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Costing & Financing 1325
PRESS RELEASE
Doing Business, Making Peace:
Financing the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325
New York City, August 30, 2011
"Recognize the capacity of civil society
to facilitate and manage funds for 1325 implementation and explore partnerships
with the private sector," are but a few of the recommendations of the
recently revised study "Costing and Financing 1325," jointly
commissioned by the Dutch Development Aid Organization, Cordaid and the Global Network of Women
Peacebuilders (GNWP), a coalition of women's groups and other civil society
organizations working towards the full implementation of United Nations
Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
Close
to eleven years after the adoption of the groundbreaking SCR 1325 , the
required funding for its full implementation is all but explicit. The study
"Costing and Financing 1325: Examining the Resources Needed to Implement
Women, Peace and Security Resolutions at the National Level" analyses
resources available and required to implement the resolution, as well as the
complicated funding landscape for women and peace and security programs. The
study presents eight concrete recommendations on how to make resource
allocation for SCR 1325 implementation efficient and effective:
1.
Encourage and support local ownership of national action
plans and alternative mechanisms for implementation of SCR 1325
2.
Establish a transparent and inclusive financial management
platform for 1325 implementation composed of donors, governments, civil
society, private sector and multi-lateral organizations including the UN
3.
Improve coordination and promote collaboration among
different actors involved in women and peace and security advocacy and
programming
4.
Conduct a comprehensive and accurate assessment of needs,
resources and capacities; plan and mobilize resources accordingly
5.
Explore partnerships with the private sector
6.
Earmark 1325 Funds, review military and other government
budgets and identify windows upon which 1325 implementation could be
funded
7.
Recognize and enhance civil society's capacity to generate
and manage financial resources dedicated to 1325 implementation
8.
Allocate adequate resources for independent monitoring and
evaluation of 1325 implementation and other women and peace and security
initiative
Sara
Lulo, Executive Director of the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at
Cornell Law School explains the premise behind the need to create more spaces
for the private sector to participate in women and peace and security advocacy
and programming: "The private sector has a responsibility to uphold human
rights, including women's rights. In my view, private sector actors that are
operating or doing business in post-conflict areas have a particular
responsibility to uphold Resolution 1325 in their own practices. However, not
all aspects of 1325 are necessarily appropriate for direct private sector
involvement. For this reason, it's important to identify relevant entry points
where the private sector can be meaningfully engaged...More broadly, we should
think creatively about how to finance the goals of 1325 and National Action
Plans -- not just underwriting the costs of initiatives, but effective
implementation with resources available. Corporations, for example, are
increasingly interested in not simply funding an initiative, but leveraging
their other resources to have a higher impact and be more directly involved.
That goes to the point of in-kind support and tapping into the relevant
expertise of people in the private sector - for example, through the
development of training programs or by providing a relevant product or
service."
Yassine
Fall, former INSTRAW Executive Director has also highlighted the importance of
the study itself, stating that it is "the missing link in the chain
of knowledge needed to build and improve upon the different methods of costing
and bring it into the context of 1325."
Some
of the recommendations of the study are currently being implemented through a
pilot project jointly carried out by Burundi's Ministry of National Solidarity,
Human Rights and Gender; Burundian civil society organizations; international
NGOs, UN agencies, foreign government donors; and the private sector to support
the implementation of Burundi's SCR 1325 National Action Plan (NAP). Cordaid
and GNWP are committed to support this initiative as part of the organizations'
ongoing facilitation of multi-stakeholder financing of 1325 NAPs.
Jeanne
Bitsure of the Women Allies Peacebuilders Network (WAP) and Catherine Mabobori,
of the Office of the 1st Vice President, which holds the vice presidency of the
steering commitee on SCR 1325, emphasize the importance of the initiative to
Burundian women: "If such a framework is created, it will facilitate the
implementation of the women's agenda, especially related to peace and security
issues. It will serve as a platform of collaboration, mobilization and
management of resources."
Cordaid
and GNWP welcome participation from various sectors in supporting
multi-stakeholder efforts to ensure effective financing of National Action
Plans in conflict-affected countries.
Please contact: Dewi Suralaga (Cordaid) and Mavic Cabrera Ballleza (GNWP)
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can read more about the study and download it here: