Tools for Human Rights and Gender for Local Development

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Tools for Human Rights and Gender for Local
Development -Case study, Macedonia-
United Nations Development Programme
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Poverty reduction processes in Macedonia

• Data
• Human Poverty Index - 55.1
• Unemployment rate - 36,7
• Long-term unemployment rate -85.1
• Households living below the poverty line - 30,2
• Inactivity rate 45.5 of total population
• Inactivity rate of women 62.1 of total inactive
  population
• Participation of women in the parliament 17.5

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Policy papers for poverty reduction

• MDG report, July 2005
• National Development Plan (2007-2009) October
  2006
• National programme for socio-economical
  development (2006 2015) December 2006.

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MDG processes in Macedonia

• Participatory process coordinated by the Ministry
  of Finance
• 5 working groups on poverty, health, education ,
  environment and economic factors and three task
  forces leaded by national coordinators
• Localization of MDGs .

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MDG process in Macedonia

• Two projects based on MDGs are implementing
  simultaneously Building capacities for MDG
  processes and MDG Based local vision.
• Projects are aimed to support the preparation of
  the National Programme for Socio Economic
  Development/NDP through bottom-up approach
  (involving local governments, civil society and
  business sector), and ensure utilization of MDGs
  as a harmonized framework for effective
  development.

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Tools for HRBA and gender in LD

• The main features of a HRA to poverty reduction
  for
• Macedonia are
• Identification of the poor
• Recognition of the relevant normative national
  and international human rights framework
• Equality and non-discrimination
• Progressive realisation of human rights
• Participation and empowerment
• Monitoring and Accountability

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Tools for HRBA and gender in LD

• Selection of municipalities - Criteria
• Geographical balance
• Rural and urban municipalities
• Etching composition (ethnic mixed
  municipalities)
• Rate of unemployment
• Needs to improve the position of women
• Size of municipality
• Technical, material and human capacities of
  municipality
• Civil society sector.

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Tools for HRBA and gender in LD

• Advisory Board is consist of representatives of
  Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Local self
  governments, OHCHR, Civic platform and UNDP.
• Networking with relevant stakeholders on local
  and national level

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Tools for HR and gender in LD

• Local leadership groups consist of
  representatives
• from Public, private and civil society sector
  with focus on NGOs working with vulnerable and
  marginalized groups are established in
• Gostivar (25 members),
• Strumica (23 members) and
• Negotino (21 members).

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Tools for HRBA and gender in LD

• Focal point (coordinator) in the
  municipalities provide link between LLG and Local
  self government officials.
• Pool of 30 local trainers MDG facilitators
  deliver training for LLG in Participatory
  planning, Methods and techniques of determination
  the need of vulnerable groups, Monitoring and
  analysis (indicators), Tools for monitoring and
  analysis of MDG based programs, Advocacy and
  campaigning.

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Tools for HRBA and gender in LD

• Base line study serve as a tool for
  identification
• and representation of vulnerabilities in pilot
  municipalities.
• Study is based on
• -survey -450 households
• -structured interviews with local stakeholders.

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Tools for HRBA and gender in LD

• Macedonian national and International
  legislation framework as tool for HRBA and gender
  mainstreaming identifies domestic and
  international laws relevant to major HR in the
  contexts of MDGs.
• The legislation checklist will support
  activities related with HR and HRBA in planning
  processes.

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Lessons learned

• Obstacles in implementation of HRBA and gender
  mainstreaming in planning processes
• low awareness of local officials about the needs
  of different groups of citizens (minorities,
  vulnerable and marginalised groups)
• Insufficient knowledge and commitment of local
  self-governments to the participatory planning
  processes
• Systems and procedures, and organisational
  structure in LSG do not support planning
  processes

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Tools for Human Rights and Gender for Local
Development -Case study, Macedonia-
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