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Decision of the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of 3 May 2016, No MINBUZA-2016.242245 laying down policy rules and a subsidy ceiling on subsidisation under the 2006 SubsidierScheme Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Women, peace and safety 2016-2019).
The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation;
Having regard to the Articles 6 and 7 of the Subsidy Decision Ministry of Foreign Affairs ;
Having regard to Article 5.1 of the State Aid Scheme for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2006 ;
Decision:
For grant-to-loan on the basis of Article 5.1 of the State Aid Scheme for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2006 on equal rights and opportunities for women in the framework of Women, Peace and Security 2016-2019 will be the same as Annex policy rules attached to this Decision.
For the grant of grants under the framework of Women, Peace and Security 2016-2019, a subsidy ceiling of € 15,000,000 shall apply for the period from the entry into force of this Decision until 31 December 2019.
Applications to be eligible for a grant under Women, Peace and Security 2016-2019 shall be submitted in the period from the entry into force of this Decision until 15 August 2016 on the basis of the Minister ' s established application form and provide the documents requested on the application form. 1
The distribution of resources shall take place on the basis of an assessment carried out in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Annex to this Decision, it being understood that, from all applications which meet the criteria, the applications which best meet them are eligible for subsidy, within the framework of a balanced distribution as referred to in Article 3 (1) of the Treaty. Article 8 (d) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Subsidies .
This Decision shall enter into force from the day following the date of issuance of the State Official Gazette, in which it is placed and shall expire from 1 January 2020 with the exception that it shall continue to apply to grants intended for that date. ed.
This Decision will be Annex , except the Annexation to the Annex, to be placed in the Official Journal. Annexed to the Annex shall be published via the Internet. 2
TheMinister
on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, on behalf of these,The Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation,
R.M. Buijs
Security and justice are central to the policy agendas of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development. Our safety is under pressure. The most obvious and relevant for the Netherlands are the reclusive conflicts in the ring around Europe. Conflicts are a threat to human rights and to international law. Justice issues include women's rights and gender equality, or unequal power relations between men and women, but also inequality in social, political, religious or ethnic terms, or sex or sexual relations. Orientation. A structurally changing world calls for choices and innovative use of existing resources; the Policy Framework Women, Peace and Security 2016-2019 aims to make a contribution to that end. This policy framework is a further elaboration of international gender policy as expressed in the November 2011 Chamber Letter International Gender Policy. 3 , the Women, Peace and Security Action Plan 2016-2019 and the Chamber Letter of Women, Peace and Security of March 2016. 4
This document is structured as follows. Chapter 2 defines the policy theory, the principles, the scope and the priority areas of the Women's Peace and Security Agenda. Chapter 3 describes the assessment procedure and determines which organizations can qualify for a grant under Women, Peace and Security 2016-2019. Chapter 4 describes the criteria used to select the applications to be eligible for subsidy. Chapter 5 is about monitoring and evaluation.
On 31 October 2000, the UN Security Council ('Council ') adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. For the first time, the Council explicitly acknowledged the valuable role women play in the prevention and resolution of conflicts. Several resolutions on subtopics were adopted on Resolution 1325. These resolutions call on UN member states and warring parties to ensure participation of women in peace processes, to respect women ' s rights in the context of conflict, to prevent and prevent sexual violence against women in conflict situations penalising and engaging women in developing strategies to combat terrorism and violent extremism.
A great deal has been achieved in the last 15 years, but the implementation must be better. The ambitions of the various resolutions are in stark contrast to reality. In conflict zones, the situation of women has hardly improved and, at times, even worsened. Women increasingly become the target of extremist ideologies, which further curtail civil rights and freedoms, especially those of women and girls. Sexual violence and the enslavement of women and girls is not only deployed as a weapon of war by groups like ISIS, but also used to disrupt communities as well as propaganda tools to spread their extremist ideology.
The Netherlands contributes to the implementation of the Women, peace and security agenda through diplomacy, development cooperation, peacekeeping missions and operations. The cabinet is working along two tracks. The first track is cooperation with societal partners in the National Action Plan (NAP) Women, peace and security. The second track is the systematic integration of all aspects of foreign and security policy, as expressed in the Chamber's Letter of Women, Peace and Security.
The National Action Plan Women, Peace and Security is drafted and implemented by the government (the ministries of BZ, Defense, OCW and V&J and the Police), well over 50 Dutch civil society organizations (development organizations, diaspora) organisations and women's rights organisations) and knowledge institutions. This collaboration is unique in the world in that form. The added value of cooperation is the network of partner organisations worldwide. The partnership is a good source of information, ideas and new initiatives. By tuning in on the activities of government and civil society, they strengthen each other and achieve more and more sustainable outcomes. The grant framework for Women, Peace and Security 2016-2019 funds activities in target countries as part of the National Action Plan.
This policy framework focuses on the approach to gender inequality and the underlying unequal power relations. Integration of the relevant resolutions in foreign policy means that we are aware of these proportions. The impact of conflict is often not the same for men and women. Women often have less control over issues of peace and security. The promotion of equal participation of women is a matter of fairness. In addition, it leads to lasting peace and inclusive reconstruction after conflict.
The starting point is that women are not only victims in conflict, but make a valuable contribution to all aspects of peace and security, such as preventing and resolving violent conflicts and preventing and addressing radicalisation and extremism. By making part of the army and police and by participating in peace negotiations and political decision making at all levels, women can improve their own position and those of their community and contribute to sustainable peace and stability. However, there are still numerous structural barriers to equal and meaningful participation of women in all aspects of peace and security.
The objective of this policy framework is equal to the objective of the National Action Plan: to stimulate structural change of norms, laws and institutions, so that women and men have equal opportunities and rights and can fully share their full potential. participate in conflict prevention, conflict resolution, peace building, and reconstruction. Efforts are contributing to the realization of the conditions for women in conflict zones to pursue their own interests.
The framework finances interventions from signatories of the National Action Plan for Women, Peace and Security (and their partners) who contribute through a specific, strategic, context and results-oriented country approach to equality of opportunity, rights and security for women and girls in the eight target countries.
The content focus of the programmes to be financed should be related to policy theory in the Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan. The framework focuses on three interrelated sub-targets: (1) protection of women and girls in conflict and post conflict situations, (2) combating gender norms, which are obstacles to lasting peace and (3) creating equal opportunities. participation of women in conflict prevention and resolution, peace-building, assistance and reconstruction.
Results are achieved by three approaches including different activities are possible: (1) facilitating capacity development 5 and providing means to support the empowerment and participation of women and men seeking to support gender-conscious approaches to peace processes, (2) combating attitudes and beliefs that perpetuate exclusion of women and (3) impact on the implementation of laws and policies that increase barriers to participation and protection of women. These three approaches are closely related. For example, sub-objective (3) can be achieved by providing specific knowledge, skills, and access to adequate resources for women to participate in peace talks. Sub-objective (1) can be achieved by exerting influence on the development and implementation of laws and policies that aim to prevent (sexual) violence in (post) conflict situations.
The activities of policy theory in the National Action Plan Women, peace and security can be divided into three types of interventions: (1) the sharing of knowledge, (2) advocacy and (3) joint programmes. The coherence between the three types of interventions in a target country is monitored in the country group. This framework focuses on the financing of these activities, in particular the joint programmes. In the application, the relationship between the sub-objectives and the approaches should be explained by the target country.
All signatories to the National Action Plan for Women, Peace and Security who meet the threshold criteria mentioned in this framework may be eligible as a pilot or co-applicant. Signatories to the National Action Plan Women, Peace and Security are Dutch organisations active in the field of development cooperation. They shall carry out specific activities in the area of gender equality and women's rights. Fellow proposers are either signatories to the National Action Plan, or NGOs from either the target country or region.
Signatories may not apply independently, but only together with at least two of the co-applicants, on behalf of which a pilot applies for the program as a whole. If the application is honoured, the manager shall be responsible for the implementation of the programme to the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation.
