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Building Partnerships on Gender in the Western Balkans

Explore the benefits, challenges, and examples of building partnerships on gender in the Western Balkans to promote gender equality and strengthen knowledge sharing. Learn how to identify partners and establish effective collaborations.

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Building Partnerships on Gender in the Western Balkans

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  1. Building Partnerships on Gender in the Western Balkans María Eugenia Dávalos Gender Training, Brussels, April 2013

  2. In general, what characterizes a partnership? • The parts aim to achieve something they could not do alone, by pooling skills and other resources. • To do this they need to: share a vision of their goals and a way of working together to achieve these goals. • This may involve a long-term formal structure or a shorter-term agreement. Source: David Wilcox at http://www.partnerships.org.uk/part.

  3. Partnerships: the good and the bad Benefits and opportunities Barriers and challenges • Sharingideas and resources towards common goals. • Tapping into others’ knowledge and learning from their experience. • Offering mutual support to maintain enthusiasm and commitment. • Opportunities to reach a wider audience. • Lack of trust. • Fearof losing control or a separate identity. • Failure to recognize different personality types and communication styles. • Lack of clarity on roles, responsibilities and leadership. • Timenecessary to develop relationships and feasible plans. Source: Adapted from David Wilcox at http://www.partnerships.org.uk/part.

  4. Building Partnerships on Gender in the Western Balkans : Some Examples

  5. 1. Promoting Gender Equality - Western Balkans Objective: • Promoting gender equality by strengthening the knowledge base and evidence on gender disparities to inform policymaking and public debateon gender equality. • Focus on access to economic opportunities. • Three components: • Creating knowledge • Innovating • Facilitating Knowledge Sharing

  6. Strong Focus on Building Partnerships

  7. How are we identifying partners and building partnerships? • Consultations within the Bank • Consultations with stakeholders in each country • Crowd-sourcing, i.e. social media for wider country consultation  Any suggestions?

  8. 2. ECA Responses to Land Administration and Gender (PREM and SD) Objective: Mainstreaming gender in the Bank’s work on land and raising awareness on women’s access to land. • What worked in this partnership: • Motivated team members in PREM and SD • Adapting activities to the needs of the team/task • Exploring new approaches/ideas • Resources available ($$) • Extending the partnerships: WBI • Gender and land team just received an ECA VPU team award

  9. Thanks!

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