Gender Programme IPA 2010
Project Goal:
Improved status of women – reflected in personal integrity, economic advancement and political representation.
Strengthened capacities, improved mechanisms and advanced policies have improved the conditions for the implementation of the three specific components of the National Action Plan for Gender Equality:
• Violence against women and domestic violence;
• Political empowerment of women, and
• Economic agenda for women
Project Components :
1. VIOLENCE IN FAMILY
- A sustainable and efficient system for the protection of victims of domestic violence has been established, and sustainable measures to combat domestic violence have been introduced.
2. POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
- Gender sensitivity in political parties and administrative authorities strengthened.
3. ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
- Women’s entrepreneurship and employment enhanced through the development and implementation of specific measures
Brief Description:
The aim of the Project is to support achievement of sustainable and efficient system for the protection of victims of domestic violence and sustainable measures to combat violence in family. Focus is to ensure that the new Law on Protection of Victims of Violence is fairly interpreted and implemented in daily practice, ensuring that victims do experience system-wide support. Creation of a sustainable coordination and monitoring multidisciplinary mechanism at the national and local level will be priority. Second component focuses on enhancing gender sensitivity in political parties and administrative authorities. Party and electoral system reform have proved as an effective entry points for increasing women’s political activism. We will have a three-fold approach:
1) empowerment of women politicians and sensitization of their male colleagues;
2) strengthening of political party structures by introducing gender-sensitive policies and programmes and
3) improving legislation by introducing gender-sensitive provisions in the Electoral Law, the Law on Political Parties and the Law on Financing of Political Parties.
Third component of the Project aims to enhance women’s entrepreneurship and employment through the development and implementation of specific economic measures. It will strengthen women’s entrepreneurship through setting up a revolving Trust Fund for Women, which will provide support and guidance for female entrepreneurs under affordable financial arrangements. The training programme and promotional campaign will be organized to support women’s entrepreneurship, and a network of female entrepreneurs.
Corporate thematic area/Relevant cross-cutting themes
Social Inclusion
Project status
Operational / running
Location
Podgorica
Project duration
March 2011 - March 2014
UNDP Project Officer in charge
Project Manager
Ms. Kaća Đuričković
kaca.djurickovic@undp.org
Gender Project Office
Rimski trg 19/4, 81 000 Podgorica
Tel. +382 20 234 577
Donors/Major sources of financing
EU – 700,000 Euro or $1,014,492
UNDP TRAC resources – 78,000 Euro or $113,043
Total Project budget: 778,000 Euro or $1,127,536
Partners
Direct implementation partner: Ministry for Human and Minority Rights
Partners: Gender Equality Parliamentary Committee, Ministries of the Government of Montenegro, parliamentary political parties, local gender mechanisms, judiciary, civil society: NGO Anima, NGO Women Alliance, NGO Women’s Action, NGO Association of Employed Women, NGO Center for Feminist Culture NOVA, NGO Montenegrin Women’s lobby, NGO League of Woman Voters, NGO SOS Podgorica, NGO SOS Niksic, NGO Women’s Safe House, NGO Trust.
Delivery in previous fiscal years, until January 2012
$206.758.05
Interim results and evaluation reports
Regional conference on political participation of women
Report on “16 Days of activism against gender violence” campaign
