GOVERNMENT-DONOR COORDINATION COMMITTEE (GDCC)

Annex TWG Progress Reports

TWG: GENDER

A. Progress in Implementing TWG's Action Plans

Please list below activities in the TWG Action Plans for 2007 and 2008 that were scheduled to be implemented during the period October 2007 to February 2008 and provide an update on implementation status of these activities.

Scheduled Activities	Implementation Status
Scheduled Activities	On Schedule	Behind Schedule	If behind schedule, reasons for delay	TWG Recommendations for GDCC consideration, if any
*1. Strategic information sharing, reporting and monitoring on gender issues*	Two TWG-G meetings were held during this reporting period covering the activities reported on below.
Regular briefing to TWG-G on key strategic gender issues in the NSDP	The TWG-G Secretariat participated in the workshop on NSDP Mid-term Review in Sihanoukville, and brought the issue to share with its members. Consultation on the NSDP Mid-term Review has been included in the TWG-G Action Plan for 2008. During the TWG-G meeting members were informed about the progress on the development and implementation of the GMAG/GMAPs (a key gender indicator in the NSDP see details below) Core gender issues in the NSDP were discussed during special TWG-G workshop on the new gender assessment.
Regular briefings to TWG-G on strategic issues relating to the JMI.	The Secretariat reported about the progress of JMIs to the members and conducted a small group meeting to revise and propose new JMIs sub-indicators for 2008 as some of the sub-indicators for 2007 have already been achieved.
Regular briefings to TWG-G on GMAP implementation	The TWG-G secretariat always briefs about the progress of GMAPs development in line ministries. Currently, there are 10 line ministries that have developed and officially approved GMAPs, including DOLA of MOI. Five more line ministries are in the process of developing GMAPs (MEF, MLMUC, MLVT, MoT, and MoP).			Development partners and line ministries to support the implementation of the GMAPs. New ministries are waiting for TA to assist them in developing their GMAPs (MOI, MOE, MOSAYRV, MOTP, MOTPW).
Regular updates to TWG on CEDAW implementation	CNCW reported on progress in implementation, training and monitoring of the CEDAW and NGO CEDAW Committee reported on regional NGO workshop on implementation of the CEDAW. Planning and consultation for the next periodic report on CEDAW to UN included in 2008 TWG-G action plan.
Proactive sharing of relevant information and documents in a timely manner	A broad range of stakeholders among the TWG-G membership now avail of this opportunity to share as it is a regular feature on the agenda for every meeting. Information sharing from the Secretariat has included presentations on the successful advocacy for amendments and later the adoption of the new Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking ans Sexual Exploitation as well as th succesful joint advocacy for engendering the draft organic law on D&D. Briefing also included information about the launch of the MoWA strategic plan for women, girls and HIV/Aids and other donor or project based activities.
*2. Harmonization and alignment*
Harmonize Gender Mainstreaming mechanisms and advocate for funding for implementation of Gender Mainstreaming including GMAPs	The Secretariat always play role for advocate for funding support for GMAPs implementing in line ministries. Mechanisms for gender mainstreaming are now more harmonized, donors are aligning to the government mechanisms and advocacy efforts carried out to mobilize resources for GMAP implementation. Still ongoing. Development partner will support MOWA with national consultant to coordinate this.
Cost priority activities* and identify sources and gaps	Priority activities are being identified as part of the research and analysis carried out for the Cambodia Gender Assessment and the development of the new MOWA 5 year strategic plan.
Consultation on the development of the Cambodia Gender Assessment "A Fair Share for Women"	The Secretariat used the 22^nd TWG-G meeting as a special consultation workshop on the findings and recommendations of the draft Cambodia Gender Assessment "A Fair Share for Women". GMAG members were also included for this session. The executive summary with an overview of the key gender issues and policy recommendations will be disseminated during the International Women’s Day celebrations presided over by the Prime Minister.
Appoint gender focal points in all relevant Technical Working Groups and develop two-way reporting mechanism	The system and existing appointments are under review. Some have yet to be appointed and not all gender focal points are active, some appointments may have to be revised. The system will be further developed as part of the project to strengthen the functioning of the TWG-G secretariat.
Assessment of Capacity for Gender Training and Advocacy of MoWA and line-ministries, including overview of existing support.	Overall assessment postponed. Review of select GMAG and GMAPs carried out by MOWA which included a capacity assessment.		This activity was postponed to be coordinated and aligned with the development of the MoWA 5 year strategy.
Support the collection and collation of information to inform the gender information in the ODA database at CDC.	Presentation provided to TWG-G members of existing database and management information system at MoWA collaborating with CDC. Chair advocated for members (development partners) to fulfill their obligations in reporting. Small working group to discuss further suggestions for refinement as part of project to support the TWG-G Secretariat.
Discuss harmonization and aid effectiveness on gender	Reported on progress in previous periodic reports. Secretariat has engaged in discussions with key development partners.
*3. TWG-G operation and reporting*
Establish relevant sub-groups and ad-hoc teams for efficient functioning of TWG on Gender. Develop, review and endorse TWG-G work plan Prepare the progress report on TWG-G and JMI to CDC Review and endorse GDCC reports Brief the chair of TWG-G for GDCC and CDCF	TWG-G has made use of sub-groups for drafting the action plan, for discussions on the Gender assessment and on reporting on the NSDP. The 2008 action plan was discussed and endorsed during 22^nd TWG-G meeting. Progress report prepared by Secretariat and TWG-G core team reviewed by members. (Considerable progress on the JMI and the sub-indicators for 2007/2008) The Secretariat of TWG-G and advisors brief the Chair about the agendas of GDCC and CDCF and what TWG-G could raise in GDCC and CDCF meetings. Plans for further strengthening of the capacity of the secretariat both on functional administrative skills, and in technical issues relating to monitoring and advocating for gender and improved aid effectiveness being developed in collaboration with CDC.

