Palestine consists of the West Bank, on the west bank of the Jordan River, the Gaza Strip, on the Mediterranean coast and the eastern part of Jerusalem. The military conflict in Gaza (July - August 2014), resulted in thousands of people being killed, wounded and displaced, and the massive destruction of homes and basic infrastructure, gave new injections of international aid intended for the reconstruction of the strip Its global strategic objective was to support the peace process in the Middle East, through interventions of development cooperation, which ultimately enabled the creation of a viable Palestinian state, supporting the Palestinian government's priorities in matters of poverty alleviation and strengthening the structure of the state.
For the partner countries, this implies, among other things, undertaking the reforms necessary to ensure the efficiency, responsibility and transparency of the development resources of the systems, institutions and national procedures that manage them. Palestine is a priority partner country of the EU, which has concentrated its efforts and funds on the creation of a viable and democratic Palestinian state as well as supporting the successive peace processes. It was created in 1993 to provide guidance and coordination of the external aid flow, and consists of 15 permanent members: Norway, which holds the presidency, the World Bank, which holds the secretariat, eu, un, usa, Russia, Canada, Egypt , imF, Japan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Israel and the Palestinian Government.
Heads of Development Cooperation (EU HOCS): the heads of Development Cooperation of the member states hold meetings on a regular basis to coordinate actions, to keep the ongoing information forum going and to take joint programming forward. UNRWA: the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (unrwa) was established in 1949 under the mandate of the United Nations General Assembly. Since 1993, the Bank has been working as secretary of the ad hoc liaison committee (ahLC), which reports every six months on the progress of the reforms.
The value of the comparative advantage of Spanish Cooperation in Palestine has been identified during several meetings and contacts with government partners and representatives of Palestinian civil society.
ACTION 1: Formal equality Spanish cooperation supported initiatives to develop and adopt a large number of strategic documents that formed the basis for the integration of gender equality in the ministries of the Palestinian government and for the promotion of public policies related to gender equality. The cooperation will support measures to adapt the Palestinian legal framework to international standards in the field of gender equality, in particular in the field of equality, the fight against gender-based violence and the promotion of public policies in the field of gender equality.
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Guideline 5, Promotion of women's rights and gender equality (Formal equality, real equality and women's empowerment): all actions designed to reduce the gender gap in Palestine, to strengthen gender equality and women's empowerment. The fight against gender-based violence and women's economic empowerment will be a pillar of action for our cooperation. Guideline 1, strengthening the democratic process and the rule of law (Rule of Law and Human Rights lines): on 23 April 2014, Fatah and Hamas announced the signing of a reconciliation agreement, within the interested parties undertaking to a establish consensus government and make presidential call. and legislative elections.
SPANISH COOPERATION ACTIVITIES CPF (2015-2017)
Delegated cooperation is a modality of provision for Official Development Aid, within one or more actors (silent donor) providing funding to a third one (leader) for implementation of all or only part of the activities involved in the aid. Such instruments are currently being reviewed in order to improve the joint programming through proper characteristics of a real division of labor, according to comparative advantage criteria and sectoral concentration. Despite some sector fiches including future action proposals, these are unilaterally identified by the member states, without including either a results framework or jointly identified indicators, and without addressing a common strategy, budget or timetable.
UNRWA: Funding from the General Fund will continue, along with possible extraordinary appeals, to provide assistance and services to the more than 5 million Palestinian refugees living in camps in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine, with a special focus on the needs appeared after the recent military offensive in Gaza. FAO: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will continue to be a priority partner in building institutional capacity for the public agricultural sector as both a regulator and facilitator of activities such as research, access to technology and sustainable development, as well as improving small-scale production. UN WOMEN: The line of work started after the implementation of the Spanish MDG Fund's thematic windows on gender equality and women's empowerment will continue, in particular regarding the adequacy of Palestinian legislative frameworks to international law, the struggle against gender-based violence, economic empowerment and the promotion of gender policies.
UNDP: under the new framework "Fund for Sustainable Development"3, UN women, in cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Women's Affairs, will lead a system of creating sustainable entrepreneurship, where FAO and ITC will work together for economic empowerment and market access for Palestinian products, specifically focused on empowerment of women's cooperatives in area C. 3 / On December 13, 2013, an administrative agreement was signed with PNUD for the establishment of a new mechanism for the use of remaining funds from the MDG funds. Regarding "microfinance", a prospecting mission was carried out in the area in 2005, after which it was found that the difficult Palestinian environment made it difficult to do business with microfinance institutions through the then existing debt instrument. , a microcredit fund for fundamental social development projects abroad (today integrated into FonProDe).
Due to the interest in carrying out an operation in this area, a 10 million euro operation was finally carried out with the Palestinian government. The possibility to operate in the area of "microfinance" under the FONPRODE instrument during the implementation period of the country partnership framework is conditional on the update of the diagnosis of the Palestinian microfinance industry. In principle, the private local units within the so-called microfinance first layer are potentially eligible partners.
During the implementation period of the current CPF, Spanish Cooperation is expected to collaborate with United Nations agencies that support the following interventions described below:.
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Promotion of strategic sectors or with high development potential of renewable energy, information technology, small and medium enterprises, tourism and sustainable transport. Platforms, organizational committees and networks for the promotion of gender equality and the protection of women's rights. Platforms, coordination and networks for the promotion of gender equality and women's rights.
PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY
Promoting women’s rights and gender equity
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Palestine is one of the largest recipients of international aid in the world, and Spain is a historic partner and an important donor. Palestinian partners must provide the information deemed relevant for proper monitoring of the destination and use of the funds. Implementation of sector evaluations and evaluation of actions that will be relevant both technically and budget-wise.
Address the indicators identified in sector strategies and action plans as a basis for proper monitoring of the partnership framework. Improving coordination between the actors of Spanish cooperation on the ground, by institutionalizing and giving substance to sectoral meetings AeCiD – NGOs, as well as increasing the regularity of general meetings, where possible with the presence and support of the Consulate- general of spain. All Spanish cooperation actors should mainstream the identification of development outcomes throughout the life of the CPF, not only by implementing and monitoring cooperation actions, but also by procedural and administrative management in the field.
Mid-term evaluation: At the mid-point of implementation, progress in development outcomes and effectiveness, aid quality commitments and policy coherence will be reviewed. Final evaluation: After the implementation period and within the framework of the Partnership Framework, the actual level of achievements, the quality and effectiveness of measures and the effective achievement of commitments will be analyzed by external evaluators. Relevant conclusions and recommendations will be included in the final report, which will complete the management cycle defined in the CPF 2015-2017.
Although providing strategic guidance for the creation of the CPF process was the main role, the GeC is the platform within the representatives of the Spanish Cooperation that meet with a special focus on the follow-up and evaluation phase. The identified indicators of national strategies and national plans will be the means of monitoring execution. Follow-up committee with Palestinian civil society: three annual sectoral workshops will be organized by the Jerusalem OC with GeC participation representatives to assess the execution of the Local Partnership Framework.
PRODUCT
The Palestinian government and civil society will work together to produce an interim assessment and agree on any changes and improvements. SGCID will lead the final evaluation process in collaboration with AECID and other important local or Spanish actors. Stable Coordination Groups (GEC): The aim of the GeC is to ensure communication, coordination, coherence and complementarity of all actors in Palestine during the Strategic Partnership period.
This report will include the effective delivery of performance and compliance commitments and any proposals to improve or modify the results framework. Monitoring Committee with the Palestinian Government: OtC Jerusalem and the Consulate General of Spain in Jerusalem will meet with the Ministry of Planning once a year to present progress and potential issues during the life of the CPF.
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