Fund
Knowledge and Learning for Human Rights and Development
Nordic Trust Fund Progress ReportNovember 2011–December 2012
Nordic Trust Fund (NTF) is a knowledge and learning initiative to help the World Bank develop a more informed view on human rights. It is designed to improve existing Bank involvement on human rights in the overall context of the Bank’s core mission of promoting economic growth and poverty reduction. The NTF is managed by a secretariat in the Operations Policy and Country Services vice-presidency (OPCS). Financial and staff support for the NTF is provided by Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, with additional funding provided by Germany.
www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund