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Nordic Trust Fund Progress ReportNovember 2011–December 2012

Nordic Trust Fund (NTF) is a knowledge and learning initiative to help the World Bank develop a more informed view on human rights. It is designed to improve existing Bank involvement on human rights in the overall context of the Bank’s core mission of promoting economic growth and poverty reduction. The NTF is managed by a secretariat in the Operations Policy and Country Services vice-presidency (OPCS). Financial and staff support for the NTF is provided by Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, with additional funding provided by Germany.

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C O N T E N T S

1 Summary of Progress 1

2 Introduction 3

3 Activities, Results and Outcome Indicators 5

3.1 Activities 5

3.2 Results 7

3.3 Outcome indicators 12

4 Events, Research and Grants 13

4.1 Knowledge and Partnership Events 13

4.2 Applied Research 14

4.3 NTF Grant Program Examples 17

5 Financial Summary 21

6 Looking Ahead 23

Annexes 25

Annex A: Select Knowledge and Partnership Activities 26

Annex B: NTF Program Grants Completed in 2013 32

Annex C: NTF Program Grants Approved in 2012 50

Annex D: Select NTF Supported Publications 55

A b b r E v i AT i O N S A N d A C r O N ym S

HOI Human Opportunity Index

HR Human Rights

ICT Information and Communications Technology

K&P Knowledge and Partnership

KPI Knowledge Product Index

NTF Nordic Trust Fund

OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

OPCS Operations Policy and Country Services

PS Performance Standards

SF Sustainability Framework

UN United Nations

UPR Universal Periodic Review

WBG World Bank Group

WBL Women, Business and the Law

WDR World Development Report

WPA Work Program Agreement

WTO World Trade Organization

1. S u m m A ry O f P r O g r E S S November 2011 to December 2012

This Progress Report reflects the evolution of the Nordic Trust Fund (NTF) program from November 2011 to December 2012 based on the achievements made during the two previous reporting periods. It illustrates how the supported grants, knowledge and partnership activities helped build and further consolidate the

NTF program as a platform for human rights related debates and discussions among World Bank staff, manage-ment and partners. The frequency, scope and quality of these activities continued to grow during the reporting period, thus contributing to the progression towards the NTF stated objective—to develop a more informed view of how human rights relate to the work of the World Bank in the overall context of the World Bank’s core mission.

In terms of activities, about 75 seminars were delivered and 45 reports finalized or substantively completed during the reporting period. 28 teams across the World Bank completed activities supported by previously approved NTF grants and a second round of 27 NTF grants were prepared, approved and launched. Activities took place—and grants were allocated to teams—across the whole World Bank Group, i.e. in all six regional vice presidencies, the anchor units for the four main thematic networks, the IFC as well as to the World Bank’s research arm (Develop-ment Economics), the Legal Department and the World Bank Institute.

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Results from the now completed first round of grants included, with the approval of the rele-vant Government, consideration of human rights methodology and principles to help inform World Bank country activities in half of the 28 grants. In-country activities took place in cases where there was express interest from the respective government. Seven of the grants supported the development of analytical tools and practices to indirectly inform work in client countries. The remaining seven grants complemented broader analytical or operational programs by enabling the program teams to explore the use of human rights in different contexts.

A “core” group of about 200 Bank staff bene-fitted from extensive human rights on-the-job learning, mainly staff in the grant supported teams, and about 1,000 Bank staff attended at least one of the 75 NTF events organized during the reporting period. Large secondary audiences inside and outside the World Bank were reached through some of the NTF activities, including the 2012 and 2013 World Development Reports, the revision of IFC’s performance standards and activities under some of the in-country grants.

Activities completed yielded a vast body of find-ings and recommendations. These were clus-tered into larger emerging lessons-learnt and linked to either themes pursued by the World Bank’s main sector networks, or to broader crosscutting themes. Most knowledge generated

was topic specific, i.e. how human rights relate to development work on gender, health, fragil-ity, local government, etc. The main crosscut-ting findings stemming from a review of practices among several donors was that (i) political lead-ers in many donor countries continue to firmly support human rights in development programs, (ii) donor agencies adopt very different policies in response to this policy guidance depending on their respective mandate and governance struc-tures, and (iii) despite differing policies, there is a certain degree of convergence across donors at the operational level around program objectives and components through the increased incor-poration of human rights principles into devel-opment projects. In other words, donor policies appear to vary more than donor practices.

All NTF funds, including US$17.3 million from the five Nordic donors, US$0.3 million of investment income and Euro 0.2 million from the Government of Germany, have been allocated: 83 percent for the grant program, 15 percent for the Knowledge & Partnership program and NTF Secretariat and 2 percent for administration fees. 63 percent of all funds had been disbursed by the end of 2012.

In the year ahead work will focus on the continued implementation of and support for the NTF grant program. In addition, the NTF Secretariat will con-tinue the aggregation of the knowledge gener-ated around broader lessons learnt, and prepare and disseminate this material across the World Bank, and also host or sponsor a smaller num-ber of learning events focusing on crosscutting themes and on synergies across grant teams/top-ics. The current plans and funding will sustain the NTF program until November 2014 (with the last disbursement date of March 31, 2015). The Secre-tariat will take stock of the interest expressed and explore how it can be channeled into proposed future activities to best support the NTF objective of developing a more informed view of how the Bank’s work relates to human rights.

2. i N T r O d u C T i O N

The NTF supports a World Bank knowledge and learning program for staff and management to develop an informed view of how human rights relate to the Bank’s work in the overall context of the Bank’s core man-date of poverty alleviation and economic growth, as set out in the World Bank’s Articles of Agreement.

The last two decades have seen a gradual adoption of human rights related ideas and standards, methodologies and principles into good development practice across the donor community. In the World Bank, social and envi-ronmental safeguards and other mechanisms have been put in place to prevent supported programs from causing harm and many operations contribute to the realization of rights through improved governance and better provi-sion of basic services. However, knowledge among Bank staff is limited about how a systematic consideration of human rights can improve development interventions and outcomes. In addition, knowledge about the impact of human rights on outcomes is limited as the challenge of attribution and causation remains – there is little evidence based materials available.

A Bank staff survey, conducted in 2009, identified knowledge gaps about how human rights laws, definitions, standards, principles and institutions relate to the Bank’s work, and provided a framework for the design of


NTF supported activities. The substance of the NTF supported knowledge and learning pro-gram draws on core human rights instruments adopted by the United Nations and regional enti-ties, widely accepted human rights principles (non-discrimination, accountability, participa-tion and transparency) and on good practices employed when working with human rights in development programs.

The first two NTF progress reports are avail-able at www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund and provide a summary of program achieve-ments and content from the start in Septem-ber 2009 until October 2011. They describe the establishment and early implementation of

the two main program components, i.e. (i) the now completed 28 NTF human rights grant programs implemented by task teams across the World Bank Group and (ii) training, stud-ies partnership and capacity building activities delivered through a NTF Secretariat managed Knowledge and Partnership (K&P) program. The reports also describe the NTF manage-ment and governance structure including the Vice President level Steering Group that pro-vides overall direction and guidance, the Direc-tor level Advisory Committee providing more detailed guidance on the scope and content of activities and the NTF Secretariat housed in the World Bank’s Operations Policy and Coun-try Services (OPCS) Vice Presidency.

3. A C T i v i T i E S , r E S u l T S A N d O u T C O m E i N d i C AT O r S

3.1 Activities

The number, scope and content of activities in both NTF work streams expanded during the reporting period:

First, as part of the NTF Secretariat managed K&P Program some 35 seminars or other learning events were delivered and five analytical reports finalized or substantively completed. In addition to managing the overall NTF program, Secretariat staff made 14 trips to partner institutions, Bank country offices or human rights related conferences. The NTF Secretariat also provided support to human rights related work inside the Bank. This included technical sup-port in the context of the ongoing review of the World Bank’s safeguards as well as to the Bank’s dialogue with var-ious human rights institutions (including the UN Special Rapporteurs). Of the US$2.7 million allocated to the K&P program and overall NTF program management US$1.6 had been spent by the end of 2012.Second, under the NTF Grant Program, 28 grants completed implementation of their respective activities and were closed. A second round


of 27 NTF grants were prepared, approved and launched. Grant teams finalized or substantively completed some 40 studies or other documented outputs and delivered about 40 workshops or other learning events. US$14.6 million had been allocated, and US$9.1 million spent, to the NTF grant program by the end of 2012.

Institutionally, NTF activities included all six regions, the anchor units for the four main the-matic networks as well as the World Bank’s research arm —Development Economics—the Legal Department and the World Bank Insti-tute. A table showing the allocation of NTF funds across the World Bank Group is shown below.

NTF: Allocated funding across World Bank units as of end 2012

Bank unitAllocated % of

US$17.3 million Bank unitAllocated % of

US$17.3 million

A: NTF Secretariat, K&P program 15% B2: Network Anchor Units 26%

Poverty, Ec mang’t 6%

B: Grant program 85% Human dev’t 2%

B1: Regions 44% Fin Priv sector, IFC 7%

Africa 12% Sustainable dev’t 11%

East Asia 3%

Europe Cent Asia 3% B3: Other 15%

Lat Am Caribbean 12% Dev’t economics, WDR 6%

Mid East N Africa 9% Legal 6%

South Asia 5% World Bank Institute 3%

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3.2 results

NTF has established itself as a vibrant plat-form for human rights related debates, discus-sions and activities with World Bank staff and management and with development partners. The frequency, scope and quality of these dis-cussions have grown over the three years that NTF has been in place. Earlier, pre-NTF con-versations often engaged only smaller audi-ences, were usually more confined and ad hoc, more tentative and less directly focused on human rights. The recent exchanges taking place through the NTF K&L and Grant funded activities attracted broader audiences and addressed the wider topic of how human rights can inform and add value to the main opera-tional and analytical programs across the World Bank Group.

The NTF activities produced results that can be sorted into three parts: (i) increased use of human rights to inform Bank programs through NTF grants; (ii) increased awareness and learning among Bank staff and management of the role of human rights in development; and (iii) progress in articulating an informed view of how human rights relate to the World Bank’s work.

Consideration of human rights in Bank programs through NTF grantsMany of the NTF grant receiving teams broad-ened and enriched their sector or country work by incorporating aspects of human rights meth-odology or principles – with any in-country activ-ities taking place only where there was express interest from the respective Government.

In the Colombia, Egypt, Roma and Central Amer-ica health grants, Bank work came to include the right to health, supported by reports and work-shops with content depending on the country cir-cumstances.

In the Sierra Leone & Nigeria and the Colombia Peace and Development projects grants teams introduced human rights in community level work in post-conflict settings linked to Bank sup-ported projects. Discrimination against women was addressed in the South Africa, DRC and Ban-gladesh grants.

In the Vietnam, Africa & South Asia Local Govern-ment, Africa and Central America Justice, and in WBI’s ICT grant in DRC, grant teams introduced dialogues on making rights available to poor or vulnerable groups, or on the use of participation and accountability in project formulation.

Other grant teams focused on developing prac-tices or analytical tools to inform Bank opera-tional and analytical work.

The Human Development Anchor team devel-oped strategy notes for the use of rights in health, education and social protection. The Social Development Anchor team developed, first, guidance for how to work with rights in pro-grams for internally displaced persons, and sec-ond, an analysis of working with human rights and youth, including contributions to a virtual platform and the national dialogue in Mexico. A Middle East and North Africa grant explored the use of rights based programming for children in conflict areas and its broader impact on safety and security.

Also, NTF grants complemented other funding by supporting teams assigned to larger tasks to add a human rights discussion or component to their work.

The World Development Report teams for 2012 (gender) and 2013 (jobs) used NTF funds to add a human rights perspective in these two World Bank flagship reports. NTF supported work in IFC on implementing the human rights aspects of the


recently revised Performance Standards, on the human rights impact assessment tools and the implementation guide on human rights reached IFC staff and clients worldwide. The Poverty group incorporated human rights considerations to their analysis of determinants for inequality and associated policy recommendations to com-bat discrimination in the provision of basic ser-vices. The Women, Business and the Law team took human rights reasoning into consideration during the development of indicators of rele-vance for women doing business.

Increased awareness and learning among Bank staffNTF contributed to Bank staff awareness and learning in three ways.

First, a “core” group of about 200 Bank staff have benefitted from extensive on-the-job learn-ing as they have explored how to work with human rights in their respective tasks and work programs. This included the NTF grant receiv-ing teams across the World Bank Group, but also staff with a particular interest in human rights and development who attended the many NTF events and stayed in touch with the NTF Secre-tariat.

Second, about 1,000 Bank staff attended the 75 NTF events (estimated based on Annex A and B) organized during the reporting period. While many staff attended more than one event, this nevertheless means that a significant number of staff was exposed to human rights and develop-ment issues in their particular sector or program.

Third, large secondary audiences inside and out-side the World Bank were reached through some of the NTF activities. This included the above mentioned work of supporting a rights perspec-tive in the 2012 and 2013 WDR and WBL reports, the work with IFC and also NTF sponsored activ-ities in Colombia, Vietnam and South Africa that

involved significant in-country audiences from government and other stakeholders.

Articulating an informed view on human rights and the World Bank’s workThe NTF Secretariat started to cluster the many lessons learnt from the NTF supported activi-ties to make them useful and accessible for staff learning. This work took place towards the end of the reporting period as the first 28 grants and several of the Secretariat supported analytical reviews were completed. The scope and content of this vast body of knowledge generated to date are illustrated in Annexes A and B and can be sorted into two parts. First, most knowledge gen-erated is linked to a specific development topic and examines how human rights could be used in a particular sector context. Second, some knowl-edge related to broader cross-cutting aspects of human rights and development.

The table below provides an overview of the clus-tering of the main knowledge themes supported by the NTF, divided into two parts:

The top part shows the main topic and sec-tor areas pursued, and their link to the World Bank’s main sector networks. NFT-supported activities in the Poverty and Economic Manage-ment network focused on gender and on equal-ity of opportunity questions, and also on the broader question of links between economics and human rights. Activities linked to Law and Justice focused on the role of courts and on ways to enhance access to justice. Here, many activ-ities dealt with how to bridge the gap between existing human rights oriented legislation in countries, and actual practices/weak implemen-tation. Within the Human Development network, many activities examined how a consideration of the right to health can improve development outcomes, complemented by work on labor and social protection aspects. Inclusion and commu-nity related issues were examined in activities

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linked to the Sustainable Development network, as was the way for human rights considerations to contribute to local government projects and issues related to climate change. The Private Sector work was mainly linked to IFC’s work to help clients handle human rights from a busi-ness risk perspective.

The lower part lists the main cross-cutting themes pursued in the development of knowl-edge. A review of donor practices shows a strong continued support for human rights at policy level, a large variety among donors in terms of legal, mandate and governance structures, but also growing use of human rights principles in programs supported by many donors.

Research conducted indicates that information technology can be used to promote human rights but also poses risks. Human rights impact assess-ments and human rights indicators are gaining importance as the methodology continues to evolve. Human rights can be a useful approach for development work in fragile and conflict set-tings as exemplified by children rights program-ming. Many donors support redress mechanisms in the programs they support, but they are mainly informal and without legal reference.

The NTF Secretariat will continue its work to aggregate knowledge generated and lessons learnt into useful packages that can be used to complement staff training.

In June 2012, the 28 NTF grant receiving teams were surveyed, and 21 responded, about their work. Two thirds of them said their learning was directly applicable to their In June 2012, the 28 NTF grant receiving teams were surveyed, and

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Human Rights in Development – Towards an Informed View

Main Knowledge Themes Supported by the NTF Knowledge & Partnership and Grant Programs

Bank Network Related Themes

Poverty, Economic Management Law and Justice Human DevelopmentSustainable Development

and Private Sector

Economics: While tensions persist, human rights and economics are mainly complementary and emphasize different aspects. Human rights focus on the individual, on process and distribution of income. Economics underline effectiveness, prioritization and aggregate outcomes.

Equality of opportunity: Human rights inform the development of the Human Opportunity Index. It measures inequality in one index by adjusting traditional average service delivery levels with how equitably the service is distributed across groups based on race, gender, income, etc. It is a proxy measure of the human rights principle of non-discrimination, and can guide policy interventions.

Gender: Human rights can align activities with a complete normative and legal framework, provide accountability linked to legislation and broaden outcomes.

Land: Competition for land fuel many rights based disputes.

Public sector governance: Accountability systems imply rights which empower those most vulnerable.

The role of courts: Litigation for social and economic rights is increasing and may help the realization of human rights among the poor. Problems include middle class capture and difficulties in compliance but the benefits of rulings can trickle down to broader groups.

Access to justice: Legal aid support at community level can be a complement to traditional social accountability measures.

Implementing existing legislation: Assisting in implementation of already adopted national rights related laws can bridge the gap between legislation and practice. It can be a practical and useful entry point for country level human rights work and for access to information discussions.

Health: Universal provision prevails in policy discussions but operationally relevant approaches vary considerably across countries depending on income levels, implementation capacity, fiscal space and other factors.

Labor: Rights can help address forms of work that are harmful for individuals and society. Many countries have ratified ILO’s conventions but compliance gaps exist with the core principles on child labor, forced labor, discrimination, freedom of association and collective bargaining.

Social protection: Many countries have acknowledged the right to social security and ramped up social protection programs and accountability. Few programs use explicit rights based approaches and capacity constraints remain.

Inclusion: Human rights can help inform inclusion related programs, i.e. on internally displaced persons, migrants, youth and others.

Community: Human rights can provide a common ground and starting point for fresh looks at community problems and solutions, including in post conflict settings.

Local government: Rights based discourse can improve the quality of the relations between local authorities and citizens and of service delivery.

Private sector: Clients demand support to address human rights as a business risk. IFC human rights related standards represent international benchmarks.

Climate change: Impact of climate change and adaptation and prevention measures often fall on vulnerable groups and infringe their rights.

Cross-cutting Themes

Donor agencies: Continued high-level policy support for donor agencies to promote human rights. Agencies’ policy responses vary depending on governance structure and mandate. Many donors converge around the growing use of human rights principles as good development practice. Donors face both the broad question of how to improve outcomes and performance by drawing on human rights and the more specific issue of how to deal with human rights violations caused by, or related to, the supported activities.

Human rights impact assessments (HRIA): HRIA and associated human rights indicators make up an evolving and increasingly important instrument for donors to identify and measure the impact on human rights.

Technology and ICT: Technology supports human rights as it reduces costs of getting information and enhancing participation. Negative aspects include ensuring participant anonymity, information accuracy and no guarantee for concrete outcomes.

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Survey of NTF Grant Recipients In June 2012, the 28 NTF grant receiving teams were surveyed, and 21 responded, about their work. Respondents also said they mainly learnt about human rights methods, concepts and prin-ciples, and that the main results from the grants were the associated knowledge and capacity building. The grant funded activities were the best vehicle for learning and most activities took place in client countries.

Respondents also provided written comments showing great appreciation of the opportunity

to explore how human rights relate to the World Bank’s work as well as support for the learning approach adopted (grants and K&P program). Teams also appreciated the work of the NTF Sec-retariat to support the teams and grant imple-mentation.

Areas of improvement indicated in the sur-vey would include, fist, making the shorter workshops and seminars more useful for the audiences, and second, exploring how the col-laboration with partners could be strengthened.

Human Rights in Development – Towards an Informed View

Main Knowledge Themes Supported by the NTF Knowledge & Partnership and Grant Programs

Fragility and conflict: Human rights can strengthen legitimacy by addressing rights abuses, articulate a vision for social justice and enhance the voice of excluded groups. Skills needed: the ability to identify institutional entry points, engage a wide range of actors, think strategically about tensions and dilemmas and set realistic goals..

Redress: Redress mechanisms and safeguards are increasingly common at project and agency level, but mainly informal and with no legal reference.

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Select survey results

What did you learn?

81% working with human rights methods and concepts

62% working with human rights principles

52% using human rights sources and materials

48% working with minorities and vulnerable groups

38% working with human rights organizations

What were the main results?

81% knowledge and capacity building

67% learning about possible ways of integrating human rights

14% collaboration with partners

Most useful activities for learning:

95% grant activities

48% the 3-day training courses

29% workshops, seminars, etc

Where did the grant activities take place?

48% client countries

38% Washington DC

14% both


Indicator Status and future plans

Dissemination of Annual Progress Reports to donors, Bank

staff and external audiences to raise awareness of activities

undertaken, knowledge gained and results achieved

This document is the third Annual Progress Report; the first

two were published in November 2010 and 2011, respectively,

and the fourth is scheduled for December 2013. The three

finalized reports are available on the internet at worldbank.org/

nordictrustfund.

Number of training and capacity building activities delivered with

satisfactory participant ratings.

About 45 studies and 75 workshops delivered or substantially

completed during the review period. This is a significant increase

as about 50 studies and 58 workshops were delivered during

the previous two reporting periods. A survey of participants in

the grant program and an evaluation of one major learning event

took place.

Timely completion of programming and achievement of KPIs

according to WPAs for individual activities.

First round of 28 grants completed and closed, new round of 27

grants prepared and launched as planned.

Frequent traffic on website. External www.worldbank.org/

nordictrustfund and internal http://ntf.

Internal and external websites continuously updated, populated

with finalized studies and learning materials. Traffic ranging

between 50 and 100 visitors per month.

Increase of human rights awareness among Bank staff based on

ex ante and ex post survey results.

Ex ante base line survey completed and follow-up survey

planned for late 2013.

Increased reference to and incorporation of human rights

principles in Bank operations, based on portfolio reviews.

Terms of reference in place for study of select Bank documents,

to start with social protection programs in Africa, scheduled for

early 2013.Program results in Annex B also indicate increased

use and reference to human rights principles in certain pilot

projects.

3.3 Outcome indicators

The table below shows the status of the six out-come indicators that were agreed between the Bank and the NTF donors during the develop-ment of the program.

4. Ev E N TS , rE S E ArC h A N d g rA N TS

4.1 Knowledge and Partnership Events

The NTF Secretariat hosted or sponsored some 35 Knowledge and Partnership events attended by about 1,000 Bank staff. A selection of these events is provided below (for a full list see Annex A).

United Nations–World Bank Seminar on Human Rights Impact AssessmentsA one-day “Joint World Bank–UN Seminar on Human Rights Impact Assessments and Other Forms of Analysis in Development Policy and Operations” event in September 2012 was attended by some 80 participants, co-hosted by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, opened by the World Bank Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management and attended by Bank staff, representatives from UN (Unicef, UNDG-HRM, UNOHCHR), EU (Devco, EEAS), NTF donors as well as other bilateral agencies, academia and NGOs. Participants enjoyed a lively exchange about the methods of human rights impact assessments, operational implications of inte-grating human rights in development programs and about the relevance of human rights in economic, social and envi-ronmental analysis. Representatives provided a detailed account of the differences in approaches of human rights across development agencies, including an update of the work of the UN Human Rights Mainstreaming initiative. The recently approved EU strategy for the provision of budget support in EU development programs, with its strong


focus on human rights, was discussed. The event also provided inputs for the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) Study commissioned by NTF, introducing the different approaches to conduct-ing a HRIA, and scheduled for finalization in 2013.

A Special Event on CEDAW and Women’s Rights, March 5th, 2012In honor of International Women’s Day, NTF sup-ported, and some 200 people attended, a special event on CEDAW and Women’s Rights, hosted by the World Bank. The event explored the critical role that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has played in promoting the empowerment of women and girls in developing countries, resulting in con-crete advances for societies worldwide. Interna-tional policymakers, country representatives, and NGO leaders came together to share experiences on how CEDAW has paved the way for significant advances in women’s rights, and to discuss the way forward in tackling gaps in women’s voice, agency, participation, and access to justice—key dimensions identified in the 2012 World Develop-ment Report on Gender Equality and Development. The event was sponsored by the Leadership Con-ference on Civil and Human Rights and the World Bank’s Gender and Development group. Present-ers included Sima Samar, Chair, Afghanistan Inde-pendent Human Rights Commission and former Minister for Women Affairs, Melanee Verveer, Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues, US Department of State, Sihem Badi, Minister of Women’s Affairs, Tunisia and Meaza Ashenafi, President, Women’s learning Partnership, Ethiopia.

http://live.worldbank.org/liveblog-webcast-how-ad-vance-womens-rights-developing-countries

PREM Learning Week – Integrating Human Rights into the World Bank’s Poverty and Economic Management Work A panel discussion on the possible advantages of integrating human rights in PREM’s work, orga-

nized as part of the Conference organized by the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) network on May 1 and 2, 2012, expressed the view that there is increasing convergence between the goals that human rights advocates aspire to, and the development work of the World Bank. The panel included Otaviano Canuto, Vice President of the Network, and other experts at the Bank. The panel showcased innovative NTF sup-ported activities where a human rights perspec-tive is being integrated into the Bank’s work. In Vietnam, the governance team has engaged the country in looking at how right to information can further transparency and how awareness of rights can make the state more responsive to citizens. A team in PREM is looking at the Human Oppor-tunity Index as a means of assessing inequality of opportunity among children. The World Devel-opment Report on Jobs emphasizes the concept of ‘better jobs’ that improve societal welfare, not just ‘more jobs’. While the panel recognized that points of tension between the human rights and economic policy approaches remain, the view was that engagement between the two disci-plines constitutes a fruitful terrain to explore. Economic policy offers tools and instruments that can achieve the goals enumerated in the interna-tional human rights framework, which might lack the policy prescription to accomplish the goals. The panel expressed the view that approaching development issues from a human rights lens can help strengthen the design of development pro-grams in a direction that increasingly improves welfare, empowers individuals, and furthers what one panelist called the ‘self-esteem agenda’.

http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/rights-and-development

4.2 Applied research

About 45 analytical reports were finalized or sub-stantially completed during 2012 (see Annexes A

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and B for details). Summaries of the main find-ings and recommendations in a selection of them are provided below.

World Development Report 2013–Jobs. The NTF support in the preparation of WDR 2013 on Jobs allowed for an active consultation and dia-logue with the ILO and civil society organiza-tions involved in rights issues and the production of a set of background papers related to rights and jobs: (i) the legal aspects of discrimination at work; (ii) economic dimensions and measure-ment of discrimination at work; (iii) private and voluntary initiatives to improve workers rights; (iv) voice and informal sector workers; (v) social cohesion concepts and measurement; (vi) analy-sis of well-being and work in garment factories, using data from the ILO-IFC better work program; and (vii) alternative dispute mechanisms for workers in Cambodia.

NTF support resulted in a more explicit consid-eration of rights during the preparation of the report, and integration of rights into its core messages, in particular in the definition of ‘jobs’ used in the report. Unacceptable activities that violate human rights, including hazardous child labor, forced labor, and jobs that suppress voice are not considered “jobs” in the language of the WDR. The report includes sections on jobs and rights (Chapter 5), social cohesion (Chapter 4), the rights of migrants (Chapter 7), and the inter-national context for improving rights at work, including ILO conventions, the role of trade poli-cies, and corporate social responsibility (Chapter 9). The report, summary materials, and back-ground papers are all available at www.world-bank.org/wdr2013.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Human Rights

The World Bank Institute published an NTF funded report, “ #ICT4HR, Information and Com-

munication Technologies for Human Rights”. The departure of the report is the emerging consen-sus that ICT promotes development and good government by increasing people’s ability to collect their own information and assess pub-lic decision making. The report seeks to com-plement that broader discussion by studying the impact of ICT on human rights. Using case studies from Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Dominican Republic, the report considers both the opportunities and risks pre-sented by new technologies for human rights. It concludes that there are benefits that can be real-ized through the deployment of new technolo-gies in human rights projects—new technologies offer the potential to reduce the cost of collect-ing information about human rights issues and to increase participation in human rights advocacy efforts. Each of these possible benefits, however, gives rise to new risks and challenges. Although new technologies can reduce the cost of infor-mation gathering, it can be difficult to ensure


the accuracy of the information generated, and the associated volume can make it challenging and expensive to identify relevant data. There is also no guarantee that increased participation or information will be translated into action or con-crete outcomes for the community. The report can be accessed at http://bit.ly/VROmnu.

Human rights and economicsThis study, entitled Human rights and econom-ics, discusses the interaction between human rights and economics by comparing basic con-cepts in economics (mainly welfare economics) and human rights, and also provides a number of examples where human rights have contributed to and formed part of economic policies. The main conclusion of the study is that while ten-sions exist, the approaches adopted by human rights and economics have different areas of focus and are, therefore, largely complementary. While human rights emphasize the individual, process and questions of equality, non-discrim-ination and distribution, economics focuses on efficient resource allocation, prioritization among competing goals and aggregate outcomes. The examples in the study illustrate how develop-ment economists have expanded much beyond a focus on aggregate macroeconomic indicators of growth such as GDP, to looking at welfare out-comes at the individual and household level—the report concludes that a basic driver of this shift in emphasis is the recognition of the indi-vidual’s right to development. Concerns about equality have driven the development of disag-gregated indicators looking at disparities in out-comes for specific sub-groups and households. Economists now increasingly view governance, social accountability, and transparency as nec-essary conditions for better delivery of services, and more effective outcomes on development. Potential points of tension between the human rights and economic policy approaches remain. Economic policy is inevitably about choices, pri-oritization, and trade-offs in the face of resource

constraints. The study suggests that policy inter-ventions supporting outcomes that might enable the realization of one set of rights might mean that programs directed towards the fulfillment of other rights are left unfunded or under-funded. Economic policy seeks to resolve these dilemmas using tools such as cost-benefit analysis, but this can be hard to reconcile with the human rights starting points that rights are indivisible and inter-dependent. The study concludes that leav-ing room for prioritization and the progressive realization of rights might be the workable com-promise on such issues. The report is available at www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund.

Development, Fragility and Human RightsFollowing up on the 2011 World Development Report on Conflict, Security and Development, this report, entitled Development, Fragility and Human Rights, examines how human rights can support countries’ transition out of fragil-ity and conflict. It identifies five key areas of focus and three ways in which human rights can be used. The five broad areas of focus include: (i) legacies of violence and transitional justice, (ii) violence and conflict, and security sector pol-icy responses, (iii) rule of law and justice sec-

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tor reform, (iv) social exclusion, constitutional reform and legal empowerment, and (v) ser-vice delivery. Within these five areas, the report suggests that human rights can inform efforts for state-building and development through: (i) using a human rights lens to address the legit-imacy deficit of fragile states by making visible the grievances and legacies of rights abuses that might be at the root of conflict and fragility, (ii) drawing on human rights to articulate a vision of social justice that can reduce the risk of con-flict but which usually demands reshaping the terms of the political settlement, and (iii) using human rights to enhance the voice and agency of marginalized or excluded groups to improve the quality of state-society relations. The report advocates a context-appropriate approach where recommendations for development operations include the need to identify relevant institutional entry points and actors, appropriate skill sets, flexibility in programming, recognizing potential tensions and dilemmas and realism about ambi-tions and the role of international actors. The report is available on ‘the Hive’ – a knowledge platform on fragility, conflict and violence, estab-lished by the World Bank, and has been distrib-uted to the UN Conflict Advisors at the request of the UN Interagency Framework Team for Preven-tive Action, hosted by UNDP.

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/PROJECTS/Resources/40940-1331068268558/Fragility_Human_Rights_June2012.pdf

4.3 NTf grant Program Examples

Equality of OpportunityThis NTF grant supported the development and application of the Human Opportunity Index (HOI), a tool designed to measure inequality due to personal circumstances endured during child-hood outside of the individual’s control (i.e. race,

gender, birthplace, parent’s educational level or their father’s occupation). By showing which, and how much, such personal circumstances matter in gaining or preventing access to key services —running water, sanitation, electricity or basic education—needed for a productive life, HOI pro-vides key information for the design of any pub-lic policy initiative focusing on equity. The index runs from 1 to 100 where a country with universal coverage of a service, i.e. primary school enroll-ment, will score 100 for this service. A country with 50% average but inequitable coverage in favor of children of certain circumstances will have a HOI score of below 50 with the discounted score depending on how unequal the enrollment is. HOI can thus be seen to provide a proxy indicator of discrimination. Since 2010, the HOI team has con-ducted analyses in nearly 40 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia, and developed policy recommen-dations for Bank supported operations. The NTF grant also supported a photo contest on inequal-ity with on-line voting that started in late 2012. 756 pictures were submitted and 8,000 votes received. The winners will be announced in 2013. See one of the winning pictures on page 24.http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-re-lease/2013/01/30/inequality-matters-people-worldwide-world-bank-photo-contest-shows


Human Rights and Local Government in AfricaThis NTF grant supports the strengthening of the link between formal local government insti-tutions and citizens through work of the World Bank’s Africa Region. The objective is to explore the possible use of human rights principles in operational work, and the impact this would have on service delivery and governance per-formance. The grant has examined the possible impacts of the use of human rights principles in new and existing operations in nine countries across the region (Ghana, Mali, DRC, Kenya, Ethi-opia, Mauritania, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique), with different activities, stud-ies and design work directly targeting partic-ipation, accountability and transparency. The outputs of these activities were project com-ponents or design elements that reflect human rights principles, targeting both demand and supply side – including (i) designing and imple-

menting participatory budgeting, (ii) mapping and reviewing legal and operational frameworks for human rights based interventions, (iii) using ICT for urban service delivery, and (iv) design-ing relevant rights focused project compo-nents in new projects (total value of portfolio of existing and new projects benefiting from NTF activities amounting to more than $800m) to strengthen principles of transparency, participa-tion and accountability in local government ser-vice delivery. In addition, cross cutting regional review of project implementation and design has been undertaken, allowing learning from existing local government projects in Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania as regards the application of mechanisms to strengthen LG accountability governance in local governments. Findings and outcomes of the studies can be used to inform the design of other local government projects in Africa, if requested.

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Middle East and North Africa – Child Rights-based Programming in conflict areasThis grant explored the relationship between human rights, child rights-based programming and development in conflict-affected areas, more specifically what the benefits and challenges are of using child-rights based programming as an overall approach for development interventions and how these benefits and challenges are related to safety and security. Conducted in partnership with Save the Children, operational practices and outcomes of seven existing development projects funded by Save the Children Sweden and Unicef, that use child rights-based programming in con-flict-affected areas in Yemen, Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian Territories were reviewed. Overall this study found that the benefits of child rights-based programming in conflict-affected areas outweigh its challenges. Moreover, three of these projects, had clear outcomes that posi-tively influenced safety and security in the geo-graphical areas of the projects. The work resulted in the report issued by Save the Children Swe-den : “Rights-based Programming for Children in Conflict-Affected Areas – Operational Experience from the Middle East Region”:http://resourcecentre.savethechildren.se/content/library/documents/rights-based-programming-chil-dren-conflict-affected-areas-operational-expe

Colombia – Strengthening Human Rights in Colombia’s Peace and Development Project. The World Bank’s Bogotá office and the Govern-ment of Colombia explored the links between

human rights and development in the Regional Development and Peace Programs (RDPP) in six conflict-affected regions of Colombia. An initial review concluded that (i) poverty and vulnera-bility reduction is linked to human rights and (ii) activities can help ensure the enjoyment of rights and avoid unwanted harm by incorporat-ing rights based components and goals in the design and implementation of projects. The grant team and a broad range of stakeholders, including the Government, then took these find-ings to a practical level by designing a Planning and Management Tool for Human Rights-Based Development Projects. This tool includes sur-veys, indicators and graphs, and was tested in two of the RDPP projects. Main outcomes from the grant funded activities include increased awareness among World Bank staff and RDPP project teams about the possible links between their work and human rights, know-how and strong commitment of RDPP to incorporate a human rights perspective into their work, keen interest from Government and the Euro-pean Union in using the Planning and Manage-ment Tool for other programs and, finally, the opening of a new human rights-informed line of dialogue with Government partners and civil society. The team designed and locally vali-dated a knowledge transfer methodology and a multimedia package including the Grant’s main products, including the tool, available at the link below.http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/fea-ture/2012/11/05/colombia-measuring-connec-tion-between-development-and-human-rights

5. f i N A N C i A l S u m m A ry

5.1 funding Contributions

As of December 31, 2012, all pledged contributions from the five NTF donors had been received and amounted to US$17.3 million. In addition, the funds received had generated investment income of US$0.3 mil-lion. Complementary funding (not shown in the table) supporting NTF related activities in the amount of Euro 0.2 million was received from the Government of Germany.


Allocation and use of fundsBy the end of 2012, all NTF funds had been allo-cated – mainly (US$14.6 million, 83 percent of total) for the NTF grant program, partly for NTF Secretariat activities (US$2.7 million, 15 per-

Allocation and Use of Funds as of December 31, 2012, US$ million

Category Allocated Disbursed Committed

Grants Program 14.6 9.1 0.3

Economic, social and cultural rights

3.1 2.0 0.1

Governance and Empowerment

3.1 1.5 -

Discrimination and Vulnerable Groups

6.0 4.0 0.2

Capacity and Institutions 2.4 1.6 -

Secretariat activities 2.7 1.6 0.1

Administration fee 0.3 0.3 -

Total 17.6 11.0 0.4

cent of total) and the remaining (US$0.3 mil-lion, 2 percent of total) for administration fees. US$11.0 million (63% of total funds) had been disbursed.

NTF Funds as of December 31, 2012, US$ million

Sources of funds Received

Denmark 4.6

Finland 2.8

Iceland 0.2

Norway 5.6

Sweden 4.1

Total donor contribution 17.3

Investment Income 0.3

Total funds 17.6

6. l O O K i N g A h E A d

in the year ahead work will focus on the continued implementation of and support for the NTF grant program. This will include stock-taking and aggregation of results and lessons learnt of the first round of grants that closed in November 2012 (listed in Annex B) and the launch and implementation of the 27 new grants (listed in

Annex C). For the new grants, the objective is to support the respective teams to develop 1–2 written outputs and 1–2 learning events/workshops.

In addition, the NTF Secretariat will prepare and disseminate select analytical work, and host or sponsor a smaller number of learning events focusing on the identified cross-cutting themes and on synergies across grant teams/topics. These events will also promote discussions with key development partners including the UN, EU, OECD, other multi- and bilateral donors, academia and civil society. The Secretariat will also continue its role


as focal point and host for generating knowl-edge with respect to human rights related top-ics in the Bank, and as a resource for internal human rights related work, including in the con-text of the ongoing review of the World Bank safeguards.

As part of the work to aggregate the findings and recommendations from the NTF activities into lessons relevant to the Bank’s operational and analytical programs, the NTF secretariat will establish a resource library populated with the key outputs from the NTF grant and K&P programs and select external materials, aimed

at the learning coordinators and staff training units in the Bank. There is considerable inter-est in the NTF program across the Bank. During the call for grant proposals in 2012 the avail-able funding was sufficient only to fund half of the proposals received. While the current plans and funding will sustain the NTF program until November 2014 (with a last disbursement date of March 31, 2015), the Secretariat will take stock of the interest expressed and explore how it can be channeled into proposed future activities to best support the NTF objective of developing a more informed view of how the Bank’s work relate to human rights.

This is one of the winning pictures in the NTF sponsored photo contest described on Page 17.

A N N E x E S

Annex A: Select Knowledge and Partnership Activities

Annex b: NTf Program grants – Completed

Annex C: NTf Program grants – under inmplementation

Annex d: Select NTf Supported Publications


Annex A

Select Knowledge and Partnership Activities

Date/Partner Audience/Description

A. NTF Annual Grant and major Partnership Workshops

November 2012: NTF Annual Grant Workshop, Bolger Center, Maryland, USA. Staff from across the World Bank Group, government, academia and NGOs. Representatives from Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, South Africa, USA and Vietnam.

60 Bank staff and 10 representatives from government agencies, universities and NGOs. Three day workshop for Bank staff. Focus on NTF grant holders and their country counterparts. Presentations on select human rights issues and of results from mature NTF grants and plans for start-ups. Knowledge sharing and learning between grant teams.

September 2012: NTF Annual Partnership Workshop, Washington DC: “United Nations – World Bank Seminar on Human Rights Impact Assessments and Other Forms of Analysis in Development Policy and Operations”. Co-hosted by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, opened by the World Bank Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management. Representatives from UN (Unicef, UNDG-HRM, UNOHCHR), EU (Devco, EEAS), NTF donors, other bilateral agencies, academia and NGOs.

65 Bank staff and 15 representatives from UN, EU, bilateral donors, academia and NGOs. One day workshop—morning plenary session and afternoon group discussions—on Human Rights Impact Assessments, their use in development work and their methodology.

March 2012: Half day Conference on CEDAW and Women’s Rights, together with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the World Bank’s Gender and Development group. Opened by Caroline Anstey, World Bank Managing Director. Including Sima Samar, Chair, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and former Minister for Women Affairs, Melanee Verveer, Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues, US Department of State, SIhem Badi, Minister of Women’s Affairs, Tunisia, Meaza Ashenafi, President, Women’s learning Partnership, Ethiopia, and others.

500 Bank staff. This event explored the critical role that CEDAW has played in promoting the empowerment of women and girls in developing countries, resulting in concrete advances for societies worldwide. International policymakers, country representatives, and NGO leaders discussed the way forward in tackling gaps in women's voice, agency, participation and access to justice—key dimensions identified in the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development.http://live.worldbank.org/liveblog-webcast-how-advance-womens-rights-developing-countries

May 2012: Panel discussion, integrating human rights into the World Bank’s poverty and economic management work, part of PREM Learning Week. Opened by the World Bank Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management and chaired by the Director for The Public Sector and Governance Group.

50 Bank staff, discussion on how human rights relate to aspects of the World Bank’s work. Presentations from the 2013 WDR, the NTF supported governance program in Vietnam and rights-related research in the World Bank. http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/rights-and-development

B: Other Events

December 2012: Presentation on Health Law and Rights during one session if the World Bank’s Law, Justice and Development Week, by Mr. Moses Mulumba, Human Rights Lawyer from Uganda.

20 Bank staff (mainly Legal Department). Presentation on and discussion about access to justice and inclusion for society’s most marginalized groups, with examples from the health sector in Uganda.


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November 2012: Seminar on the use of human rights principles in programs promoting voice for youth as a means to reduce violence. VC presentations from program teams in Mexico and El Salvador.

20 Bank staff working on social development projects. Presentation and discussion on design and implementation of programs to engage youth in campaigns against violence through public or private sector interventions.

November 2012: Right to Health Seminar, Professors Everaldo Lamprea and Tatiana Andia, Law School of the University of Los Andes, Bogota.

25 Bank staff mainly working on health. Presentation and discussion on efforts in Colombia to put in place universal and functioning health insurance, identification of main obstacles and solutions.

November 2012, Dhaka: Technical consultation and stakeholder discussion related to NTF grant on Human Rights and Gender in Social Protection in Bangladesh.

Technical consultation on ‘Strengthening Institutional Arrangements to Combat violence against Women through One-stop Crisis Cells’ (attended by 43 people including Bank staff, government representatives, civil society, academics and donors); Stakeholder discussion on ‘Women’s Economic Empowerment through Microfinance’.

September 2012: Seminar on the role of Human Rights in EU’s development cooperation. Jean-Louis Ville, Head of Unit, DG Devco, European Commission, Michael Swann, Human Rights Desk, European External Action Service.

10 participants, informal discussion between NTF Secretariat staff, ECA VPU staff and EU representatives on the experiences from integrating human rights into EU development cooperation policy and operations, based on the 2012 EU Strategic Framework and 2011 EU Agenda for Change.

September 2012: Development Responses to Internal Displacement: Why Human Rights Matter, arranged by the World Bank Global Program on forced Displacement

30 participants. Presentation by Walter Kalin, University of Bern, on ‘Internal Displacement in Africa and the Integration of Human Rights in Bank Activities’ followed by discussion.

August 2012: Promoting the right to health, pilot program in Sierra Leone.

33 Bank staff. Discussion on methods and costs for social accountability in the health sector, including the use of community based paralegals to support intended program beneficiaries.

July 2012: Seminar on the use of Human Rights Impact Assessments in IFC’s work.

15 Bank staff. Discussion on how human rights methodology is used in the private sector, and on tools and approaches that are consistent with IFC’s revised performance standards.

July 2012: Seminar on human rights and information and communication technology (ICT), Professor Molly Land, University of New York.

20 Bank staff. Presentation of a WBI/NTF report and discussion about the opportunities and risks associated with the use of technology when trying to promote participation, accountability and empowerment in development programs.

June 2012: WDR 2012 seminar: Beyond compliance – promoting labor rights in a global economy.

26 Bank staff. Discussion and presentation of a study on how to improve labor standards and worker rights in volatile markets and under-institutionalized settings, recommending an approach based on capability building and collaboration.

June 2012: The WB Inspection Panel (IP) and human rights, IP Chairperson Alf Morten Jerve.

12 Bank staff. Discussion on how IP’s work is related to risks and rights, including right to know and be consulted, right to no-deterioration in livelihood resulting from Bank supported activities and right for indigenous people to benefit from development investments.

June 2012: Seminar with Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.

35 Bank staff. Discussion hosted by the WB Water and Sanitation Group about the desirability, practicality and value added of including a rights perspective in the World Bank’s work in the water and sanitation sector.


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May 2012: Seminar on the monitoring of the right to health. Prof. Dov Chernichovsky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

20 Bank staff. Discussion on how to measure equity in health at the macro/societal level. Topics included the extent of privately bought “parallel care”, how the poor insure when in potential need and when they can afford insurance and reasons for dissatisfaction with the public system.

May 2012: Workshop with Morten Kjaerum, Director for the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.

22 Bank staff. Discussion on the work of EU, UNDP and the World Bank related to Roma issues in Europe.

April 2012: Meeting with Kelly Scott, Institute for Human Rights and Business, UK.

8 Bank staff, discussion on land acquisitions and private sector human rights guidelines.

April 2012: Meeting with Elizabeth Broderick, Australian Human Rights Commission.

8 Bank staff, discussion about the commission’s work in Australia.

April 2012: Seminar with the World Bank’s Social Development Unit the Sustainable Development Gender Community of Practices.

20 Bank staff, how to build gender inclusive cities and issues of access to housing and services, land tenure and education.

April 2012: Seminar with the World Bank’s South Asia Region Social Protection Unit and the Social Development network.

20 Bank staff, A Rights-Based Approach to Gender and Social protection in Bangladesh: Prospects and Pitfalls.

March 2012: Workshop with World Bank Institute ICT4Gov program.

25 Bank staff, experiences on the use of ICT to promote human rights and citizens’ empowerment in DRC and Dominican Republic.

March 2012. Discussion on Human Rights, Development, Fragility and Conflict – Human Rights abuses as drivers of fragility – Human Rights as drivers of resilience.

15 Bank staff. Discussion with Sima Simar, Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and Meaza Ashenafi, founder of the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association on human rights as drivers of resilience in fragile and conflict-affected situations.

February 2012: Seminar on redress mechanisms in development project, Amar Inamdar, Project Manager, the World Bank.

20 Bank staff. Presentation and discussion on how to enhance participation and accountability in development projects through redress mechanisms.

January 2012: Seminar on the role of courts and social policy, hosted by the World Bank’s Human Development Network Chief Economist. Phillip Alston, co-chair, New York University’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, judges from the Constitutional Court of Colombia, Delhi High Court, India, the South African Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights.

20 Bank staff. Senior judges from around the world discussed the increasing involvement of courts in social policy making through judicial enforcement, including issues related to trade-offs and costs.

December 2011: Informal discussion with Washington based NGOs and academia. Amnesty, Bank Information Center, Human Rights Watch, Georgetown University, George Washington University

NTF Secretariat and 15 NGO and academia representatives. Discussion on the NTF program, reflections on Human Rights Day (Dec 10) and update on NGO activities.

December 2011: Seminar on the Right to Health with Matte Hartlev, Professor of Law, University of Copenhagen.

8 Bank staff, discussion on the right to health as employed in Europe and Latin America.


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December 2011: Women's Economic Inclusion: A Human Rights Perspective

Presentation by Julie Maupin, Center for International Comparative Law, Duke University Author of the annex ‘Women’s Economic Rights and Human Rights’ to Women Business and the Law 2011

October 2011: Seminar on a human rights approach to poverty alleviation, Magdalena Sepulveda, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, hosted by the World Bank Human Development Network.

20 Bank staff. Discussion on (i) the Special Rapporteur’s work on social security (social protection), promoting a rights-based approach, and (ii) preventative work on penalization of poverty—identifying laws, policies and practices which punish, segregate, control and undermine the autonomy of people living in poverty and (iii) recommendations to States about their obligations to ensure people living in poverty are able to enjoy their human rights without discrimination.

October 2011: Seminar on decentralization and local governance in India. George Matthew, Chairman, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi.

15 Bank staff. Overview of the impact of decentralization for marginalized groups in India and South east Asia.

October 2011: Meeting with disability rights expert Marianne Schulze, hosted by WB Legal Department (took place during previous reporting period but was not included in the previous progress report).

15 Bank staff. Discussion on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

C: Analytical Activities and Dissemination

“OECD-WB joint publication of Integrating Human Rights Into Development: Donor Approaches, Experiences and Challenges – 2nd edn”. Based on a first report in 2006, an updated draft was prepared in late 2011 and reviewed and discussed with OECD and the participating donors in 2012. Joint publication with OECD is scheduled for March 2013.

The report provides extensive source material for how different donors handle human rights in their work. The main conclusions are that (i) the political support for using human rights in development activities remain strong, (ii) donor agencies respond to this in many different ways, leading to different policies and mandates across agencies, and (iii) there is convergence of operational objectives/methods across agencies despite the varying mandates.

“Report on Development, Fragility and Human Rights”. Draft report reviewed at a seminar at the World Bank Center on Conflict, Security and Development, in Nairobi, November 2011. Revised draft reviewed in Washington DC in March 2012. Report finalized and printed June 2012. http://www.odi.org.uk/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/7772.pdf

Within the overall frame of human rights in development and state building, this report examines how to work with human rights in the context of fragility and conflict. Drawing on the 2011 World Development Report, the emphasis is on institutional processes and human rights to support transition out of fragility.





“Study on Human Rights Impact Assessments: a Review of the Literature, Differences with other forms of Assessments and Relevance for Development”. A draft of the report was presented and discussed at the “Joint World Bank – UN Seminar on Human Rights Impact Assessments and Other Forms of Analysis in Development Policy and Operations” in September 2012. A formal review of the draft was held on September 20, 2012. The study is scheduled for finalization and printing in March 2013.www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund

This study reviews the various existing approaches to human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) and assesses their current form, content, methodology and use, as well as potential relevance to development policy and practice. It considers the essential elements of HRIAs and compares those with other forms of assessments used in development, such as environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and social impact assessments (SIAs) or environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs).

“Human Rights and Economics. Tensions and Positive Relationships – A Desk Study”. Drafts of this study were reviewed on three occasions in 2011 and 2012. A final and printed version of the study is planned for January 2013. www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund

This study discusses the interaction between human rights and economics by comparing basic concepts in economics (mainly welfare economics) and human rights. The main conclusion is that while tensions and differences exist, the approaches adopted by human rights and economics are largely complementary. The second part of the study provides a number of examples where human rights have contributed to and formed part of economic policies.

“Gender and Human Rights based Approaches”. An outline of this study was first discussed in late 2011, again in February 2012, and a draft final version was presented at a seminar in November 2012. Final formatting and editing is underway and a final printed version is scheduled for March 2013.

This study assesses the value added of using a human rights based approach in gender related development work in select World Bank supported activities. Main findings include that complementing work with a human rights based approach can lead to (i) better alignment at policy and practice level with a normative framework, (ii) a more robust accountability framework and (iii) improved support to empowerment objectives.

D: Participation in seminars, meetings with partners, missions to support NTF grants in-country, etc.

November 2012: Mission to Mozambique, Norway and Denmark.

Mozambique: Review of NTF grant supporting local government programs in Mozambique and other countries. Norway: Presentation of NTF program and economics study at Oslo University Human Rights Center. Denmark: Discussions with government on human rights in Denmark’s bilateral aid program.

November 2012: Mission to Uganda and Kenya. Uganda: Participation in NTF grant workshop on Internally Displaced Persons and Human Rights ‘Dialogue for Action on Domesticating and Implementing the Kampala Convention’ Kenya: presentation of NTF program for WB country office staff.

October 2012: Mission to Ethiopia and Luxemburg. Ethiopia: (i) Participation in NTF Grant visit to assess activities to promote access to justice for vulnerable groups, (ii) Presentation on human rights and the NTF for country office staff. Luxemburg: Participation in human rights experts meeting in EIB on how to integrate human rights in the due diligence work of financial institutions.


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June 2012: Participation in consultation meeting on Conflict Prevention and Human Rights in NY arranged by the Social Science and Research Council, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum. Presentation of Report on development, fragility and human rights as well as two conflict related NTF grants (Colombia Peace and Development and MENA Child rights study)

The meeting was arranged by the Social Science and Research Council, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum, on behalf of the UN Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action, hosted by UNDP, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery. The meeting had about 30 participants, mostly from different parts of the UN System as well as a few experts from outside the UN System. The idea of the meeting was to bridge the gap between conflict prevention practitioners and human rights practitioners.

May 2012: Meeting with Sida delegation Meeting with Sida Director General and delegation, review of NTF program.

May 2012: Mission to Tunisia and Finland Tunisia: Discussions with AfDB on possible future joint events. Finland: Participation in workshop on Nordic Africa Institute activities, presentation to Finnish NGOs on NTF program.

April 2012: Meeting with NTF donor delegations Review of NTF program with donor representatives at WB Spring Meetings.

March 2012: Mission to Copenhagen and Sierra Leone Review of NTF grant supporting the use of paralegals in community development project. In Copenhagen, presentation of draft report on Human Rights and Economics at the Institute for Human Rights and in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Meeting with Sustainability responsible of the Maersk Company.

February 2012: Mission to Vietnam and Switzerland. Vietnam: Review of NTF grant on governance in Hanoi office, participation in workshop on freedom of information. Switzerland: Participation in UN Human Rights Council seminar on mainstreaming human rights in UN agencies.

February 2012: Mission to Colombia Review of NTF grant supporting the peace and development project, participation in presentation of a human rights diagnostic tool.

December: Meeting with Unicef, New York. Presentation of NTF Study on ‘Rights-Based Programming for Children in Conflict-Affected Areas, with Save the Children.

December: Mission to India. Workshop in Kerala on human rights and local government development programs in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

December 2011: Mission to Ethiopia and France. Ethiopia: Review of NTF support to program on access to justice for vulnerable groups. France: Meeting with European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

November 2011: Mission to Kenya and Lebanon. Kenya: Seminar reviewing NTF study on Development, fragility and human rights. Lebanon: Workshop on NTF study on rights-based programming for children in conflict settings.

October 2011: Mission to Switzerland and Italy. Switzerland: Participation in 2-day seminar on human rights and the MDGs with UN agencies, focusing on accountability issues. Italy: Delivery of lectures on human rights, development and the NTF at the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights.


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yste

m b

y Ho

useh

old

Surv

eys;

The

Cas

e of

Col

ombi

a, (i

i) Th

e In

com

plet

e Sy

mph

ony;

The

Ref

orm

of C

olom

bia’

s He

alth

care

Sys

tem

, (ii

i) su

stai

nabi

lity,

acco

unta

bilit

y an

d pe

rform

ance

of t

he C

olom

bian

Hea

lth

Care

sys

tem

, (iv)

Stu

dy o

n Ri

ght t

o He

alth

: an

Inte

rnat

iona

l Ove

rvie

w,

(v) S

tudy

for a

ltern

ative

mec

hani

sms

to a

ddre

ss ju

dici

al c

ompl

aint

s),

and

(vi)

Deve

lop

prop

osal

s fo

r alte

rnat

ive m

echa

nism

s to

ass

ure

equa

l op

portu

nitie

s to

acc

ess

heal

th ri

ghts

in C

olom

bia.

Pol

icy

dial

ogue

: (i)

org

aniza

tion

of tw

o Pu

blic

Hea

rings

abo

ut th

e Ri

ght t

o He

alth

with

the

Cons

titut

iona

l Cou

rt (a

pub

licat

ion

was

issu

ed b

y th

e Ba

nk a

ddre

ssin

g al

l sp

eech

es) a

nd (i

i) pa

rtici

patio

n in

sev

eral

mee

tings

, sem

inar

s an

d tra

inin

g ev

ents

with

the

Min

istry

of H

ealth

. Dis

sem

inat

ion

for B

ank

staf

f: tw

o se

min

ars

in W

ashi

ngto

n DC

. Sup

port

to th

e un

finis

hed

New

Sta

tuto

ry L

aw

in h

ealth

(to

be c

ompl

eted

by

follo

w-o

n NT

F gr

ant).

Prev

ious

ly: P

repa

ratio

n of

rese

arch

repo

rt fin

alize

d in

201

3. P

olic

y di

alog

ue a

nd d

isse

min

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

Col

ombi

a an

d W

ashi

ngto

n DC

.

Enha

nced

kno

wle

dge

and

awar

enes

s am

ong

Gove

rnm

ent,

Civil

Soc

iety

and

oth

er s

take

hold

ers

abou

t the

im

plem

enta

tion

of h

ealth

righ

ts. C

apac

ity b

uild

ing

amon

g Ba

nk s

taff

of h

ow th

e Ba

nk c

an h

elp

a cl

ient

cou

ntry

ad

dres

s its

gov

ernm

ent’s

obl

igat

ion

rela

ted

to th

e rig

ht

to h

ealth

. Dev

elop

men

t of o

ptio

ns fo

r ana

lysis

, leg

isla

tion

and

mec

hani

sms

to a

ssur

e eq

ual o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r acc

ess

to h

ealth

righ

ts a

nd to

enh

ance

the

acce

ss a

mon

g th

e po

ores

t.

Cent

ral A

mer

ica

– Re

prod

uctiv

e He

alth

am

ong

the

Yout

h.

Latin

Am

eric

a an

d Ca

ribbe

an R

egio

n.

How

righ

t-to

-hea

lth

cons

ider

atio

ns c

an

impr

ove

yout

h an

d re

prod

uctiv

e he

alth

op

erat

ions

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Rev

iew

s on

hum

an ri

ghts

sta

ndar

ds w

as

carri

ed o

ut in

El S

alva

dor,

Nica

ragu

a an

d Ar

gent

ina.

Qua

ntita

tive

and

qual

itativ

e an

alys

is fo

r the

sel

ecte

d co

untri

es w

as u

nder

take

n an

d di

scus

sed

with

Gov

ernm

ent o

ffici

als.

