Dear colleagues, we are happy to invite you for the online streaming of the Expert Workshop on Socially Inclusive and Gender Responsive Budgeting, organized jointly by seco (Macroeconomic Support Unit) and SDC (Gender and Governance Networks).
The workshop provides a platform to exchange among experts on SIB/GRB policies and practices based on SDC's new Guidance of the topic (see guidance sheet and working paper). The focus is on challenges and opportunities arising when implementing programs in this field, with a particular focus on participative budgeting approaches on local level and its linkages to national level public policies.
Welcome Rosmarie Schlup (seco) & Georgette Bruchez (SDC)
SDC's learnings on GRB and SIB Ursula Keller & Corinne Huser, Focal Points Governance and Gender (SDC)
"State of play in Gender Responsive Budgeting" Ermira Lubani, GRB Policy Advisor (UN Women)
Coffee break
Practice examples I:
Participatory budgeting and women's participation: Case studies Bangladesh and Kyrgyzstan, Sohela Nazeen (IDS) & Jesper Laudridsen (Helvetas)
Experiences on participatory budgeting in devolved county governments, Kenya Anette Omollo (Worldbank)
Lunch
Gender Indicators in the PEFA system Chantal Bratschi-Kaye (seco)
IMF Gender Budgeting Framework Teresa Rose Curristine, Deputy Division Chief (IMF)
15:00-16:30
Practice Examples II
The Public Finance for Children Approach (PF4C): Experiences from Practice Examples, Joanne Bosworth (UNICEF)
Gendermainstreaming in Public Policies and Budgets, North Macedonia, Kristina Kolozova (SDC)
Public and Private Investments for Women's Economic Empowerment: Tanzania and Bangladesh, Samina Anwar (UNCDF)
Please do not hesitate to contact Srdan Dragojevic srdan.dragojevic@eda.admin.ch if you would like to take part joining us online through the streaming platform.