An organisation may be eligible for a grant only once for a grant under this grant framework. In addition, a pilot may only participate once in any other alliance-where another organisation operates as a pilot-as a co-applicant. A co-submitter who does not act as a pilot in any application can act as a maximum in two alliances as co-submitter.
The National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security is implemented in partnership with multiple stakeholders, contributing from different mandates and different roles to the same goal. The signatories of the National Action Plan and their local partners are well positioned to act on the basis, in (post) conflict situations where they carry out programmes, share information and influence public authorities at different levels. The government partners are well equipped to work at the diplomatic level, on missions and in partnerships with civil society in conflict and post-conflict countries. Knowledge institutions are indispensable in filling gaps in knowledge about gender and conflict.
Within the National Action Plan, cooperation is an important means of achieving our shared objective, respecting each other ' s distinctive functions, roles, and mandates. Social change and gender equality cannot be achieved through a single program or an activity with a short time frame; it requires a long-term strategy and commitment of all signatories. Therefore, we will continue our work in most of the target countries in our second National Action Plan Women, Peace and Security. The target countries of the grant framework Women, peace and security (2016-2019) are Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria, and South Sudan. The ministry will honour up to one application per target country. Quality leads in the selection of applications. Only applications that are sufficiently well-valued can be financed. If overhopes all applications for one particular target country do not meet the minimum quality requirements, e.g. that doelland no grant is granted and the available budget will not be fully exhausted.
The target countries are at the heart of the commitment of cooperation within the National Action Plan for Women, Peace and Security. Per target country, a country group is active. In these country groups, signatories will work together with local partners and embassies in the countries concerned. Independently of this grant framework, a gender-sensitive context, actor and conflict analysis is established in the country group. This analysis identifies the different security needs of men and women, the root causes of conflict, and their relationship to gender inequality, as well as the balance of power within the country. A strategy is developed for each country group in order to achieve the objectives of the policy theory of the National Action Plan. The embassies are closely involved in the work of the country groups, both in elaboration and in the implementation of the country strategy. In addition, the embassies are involved in monitoring and where relevant support for the implementation of the selected programmes.
In addition, as part of their grant application, penitters should include a gender-sensitive context, actor and analysis of conflict which has already been established in conjunction with the country group.
In order to be eligible for a grant, an application must comply with certain threshold criteria and quality criteria:
1. Threshold Criteria: criteria to be met by each application without further application. If an application does not comply with one or more threshold criteria, the application shall be rejected and not further assessed.
2. Quality criteria: criteria relating to the quality of policy theory and its effects in a programme proposal, including criteria relating to financial effectiveness (the ratio of results to budget).
Applications for a grant in the framework of Women, Peace and Security 2016-2019 shall be submitted from the date of entry into force of these policy rules until 15 August 2016 on the basis of the application by the Minister to this effect application stramas. 6 Please refer to the application form for the requirements of the application.
An application shall be directed at one of the target countries of Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria and South Sudan, and shall consist of:
A. A policy theory which includes in any case the following elements:
1. A gender-sensitive context, actor-and conflict analysis of the target country, which answers the following questions:
• What are the social, economic and political factors that can hinder or facilitate gender equality in the chosen theme (s), and what are the main problems and underlying causes that are the trigger for this?
• What kind of way are local, regional, national and international actors involved with men, women and gender minorities?
• Are these actors trying to bring about positive change in the problem areas and the selected themes (s) or do they actually block positive change? -In what way?
• Describe the influence that actors have in order to achieve change
• Assess the legitimacy of the different actors.
• Give a judgment on the specific role (positive and negative) that the different actors play.
• What are the main issues, deeper causes and factors that lead to the conflict? And to what extent do these root causes affect women, men, and gender minorities differently?
• What role are men, women, and gender minorities expected to play/are able to play in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating interventions?
2. A country-specific elaboration of the policy theory of the National Action Plan in the form of a short-and medium-term objective (s) and a vision of that, including preliminary assumptions, and interventions for the short and medium term.
(3) A cooperation agreement between the pilot and the co-applicants, describing the different roles and added value of the pilot, co-applicants and local organisations within the programme, and an explanation of the agreement which clearly demonstrates an equal and complementary relationship between the various alliance members. The agreement contains (in any case) agreements on (i) the manner in which each of the parties contributes to the work of the alliance, (ii) the manner in which decision making in the alliance takes place, (iii) the way in which the costs and the costs risks being shared among the alliance members and (iv) the way in which the observance of the commitments associated with a grant to the Minister is guaranteed and (v) the way in which the alliance cooperates with the Dutch Embassy in the doelland and the country group of the NAP.
4. Measuring outcome indicators for monitoring and adjustment.
B. A programme proposal which includes in any case the following elements:
1. A concrete, realistic elaboration of policy theory in the chosen target country and a precise description of the chosen strategic interventions to achieve the desired goal (input, output and outcome), related to policy theory of the National Action Plan and based on the gender-specific context, actor-and conflict analysis of the country.
2. The proposal shows who is commuting, how the alliance works together, and which local organizations will be involved in the implementation of the program.
3. A risk analysis and measures to mitigate the identified risks.
4. An M&E framework which clearly refers to policy theory and the indicators presented therein, including a description of the estimated required technical assistance for development and reinforcement of an M&E framework at country level. The pilot shall identify the monitoring and evaluation methods used to monitor progress towards the achievement of the objectives and to learn lessons.
C. A budget for the entire duration of the programme, including a cost estimate for the necessary technical assistance for development and reinforcement of an M&E framework. The budget is prepared in accordance with the template in Annex 4. In the budget, an amount is set aside for travel expenses for the participation of local partners in the annual policy consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The budget is provided with a Memory of Commentary.
The assessment shall take place in two stages, resulting in a decision on the selection of programmes eligible for grant. The first phase consists of a key to the threshold criteria. The second stage consists of a substantive assessment of policy theory and its impact in the programme proposal.
The provisions of the General administrative law , the Grant Decision Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Subsidy Scheme Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2006 shall apply in full to the evaluation of applications and the final subsidy application. The applications shall be assessed in accordance with these rules and in accordance with the criteria laid down in these policy rules.
The evaluation of applications and the allocation and allocation of available resources shall be carried out by means of a tender: of all applications which meet the criteria of these policy rules, quality shall be assessed according to the same criteria. The applications that best meet the criteria will be the first to be eligible for the grant. The Minister decides on the grant of grant in accordance with this order of precedence, according to the division as detailed in Section 3.5. The criteria are described in Chapter 4.
The reserved amount is € 15 million. These funds are available to subsidiate activities during the period from 1 November 2016 to 31 December 2019.
The grant framework for women, peace and security applies a programmatic approach in which the pilot and his co-applicants can/can transmit 'grants' to local organisations in the target countries on the basis of pre-approved annual plans.
In order to be eligible for grants under Women, Peace and Security 2016-2019, the threshold criteria will first of all be met and sufficient compliance will be necessary to meet the criteria of the quality of policy theory and the quality of the programme proposal, including the budget.
The evaluation of applications and the allocation and allocation of available resources will be carried out through a more subsidy calendar: the quality of applications for grant applications is assessed in terms of the standards of these policy rules. The applications best meet the criteria are eligible as the first for subsidy, within the window of Article 8, third paragraph, point (d) of the Subsidy Decision Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
If the available resources are not sufficient to fully honour all applications which have been assessed as sufficient, the allocation of resources on these applications will be made on the basis of a ranking of applications according to the measures laid down in these policy rules. The aim is to honour only the application which best meets the criteria per target country. If there are no proposals for one or more countries which have a minimum score on policy theory and/or programme proposal, the Minister reserves the possibility of not financing activities in the countries concerned.
The subsidy per programme amounts to € 2 million for the target countries Afghanistan, Colombia, DRC, Libya, Iraq and Syria. The subsidy per programme amounts to € 1.5 million for the target countries Yemen and South Sudan.
To assess the applications, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall draw up a committee together with independent experts from inside and outside the Ministry. Experts who are members of the committee shall not be allowed to apply for themselves or are involved in the preparation of applications.
