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Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality (Tmor-Leste)
Timor-Leste
2012
Ongoing
Keywords
Capacity building; Programme development; Research
Project description
The Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality (UFGE) is a multidonor facility established in 2012 to strengthen awareness, knowledge, and capacity for gender-informed policy making. The UFGE is a multi-donor trust fund designed to enable the road-testing of innovative solutions to close key gender gaps and generate rigorous evidence of what works and what does not. The UFGE promotes results by equipping policy makers and development experts with data, knowledge, and evidence. The facility allocates grants on a programmatic basis, supporting individual initiatives that clearly align with the objectives of the WBG Gender Strategy and interlink to form a comprehensive approach to gender equality.
The UFGE supports work across all four pillars of the WBG�s Gender Strategy � closing first generation gaps in health and education, creating more and better jobs, closing gender gaps in ownership and control over physical and financial assets, and enhancing women�s voice and leadership in sector governance and through prevention and response to gender-based violence.
Primary thematic area
Secondary thematic areas
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Skills training; Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Project details
Umbrella programme
Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality
Accountable Org(s)
World Bank
Funding Org(s)
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development; Denmark Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development; German Corporation for International Cooperation; Iceland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Trade and Developmnet Cooperation; Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Republic of Latvia Ministry of Finance; Spannish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency; Swiss Agency for International Development and Cooperation; United Kingdom Department for International Development; United States Agency for International Development; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Implementing/
Partner Org(s)
N/A
Project contact
The UFGE Secretariat, Gender Group, The World Bank, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20433 (ufge@worldbankgroup.org)
Funding (USD)
Committed
Spent
$
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Project website
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/100571607496353491/partnering-for-gender-equality-umbrella-facility-for-gender-equality-2020-annual-report
http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/100571607496353491/pdf/Partnering-For-Gender-Equality-Umbrella-Facility-for-Gender-Equality-2020-Annual-Report.pdf
D-Portal link
Project evaluation
Evaluation source
Annual reports are published to monitor the overall progress of the UFGE. This outlines high level outputs, case studies of notable projects, and the programme financials.
Evaluation is a key component of the funding programme, given the programme's focus on developing and disseminating evidence-based solutions. The facility�s funding structure includes support for: (a) inferential research and analytics on cross-cutting issues; (b) impact evaluations and pilots through a federation of Regional Gender Innovation Labs; (c) innovations in data collection, curation, and dissemination; and (d) evidence for the private sector on the links between women�s economic equality and business outcomes, and practical solutions they can put in place. Between 2013 and 2020, 184 studies have been published, 131 impact evaluations funded and 30 private sector case studies published.
Evaluation methodology
Mixed
Programme targets
Outcome1: Better gender informed policy making at the country level;
Outcome2: Improved design of operations and programs;
Outcome3: Heightened awareness and demand for gender equality interventions
Results achieved
By June 30, 2020:
UFGE portfolio included 208 operational grants in 92 countries, of which 55 are International Development Association (IDA)-eligible and 20 are in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS);
184 studies published;
131 impact evaluations funded;
30 private sector case studies published;
71 initiatives to improve gender data.
New evidence has informed policy dialogue in 80 countries;
170 projects have applied new evidence in their design or implementation;
34 private sector companies have incorporated new approaches models;
Evidence has led to requests for new or expanded WBG engagement in 32 countries;
Targets met?
Outcome1: Better gender informed policy making at the country level;
Outcome2: Improved design of operations and programs;
Outcome3: Heightened awareness and demand for gender equality interventions
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