5th meeting of the GENDERNET and meetings of the task teams

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Task team meetings

Meeting of the aid effectiveness task team  (26 June)

Meeting of the task team on new directions in gender equality and women's empowerment (26-27 June)

5th meeting of the GENDERNET (27-29 June)

• PROVISIONAL SUMMARY RECORD OF THE FIFTH MEETING (English) [DCD/DAC/GEN/M(2007)1/PROV]

• MEETING AGENDA  (in English) PROJET D'ORDRE DU JOUR (en français) [DCD/DAC/GEN/A(2007)1]
  

1. Documentation for the Introductory session

• Summary Record of the 4th meeting (in English) Compte rendu succinct de la quatrième réunion (en français) (5-7 July 2006) [DCD/DAC/GEN/M(2006)1/PROV]

2. Background reading for the Workshop on Scaling up for women’s empowerment and rights

• Aid in support of gender equality and women's empowerment 2004-2005 (report on donor spending)
• Aid to support gender equality 1999-2003 (chart)
• Aid to support gender equality 2001-2005 (chart)
• Outcome document from the Workshop on development effectiveness in practice (Dublin, April 2007)
• Guide for Non-Economists to Negotiate Poverty Reduction Strategies
  

Presentations made at the workshop:

AWID

Rosalind Eyben, IDS

Commonwealth Secretariat

Mark van den Boogaard, the Netherlands

Irish Aid (on NGO funding)

HIVOS

Sigrid Rausing Trust

Mama Cash (working lunch presentation)

3. Documentation for the Work programme session

• Gender Equality and Aid Delivery: what has changed in development co operation agencies since 1999?
• Brief reports from members on the highlights of their current key priorities and activities [Room Document No.1]
• Women's empowerment and HIV prevention - donor experience WORKING DRAFT [Room Document No. 2]
• Status report on funding the work programme [Room Document No. 3]
• Gender Equality and the Implementation of the Paris Declaration WORKING DRAFT [Room Document No. 4]
• Overview of the GENDERNET ongoing work programme [Room Document No.5]

Relevant background reading

• DFID: 
  Briefing: Gender and Growth

• Commonwealth Secretariat:
  Financing for Development: Aid Effectiveness and Gender-Responsive Budgets
  Financing HIV and AIDS Interventions: Implications for Gender Equality
  Gender and Trade: Impacts and Implications for Financial Resources for Gender Equality
  Microfinance and Innovative Financing for Gender Equality: Approaches, Challenges and Strategies

• Africa Partnership Forum:
  Gender and Economic Empowerment in Africa    (lire le document en français)

• Norway: 
  Action Plan for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in Development Cooperation 2007–2009