Decision making on the timely applications received will take place no later than 15 October 2016.
D.1: The pilot is a non-governmental, non-profit-making Dutch non-governmental organisation and has legal personality.
The Netherlands organisation means an organisation established in the Netherlands, according to Dutch law and which is established in the Netherlands. The term 'NGO' means a non-profit-oriented organisation, whether established by a public authority or by a public authority, which has legal personality under civil law in the country in which it is established or is, in fact, established by a public authority. the ngo is established in its statutes.
D.2: The pen-in-office is a signatory of the Women, Peace and Security Action Plan 2016-2019, on 15 May 2016.
D.3: A fellow submitter is a Dutch or Southern non-governmental organisation (NGO) with non-profit making and possessing legal personality. Southern NGO means an NGO that is established in the country or region in which the intended activities are carried out (doelland). In recent years, due to conflicts in several dole countries, it has been difficult for local NGOs to establish themselves in the target countries. This is why local NGOs work for the following definition: an organisation which is established in the region and is demonstrably carrying out activities on the target countries.
D.4: The pilot shall submit the application on behalf of an alliance consisting of at least two co-applicants, as referred to in criterion D. 3, in addition to the pener.
D.5: The pen-in-command shall assume that as of 1 January 2016 at least 25% of the annual revenues of the Alliance come from sources other than BZ contributions. Grants under Women, Peace and Security 2016-2019 will never exceed 75% of the alliance ' s annual revenues.
As this criterion applies to the alliance as a whole, if one of the participating organisations does not acquire less than 25% of the annual revenue from contributions other than BZ, it can be offset by the co-applicants in the alliance. Funds obtained directly or indirectly from the budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (for example, a grant or contribution from a Dutch Embassy) do not count in the determination of own income (but do not apply). to determine the annual revenue).
D. 6:
A. The maximum remuneration of individual members of the management and management of the executive and of the members of the Netherlands shall be equal to EUR 168,000 on a full-time basis as from the period for which the subsidy is requested in respect of each calendar year. Employment. The amount mentioned exists in addition to pay (the sum of the periodically paid rewards and bonuses and bonus payments) also from taxable fixed and variable expense allowances and rewards payable on term, such as holiday money, 13 P. Month, employer's share of pensions and others
The salary cap shall be derived from the salary of the Director-General for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. DGIS is covered by the collective agreement for civil servants in which a 36-hour working week is considered as a full-time employment week. If the service of a management member or director is less than 36 hours per week for the organisation concerned, the remuneration ceiling of EUR 168.000 shall be reduced pro rata and related to the part-time factor of the service (number of appointment/36 * EUR 168.000). Where the organisation provides the part-time factor in the grant application, this is the starting point for calculating the reduced salary cap. If the part-time factor is not provided, it is assumed that a full time service of 36 hours is to be used.
B. The maximum remuneration of individual members of the management and management of co-applicants established in one of the target countries shall be established from the period for which the grant is sought in reasonable relation to the level of the function, the geographical location and the size and complexity of the organisation.
D.7: The pilot is in a position to provide adequate financial management. The pilot shall be able to ensure the effective and efficient implementation of the activities through experience expertise in relation to the activities where the subsidy is requested.
D.8: The programme covers activities focused on one target country: Afghanistan, Colombia, DRC, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria, or South Sudan.
D.9: The grant application has a maturity of 1 November 2016 to 31 December 2019. The grant application focused on Afghanistan, Colombia, DRC, Iraq, Libya or Syria amounts to € 2 million for the entire duration. The grant application to Yemen or South Sudan is to be € 1.5 million for the entire duration.
D.10: The pilot and co-applicants shall cooperate on the basis of a cooperation agreement between the pilot and the co-applicants, describing the different roles and added value of the pilot, co-applicants and local organisations. within the programme, and an explanation of the agreement in which clearly an equivalent relationship appears between the different alliance members. The agreement appears (in any case) (i) the way each of the parties contributes to the work of the alliance, (ii) the manner in which decision making in the alliance takes place, (iii) the way in which the costs and risks become shared on the alliance members and (iv) the manner in which compliance with the commitments associated with a grant is guaranteed to the Minister, and (v) the way the alliance cooperates with the Dutch embassy in the target country and the country group of the NAP.
