Gender-based exclusion: is universally recognized as an important dimension along which social exclusion takes place. Gender equality is a cross cutting theme of SDC, see SDC gender equality shareweb
Roma inclusion: SDC is promoting Roma inclusion through projects in Western Balkans and Central Eastern Europe (New EU member states). In each country, SDC officers are in charge of the quality and follow up of these projects, in close collaboration with national authorities (policy dialogue). Since 2012 Regional Workshops on Roma Social Inclusion are organized in order to allow SDC staff managing these programs to exchange their experiences, learn from each other and improve the quality of design and steering of their programs. The first seminar in Belgrade (2012) was a general stocktaking, the second in Bucharest (2015) focused on policy dialogue and institutionalisation, the third in Tirana (2016) on existing trade-offs between effectiveness, sustainability and transformation in Roma inclusion support. A fourth Seminar on Roma inclusion is planned to take place in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) in March 2018 and will focus on working through government institutions with a focus on municipalities.
Furthermore, starting at the Bucharest 2015 seminar, so-called learning trajectories gathering interested practitioners in series of virtual meetings (each 1-3 months) on specific topics, allow for exchanges and learning beyond the seminars.
Regional Roma inclusion seminars:
This guidance sheet targets SDC staff and outlines key issues, analytical framework and good practices for mainstreaming socially inclusive and gender responsive budgeting (SIB/GRB) into the design of SDC’s programmes and project interventions.
The working paper contains four main sections: 1) Public Finance Management approaches at local and national level. Section 2) Obstacles and required enabling framework conditions 3) Project examples and lessons learned 4) Human rights-based programming framework for SIB/GRB.
Factsheet Roma in Albania
Learning from SDC’s Roma Inclusion work for future programming
The discussion centred on participants’ experiences, insights, and recommendations related to engaging communities, CSOs and governments in SIB/GRB processes and enabling dialogue on these issues between the state and its citizens.
Synthesis report on findings from SDC funded projects.
This paper focuses on: A. Conceptual framing of socially exclusive and gender responsive budgeting; B. Donor and development partner experiences on SIB/GRB; C. Programming framework for SIB/GRB in local governance.
Organised together with the Gender Network.
Gender Network documents related to the learning journey collaboration between the two networks.
The DDLGN F2F 2019 in Kiev dedicated a peer to peer exchange on the subject.