(ii)

A vid

eo w

as p

rodu

ced

to p

rom

ote

conc

erns

on

sexu

al a

nd re

prod

uctiv

e he

alth

righ

ts fo

r ado

lesc

ents

. (ii

i) Di

ssem

inat

ion

stra

tegy

of fi

ndin

gs a

nd p

olic

y di

scus

sion

was

don

e in

co

llabo

ratio

n w

ith th

e Pa

n Am

eric

an H

ealth

Org

aniza

tion

(PAH

O) th

roug

h an

inte

rnat

iona

l wor

ksho

p w

ith g

over

nmen

t offi

cial

s an

d au

thor

ities

from

Tech

nica

l and

Pol

icy

Dial

ogue

with

cou

ntrie

s on

hum

an

right

s in

sex

ual a

nd re

prod

uctiv

e he

alth

as

part

of B

ank

supp

orte

d pr

ogra

ms

at th

e co

untry

leve

l, te

chni

cal

partn

ersh

ip o

n re

prod

uctiv

e he

alth

with

PAH

O.

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)

An

nex

b

3 3

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)

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ram

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nts

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plet

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gh 2

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, im

plem

entin

g W

orld

Ban

k un

it

Area

of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

seve

ral c

ount

ries

in C

entra

l Am

eric

a an

d Ba

nk s

taff.

(iv)

The

Pro

ject

use

d so

cial

med

ia to

ens

ure

adol

esce

nts´

par

ticip

atio

n an

d fe

edba

ck. (

v) A

fina

l pu

blic

atio

n th

at in

clud

es th

e re

sults

from

the

targ

eted

cou

ntrie

s w

ill be

w

idel

y di

strib

uted

May

201

3.

Prev

ious

ly: S

tart

of re

view

s fo

r El S

alva

dor a

nd A

rgen

tina,

pre

para

tion

for

Nica

ragu

a, c

olla

bora

tion

with

PAH

O.

Mid

dle

East

–

Unde

rsta

ndin

g &

Exer

cisi

ng R

epro

duct

ive

Righ

ts in

Egy

pt. M

iddl

e Ea

st a

nd N

orth

Afri

ca

Regi

on.

How

righ

t-to

-hea

lth

cons

ider

atio

ns c

an

impr

ove

repr

oduc

tive

heal

th o

pera

tions

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: A

n in

-dep

th a

nalys

is of

Egy

pt’s

fam

ily p

lann

ing

prog

ram

was

con

duct

ed to

look

at t

he c

halle

nges

faci

ng it

thro

ugh

a hu

man

righ

ts le

ns, e

xplo

ring

whe

ther

indi

vidua

ls an

d co

uple

s ar

e ab

le

to e

xerc

ise th

eir r

ight

s to

acc

ess

(fina

ncia

l and

phy

sical

) fam

ily p

lann

ing

serv

ices

of g

ood

qual

ity. I

t also

exp

lore

d w

heth

er c

lient

dem

and

for s

ervic

es

and

the

acce

ptab

ility

of s

ervic

es is

influ

ence

d by

hum

an ri

ghts

asp

ects

of

ser

vice

deliv

ery

such

as

info

rmat

ion,

priv

acy,

confi

dent

ialit

y, m

etho

d ch

oice

, and

aut

onom

y to

cho

ose

the

num

ber a

nd s

paci

ng o

f birt

hs. A

repo

rt w

as p

rodu

ced

synt

hesiz

ing

findi

ngs

from

thre

e so

urce

s: (i

) an

anal

ysis

of

lega

l and

eth

ical

cod

es a

nd in

stitu

tions

for u

phol

ding

repr

oduc

tive

right

s in

Egy

pt; (

ii) a

lite

ratu

re re

view

of p

ast s

tudi

es a

nd s

urve

ys in

Egy

pt; a

nd

(iii)

a fie

ld s

tudy

in fo

ur g

over

nora

tes

usin

g qu

antit

ative

and

qua

litat

ive

met

hods

to a

sses

s th

e ac

cess

ibilit

y an

d qu

ality

of F

P se

rvic

es in

fam

ily

heal

th u

nits

. The

stu

dy c

onsid

ered

vie

ws

from

clie

nts

(in e

xit in

terv

iew

s)

and

thos

e of

com

mun

ity m

embe

rs (i

n fo

cus

grou

p di

scus

sions

with

mar

ried

wom

en, h

usba

nds

and

mot

hers

-in-la

w) o

n th

eir p

erce

ptio

n of

FP,

the

qual

ity o

f ser

vices

and

ser

vice

resp

onsiv

enes

s to

thei

r nee

ds. I

t was

also

su

pple

men

ted

by in

-dep

th in

terv

iew

s w

ith p

rogr

am m

anag

ers,

sup

ervis

ors

and

polic

y-m

aker

s. F

indi

ngs

from

this

rese

arch

wer

e di

ssem

inat

ed th

roug

h a

wor

ksho

p he

ld in

Cai

ro, E

gypt

on

Nove

mbe

r 26

with

par

ticip

atio

n of

na

tiona

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l exp

erts

wor

king

on

fam

ily p

lann

ing.

Prev

ious

ly: T

erm

s of

refe

renc

e pr

epar

ed fo

r stu

dy o

n re

prod

uctiv

e he

alth

in

Egy

pt

Tech

nica

l and

pol

icy

dial

ogue

on

hum

an ri

ghts

in

repr

oduc

tive

heal

th w

as c

ondu

cted

with

Min

istry

of H

ealth

, th

e Na

tiona

l Pop

ulat

ion

Coun

cil,

and

deve

lopm

ent p

artn

ers.

Re

sults

poi

nt to

the

need

of r

epos

ition

ing

popu

latio

n po

licy

in E

gypt

and

ado

ptin

g a

right

s-ba

sed

appr

oach

in s

ervic

e de

liver

y of

the

fam

ily p

lann

ing

prog

ram

. Thi

s w

ill be

furth

er

purs

ued

with

the

GoE

whi

le d

evel

opin

g a

new

ser

vice

deliv

ery

mod

el.


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ram

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nts

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plet

ed T

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Title

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plem

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g W

orld

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it

Area

of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

Hum

an ri

ghts

in

the

Bank

’s h

uman

de

velo

pmen

t wor

k.

Hum

an D

evel

opm

ent

Netw

ork

Anch

or U

nit.

Cons

ider

atio

ns

rega

rdin

g hu

man

rig

hts

in th

e co

ntex

t of

the

Bank

’s h

ealth

, ed

ucat

ion,

and

soc

ial

prot

ectio

n w

ork.

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Int

rane

t web

site

on

hum

an ri

ghts

issu

e de

velo

ped

with

info

rmat

ion

on a

cces

s to

info

rmat

ion

and

hum

an ri

ghts

ap

proa

ches

http

://in

twor

k.w

orld

bank

.org

/uni

ts/H

DN/c

e/Pa

ges/

Hum

an-

Righ

ts-in

-HD.

aspx

. (ii)

Pan

el d

ebat

e on

cou

rts, h

uman

righ

ts a

nd h

uman

de

velo

pmen

t. (ii

i) Th

ree

pres

enta

tions

on

acce

ss to

info

rmat

ion

and

acco

unta

bilit

y (A

frica

regi

on, G

AC, D

FID)

. (iv)

Gui

danc

e no

tes

on ta

rget

ing,

he

alth

, acc

ess

to in

form

atio

n co

mpl

eted

.

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) Nin

e kn

owle

dge

and

lear

ning

eve

nts

on h

uman

righ

ts

and

hum

an d

evel

opm

ent f

or s

ome

250

Bank

sta

ff, p

artly

as

Bank

sta

ff re

gula

r tra

inin

g. (i

i) Su

mm

ary

video

of t

he m

ajor

pan

el d

ebat

e on

hum

an

deve

lopm

ent a

nd h

uman

righ

ts. (

iii) T

wo

stud

ies:

One

on

the

right

to

heal

th a

nd h

uman

dev

elop

men

t, an

d on

e on

Citi

zens

and

Ser

vice

Deliv

ery

anal

yzin

g 42

7 re

cent

Ban

k su

ppor

ted

proj

ects

in H

D..

Outre

ach

and

grow

ing

awar

enes

s of

righ

ts is

sues

am

ong

Bank

pra

ctiti

oner

s in

hea

lth, e

duca

tion

and

soci

al

prot

ectio

n. G

row

ing

insi

ght i

nto

hum

an ri

ghts

met

hodo

logy

am

ong

parti

cipa

ting

Hum

an D

evel

opm

ent s

taff.

Par

tner

ship

an

d co

oper

atio

n w

ith th

e UN

and

with

CSO

s in

-cou

ntry

.

Sier

ra L

eone

and

Nig

eria

–

Lega

l Em

pow

erm

ent

Appr

oach

es to

Rea

lizin

g th

e Ri

ghts

to H

ealth

, W

ater

and

Edu

catio

n.

Lega

l Dep

artm

ent.

Usin

g in

nova

tive

form

s of

just

ice

to im

prov

e se

rvic

e de

liver

y fo

r the

po

or

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: A

: Sie

rra L

eone

(i) P

repa

ratio

n an

d la

unch

of

two

stud

ies

of fo

ur a

nd tw

o di

stric

ts, r

espe

ctive

ly, to

exa

min

e th

e ro

les

of s

ocia

l acc

ount

abilit

y an

d le

gal e

mpo

wer

men

t as

mea

ns to

bo

ost s

ervic

e de

liver

y. Th

e st

udie

s, e

xpec

ted

to b

e co

mpl

eted

in 2

013

unde

r a fo

llow

-up

NTF

gran

t, ex

plor

e th

e im

pact

of l

egal

em

pow

erm

ent

tech

niqu

es o

n re

solu

tion

of c

omm

unity

and

clin

ic s

taff

grie

vanc

es a

roun

d he

alth

ser

vice

deliv

ery.

Eigh

t ind

icat

ors

will

asse

ss th

e im

pact

of d

iffer

ent

soci

al a

ccou

ntab

ility

mec

hani

sms,

i.e.

com

mun

ity s

core

card

s, c

omm

unity

co

mpa

cts,

as

way

s to

impr

ove

serv

ice

deliv

ery.

(ii) M

ultip

le w

orks

hops

an

d BB

Ls w

ithin

Ban

k an

d w

ith C

SOs

on ro

le o

f soc

ial a

ccou

ntab

ility

and

lega

l em

pow

erm

ent i

n im

prov

ing

deve

lopm

ent r

esul

ts. (

iii) C

onsu

ltatio

ns

with

and

adv

ice

to G

over

nmen

t of S

ierra

Leo

ne o

n ro

le o

f jus

tice/

acco

unta

bilit

y in

adv

anci

ng s

ervic

e de

liver

y un

der d

ecen

traliz

atio

n.

Enha

nced

kno

wle

dge

amon

g Ba

nk te

ams

to w

ork

on

right

s ba

sed

appr

oach

es to

impr

ovin

g se

rvic

e de

liver

y an

d re

solvi

ng c

itize

n gr

ieva

nces

, as

a co

mpl

emen

t to

soci

al

acco

unta

bilit

y st

rate

gies

with

in th

e fra

mew

ork

of B

ank

Coun

try A

ssis

tanc

e St

rate

gy a

nd a

s fre

e-st

andi

ng T

A.

Less

ons

from

hea

lth s

ecto

r will

be u

sed

in o

ther

ser

vice

deliv

ery

cont

exts

.

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)

3 5

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orld

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k un

it

Area

of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

(iv) A

nnex

to S

ierra

Leo

ne C

ount

ry A

ssis

tanc

e St

rate

gy o

n so

cial

ac

coun

tabi

lity,

with

em

phas

is o

n he

alth

sec

tor.

B: N

iger

ia (i

) Im

prov

ed

acco

unta

bilit

y fo

r the

del

ivery

of h

ealth

ser

vices

in a

Ban

k-su

ppor

ted

oper

atio

n. (i

i) De

sign

and

test

ing

of S

MS

tech

nolo

gy to

enh

ance

citi

zen

repo

rting

. (iii)

Inte

grat

ion

of S

MS

repo

rting

with

the

over

all p

erfo

rman

ce

eval

uatio

n m

echa

nism

and

inte

rnet

-bas

ed re

porti

ng in

terfa

ces.

(iv) S

MS

syst

em a

nd a

web

site

whe

re a

ll co

mpl

aint

s ar

e co

llect

ed d

esig

ned

and

test

ed. (

v) R

epor

ting

syst

ems

desi

gned

and

a c

omm

unic

atio

ns c

ampa

ign

deve

lope

d. T

he p

roje

ct h

as b

een

awai

ting

the

rele

ase

of a

“sho

rt co

de”

(trun

cate

d te

leph

one

num

ber t

o fa

cilit

ate

easy

text

ing)

whi

ch w

ill al

low

th

e pu

blic

to s

tart

usin

g th

e sy

stem

. Thi

s co

de h

as re

cent

ly be

en

auth

orize

d by

the

Natio

nal C

omm

unic

atio

ns C

omm

issi

on, w

hich

will

be

auth

orizi

ng te

leco

m c

ompa

nies

to re

leas

e it

imm

inen

tly. L

aunc

h of

the

pilo

t is

plan

ned

for e

arly/

mid

201

3.

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) Des

ign

of s

ocia

l acc

ount

abilit

y an

d gr

ieva

nce

redr

ess

mec

hani

sms

in N

iger

ia a

nd p

repa

ratio

n of

stu

dies

on

the

impa

ct o

f leg

al

empo

wer

men

t in

Sier

ra L

eone

. (ii)

Wor

ksho

p in

Was

hing

ton

DC o

n th

e us

e of

par

aleg

al a

id in

dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

s.

Hum

an R

ight

s an

d th

e So

cial

Dev

elop

men

t St

rate

gy.

Soci

al D

evel

opm

ent

Netw

ork.

Cons

ider

atio

ns

rega

rdin

g hu

man

righ

ts

in th

e co

ntex

t of t

he

Bank

’s s

trate

gy fo

r so

cial

dev

elop

men

t

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Soc

ieta

l Dyn

amic

s an

d Fr

agilit

y fla

gshi

p:

Repo

rt fin

alize

d. (i

i) So

cial

Incl

usio

n fla

gshi

p: C

once

pt N

ote

appr

oved

. Fi

eldw

ork

unde

r im

plem

enta

tion

and

back

grou

nd p

aper

s cu

rrent

ly be

ing

draf

ted.

(iii)

Soc

ial A

ccou

ntab

ility

flags

hip:

Bac

kgro

und

pape

r on

‘the

role

of

con

text

in s

hapi

ng s

ocia

l acc

ount

abilit

y in

terv

entio

ns’ n

early

fina

lized

, co

ncep

t not

es fo

r bac

kgro

und

know

ledg

e pr

oduc

ts o

n fra

gile

sta

tes

and

clos

ed p

oliti

es a

ppro

ved

and

field

wor

k st

arte

d, d

rafti

ng o

f con

cept

not

e fo

r the

ove

rall

flags

hip

repo

rt un

der w

ay.

Prev

ious

ly: A

gree

men

t on

thre

e m

ain

hum

an ri

ghts

rela

ted

stud

ies

to

com

plem

ent t

he re

vised

Soc

ial D

evel

opm

ent s

trate

gy. D

raft

of fi

rst s

tudy

(S

ocie

tal D

ynam

ics

and

Frag

ility)

, sta

rt of

wor

k on

the

othe

r tw

o.

Enh

ance

d kn

owle

dge

abou

t the

rele

vanc

e of

hum

an ri

ghts

pr

inci

ples

to S

DV’s

wor

k an

d in

situ

atio

ns w

ith w

eak,

em

ergi

ng, a

nd n

ot-a

cces

sibl

e pu

blic

inst

itutio

ns.

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)

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ram

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nts

Com

plet

ed T

hrou

gh 2

012

Title

, im

plem

entin

g W

orld

Ban

k un

it

Area

of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

Hum

an ri

ghts

in

the

Bank

’s h

uman

de

velo

pmen

t wor

k.

Hum

an D

evel

opm

ent

Netw

ork

Anch

or U

nit.

Cons

ider

atio

ns

rega

rdin

g hu

man

rig

hts

in th

e co

ntex

t of

the

Bank

’s h

ealth

, ed

ucat

ion,

and

soc

ial

prot

ectio

n w

ork.

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Int

rane

t web

site

on

hum

an ri

ghts

issu

e de

velo

ped

with

info

rmat

ion

on a

cces

s to

info

rmat

ion

and

hum

an ri

ghts

ap

proa

ches

http

://in

twor

k.w

orld

bank

.org

/uni

ts/H

DN/c

e/Pa

ges/

Hum

an-

Righ

ts-in

-HD.

aspx

. (ii)

Pan

el d

ebat

e on

cou

rts, h

uman

righ

ts a

nd h

uman

de

velo

pmen

t. (ii

i) Th

ree

pres

enta

tions

on

acce

ss to

info

rmat

ion

and

acco

unta

bilit

y (A

frica

regi

on, G

AC, D

FID)

. (iv)

Gui

danc

e no

tes

on ta

rget

ing,

he

alth

, acc

ess

to in

form

atio

n co

mpl

eted

.

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) Nin

e kn

owle

dge

and

lear

ning

eve

nts

on h

uman

righ

ts

and

hum

an d

evel

opm

ent f

or s

ome

250

Bank

sta

ff, p

artly

as

Bank

sta

ff re

gula

r tra

inin

g. (i

i) Su

mm

ary

video

of t

he m

ajor

pan

el d

ebat

e on

hum

an

deve

lopm

ent a

nd h

uman

righ

ts. (

iii) T

wo

stud

ies:

One

on

the

right

to

heal

th a

nd h

uman

dev

elop

men

t, an

d on

e on

Citi

zens

and

Ser

vice

Deliv

ery

anal

yzin

g 42

7 re

cent

Ban

k su

ppor

ted

proj

ects

in H

D..

Outre

ach

and

grow

ing

awar

enes

s of

righ

ts is

sues

am

ong

Bank

pra

ctiti

oner

s in

hea

lth, e

duca

tion

and

soci

al

prot

ectio

n. G

row

ing

insi

ght i

nto

hum

an ri

ghts

met

hodo

logy

am

ong

parti

cipa

ting

Hum

an D

evel

opm

ent s

taff.

Par

tner

ship

an

d co

oper

atio

n w

ith th

e UN

and

with

CSO

s in

-cou

ntry

.

Sier

ra L

eone

and

Nig

eria

–

Lega

l Em

pow

erm

ent

Appr

oach

es to

Rea

lizin

g th

e Ri

ghts

to H

ealth

, W

ater

and

Edu

catio

n.

Lega

l Dep

artm

ent.

Usin

g in

nova

tive

form

s of

just

ice

to im

prov

e se

rvic

e de

liver

y fo

r the

po

or

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: A

: Sie

rra L

eone

(i) P

repa

ratio

n an

d la

unch

of

two

stud

ies

of fo

ur a

nd tw

o di

stric

ts, r

espe

ctive

ly, to

exa

min

e th

e ro

les

of s

ocia

l acc

ount

abilit

y an

d le

gal e

mpo

wer

men

t as

mea

ns to

bo

ost s

ervic

e de

liver

y. Th

e st

udie

s, e

xpec

ted

to b

e co

mpl

eted

in 2

013

unde

r a fo

llow

-up

NTF

gran

t, ex

plor

e th

e im

pact

of l

egal

em

pow

erm

ent

tech

niqu

es o

n re

solu

tion

of c

omm

unity

and

clin

ic s

taff

grie

vanc

es a

roun

d he

alth

ser

vice

deliv

ery.

Eigh

t ind

icat

ors

will

asse

ss th

e im

pact

of d

iffer

ent

soci

al a

ccou

ntab

ility

mec

hani

sms,

i.e.

com

mun

ity s

core

card

s, c

omm

unity

co

mpa

cts,

as

way

s to

impr

ove

serv

ice

deliv

ery.

(ii) M

ultip

le w

orks

hops

an

d BB

Ls w

ithin

Ban

k an

d w

ith C

SOs

on ro

le o

f soc

ial a

ccou

ntab

ility

and

lega

l em

pow

erm

ent i

n im

prov

ing

deve

lopm

ent r

esul

ts. (

iii) C

onsu

ltatio

ns

with

and

adv

ice

to G

over

nmen

t of S

ierra

Leo

ne o

n ro

le o

f jus

tice/

acco

unta

bilit

y in

adv

anci

ng s

ervic

e de

liver

y un

der d

ecen

traliz

atio

n.

Enha

nced

kno

wle

dge

amon

g Ba

nk te

ams

to w

ork

on

right

s ba

sed

appr

oach

es to

impr

ovin

g se

rvic

e de

liver

y an

d re

solvi

ng c

itize

n gr

ieva

nces

, as

a co

mpl

emen

t to

soci

al

acco

unta

bilit

y st

rate

gies

with

in th

e fra

mew

ork

of B

ank

Coun

try A

ssis

tanc

e St

rate

gy a

nd a

s fre

e-st

andi

ng T

A.

Less

ons

from

hea

lth s

ecto

r will

be u

sed

in o

ther

ser

vice

deliv

ery

cont

exts

.


(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)

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ram

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nts

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Title

, im

plem

entin

g W

orld

Ban

k un

it

Area

of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

Gove

rnan

ce a

nd E

mpo

wer

men

t

Viet

nam

– C

itize

ns’

right

s. E

ast A

sia

and

Paci

fic R

egio

n.

How

Ban

k w

ork

can

supp

ort g

over

nmen

ts

effo

rts to

hel

p ci

tizen

s cl

aim

righ

ts

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Wor

ksho

p on

“Med

ia, C

omm

unic

atio

n an

d Hu

man

Rig

hts”

, co-

orga

nize

d an

d co

nduc

ted

by th

e M

inis

try

of In

form

atio

n an

d Co

mm

unic

atio

ns a

nd th

e W

orld

Ban

k, a

imed

to

prov

ide

jour

nalis

ts w

ith a

pan

oram

ic u

nder

stan

ding

of h

uman

righ

ts

and

inte

rnat

iona

l con

vent

ions

on

hum

an ri

ghts

in re

latio

n to

med

ia

and

com

mun

icat

ions

, and

sha

re in

tern

atio

nal e

xper

ienc

es o

n m

edia

, co

mm

unic

atio

ns a

nd h

uman

righ

ts a

nd h

uman

righ

ts re

porti

ng.

(ii) R

esea

rch

proj

ect i

n co

oper

atio

n w

ith th

e Vi

etna

m In

stitu

te fo

r Hum

an

Righ

ts o

n “H

uman

Rig

hts

and

Citiz

en R

ight

s Aw

aren

ess

amon

g Ca

dres

an

d Pu

blic

Offi

cial

s at

Cen

tral a

nd P

rovin

cial

Lev

els

in V

ietn

am”,

base

d on

a s

urve

y of

1,2

00 c

adre

s an

d pu

blic

offi

cial

s. (i

ii) P

repa

ratio

n of

tra

inin

g m

odul

es, w

ith th

e Vi

etna

m In

stitu

te fo

r Hum

an R

ight

s, o

n “P

erfo

rmin

g Pu

blic

Ser

vice

and

Guar

ante

eing

of H

uman

Rig

hts

and

Citiz

en’s

Rig

hts”

. The

trai

ning

mod

ules

wer

e pi

lote

d at

thre

e re

gion

al

train

ing

of tr

aine

rs w

orks

hops

in H

anoi

, Da

Nang

, and

Ho

Chi M

inh

City.

Th

e pa

rtici

pant

s fo

r the

se w

orks

hops

wer

e tra

iner

s fro

m th

e re

gion

al

polit

ical

sch

ools

affi

liate

d w

ith th

e Ho

Chi

Min

h Po

litic

al A

cade

my.

The

NTF

gran

t sup

porte

d th

e VI

HR a

nd th

e w

orks

hops

, as

wel

l as

tech

nica

l as

sist

ance

of t

he Ir

ish

Hum

an R

ight

s Co

mm

issi

on.

Prev

ious

ly: H

uman

Rig

ht w

orks

hop

on th

e ne

w “L

aw o

n Ca

dres

and

Civi

l Se

rvan

ts” a

nd s

tudy

on

awar

enes

s of

hum

an ri

ghts

am

ong

loca

l pub

lic

offic

ials

in fo

ur p

rovin

ces,

bot

h w

ith th

e Vi

etna

m In

stitu

te fo

r Hum

an

Righ

ts. P

repa

ratio

n of

the

2012

act

ivitie

s.

Enha

nced

kno

wle

dge

of h

uman

righ

ts o

f 50

edito

rs-in

-ch

ief,

depu

ty e

dito

rs-in

-chi

ef, a

nd e

dito

rs fr

om 3

0 m

edia

or

gani

zatio

ns, b

oth

at c

entra

l and

loca

l lev

els

acro

ss

Viet

nam

, as

wel

l as

repr

esen

tativ

es fr

om re

leva

nt n

atio

nal

gove

rnm

ent a

nd p

arty

age

ncie

s, jo

urna

lists

ass

ocia

tions

, an

d ac

adem

ic in

stitu

tions

.

Enha

nced

und

erst

andi

ng o

f the

leve

l of a

war

enes

s of

hu

man

righ

ts, a

nd k

now

ledg

e ga

ps a

mon

g ca

dres

and

pu

blic

offi

cial

s in

Vie

tnam

.

Enha

nced

und

erst

andi

ng o

f mor

e th

an 1

00 tr

aine

rs fr

om

regi

onal

pol

itica

l and

pub

lic a

dmin

istra

tion

scho

ols

on

the

role

and

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

cad

res

and

publ

ic s

erva

nts

in g

uara

ntee

ing

hum

an ri

ghts

whi

le p

erfo

rmin

g pu

blic

se

rvic

es, t

he h

uman

righ

ts-b

ased

app

roac

h to

pol

icy

mak

ing,

and

oth

er to

pics

.

3 7

NTF

Prog

ram

Gra

nts

Com

plet

ed T

hrou

gh 2

012

Title

, im

plem

entin

g W

orld

Ban

k un

it

Area

of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

Afric

a –

Hum

an ri

ghts

an

d lo

cal g

over

nmen

t.

Afric

a Re

gion

.

How

hum

an ri

ghts

co

nsid

erat

ions

can

im

prov

e Ba

nk-s

uppo

rted

loca

l gov

ernm

ent

oper

atio

ns

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: T

he p

roje

ct h

as b

oth

anal

ytic

al a

nd o

pera

tiona

l fo

cus.

It h

as c

ompl

eted

revie

ws

of e

xistin

g lo

cal g

over

nmen

t pro

ject

s in

Et

hiop

ia, T

anza

nia

and

Ugan

da ∙

in a

dditi

on to

the

alre

ady

com

plet

ed o

ne

in G

hana

. It h

as s

uppo

rted

the

desi

gn o

f new

loca

l gov

ernm

ent p

roje

cts

in D

RC, S

outh

Sud

an, G

hana

and

Zim

babw

e, M

ali,

and

Mau

ritan

ia, a

nd

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

act

ivitie

s in

Moz

ambi

que

(par

ticip

ator

y bu

dget

ing)

, re

view

of o

ptio

ns fo

r par

ticip

ator

y bu

dget

ing

in N

airo

bi, K

enya

., an

d th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

ICT

as to

ol fo

r pro

mot

ion

of a

ccou

ntab

ility

and

trans

pare

ncy

in s

ervic

e de

liver

y (G

hana

and

Zim

babw

e). A

t the

bro

ader

an

alyt

ical

and

met

hodo

logi

cal l

evel

, the

pro

ject

has

sup

porte

d a

Revie

w

of A

ccou

ntab

ility

Mec

hani

sms

used

in W

orld

Ban

k Lo

cal G

over

nmen

t Op

erat

ions

in A

frica

and

A G

uide

for U

sing

Soc

ial A

ccou

ntab

ility

Tool

s in

W

B Lo

cal G

over

nmen

t Ope

ratio

ns in

Afri

ca. F

inal

ly, a

boo

klet

Too

lkit

for

Inte

grat

ing

Soci

al A

ccou

ntab

ility

in U

rban

Ope

ratio

ns h

as b

een

prod

uced

.

Prev

ious

ly: T

he p

roje

ct c

ompl

eted

a G

hana

revie

w: T

he In

tegr

atio

n of

Hu

man

Rig

hts

in L

ocal

Gov

ernm

ent C

apac

ity S

uppo

rt Pr

ojec

t. Di

agno

stic

st

udie

s in

a n

umbe

r of o

ther

cou

ntrie

s w

ere

initi

ated

toge

ther

with

the

prep

arat

ion

of A

Gui

de fo

r Usi

ng S

ocia

l Acc

ount

abilit

y To

ols

in W

orld

Ban

k Lo

cal G

over

nmen

t Ope

ratio

ns in

Afri

ca.

The

proj

ect h

as e

nhan

ced

know

ledg

e ab

out h

uman

righ

ts

appr

oach

es, a

nd h

as s

peci

fical

ly en

hanc

ed o

pera

tions

th

roug

h th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

hum

an ri

ghts

asp

ects

(act

ivitie

s in

nin

e co

untri

es a

cros

s th

e re

gion

). Th

e hu

man

righ

ts

lens

has

ena

bled

incr

ease

d at

tent

ion

on c

ore

issu

es

rela

ted

to p

artic

ipat

ion,

acc

ount

abilit

y an

d tra

nspa

renc

y. Th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

prin

cipl

es in

pro

ject

s ha

s re

sulte

d in

in

crea

sed

sust

aina

bilit

y of

the

activ

ity—

i.e. c

reat

ing

larg

er

pote

ntia

l out

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es/im

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s w

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lativ

e lim

ited

reso

urce

s.

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proj

ect h

as a

lso

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orte

d re

view

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ting

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ects

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e ex

ampl

e of

suc

cess

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cale

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e su

cces

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f Pa

rtici

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in p

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and

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g to

all

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n.

How

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erat

ions

can

im

prov

e Ba

nk-s

uppo

rted

loca

l gov

ernm

ent

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atio

ns

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nt re

porti

ng p

erio

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labo

ratio

n an

d co

mpl

etio

n of

loca

l gov

ernm

ent

stud

ies

in B

angl

ades

h an

d Ne

pal.

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port

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nmen

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g th

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alize

d

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ious

ly: C

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ance

d a

conf

eren

ce o

n Lo

cal G

over

nanc

e an

d So

uth-

Sout

h co

oper

atio

n w

here

issu

es o

f hum

an ri

ghts

feat

ured

pro

min

ently

. On

e BB

L on

loca

l gov

ernm

ent i

n In

dia

held

in W

ashi

ngto

n. E

mba

rked

on

back

grou

nd s

tudi

es o

n hu

man

righ

ts a

nd lo

cal a

ccou

ntab

ility

in N

epal

, Ba

ngla

desh

, tog

ethe

r with

a li

tera

ture

revie

w.

The

back

grou

nd s

tudi

es a

re s

ynth

esize

d in

to a

fina

l rep

ort

that

will

be u

sed

to in

form

ong

oing

ope

ratio

ns o

n lo

cal

gove

rnm

ents

in N

epal

and

Ban

glad

esh.

The

bac

kgro

und

stud

ies

focu

sed

on a

ccou

ntab

ility

mec

hani

sms

acro

ss

the

sect

ors/

sub-

sect

ors

of e

duca

tion,

hea

lth, s

afet

y ne

ts

and

wat

er s

uppl

y in

Nep

al a

nd B

angl

ades

h. E

mph

asis

w

as p

lace

d on

ass

essi

ng th

e im

pact

s of

acc

ount

abilit

y m

echa

nism

s on

impr

ovin

g hu

man

righ

ts fo

r wom

en,

child

ren,

urb

an p

oor a

nd tr

ibal

pop

ulat

ions

.

Cent

ral A

mer

ica

– Hu

man

Rig

hts

and

Just

ice.

Latin

Am

eric

an a

nd

Carib

bean

Reg

ion.

How

hum

an ri

ghts

co

nsid

erat

ions

can

im

prov

e w

ork

on

crim

inal

and

just

ice

syst

ems

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Cou

ntry

cas

e st

udie

s on

Crim

inal

Jus

tice

and

Hum

an R

ight

s ha

ve b

een

final

ized

and

deliv

ered

for E

l Sal

vado

r, Ho

ndur

as, G

uate

mal

a an

d Ni

cara

gua;

(ii)

Focu

s gr

oup

surv

eys

wer

e co

nduc

ted

in E

l Sal

vado

r, Gu

atem

ala,

Hon

dura

s an

d Ni

cara

gua

and

prod

uced

a fi

nal r

epor

t on

the

perc

eptio

ns o

f the

Crim

inal

Jus

tice

Syst

em

and

hum

an ri

ghts

in th

ese

coun

tries

; (iii)

A w

orks

hop

pres

entin

g th

e fin

ding

s of

the

coun

try re

ports

was

car

ried

out i

n Ju

ne 2

012,

whi

ch le

d to

incr

ease

d aw

aren

ess

risin

g am

ong

Bank

sta

ff ab

out t

he re

spec

t of

hum

an ri

ghts

in a

n en

viron

men

t of e

ndem

ic v

iole

nce

and

crim

e.

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) Cou

ntry

cas

e st

udie

s on

Crim

inal

Jus

tice

and

Hum

an R

ight

s ha

ve b

een

cond

ucte

d fo

r Hon

dura

s, G

uate

mal

a an

d Ni

cara

gua;

(ii)

Focu

s gr

oup

surv

eys

are

ongo

ing

in E

l Sal

vado

r, Gu

atem

ala,

Hon

dura

s an

d Ni

cara

gua;

and

(iii)

An

Actio

n Le

arni

ng P

lan

has

been

form

ulat

ed to

be

laun

ched

in th

e be

ginn

ing

of 2

012

incl

udin

g di

ssem

inat

ion

of th

e ca

se

stud

ies.

Awar

enes

s ris

ing

amon

g Ba

nk s

taff

and

coun

try p

artn

ers

abou

t the

resp

ect o

f hum

an ri

ghts

in a

n en

viron

men

t of

ende

mic

vio

lenc

e an

d cr

ime.

The

resu

lts o

f the

repo

rts a

nd

the

surv

eys

have

fed

inte

rnal

repo

rts s

uch

as th

e Pu

blic

Ex

pend

iture

and

Inst

itutio

nal R

evie

w c

arrie

d ou

t for

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Salva

dor i

n 20

12, a

nd h

ave

incr

ease

d th

e Ba

nk´s

bod

y of

em

piric

al k

now

ledg

e on

the

subj

ect.

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tinue

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t pag

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orld

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k In

stitu

te.

Use

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for

hum

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Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: T

wo

BBLs

wer

e or

gani

zed.

One

on

Parti

cipa

tory

bu

dget

ing

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right

s in

the

Dom

inic

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lic a

nd in

DRC

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th

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er B

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trodu

ced

the

repo

rt, #

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HR, I

nfor

mat

ion

and

Com

mun

icat

ion

Tech

nolo

gies

for H

uman

Rig

hts.

Usi

ng c

ase

stud

ies

larg

ely

from

thre

e co

untri

es, K

enya

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Dem

ocra

tic R

epub

lic o

f the

Co

ngo,

and

the

Dom

inic

an R

epub

lic, t

he re

port

cons

ider

s bo

th th

e op

portu

nitie

s an

d ris

ks p

rese

nted

by

new

tech

nolo

gies

for h

uman

righ

ts.

The

repo

rt ca

n be

acc

esse

d at

htt

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bit.

ly/V

RO

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.

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ious

ly: T

hree

wor

ksho

ps o

n Pa

rtici

pato

ry b

udge

ting

and

viole

nce

agai

nst w

omen

car

ried

out i

n So

uth

Kivu

, Dem

ocra

tic R

epub

lic o

f Con

go,

incl

udin

g th

e us

e of

mob

ile p

hone

s fo

r vot

ing,

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fund

ing

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the

cent

ral g

over

nmen

t for

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proc

ess

achi

eved

. One

wor

ksho

p fo

r Ban

k st

aff i

n W

ashi

ngto

n. A

stu

dy o

n IC

T, Hu

man

Rig

hts

and

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rnan

ce w

as

elab

orat

ed 2

011.

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sons

lear

ned

wer

e sh

ared

thro

ugh

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and

a

docu

men

tatio

n vid

eo.

Inst

itutio

naliz

ed p

artic

ipat

ory

budg

etin

g es

tabl

ishe

d in

So

uth

Kivu

Pro

vince

in D

RC. C

hang

e in

pub

lic e

xpen

ditu

re

with

incr

ease

d in

vest

men

ts a

t loc

al le

vels

for s

ervic

es fo

r th

e po

ores

t sec

tions

of s

ocie

ty a

s a

resu

lt of

the

budg

etin

g pr

oces

s.

Incr

ease

d le

vel o

f tax

com

plia

nce

by c

itize

ns fo

llow

ing

the

first

roun

d of

the

proc

ess.

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er D

RC p

rovin

ces

and

othe

r co

untri

es s

uch

as C

amer

oon

are

repl

icat

ing

the

expe

rienc

e an

d ar

e be

ing

info

rmed

by

the

less

ons

lear

ned

from

the

stud

y.

Disc

rimin

atio

n an

d vu

lner

able

gro

ups

Sout

h Af

rica

– Hu

man

Ri

ghts

and

Gen

der-

Base

d Vi

olen

ce:

Iden

tifyin

g Op

portu

nitie

s fo

r Eng

agem

ent.

Afric

a Re

gion

.

Oppo

rtuni

ties

for h

uman

rig

hts

cons

ider

atio

ns

in g

ende

r-ba

sed

Bank

w

ork

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Fol

low

-up

mee

tings

and

act

ivitie

s re

late

d to

em

ergi

ng th

emes

from

pre

vious

repo

rts a

nd w

orks

hops

. Thi

s in

clud

ed

wor

k w

ith G

oSA

and

soci

al p

artn

ers

on m

ains

tream

ing

gend

er a

spec

ts in

th

e “J

obs

Fund

”, a

stat

e fu

nd e

ndow

ed w

ith $

500

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on. (

ii) R

epor

t “On

e m

ore

river

to c

ross

– E

cono

mic

Em

pow

erm

ent i

n So

uth

Afric

a” fi

naliz

ed,

as w

ell a

s “S

umm

ary

Repo

rt on

Eng

ende

ring

Econ

omic

Pol

icy:

Sou

th

Afric

a’s

New

Gro

wth

Pla

n an

d Vi

sion

203

0”.

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oved

kno

wle

dge

abou

t wom

en’s

em

pow

erm

ent i

ssue

s in

RSA

, stro

nger

Ban

k pr

esen

ce in

the

deba

te o

n hu

man

rig

hts

and

wom

en’s

em

pow

erm

ent i

n RS

A. W

orld

Ban

k is

co

nsid

erin

g a

GoSA

requ

est f

or s

uppo

rt to

dev

elop

a M

&E

fram

ewor

k on

gen

der a

spec

ts o

f eco

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ic p

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sults

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ious

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dies

/revie

ws

incl

udin

g “G

ende

r and

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an

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ts L

itera

ture

Rev

iew

”, “A

n Ac

tion

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for I

ncre

asin

g Ec

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wer

men

t of W

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and

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der E

cono

mic

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pow

erm

ent”

and

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rpor

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g W

omen

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s in

to E

cono

mic

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icy

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ing”

. (ii)

Tw

o W

orks

hops

to d

iscu

ss th

e dr

aft s

tudi

es a

nd to

pre

pare

an

actio

n pl

an,

and

to d

iscu

ss h

ow to

eng

ende

r the

“New

Gro

wth

Pat

h an

d Vi

sion

20

30”.

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Parti

cipa

tion

in p

artn

er e

vent

and

par

tner

ship

s w

ith re

leva

nt

stak

ehol

ders

on

gend

er in

the

Gove

rnm

ent,

civil

soc

iety

and

bus

ines

s co

mm

unity

.

Wom

en’s

and

Chi

ldre

n’s

Righ

ts in

Dem

ocra

tic

Repu

blic

of C

ongo

. Af

rica

Regi

on.

How

hum

an ri

ghts

co

nsid

erat

ions

can

im

prov

e Ba

nk w

ork

in

confl

ict s

ettin

gs

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: K

atan

ga a

nd C

hild

Lab

or: A

num

ber o

f lar

ge

stak

ehol

der c

onsu

ltatio

n m

eetin

gs w

ere

held

in J

une/

July

2012

in

Kolo

wez

i and

Lub

umba

shi t

o di

scus

s pr

actic

al s

trate

gies

to a

ddre

ss

child

labo

r in

the

open

-cas

t min

es in

Kol

owez

i (Es

quis

se d

u pl

an d

e la

st

raté

gie

du p

roje

t NTF

: Le

trava

il de

s fe

mm

es e

t des

enf

ants

sur

les

site

s d’

expl

oita

tion

min

ière

arti

sana

le d

e Ko

lwez

i).

The

outc

ome

of th

ese

cons

ulta

tions

has

bee

n dr

awn

up in

to a

stra

tegy

w

hich

is n

ow w

ith P

ROM

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to d

eter

min

e ne

xt s

teps

: mos

t lik

ely

a na

tiona

l lev

el m

eetin

g be

twee

n Go

vern

men

t, do

nors

and

inte

rnat

iona

l ag

enci

es w

orki

ng o

n ch

ild la

bor t

o w

ork

out a

pla

n of

act

ion

expe

cted

fir

st h

alf o

f 201

3 (S

ynth

èse

: Rap

port

du c

onsu

ltant

loca

l sur

Le

trava

il de

s fe

mm

es e

t des

enf

ants

dan

s le

s si

tes

d’ex

ploi

tatio

n m

iniè

re

artis

anal

e au

Kat

anga

.

Kivu

s, g

ende

r, co

nflic

t and

min

ing:

An

initi

al q

ualit

ative

rese

arch

stu

dy

has

been

und

erta

ken

on th

e Ki

vus.

Thi

s w

as c

ut s

hort

due

to th

e re

sum

ptio

n of

arm

ed c

onfli

ct in

the

sub-

regi

on. T

he p

roje

ct te

am is

now

di

scus

sing

the

idea

of d

oing

a p

opul

atio

n ba

sed

surv

ey a

nd w

hat i

s po

ssib

le in

the

curre

nt s

ecur

ity c

limat

e.

Loca

l and

regi

onal

con

sens

us o

n w

hat a

ctio

ns it

will

take

to

star

t add

ress

ing

child

labo

r in

Kolo

wez

i min

e.

Initi

al s

tudy

on

gend

er, c

onfli

ct a

nd m

inin

g in

the

Kivu

pr

ovin

ces.

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tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)

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embe

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r 201

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ious

ly: L

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hild

labo

r in

Kolw

ezi a

nd a

sec

ond

one

on w

omen

, con

flict

and

min

eral

s in

the

two

Kivu

pro

vince

s of

Dem

ocra

tic

Repu

blic

of C

ongo

Rom

a –

Righ

t to

Heal

th.

East

ern

Euro

pe a

nd

Cent

ral A

sia

Regi

on.

Cons

ider

atio

ns

rega

rdin

g hu

man

righ

ts

in p

rom

otin

gacc

ess

to

serv

ices

by

min

oriti

es

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Mat

erna

l Chi

ld H

ealth

stu

dy in

Kos

ovo

look

ing

at th

e he

alth

sta

tus

of R

oma

wel

l und

erw

ay. R

epor

t bei

ng d

rafte

d.

Find

ings

pre

sent

ed to

repr

esen

tativ

es fr

om th

e M

inis

try o

f Hea

lth a

nd

othe

r aid

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aniza

tions

in P

risht

ina.

(ii)

Two

pres

enta

tion

for t

he K

osov

o au

thor

ities

. (ii)

Stu

dy in

Ser

bia

disc

ontin

ued

due

to s

hifti

ng p

riorit

ies

in th

e ne

w g

over

nmen

t.

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) Sum

mar

y do

cum

ent o

f hum

an ri

ghts

inst

rum

ents

and

lega

l ob

ligat

ions

rela

ted

to R

oma

heal

th. (

ii) R

evie

w o

f Rom

a he

alth

issu

es.

(iii)

Desi

gn o

f stu

dy to

mea

sure

qua

lity

of h

ealth

car

e in

Ser

bia.

Deep

ened

und

erst

andi

ng o

f hea

lth c

are

issu

es fo

r m

inor

ities

and

how

to a

ddre

ss th

is in

dev

elop

men

t pr

ogra

ms

base

d on

wor

k in

Ser

bia

and

Koso

vo. I

n Ko

sovo

, te

ntat

ive fi

ndin

gs in

dica

te th

at c

omm

unic

atio

n is

sues

co

ntrib

ute

to th

e w

orse

mat

erna

l and

chi

ld h

ealth

out

com

es

exhi

bite

d by

the

RAE

(Rom

ani,

Ashk

ali,

and

Egyp

tian)

po

pula

tion.

For

pre

nata

l car

e, a

dher

ence

to a

sta

ndar

d ch

eckl

ist a

ppea

rs lo

w fo

r thi

s po

pula

tion

incl

udin

g ad

vice

to th

e m

othe

r on

taki

ng ir

on o

r fol

ic a

cid

supp

lem

ents

or

on d

ange

r sig

ns to

look

out

for d

urin

g pr

egna

ncy.

The

RAE

popu

latio

n ex

perie

nces

alm

ost 1

.5 s

tand

ard

devia

tions

lo

wer

adh

eren

ce. P

regn

ant R

AE w

omen

are

muc

h m

ore

likel

y to

del

ay m

akin

g th

eir fi

rst p

rena

tal c

are

visit

until

m

onth

s 3–

5 of

thei

r pre

gnan

cy.

Oper

atio

naliz

ing

hum

an

right

s in

stru

men

ts in

the

Bank

’s w

ork

targ

etin

g in

tern

ally

disp

lace

d pe

ople

.

Soci

al D

evel

opm

ent

Netw

ork.

Hum

an R

ight

s co

nsid

erat

ions

in

wor

king

with

inte

rnal

ly di

spla

ced

pers

ons

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Ana

lytic

al re

view

fina

lized

“Int

erna

l di

spla

cem

ent a

nd th

e Ka

mpa

la C

onve

ntio

n: a

n op

portu

nity

for

deve

lopm

ent a

ctor

s”. T

he p

aper

dis

cuss

es th

e re

leva

nce

of h

uman

rig

hts

base

d ap

proa

ches

for d

evel

opm

ent a

ctivi

ties

targ

etin

g co

nflic

t –

and

disa

ster

-indu

ced

disp

lace

men

t in

Afric

a. A

vaila

ble

at w

ww.

inte

rnal

-di

spla

cem

ent.o

rg (i

i) Br

ochu

re a

nd g

uide

lines

for T

TLs,

bas

ed o

n th

e an

alyt

ical

repo

rt ab

ove

(Eng

lish,

Fre

nch,

Por

tugu

ese,

Ara

bic)

. (ii)

Tw

o w

orks

hops

hel

d (M

omba

sa a

nd E

nteb

be) o

n th

e do

mes

ticat

ion

of th

e Ka

mpa

la c

onve

ntio

n.

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) Sho

rt pa

per o

n “O

pera

tiona

lizin

g Hu

man

Rig

hts

Appr

oach

es

in D

evel

opm

ent I

nter

vent

ions

Tar

getin

g In

tern

ally

Disp

lace

d Pe

ople

in

Afric

a”. (

ii) O

utlin

e/dr

aft o

f the

ana

lytic

al s

tudy

fina

lized

dur

ing

the

curre

nt

repo

rting

per

iod.

(iii)

Pre

para

tion

wor

k fo

r bro

chur

es a

nd w

orks

hops

.

(i) E

nhan

ced

know

ledg

e on

the

nexu

s be

twee

n hu

man

rig

hts

and

disp

lace

men

t thr

ough

a d

evel

opm

ent

pers

pect

ive, i

nclu

ding

ope

ratio

nal g

uida

nce

for B

ank

staf

f an

d ot

her d

evel

opm

ent p

artn

ers.

(ii)

Dial

ogue

with

regi

onal

or

gani

zatio

ns in

clud

ing

the

Afric

an U

nion

and

the

Leag

ue

of A

rab

Stat

es o

n th

e us

e of

lega

l ins

trum

ents

on

forc

ed

disp

lace

men

t in

deve

lopm

ent p

lann

ing.

(iii)

Par

tner

ship

s w

ith a

cade

mic

inst

itutio

ns a

nd N

GOs

and

with

the

Inte

rnal

Di

spla

cem

ent M

onito

ring

Cent

re (I

DMC,

est

ablis

hed

in

1998

by

the

Norw

egia

n Re

fuge

e Co

unci

l and

mon

itorin

g in

tern

al d

ispl

acem

ent w

orld

wid

e).

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)


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nts

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plet

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orld

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k un

it

Area

of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

Mid

dle

East

– H

uman

Ri

ghts

and

Mig

ratio

n:

Iden

tifyin

g Op

portu

nitie

s fo

r Mig

rant

Pro

tect

ion.

Mid

dle

East

and

Nor

th

Afric

a Re

gion

.

Hum

an ri

ghts

co

nsid

erat

ions

in

wor

king

on

mig

ratio

n is

sues

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Dia

gnos

tic o

f the

Fre

nch-

Tuni

sian

labo

r ag

reem

ent a

nd o

ther

bila

tera

l sch

emes

for t

empo

rary

labo

r mob

ility.

(ii) C

ompa

rativ

e as

sess

men

t of t

he d

esig

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of b

ilate

ral

soci

al s

ecur

ity c

onve

ntio

ns b

etw

een

Mor

occo

, Tur

key

and

EU c

ount

ries

for t

he p

orta

bilit

y of

soc

ial s

ecur

ity ri

ghts

. (iii)

Con

sulta

tions

with

dia

spor

a as

soci

atio

ns a

nd re

leva

nt p

ublic

age

ncie

s in

Tun

isia

and

Mor

occo

to

fost

er p

olic

y ch

ange

s in

the

area

of s

uppo

rting

dia

spor

a co

ntrib

utio

ns to

en

hanc

e ac

cess

to s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic ri

ghts

in th

eir c

omm

uniti

es o

f orig

in.

(iv) S

tudy

and

pilo

t pro

posa

l to

invo

lve c

ount

ries

rece

iving

hea

lth w

orke

rs

from

abr

oad

in c

ontri

butin

g to

thei

r tra

inin

g an

d th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

heal

th c

are

serv

ices

in s

endi

ng c

ount

ries.

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) Bac

kgro

und

pape

r “Hu

man

Rig

hts

in th

e Co

ntex

t of L

abor

M

igra

tion”

and

a p

olic

y br

ief.

(ii) P

repa

rato

ry w

ork

for a

ctivi

ties

final

ized

durin

g 20

12.

(i) E

nhan

ced

prac

tical

kno

wle

dge

on g

ood

prac

tices

to

prov

ide

safe

and

lega

l ave

nues

to te

mpo

rary

mig

rant

w

orke

rs v

ia b

ilate

ral a

rrang

emen

ts. (

ii) Id

entifi

catio

n of

ga

ps in

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

bila

tera

l soc

ial s

ecur

ity

agre

emen

ts a

nd w

ays

to fi

ll th

em. (

iii) P

olic

y le

sson

s to

su

ppor

t dia

spor

a co

ntrib

utio

ns to

loca

l pro

ject

s en

hanc

ing

the

right

s of

the

com

mun

ities

left

behi

nd. (

iv) E

nhan

ced

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

impa

ct o

f the

mob

ility

of h

ealth

w

orke

rs o

n ac

cess

to h

ealth

righ

ts in

sen

ding

cou

ntrie

s.

Bang

lade

sh –

In

tegr

atin

g hu

man

righ

ts

into

the

Bank

’s w

ork

on

soci

al p

rote

ctio

n.

Sout

h As

ia R

egio

n

Hum

an ri

ghts

co

nsid

erat

ions

in th

e Ba

nk’s

wor

k on

soc

ial

prot

ectio

n

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Wor

king

pap

ers

com

plet

ed o

n (a

) How

hum

an

right

s ex

tend

into

soc

ial p

rote

ctio

n an

d em

ploy

men

t and

ass

ocia

ted

impl

icat

ions

for B

angl

ades

h an

d (b

) Enh

anci

ng w

omen

’s ri

ght t

o em

ploy

men

t and

pos

sibl

e lin

kage

s to

vio

lenc

e ag

ains

t wom

en (V

AW) i

n Ba

ngla

desh

. (ii)

Adv

isor

y w

ork

supp

ortin

g se

rvic

e de

liver

y fo

r wom

en

victim

s of

vio

lenc

e th

roug

h a

gove

rnm

ent-

run

prog

ram

on

VAW

, thr

ough

th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

inst

itutio

nal a

sses

smen

ts a

nd d

evel

opm

ent o

f tra

inin

g m

odul

es a

nd m

ater

ials

nea

rly fi

naliz

ed. (

iii) B

BL a

nd te

chni

cal w

orks

hops

he

ld to

dis

cuss

pre

limin

ary

resu

lts w

ith s

take

hold

ers

from

gov

ernm

ent,

acad

emia

, civi

l soc

iety,

and

Ban

k st

aff.

Prev

ious

ly: D

rafts

of p

aper

s an

d pr

epar

atio

ns o

f adv

isor

y w

ork

and

diss

emin

atio

n ev

ents

del

ivere

d du

ring

2012

.

Enha

nced

kno

wle

dge

on (i

) the

pub

lic d

isco

urse

on

right

s in

Sou

th A

sia

and

Bang

lade

sh a

nd o

n (ii

) Wom

en’s

em

pow

erm

ent i

ssue

s in

Ban

glad

esh,

par

ticul

arly

arou

nd

wom

en’s

em

ploy

men

t and

sup

porti

ng e

fforts

to re

duce

vio

lenc

e ag

ains

t wom

en. (

iii) G

reat

er k

now

ledg

e of

Ban

k st

aff a

nd s

treng

then

ed B

ank-

civil

soc

iety

col

labo

ratio

n on

th

ese

issu

es.

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)

4 3

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it

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of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

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and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

Righ

t to

Educ

atio

n fo

r Chi

ldre

n w

ith

Disa

bilit

ies.

Lega

l Dep

artm

ent.

Hum

an R

ight

s as

pect

s of

wor

king

with

per

sons

w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: A

ctivi

ties

expl

ored

how

the

2006

Con

vent

ion

on th

e Ri

ghts

of P

erso

ns w

ith D

isab

ilitie

s (C

RPD)

and

its

prov

isio

n on

th

e rig

ht to

incl

usive

edu

catio

n ca

n en

hanc

e ac

tiviti

es o

n di

sabi

litie

s an

d ed

ucat

ion

usin

g a

hum

an ri

ghts

fram

ewor

k. (i

) Com

plet

ion

of d

esk

revie

ws

of th

e le

gal f

ram

ewor

ks o

f the

five

Eas

t Afri

can

Com

mun

ity

(EAC

) cou

ntrie

s. (i

i) St

akeh

olde

r con

fere

nce

was

hel

d in

Nai

robi

in

Nove

mbe

r 201

2 “W

orks

hop

on th

e Le

gal a

nd R

egul

ator

y Fr

amew

ork

of

EAC

Coun

tries

on

Incl

usive

Edu

catio

n” .

(iii)

Guid

ance

not

e fo

r use

by

gove

rnm

ents

and

loca

l civi

l soc

iety

org

aniza

tions

to u

se in

dis

cuss

ions

re

late

d to

nat

iona

l pol

icy

on in

clus

ive e

duca

tion.

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) Pre

para

tion

of th

e de

sk re

view

s. (i

i) W

orks

hop

with

Ban

k an

d UN

sta

ff on

dis

abilit

y an

d de

velo

pmen

t

Enha

nced

kno

wle

dge

on th

e ro

le o

f CRP

D in

dev

elop

men

t w

ork

in th

e ed

ucat

ion

sect

or. G

ood

dial

ogue

with

in th

e Ea

st A

frica

n Co

mm

unity

(EAC

) on

incl

usive

edu

catio

n fo

r pe

rson

s w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s w

ith e

mph

asis

on

law,

pol

icy

and

inst

itutio

nal f

ram

ewor

ks to

sup

port

the

right

to in

clus

ive

educ

atio

n co

nsis

tent

with

inte

rnat

iona

l sta

ndar

ds.

Equa

lity

of O

ppor

tuni

ty

and

Econ

omic

and

So

cial

Rig

hts.

Pov

erty

Re

duct

ion

and

Econ

omic

M

anag

emen

t Net

wor

k.

How

hum

an ri

ghts

co

nsid

erat

ions

can

st

reng

then

equ

ality

of

oppo

rtuni

ty

The

NTF

spon

sore

d ac

tiviti

es in

form

the

impl

emen

ting

Bank

uni

t’s e

cono

mic

s-ba

sed

empi

rical

wor

k on

equ

ality

of

opp

ortu

nity

goi

ng o

n in

abo

ut 4

0 co

untri

es a

nd it

s m

any

asso

ciat

ed a

nalyt

ical

stu

dies

und

erw

ay a

bout

how

hum

an

right

s ad

d va

lue

to th

e su

bjec

t. Th

e fir

st s

tudi

es h

ave

resu

lted

in a

n in

crea

sed

dem

and

for a

nalyt

ical

wor

k on

in

equa

lity

from

cou

ntry

offi

ces.

The

pho

to c

onte

st la

unch

ed

durin

g 20

12 re

sulte

d in

nea

rly 8

00 e

ntrie

s, c

urre

ntly

with

on

line

votin

g in

pro

gres

s.

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)


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nts

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orld

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k un

it

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of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

Disc

rimin

atio

n ag

ains

t W

omen

– H

ow

have

inte

rnat

iona

l co

nven

tions

and

le

gisl

atio

n in

clud

ing

CEDA

W b

een

impl

emen

ted?

Deve

lopm

ent

Econ

omic

s/ W

orld

De

velo

pmen

t Rep

ort

(WDR

).

Hum

an ri

ghts

asp

ects

of

disc

rimin

atio

n ag

ains

t w

omen

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: M

inor

follo

w-u

p an

d di

ssem

inat

ion

activ

ities

on

ly, a

s m

ain

activ

ities

took

pla

ce in

201

1.

Prev

ious

ly: S

ectio

n on

righ

ts a

nd g

ende

r in

the

2012

Wor

ld D

evel

opm

ent

Repo

rt on

Gen

der E

qual

ity a

nd D

evel

opm

ent;

“Rig

hts

and

thei

r effe

ctive

im

plem

enta

tion

shap

e w

omen

’s c

hoic

es a

nd v

oice

s”, p

157

-168

. Sp

ecifi

c an

alyt

ical

out

puts

: (i)

a re

view

of S

tate

par

ties’

com

mitm

ents

un

der i

nter

natio

nal c

onve

ntio

ns a

nd h

ow th

ese

help

redu

ce c

onst

rain

ts

to w

omen

’s a

uton

omy

and

deci

sion

-mak

ing;

(ii)

a da

taba

se o

n w

omen

’s

right

s an

d le

gisl

atio

n; (i

ii) P

aper

on

acce

ss to

just

ice

and

gend

er b

arrie

rs

to th

e ex

erci

se o

f rig

hts;

(iv)

Ass

ocia

ted

coun

try c

ase

stud

ies.

Impr

oved

und

erst

andi

ng o

f how

hum

an ri

ghts

affe

ct g

ende

r an

d de

velo

pmen

t arti

cula

ted

in a

nd d

isse

min

ated

thro

ugh

the

2012

WDR

. Enh

ance

d kn

owle

dge

of th

e tra

nspo

sitio

n of

the

inte

rnat

iona

l con

vent

ions

into

nat

iona

l law

and

how

th

is re

duce

s co

nstra

ints

on

wom

en’s

aut

onom

y in

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g, a

nd o

f the

rele

vanc

e of

form

al h

uman

righ

ts tr

eaty

co

mm

itmen

ts to

dis

crim

inat

ion

in d

evel

opm

ent c

ount

ries,

Afric

a –

Voic

es o

f the

Vu

lner

able

and

Hum

an

Righ

ts: P

rom

otin

g St

akeh

olde

r Lea

rnin

g on

Ac

cess

to J

ustic

e.

Afric

a Re

gion

.

Inte

ract

ion

betw

een

hum

an ri

ghts

and

ac

cess

to ju

stic

e

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) The

pre

vious

ly co

mpl

eted

“Eth

iopi

a De

sk

revie

w a

nd m

appi

ng o

f exis

ting

rese

arch

and

ana

lysis

on

acce

ss to

ju

stic

e fo

r vul

nera

ble

grou

ps” a

nd it

s fin

ding

s an

d re

com

men

datio

ns h

ave

been

sub

mitt

ed to

the

Just

ice

Sect

or B

oard

for c

omm

ents

. Afte

r fee

dbac

k is

rece

ived

a di

ssem

inat

ion

wor

ksho

p w

ill be

org

anize

d as

par

t of a

fo

llow

-up

NTF

gran

t. (ii

) Des

k re

view

s an

d m

appi

ng o

f exis

ting

rese

arch

ha

ve b

een

initi

ated

for C

amer

oon,

Sie

rra L

eone

and

Bot

swan

a. (i

ii) In

Ca

mer

oon

hous

ehol

d su

rvey

wor

k ha

s al

so b

een

cont

ract

ed.

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) com

plet

ed b

y th

e Ju

stic

e an

d Le

gal S

yste

ms

Rese

arch

In

stitu

te. (

ii) P

repa

ratio

n of

oth

er s

urve

ys a

nd re

sear

ch.

Impr

oved

und

erst

andi

ng o

f iss

ues

and

optio

ns s

urro

undi

ng

the

acce

ss to

just

ice

by th

e po

or in

Eth

iopi

a an

d ot

her

parti

cipa

ting

coun

tries

.

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)

4 5

NTF

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ram

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nts

Com

plet

ed T

hrou

gh 2

012

Title

, im

plem

entin

g W

orld

Ban

k un

it

Area

of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

Wom

en, B

usin

ess

and

the

Law

(WBL

).

Fina

ncia

l and

priv

ate

sect

or d

evel

opm

ent

Netw

ork/

IFC.

Hum

an R

ight

s an

d di

scrim

inat

ion

agai

nst

wom

en in

bus

ines

s

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Pre

para

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

n of

thre

e fo

llow

-up

topi

c no

tes:

“Map

ping

the

Lega

l Gen

der G

ap in

Get

ting

a Jo

b”, “

Map

ping

the

Lega

l Gen

der G

ap in

Usi

ng P

rope

rty a

nd B

uild

ing

Cred

it” a

nd “M

appi

ng th

e Le

gal G

ende

r Gap

in A

cces

sing

Bus

ines

s En

viron

men

t Ins

titut

ions

”. (ii

) Pre

para

tion

of th

ree

follo

w-u

p co

untry

cas

e st

udie

s. (i

ii) P

repa

ratio

n of

sur

vey

mod

ules

on

viole

nce

agai

nst w

omen

in

con

junc

tion

with

UN

Wom

en, i

nclu

ding

mod

ules

on

sexu

al h

aras

smen

t in

the

wor

kpla

ce, h

aras

smen

t in

publ

ic s

pace

s, a

nd d

omes

tic v

iole

nce.

(iv

) Cre

atio

n of

indi

cato

r on

Viol

ence

aga

inst

Wom

en (i

n pr

ogre

ss).

http

://w

bl.w

orld

bank

.org

/

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) Pre

para

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

n of

the

2012

Wor

ld B

ank

and

IFC

repo

rt “W

omen

, Bus

ines

s an

d th

e La

w: R

emov

ing

Barri

ers

to

Econ

omic

Incl

usio

n” w

ith la

unch

eve

nts

in W

ashi

ngto

n D.

C. a

nd in

Ken

ya,

supp

orte

d by

NTF

and

oth

ers.

(ii)

Prep

arat

ion

of a

nnex

on

“Wom

en’s

ec

onom

ic ri

ghts

and

hum

an ri

ghts

” p. 2

8-31

in th

e 20

12 re

port.

(ii

i) Ab

out 3

5 di

ssem

inat

ion

even

ts in

Was

hing

ton

and

inte

rnat

iona

lly o

f th

e pr

evio

usly

prep

ared

201

2 Re

port.

Impr

oved

und

erst

andi

ng a

nd d

ocum

enta

tion

of (i

) leg

al

diffe

renc

es b

etw

een

men

and

wom

en in

are

as a

ffect

ing

ince

ntive

s an

d ca

paci

ty to

wor

k or

set

up

and

run

a bu

sine

ss in

142

eco

nom

ies,

(ii)

outc

omes

of l

egal

gen

der

disc

rimin

atio

n on

wom

en’s

labo

r for

ce p

artic

ipat

ion

and

finan

cial

incl

usio

n, (i

ii) h

ow h

uman

righ

ts in

ters

ect w

ith

gend

er a

spec

ts o

f eco

nom

ic in

clus

ion

as d

iscu

ssed

in a

nd

diss

emin

ated

thro

ugh

the

2012

Wom

en, B

usin

ess

and

the

Law

repo

rt an

d as

soci

ated

topi

c no

tes,

(iv)

the

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

viole

nce

agai

nst w

omen

and

wom

en’s

eco

nom

ic

parti

cipa

tion.

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)


NTF

Prog

ram

Gra

nts

Com

plet

ed T

hrou

gh 2

012

Title

, im

plem

entin

g W

orld

Ban

k un

it

Area

of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

Capa

city

and

inst

itutio

ns

Colo

mbi

a –

Peac

e an

d De

velo

pmen

t Pro

ject

. La

tin A

mer

ica

and

Carib

bean

Reg

ion.

Cons

ider

atio

ns

rega

rdin

g hu

man

rig

hts

in p

ost-

confl

ict

deve

lopm

ent w

ork

(i) M

ain

activ

ities

of C

ompo

nent

I (J

une

2010

– A

pril

2011

): An

alyt

ical

re

port

on th

e St

ate

of th

e ar

t of t

he le

vel o

f int

egra

tion

of h

uman

righ

ts in

th

e Re

gion

al D

evel

opm

ent a

nd P

eace

Pro

gram

s (R

DPP)

.

(ii) M

ain

activ

ities

of C

ompo

nent

II (M

arch

201

1 –

Mar

ch 2

012)

: w

orks

hops

and

trai

ning

ses

sion

s on

hum

an ri

ghts

and

dev

elop

men

t with

re

pres

enta

tives

of t

he p

roje

ct. P

ilot fi

eld

activ

ities

to d

esig

n an

d te

st a

to

ol fo

r ide

ntify

ing

and

mea

surin

g th

e di

rect

and

indi

rect

con

tribu

tions

of

dev

elop

men

t pro

ject

s to

the

enjo

ymen

t of h

uman

righ

ts o

f the

targ

et

popu

latio

ns, s

take

hold

er c

onsu

ltatio

ns to

pre

sent

the

tool

and

dis

cuss

ne

xt s

teps

. Mai

n ou

tput

: Pla

nnin

g an

d M

anag

emen

t too

l for

Hum

an

Righ

ts B

ased

Dev

elop

men

t Pro

ject

s. (i

ii) M

ain

activ

ities

of C

ompo

nent

III

(Apr

il –N

ovem

ber 2

012)

: Mee

tings

with

sta

keho

lder

s to

get

feed

back

on

the

tool

. Eig

ht d

ays

wor

ksho

p in

Nor

te d

e Sa

ntan

der w

ith a

ll th

e st

akeh

olde

rs, d

irect

ed a

t sha

ring

the

know

ledg

e ge

nera

ted

abou

t the

lin

ks th

at e

xist b

etw

een

deve

lopm

ent a

nd h

uman

righ

ts, a

nd te

stin

g th

e to

ol w

ith a

sec

ond

pilo

t. M

ain

outp

uts:

a) T

este

d kn

owle

dge

shar

ing

met

hodo

logy

, b) m

ultim

edia

pac

kage

incl

udin

g th

e Gr

ant’s

mai

n pr

oduc

ts

and,

c) F

inal

repo

rt –

Guid

e fo

r the

inte

grat

ion

of ri

ghts

bas

ed a

ppro

ach

into

dev

elop

men

t pro

ject

s.

http

://w

ww.

wor

ldba

nk.o

rg/e

n/ne

ws/

2012

/11/

05/c

olom

bia-

mea

surin

g-co

nnec

tion-

betw

een-

deve

lopm

ent-

and-

hum

an-r

ight

s

(i) W

B st

aff a

nd R

DPP

proj

ect t

eam

s’ a

war

enes

s ab

out t

he li

nks

betw

een

thei

r wor

k an

d hu

man

righ

ts.

(ii) C

omm

itmen

t of R

DPP

to in

corp

orat

e HR

BA in

to th

eir

wor

k. (i

ii) G

oC, R

DPP

Netw

ork

and

EU in

tere

sted

in th

e ap

plic

atio

n of

the

Plan

ning

and

Man

agem

ent T

ool f

or

Hum

an R

ight

s Ba

sed

Deve

lopm

ent P

roje

cts.

(iv)

WB’

s ne

w

line

of d

ialo

gue

with

GoC

, par

tner

s an

d ci

vil s

ocie

ty.

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)

4 7

NTF

Prog

ram

Gra

nts

Com

plet

ed T

hrou

gh 2

012

Title

, im

plem

entin

g W

orld

Ban

k un

it

Area

of k

now

ledg

e ge

nera

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

Inte

grat

ing

hum

an ri

ghts

as

pect

s in

IFC’

s pr

ivate

se

ctor

dev

elop

men

t w

ork.

IFC.

Advis

ing

priva

te s

ecto

r cl

ient

s on

hum

an ri

ghts

as

a ri

sk fo

r bus

ines

s op

erat

ions

(i) C

ontri

butio

n of

hum

an ri

ghts

ana

lysis

to th

e up

date

of I

FC

Sust

aina

bilit

y Fr

amew

ork

(SF)

, inc

ludi

ng P

erfo

rman

ce S

tand

ards

(PS)

ap

prov

ed b

y th

e W

orld

Ban

k Bo

ard

in M

ay 2

012

and

to a

ssoc

iate

d co

nsul

tatio

n an

d tra

inin

g. S

ever

al N

TF s

pons

ored

wor

ksho

ps h

eld

for

Bank

sta

ff an

d m

anag

emen

t. w

ww.

ifc.o

rg/s

usta

inab

ilityf

ram

ewor

k.

(ii) U

pdat

e an

d di

ssem

inat

ion

of IF

C’s

onlin

e Gu

ide

to H

uman

Rig

hts

Impa

ct A

sses

smen

t and

Man

agem

ent (

HRIA

M).

Web

site

was

rede

sign

ed

and

mig

rate

d to

an

IFC-

host

ed s

ite, a

nd P

DF w

as re

desi

gned

and

als

o tra

nsla

ted

into

Spa

nish

. ww

w.ifc

.org

/hria

m. (

iii) V

olun

tary

Prin

cipl

es

(VPs

) on

Secu

rity

and

Hum

an R

ight

s Im

plem

enta

tion

Guid

ance

Too

ls

(IGT)

fina

lized

follo

win

g co

nsul

tatio

ns w

ith s

take

hold

ers

incl

udin

g pr

ivate

fir

ms,

NGO

s, a

nd g

over

nmen

ts, a

nd la

unch

ed a

t VPs

Ple

nary

in O

ttaw

a.

IGT

also

tran

slat

ed in

to S

pani

sh a

nd m

ade

avai

labl

e, a

long

side

the

Engl

ish

vers

ion,

on

the

VPs

web

site

. ww

w.vo

lunt

aryp

rinci

ples

.org

(und

er

Reso

urce

s).

The

upda

ted

SF in

clud

es (i

n bo

th th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

Polic

y an

d th

e Pe

rform

ance

Sta

ndar

ds) t

he p

rivat

e se

ctor

’s

resp

onsi

bilit

y to

resp

ect h

uman

righ

ts..

The

PSs

are

a gl

obal

ben

chm

ark

for t

he p

rivat

e se

ctor

—fo

r bot

h pr

ojec

t in

vest

men

t and

fina

ncia

l int

erm

edia

ries—

and

prov

ide

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

app

roac

h re

flect

ing

key

hum

an ri

ghts

pr

inci

ples

. IFC

’s c

ontin

uing

wor

k on

hum

an ri

ghts

issu

es—

incl

udin

g on

due

dilig

ence

—is

par

t of a

requ

este

d ag

enda

fro

m a

wid

e ra

nge

of s

take

hold

ers

(e.g

., by

the

near

ly 50

Eq

uato

r Prin

cipl

es F

inan

cial

Inst

itutio

ns, 1

1 Ex

port

Cred

it Ag

enci

es, 7

Dev

elop

men

t Fin

ance

Inst

itutio

ns, 1

5 IF

C cl

ient

s an

d 11

gov

ernm

ent a

genc

ies

parti

cipa

ting

in th

is

year

’s a

nnua

l Com

mun

ity o

f Lea

rnin

g). T

he G

uide

to H

RIAM

is

use

d by

com

pani

es to

und

erst

and,

ass

ess,

and

man

age

thei

r ow

n ris

ks a

nd im

pact

s, a

nd IF

C ha

s su

ppor

ted

its

pres

ence

and

mai

nten

ance

thro

ugh

the

mig

ratio

n to

an

inte

rnal

ly ho

sted

web

site

.

Mex

ico

– So

uth

Afric

a –

Inco

rpor

atin

g Hu

man

Ri

ghts

Prin

cipl

es

into

You

th V

iole

nce

Prog

ram

min

g an

d Po

licy

Dial

ogue

. Soc

ial

Deve

lopm

ent N

etw

ork.

Oppo

rtuni

ties

for

inco

rpor

atin

g hu

man

rig

hts

cons

ider

atio

ns

and

incl

usio

n of

you

ng

peop

le in

to p

olic

y di

alog

ue a

roun

d vio

lenc

e

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Fou

r reg

iona

l you

th fo

rum

s in

Mex

ico

cond

ucte

d an

d in

puts

take

n up

in n

atio

nal p

reve

ntio

n st

rate

gy. (

ii) In

SA,

su

ppor

t to

a w

orks

hop

in J

ohan

nesb

urg

to a

lign

mun

icip

al s

trate

gies

with

th

e na

tiona

l stra

tegy

, and

pla

nnin

g of

a s

imila

r fol

low

-up

wor

ksho

p in

Ca

peto

wn.

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) Cou

ntry

Ass

essm

ents

on

Yout

h Vi

olen

ce, P

olic

y an

d Pr

ogra

ms

for S

outh

Afri

ca a

nd M

exic

o; (i

i) Pa

rtici

patio

n in

Mex

ican

Na

tiona

l Con

fere

nce

on y

outh

vio

lenc

e pr

even

tion,

Jan

uary

201

1.

(i) E

nhan

ced

know

ledg

e on

hum

an ri

ghts

dim

ensi

ons

of y

outh

vio

lenc

e. (i

i) In

Mex

ico,

inpu

ts fr

om th

e gr

ant

supp

orte

d yo

uth

foru

m h

ave

info

rmed

a n

atio

nal s

trate

gy

and

the

crea

tion

of a

nat

iona

l you

th n

etw

ork,

with

a v

irtua

l pl

atfo

rm to

con

nect

you

th a

nd th

e na

tiona

l gov

ernm

ent.

(iii)

In S

A, d

ialo

gue

betw

een

mun

icip

al a

nd n

atio

nal l

evel

go

vern

men

ts h

as b

een

stre

ngth

ened

.

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)


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it

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of k

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ledg

e ge

nera

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and

diss

emin

atio

nAc

tiviti

es c

ompl

eted

dur

ing

(i) th

e cu

rren

t rep

ortin

g pe

riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

usRe

sults

Hum

an R

ight

s an

d De

velo

pmen

t ass

ista

nce

in th

e co

ntex

t of v

iole

nt

confl

ict a

nd s

ocie

tal

fragi

lity.

Mid

dle

East

and

No

rth A

frica

Reg

ion.

Cons

ider

atio

ns

rega

rdin

g th

e po

tent

ial

use

of h

uman

righ

ts

met

hodo

logy

in

deve

lopm

ent w

ork

in

confl

ict s

ettin

gs

Curre

nt re

porti

ng p

erio

d: (i

) Res

earc

h re

port

“Rig

hts

Base

d Pr

ogra

mm

ing

for C

hild

ren

in C

onfli

ct-A

ffect

ed A

reas

– O

pera

tiona

l Exp

erie

nce

from

the

Mid

dle

East

Reg

ion”

fina

lized

. (ii)

Dra

ft re

port/

diss

emin

atio

n w

orks

hop

in B

eiru

t Nov

embe

r 201

1 w

ith th

e Le

ague

of A

rab

Stat

es, g

over

nmen

ts

in th

e re

gion

, Wor

ld B

ank,

UN

and

civil

soc

iety.

http

://re

sour

cece

ntre

.sa

veth

echi

ldre

n.se

/con

tent

/libr

ary/

docu

men

ts/ri

ghts

-bas

ed-

prog

ram

min

g-ch

ildre

n-co

nflic

t-af

fect

ed-a

reas

-ope

ratio

nal-e

xpe

Prev

ious

ly: (i

) Inc

eptio

n re

port

on C

hild

Rig

hts

Prog

ram

min

g in

MEN

A.

(ii) R

egio

nal s

take

hold

er w

orks

hop

in J

orda

n in

May

201

1 w

ith

parti

cipa

nts

from

the

Leag

ue o

f Ara

b St

ates

, gov

ernm

ents

in th

e re

gion

, W

orld

Ban

k, U

N an

d ci

vil s

ocie

ty, to

dis

cuss

pilo

t res

earc

h an

d re

sear

ch

resu

lts re

spec

tivel

y. (ii

i) Fi

eldw

ork

cond

ucte

d in

Leb

anon

, Yem

en a

nd

Wes

t Ban

k an

d Ga

za

(i) R

esea

rch

resu

lts: C

hild

righ

ts-b

ased

pro

gram

min

g,

thro

ugh

its fo

cus

on n

on-d

iscr

imin

atio

n an

d pa

rtici

patio

n,

has

the

pote

ntia

l to

posi

tivel

y in

fluen

ce th

e sa

fety

and

se

curit

y in

a p

roje

ct a

rea.

(ii)

Enha

nced

kno

wle

dge

on

right

s-ba

sed

prog

ram

min

g am

ong

parti

cipa

ting

Bank

sta

ff.

(iii)

Upta

ke o

f the

resu

lts fr

om th

e re

sear

ch in

the

Leag

ue o

f Ar

ab S

tate

s w

ho o

rgan

ized

a fo

llow

up

wor

ksho

p on

chi

ld

right

s-ba

sed

prog

ram

min

g an

d sa

fety

and

sec

urity

.