D.11: The programme does not cover commercial services, investments or commercial activities.
The quality of policy theory is determined according to the following measures relating to the elements that each policy theory must contain in any case:
P. 1: The degree to which policy theory contains adequate, gender-sensitive context, actor-and conflict analysis of the target country.
P. 2: The degree to which policy theory is a logical elaboration of the policy theory of the National Action Plan and is based on the context, actor-and conflict analysis.
P. 3: The degree to which policy theory contains an adequate system of monitoring of inputs and outcomes, including indicators, that is consistent with the vision and goals of policy theory.
P. 4: The extent to which (a) explicitly appoints policy theory to the underlying assumptions and (b) the alliance is able to adjust if it appears that these assumptions need to be modified.
The quality of the programme shall be assessed according to the following criteria.
P. 5: The degree to which the programme is policy-related. This is assessed on the basis of the following factors:
(1) the extent to which the activities logically result from the gender-sensitive context, actor-and conflict analysis of the target country.
(2) the extent to which the activities are a logical effect of policy theory.
(3) the extent to which (a) the substantive focus of the activities is related to policy theory in the Women, Peace and Security Action Plan, and (b) the activities contribute to the objective or sub-objectives of this Policy Framework. The objective is to promote structural change in standards, laws and institutions, so that women and men have equal opportunities and rights and can participate fully in peace-building and reconstruction. Subgoals are: the extent to which the activities focus on all three interrelated sub-goals: (1) protection of women and girls in conflict and post conflict situations, (2) combating gender norms, which create obstacles to lasting peace, and (3) creating equal participation of women in conflict prevention and resolution, peace-building, relief and reconstruction.
P. 6: The degree to which the programme is complementary to other activities undertaken in the dole country by the alliance, other NGOs and multilateral institutions.
P. 7: The degree to which the programme contributes to the capacity development of the partners in the target country. Capacity development focuses on strengthening partner organisations in terms of expertise, management and financial management, and on developing core competencies and skills necessary to also meet in a changing context. continue to be relevant and to continue to achieve results.
P. 8: The extent to which local partners have effective influence on the program. This is demonstrated by the participation of the partners in the development of the programme, participation in the implementation of the programme, and participation in the evaluation and updating of the programme.
P. 9: The extent to which there is adequate risk management. The risk management shall consist of a risk analysis, mitigation measures and a risk monitoring system.
P. 10: The degree to which the program is elaborated in SMART defined outcomes, intended outputs, and intended activities.
P. 11: The degree to which the programme has been provided with a clear and realistic relationship between the outputs to be achieved and the resources needed to achieve them.
Regular monitoring of progress will take place on the basis of the approved policy theory and the programme including the budget. Accounting for the use of the funds obtained per programme shall be carried out annually on the basis of open data in accordance with the IATI standards. The pilot shall be expected to follow the IATI developments and to establish their compliance with the pilot. Each year, the pilot shall report a financial report.
Measurement, analysis and monitoring of the outcome of the National Action Plan 1325 is a difficult task and a major responsibility. To evaluate the outcomes of operations in our target countries, the pendirectors develop a country-specific monitoring and evaluation (M&E) based on a number of predefined specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-related (SMART) indicators which are in line with policy theory. A reservation for monitoring and evaluation at country level shall be made by the penders in the programme's budget.
To learn from experiences, to strengthen the interplay with the policy of the Foreign Ministry and to enable interim feedback of the results of monitoring and evaluation to implementation, it is published annually. place a policy consultation with all the directors, alliance partners, and their local partners. These policy consultations also give organisations the opportunity to exchange experiences among themselves. During these consultations, country-based sessions will also take place with the country groups of the National Action Plan for Women, Peace and Security. The design and content of these consultations will be worked out by the Ministry in close cooperation with the pen directors.
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