Are there any other issues affecting the implementation of TWG Action Plan that it would like to submit for GDCC's consideration?

B. Progress on Joint Monitoring Indicators

If there are any Joint Monitoring Indicator(s) agreed at the 1st CDCF in June 2007 that fall within the mandate of this TWG, please list the JMIs below and indicate progress that has been made toward achieving the JMI targets. Please take care to indicate if resource needs or appropriate timeframes still need to be identified.

Joint Monitoring Indicator	Timeframe	What is the current implementation status?	What are the constraints that you are experiencing, if any?	What recommendations do you have, for GDCC consideration to resolve the identified constraints?
Adopt laws and sub-decrees and relevant legal documents, and implement plans against all forms of violence and exploitation against women and children, according to international standards	March 2007 – Dec 2008
1. Sub-decree on the administrative decision on domestic violence adopted.	2007	Ministry of Interior has drafted the Sub-decree. The document needs to be discussed in the NCDD in order to ensure compliance with draft organic law for D&D..		Recommend to encourage MoI to proceed in supporting the adoption process of the Sub-Decree.
2. Law on suppression of human trafficking and sexual exploitation adopted, and in compliance with the UN Protocol on trafficking and UN convention on transnational organized crime, and the Cambodian draft penal code.	2007	An entirely amended and enhanced draft law has been approved by National Assembly in December 2007 and Senate in January 2008. The current draft is in compliance with the relevant documents specified in the JMI. Adoption and promulgation of the law within this year is envisaged.	Waiting for promulgating from the KIng	Speed up the remaining adoption process and initiate legal training throughout the country.
3. National Action plan to combat violence against women implemented. The specific target for 2007 is to establish a working group in MoI/DOLA for training materials on the Sub-decree.	2007	The National Action Plan has been discussed at the Council of Ministers. It is being reviewed and revised by MoWA – responding to comments by the CoM. It will then need to be approved by the inter-ministerial meeting.	Sub-decree not yet passed – see above – therefore difficult to gain momentum on training. Working group not yet established at DoLA. May need to have a “binding document” for example a sub-decree in order to establish this important cooperation between MoWA and MoI/DoLA on this. On the positive side – DOLA has just launched its Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan.	Recommend to encourage cooperation between MoWA and MoI/DoLA on this.
4. Policy and legislation on migration reviewed. Specific targets for 2007 include: Adopt comprehensive Strategy Paper on Migration that links Migration with Trafficking, Smuggling and the Labour Law Reform and closes existing legal gaps to enhance legal protection of migrants.	2007	Regarding legal aspects of the tasks: not yet started Ongoing projects and programmes on migration not focusing on legislation and policy. (Limited information made available to the Secretariat by MoLVT and MoC etc.!)	More time needed to further establish MOWA’s Legal Unit and to further enhance legal professionalism	Promote cooperation between the national task forces and relevant ministries and donors involved in migration-related work.

C. Implementation Status of the Action Plan on Harmonization, Alignment and Results

What are the main actions have you taken to implement the Harmonization, Alignment, and Results Action Plan? What are the constraints that you are experiencing, if any?

What recommendations do you have, for GDCC consideration to resolve any identified constraints?

Relevant section and sub-section of the H-A-R Action Plan

Action Taken

Constraints and/or recommendations for GDCC discussion

Section C: Harmonization: Development partners' actions are more harmonized, transparent and collectively effective.

2.b. RGC's sector ministries and development partners adopt harmonized approaches to tackle cross-cutting issues, such as gender equality.

MoWA developed Gender Mainstreaming Guideline to establish GMAGs and provides TA for development of gender mainstreaming action plans in line Ministries. Implementation continues with new line ministries. New development partners are following suit and supporting the government mechanism.
Regular meetings chaired by MoWA with GMAGs instituted to follow up and support the implementation and to pick up on lessons learned.

MoWA with the support of development partner drafted National Framework for GM to be launched shortly, which describes the institutional set-up and processes as well as existing best practices, and training material and manuals in relation to GM. and

Small working group on gender mainstreaming formed as part of the TWG-G.
MoWA staff/TWG-G Secretariat attended training provided by CDC on SWAp.

Further support from GDCC requested to support dialogue on moving towards a programme based approach or SWAp on gender. Training of TWG secretariats to also address the extra complexities faced when working on cross-sectoral issues such as gender.
Request CDC to strengthening the internal capacity to take gender dimensions into account in the work by CDC on Aid effectiveness in Cambodia. The Aid effectiveness Report and the Technical Cooperation study did not sufficiently address or analyse gender dimensions.

Section D: Managing for results: Managing resources and improving decision-making for results. RGC and development partners use jointly agreed results-oriented reporting and assessment frameworks that have managerial number of indicators to monitor progress against key dimensions of national and sector development strategies (Indicator #11)

To harmonize with NSDP, MoWA used the framework from the Ministry of Planning to prepare its Action Plan for 2007.
MOWA engaged in the NDSP mid-term review and consultations part of the TWG-G action plan for 2008.

Capacity strengthened on monitoring and on statistics. Closer cooperation between MOWA and MOP and NIS achieved, MoP with the support from MOWA developing a gender mainstreaming action plan. MOWA and MOP staff jointly attended UN Global Forum on Gender Statistics in Rome

Monitoring indicators for the TWG-G action plan need to be developed further and monitoring needs to be more systematic and coordinated. The TWG-G secretariat is developing proposal for CDC to support a range of capacity development interventions to support the Secretariat on this.

D. Resource Mobilization

Please provide details of your TWG's resource mobilisation efforts since the June 2007 CDCF meeting (including identified resource needs, actual commitments and source of funds, and remaining gaps) and the extent to which these resource mobilisation efforts are linked to an Action Plan or sector programme that includes a budget framework for programming resources and activities within the domain of the TWG.

As the TWG-Gender is cross-sectoral this is a complex undertaking. The Secretariat and the Chair of the TWG-Gender is now supported by UNDP, JICA and UNFPA ( for basic running costs, invitations, meetings etc, support to one MoWA staff member for the Secretariat, and policy advisory support to the Chair). As the activities, membership and workload has increased the Secretariat now needs further strengthening.
The TWG-Gender action plan included supporting resource mobilization for key-, and emerging gender concerns. Therefore the overall resource mobilization matrix will need to be updated.
The Cambodia Gender Assessment which is under preparation provides the basis for which key areas will be identified for future funding. The TWG-G was successful in mobilizing resources from 8 donors to support MOWA in drafting the Cambodia Gender Assessment.
On gender mainstreaming, the TWG-Gender has made use of the last two GDCC meetings and the CDCF as well as the donor lunch meeting to raise the awareness of both the government side and the development partner side on the importance of gender mainstreaming and has raised the issue of financing for the implementation of the Gender Mainstreaming Action Plans in all these meetings. The Secretariat has actively supported the focal points in other TWGs to follow up on this Several development partners have in their workplans for 2008 included support to GMAGs and GMAPs but more are needed, especially those engaged directly with sector (line ministries).
TWG-G secretariat Initiated dialogue on moving towards a programme based approach to gender mainstreaming or a SWAp on gender. Members of the Secretariat attended the training provided on SWAps by the CDC recently. Main development partners indicate willingness to support this. Further dialogue necessary on this.

Does the TWG have sufficient resources to manage the workload identified in its Annual Workplan? No
Has your TWG submitted a request for support to CDC/CRDB ? A draft request has been prepared for discussion and submission shortly
If "No", is your TWG considering a request for support? Yes