📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2023.2200.6
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
1400 Central Africa
Contact person:
Soetkin Meertens soetkin.meertens@giz.de
Partner countries:
Africa NA, Burundi, Congo Dem. Rep., Rwanda, Uganda
SUMMARY
Goals:
Relevant non-governmental and intergovernmental actors were enabled to better incorporate local perspectives in the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
International Great Lakes Conference
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
11,500,000 euros
Current project:
11,500,000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
not available
PREVIOUS PROJECT
not available
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
December 12, 2023 - December 31, 2027
Current project:
01.01.2024 - 31.12.2027
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Gender equality
Main goal
Democratic and inclusive governance
Main goal
Inclusion and empowerment of people with disabilities
Significant secondary objective
CRS KEY
15170 Women's rights organizations/movements, state institutions
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
The Great Lakes region in Africa has been plagued by armed conflicts for decades, stemming from regional and national power struggles, ethnic tensions, and resource distribution.
Women and girls are particularly affected by these conflicts. Therefore, it is crucial to include them in peace processes. Due to unequal power relations and gender injustice, they are still underrepresented there. Local women's rights organizations want to change this, but often fail due to a lack of funding and declining influence.
This is where the United Nations (UN) Agenda for Women, Peace and Security comes in. It aims to promote women's rights and gender equality. Many member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) have national action plans to implement the agenda locally. The ICGLR has also developed a regional action plan to increase women's participation in conflict prevention and resolution.
The countries in the Great Lakes region are implementing the UN Agenda for Women, Peace and Security. They better involve civil society and promote the accountability of decision-makers.
The project operates in three areas of activity:
1. It improves the organizational and technical capacities of local grassroots organizations to plan and implement gender-sensitive and human rights-based peace initiatives.
2. It promotes the advocacy and networking work of femin