Inst

itutio

ns a

nd H

uman

Ri

ghts

.

Deve

lopm

ent

Econ

omic

s.

Link

s be

twee

n hu

man

rig

hts

and

inst

itutio

nsCu

rrent

repo

rting

per

iod:

(i) A

nalyt

ic w

ork

on: t

he im

pact

of h

uman

rig

hts

treat

ies,

the

impa

ct o

f con

stitu

tiona

l cou

rt de

cisi

ons,

grie

vanc

e re

dres

s in

dev

elop

men

t, rig

hts

base

d ap

proa

ches

to d

evel

opm

ent,

and

cust

omar

y le

gal i

nstit

utio

ns. (

ii) C

olla

bora

tive

wor

k w

ith th

e Co

nstit

utio

nal

Cham

ber o

f the

Sup

rem

e Co

urt o

f Cos

ta R

ica

and

the

Cons

titut

iona

l Co

urt o

f Col

ombi

a on

com

plia

nce

with

hum

an ri

ghts

ord

ers.

(iii)

Ove

r te

n co

llabo

rativ

e ef

forts

, sem

inar

s, a

nd p

rese

ntat

ions

on

inst

itutio

ns a

nd

hum

an ri

ghts

acr

oss

the

Wor

ld B

ank

Grou

p (in

clud

ing

the

Sout

h As

ia

and

Latin

Am

eric

a Re

gion

s, th

e Hu

man

Dev

elop

men

t, Po

verty

Red

uctio

n/Ec

onom

ic M

anag

emen

t and

Sus

tain

able

Dev

elop

men

t net

wor

k an

chor

un

its a

nd th

e De

velo

pmen

t Eco

nom

ics

unit)

.

Prev

ious

ly: E

ight

pub

licat

ions

pre

pare

d an

d di

ssem

inat

ed in

the

rese

arch

co

mm

unity

and

in th

e W

orld

Ban

k.

(i) E

nhan

ced

awar

enes

s on

hum

an ri

ghts

– in

stitu

tions

re

late

d is

sues

am

ong

Bank

sta

ff. (i

i) Th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

a ne

w d

ata

syst

em a

nd n

ew d

atas

et o

n co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith

hum

an ri

ghts

rulin

gs in

Cos

ta R

ica.

(iii)

The

pub

licat

ion

of e

ight

rese

arch

pap

ers

on h

uman

righ

ts, i

nclu

ding

“R

edre

ssin

g Gr

ieva

nces

and

Com

plai

nts

Rega

rdin

g Ba

sic

Serv

ice

Deliv

ery,”

Wor

ld D

evel

opm

ent 4

1: 1

09-1

19,

2012

, http

://dx

.doi

.org

/10.

1016

/j.w

orld

dev.2

012.

05.0

27,

and

“Hum

an R

ight

s-ba

sed

Appr

oach

es to

Dev

elop

men

t: Co

ncep

ts, E

viden

ce, a

nd P

olic

y” (w

ith S

iri G

lopp

en),

Polit

y 44

: 485

-503

, Oct

ober

201

2, h

ttp://

ww

w.pa

lgra

ve-jo

urna

ls.

com

/pol

ity/jo

urna

l/v44

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tiviti

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dur

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(i) th

e cu

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riod

(Nov

embe

r 201

1 –

Dece

mbe

r 201

2) a

nd (i

i) pr

evio

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sults

Capa

city

and

inst

itutio

ns

The

Righ

t to

Wor

k:

Unde

rsta

ndin

g th

e Hu

man

Rig

hts

Dim

ensi

ons

of

Empl

oym

ent.

Deve

lopm

ent

Econ

omic

s/W

orld

De

velo

pmen

t Rep

ort

(WDR

).

Supp

ort t

o th

e 20

13

WDR

With

the

supp

ort o

f the

NTF

, the

WDR

201

3 on

Job

s in

clud

ed a

n ex

plic

it fo

cus

on ri

ghts

. Thi

s is

inte

grat

ed in

to th

e fra

mew

ork

of th

e re

port

(Ove

rvie

w a

nd C

hapt

er 5

) and

the

defin

ition

of j

obs

that

is a

pplie

d.

Unac

cept

able

act

ivitie

s th

at v

iola

te h

uman

righ

ts, i

nclu

ding

haz

ardo

us

child

labo

r, fo

rced

labo

r, an

d jo

bs th

at s

uppr

ess

voic

e ar

e no

t con

side

red

“jobs

” in

the

lang

uage

of t

he W

DR. T

he R

epor

t inc

lude

s se

ctio

ns o

n jo

bs

and

right

s (C

hapt

er 5

), so

cial

coh

esio

n (C

hapt

er 4

), th

e rig

hts

of m

igra

nts

(Cha

pter

7),

and

the

inte

rnat

iona

l con

text

for i

mpr

ovin

g rig

hts

at w

ork,

in

clud

ing

ILO

conv

entio

ns, t

he ro

le o

f tra

de p

olic

ies,

and

cor

pora

te s

ocia

l re

spon

sibi

lity

(Cha

pter

9).

The

NTF

supp

ort a

lso

allo

wed

for a

n ac

tive

cons

ulta

tions

and

dia

logu

e w

ith th

e IL

O an

d ci

vil s

ocie

ty o

rgan

izatio

ns

invo

lved

in ri

ghts

issu

es. T

he re

port,

sum

mar

y m

ater

ials

, and

bac

kgro

und

pape

rs a

re a

ll av

aila

ble

at w

ww.

wor

ldba

nk.o

rg/w

dr20

13.

The

mai

n re

sult

of th

e NT

F su

ppor

t was

the

inte

grat

ion

of

right

s in

to th

e co

re m

essa

ges

and

fram

ewor

k of

the

Repo

rt.

This

focu

s ha

s be

en n

oted

by

key

exte

rnal

con

stitu

enci

es

incl

udin

g th

e IL

O, d

evel

opm

ent p

artn

ers

incl

udin

g DF

ID,

GiZ

and

KfW

, and

civi

l soc

iety

org

aniza

tions

. In

addi

tion

to th

e se

ctio

ns o

f the

repo

rt, th

e NT

F gr

ant s

uppo

rted

the

prod

uctio

n of

a s

et o

f bac

kgro

und

pape

rs re

late

d to

rig

hts

and

jobs

incl

udin

g pa

pers

on:

(i) t

he le

gal a

spec

ts

of d

iscr

imin

atio

n at

wor

k; (i

i) ec

onom

ic d

imen

sion

s an

d m

easu

rem

ent o

f dis

crim

inat

ion

at w

ork;

(iii)

priv

ate

and

volu

ntar

y in

itiat

ives

to im

prov

e w

orke

rs ri

ghts

; (iv)

voi

ce

and

info

rmal

sec

tor w

orke

rs; (

v) s

ocia

l coh

esio

n co

ncep

ts

and

mea

sure

men

t; (v

i) an

alys

is o

f wel

l-bei

ng a

nd w

ork

in g

arm

ent f

acto

ries,

usi

ng d

ata

from

the

ILO-

IFC

bette

r w

ork

prog

ram

; and

(vii)

alte

rnat

ive d

ispu

te m

echa

nism

s fo

r w

orke

rs in

Cam

bodi

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duca

tion

and

soci

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rote

ctio

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ngth

enin

g th

e re

leva

nce

of H

uman

Rig

hts

in th

e Ba

nk’s

Hum

an D

evel

opm

ent (

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k. H

uman

Dev

elop

men

t Net

wor

k.To

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

prom

ote

deep

er k

now

ledg

e ab

out t

he ro

le o

f hum

an ri

ghts

in th

e W

orld

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k’s

wor

k in

hea

lth, e

duca

tion

and

soci

al p

rote

ctio

n. T

here

are

two

com

pone

nts

in

the

prop

osal

: (i)

back

grou

nd a

nd g

uida

nce

note

s on

key

righ

ts a

spec

ts a

nd th

eir p

rogr

essi

ve

real

izatio

n (c

hild

ren,

food

, wor

k) a

nd th

e di

ssem

inat

ion

of g

uida

nce

note

s; a

nd (i

i) en

gage

w

ith re

gion

s fo

r sup

port

on-d

eman

d fro

m p

roje

cts

and

team

s, c

ase

stud

ies

and

follo

w-u

p w

ork

Indo

nesi

a –

Heal

th c

are

acce

ss fo

r the

poo

r and

vul

nera

ble:

A p

ropo

sal t

o as

sess

the

avai

labi

lity

of b

enefi

t ent

itlem

ents

und

er In

done

sia’

s Ja

mke

smas

Pro

gram

. Eas

t Asi

a Re

gion

.To

exp

lore

the

use

of ri

ghts

to p

rom

ote

unive

rsal

acc

ess

to h

ealth

. Use

of a

sses

smen

t to

ol a

nd h

ealth

cen

sus,

and

with

a fo

cus

on fo

ur tr

acer

con

ditio

ns p

reva

lent

am

ong

the

poor

to a

sses

s di

stric

t-le

vel v

aria

tions

in th

e av

aila

bilit

y of

Jam

kesm

as b

enefi

t pac

kage

ac

ross

Indo

nesi

a. R

esul

ts w

ill in

form

Ban

k pr

ogra

m o

n un

ivers

al c

over

age

and

be u

sed

in

wor

ksho

ps, B

BLs,

pol

icy

brie

fs. A

ctivi

ties

disc

usse

d an

d ap

prov

ed b

y th

e ch

air o

f Nat

iona

l In

stitu

te o

f Hea

lth R

esea

rch

and

Min

istry

of H

ealth

.

Braz

il –

Canc

er a

nd H

uman

Rig

hts.

Lat

in A

mer

ican

and

Car

ibbe

an R

egio

nTo

exp

and

know

ledg

e ab

out h

ow th

e rig

ht to

hea

lth c

an im

prov

e de

alin

g w

ith c

ance

r in

Braz

il. A

ctivi

ties

incl

ude:

(i) B

ackg

roun

d no

te o

n ca

ncer

and

the

right

to h

ealth

and

how

lit

igat

ion

has

impa

cted

on

the

heal

th s

yste

m, e

quity

, im

plic

atio

ns o

f cur

rent

prio

ritiza

tion

proc

edur

es e

tc; (

ii) W

orks

hop

on c

ance

r car

e an

d th

e rig

ht to

hea

lth; (

iii) R

epor

t su

mm

arizi

ng th

e pr

esen

tatio

ns, d

iscu

ssio

ns, a

nd c

oncl

usio

ns o

f the

wor

ksho

p; (

iv) E

m

Brev

e no

te??

; and

(v) I

nter

nal w

orks

hop.

Latin

Am

eric

a –

Impr

ovin

g re

sults

of B

ank’

s op

erat

ions

by

enha

ncin

g eq

uity,

gov

erna

nce

and

acco

unta

bilit

y an

d su

ppor

ting

hum

an d

evel

opm

ent p

olic

ies

that

con

tribu

te to

the

real

izatio

n of

th

e rig

ht to

hea

lth. L

atin

Am

eric

an a

nd C

arib

bean

Reg

ion.

To e

xplo

re h

ow th

e rig

ht to

hea

lth c

an im

prov

e th

e W

orld

Ban

k’s

wor

k in

the

heal

th s

ecto

r. Ac

tiviti

es in

clud

e; (i

) Re

port

with

revie

w o

f Ban

k’s

oper

atio

nal t

ools

aim

ed a

t im

prov

ing

gove

rnan

ce a

nd a

ccou

ntab

ility

in th

e he

alth

sec

tor;

(ii)

Repo

rt on

dat

a co

llect

ion,

mon

itorin

g an

d an

alyt

ical

tool

s; (i

ii) C

ase

stud

ies

on ri

ght t

o he

alth

; (iv)

Res

ourc

e ki

t; (v

) 8 w

ebin

ars

( HD

and

HNP

know

ledg

e pl

atfo

rm; (

vi). T

wo

wor

ksho

ps; (

vii) D

igita

l sum

mar

y vid

eo p

ublic

atio

ns;

and

(viii)

Sem

inar

s.

(con

tinue

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nex

t pag

e)

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nex

C

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and

pla

nned

act

iviti

es

Sier

ra L

eone

– P

rom

otin

g He

alth

Rig

hts

thro

ugh

Citiz

en A

ccou

ntab

ility.

Afric

a Re

gion

.To

exa

min

e ev

iden

ce o

n ci

tizen

s’ e

ngag

emen

t in

prom

otin

g ac

coun

tabi

lity

usin

g co

mm

unity

ba

sed

or m

ore

form

al m

echa

nism

s. H

ow c

an a

righ

ts-b

ased

app

roac

h bo

lste

r soc

ial

acco

unta

bilit

y ac

tiviti

es?

The

proj

ect w

ill be

invo

lved

in th

e cu

rrent

PRS

P an

d w

ill co

ntrib

ute

to C

AS 1

4. It

will

also

be

invo

lved

in th

e De

cent

raliz

ed S

ervic

es D

elive

ry P

roje

ct

Latin

Am

eric

a –

Soci

al P

rote

ctio

n an

d Ri

ghts

’ Bas

ed P

olic

ies:

Inst

itutio

nal a

nd o

pera

tiona

l ex

perie

nces

. Lat

in A

mer

ican

and

Car

ibbe

an R

egio

n.To

exa

min

e th

e in

stitu

tiona

l and

nor

mat

ive fr

amew

orks

for r

ight

s ba

sed

soci

al p

olic

ies

in

Latin

Am

eric

a. A

ctivi

ties

incl

ude:

(i) P

rodu

ctio

n of

cou

ntry

repo

rts a

nd th

emat

ic re

ports

and

as

soci

ated

wor

ksho

ps; (

ii) P

ilot M

anag

emen

t Inf

orm

atio

n Sy

stem

to p

rovid

e ev

iden

ce o

n pr

ogre

ssive

real

izatio

n of

soc

ial r

ight

s; a

nd (i

ii) C

onfe

renc

e on

Hum

an R

ight

s an

d So

cial

Pr

otec

tion.

Cou

ntry

wor

k pl

anne

d fo

r Bra

zil, G

uate

mal

a, P

eru

and

El S

alva

dor.

Gove

rnan

ce a

nd E

mpo

wer

men

t

Afric

a –

Enha

ncin

g In

clus

ivene

ss in

Citi

es. A

frica

Reg

ion.

To d

evel

op w

ays

to s

uppo

rt pa

rtici

patio

n an

d em

pow

erm

ent t

hrou

gh e

quita

ble

targ

etin

g an

d in

clus

ivene

ss o

f the

poo

r, ba

sed

on th

e W

B Ur

ban

and

Loca

l Gov

ernm

ent S

trate

gy,

Syst

ems

of C

ities

. The

pro

pose

d pr

ojec

t will

unde

rtake

dia

gnos

tic s

tudi

es, p

rovid

e te

chni

cal

assi

stan

ce to

stre

ngth

en o

ngoi

ng u

rban

ope

ratio

ns o

n in

clus

ivene

ss, a

nd o

rgan

ize

wor

ksho

ps w

ith s

take

hold

ers

in th

e re

gion

and

the

Bank

. Ca

se s

tudi

es e

xpec

ted

in G

hana

an

d Et

hiop

ia in

whi

ch a

ctivi

ties

have

alre

ady

been

impl

emen

ted

as p

art o

f the

pre

vious

NTF

gr

ant.

Viet

nam

– S

uppo

rting

Citi

zen’

s Ri

ghts

II. E

ast A

sia

Regi

on.

To s

uppo

rt th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of ri

ghts

to a

ll pa

rts o

f the

pop

ulat

ion

as o

utlin

ed in

exis

ting

Viet

nam

ese

law.

Con

tinua

tion

of p

revio

us N

TF a

ctivi

ties

thro

ugh

(i) A

war

enes

s ra

isin

g th

roug

h th

e m

edia

(ii)

Asse

ssm

ent a

nd s

urve

y of

leve

ls o

f rig

hts

awar

enes

s (ii

i) K&

L ac

tiviti

es

in W

B co

untry

offi

ce.

Enha

ncin

g Ci

tizen

s’ P

artic

ipat

ion

and

Incl

usio

n th

roug

h M

obile

-bas

ed T

echn

olog

ies.

Wor

ld

Bank

Inst

itute

.To

sup

port

inte

grat

ion

of m

inor

ity g

roup

s an

d fa

cilit

ate

incl

usio

n an

d no

n-di

scrim

inat

ion.

Ac

tiviti

es w

ill fo

cus

on V

oice

and

Par

ticip

atio

n th

roug

h ce

ll-ph

ones

in p

artic

ipat

ory

budg

etin

g pr

oces

ses

whi

ch in

clud

e m

inor

ity g

roup

s an

d tra

ckin

g th

e pa

rtici

patio

n of

thes

e gr

oups

. Ac

tiviti

es in

clud

e op

erat

iona

l tes

ting

of fi

ndin

gs m

ade

in th

e HR

stu

dy m

ade

durin

g th

e fir

st

proj

ect,

incl

udin

g us

e of

ICT

in m

edia

ted

Parti

cipa

tory

bud

getin

g an

d sy

stem

atizi

ng th

e us

e of

citi

zen

call

cent

ers.

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)


NTF

Prog

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nts

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am

ount

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Title

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orld

Ban

k Un

itOb

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ives

and

pla

nned

act

iviti

es

Libe

ria –

The

Pol

itica

l Eco

nom

y of

Nat

ural

Res

ourc

e Go

vern

ance

. Sm

all h

olde

r Tre

e Cr

op

Revit

aliza

tion

Proj

ect.

Lega

l Dep

artm

ent.

To u

se a

righ

ts-b

ased

app

roac

h as

a m

eans

to im

prov

e th

e im

pact

of n

atur

al re

sour

ce

inve

stm

ent o

n co

mm

uniti

es. L

abor

, foo

d, h

ealth

, and

righ

ts o

f ind

igen

ous

peop

les

are

in

focu

s. A

ctivi

ties

are

anal

ytic

al, c

apac

ity b

uild

ing

of B

ank

staf

f as

wel

l as

Libe

rian

CSO.

East

ern

Euro

pe a

nd C

entra

l Asi

a –

Incl

udin

g a

Hum

an R

ight

s Pe

rspe

ctive

in th

e Op

erat

iona

lizat

ion

of th

e 20

11 W

DR o

n Co

nflic

t, Se

curit

y an

d De

velo

pmen

t in

ECA.

Eas

tern

Eu

rope

and

Cen

tral A

sia

Regi

on.

To in

tegr

ate

hum

an ri

ghts

in th

e EC

A St

rate

gic

Initi

ative

on

Frag

ility

and

Confl

ict w

ith fo

cus

on: (

i) T

ools

for F

ragi

lity

and

Confl

ict S

ensi

tive

Appr

oach

es; (

ii) Y

outh

Incl

usio

n an

d So

cial

Ac

coun

tabi

lity;

(iii)

Soc

ial C

ohes

ion

thro

ugh

Com

mun

ity-b

ased

dev

elop

men

t; an

d (iv

) Rig

hts

sens

itivit

y in

CAS

and

ISN,

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce,

and

sem

inar

s.

Oper

atio

nal F

ram

ewor

k fo

r Soc

ial I

nclu

sion

: Int

egra

ting

hum

an ri

ghts

. Soc

ial D

evel

opm

ent

Netw

ork.

To e

xplo

re th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

hum

an ri

ghts

into

the

Bank

’s w

ork

arou

nd in

equa

lity,

incl

usio

n an

d ex

clus

ion

as p

art o

f the

SDV

Fla

gshi

p w

ork

on S

ocia

l Inc

lusi

on. A

nalyt

ical

wor

k, le

arni

ng

even

ts a

nd d

isse

min

atio

n, e

xter

nal p

artn

ersh

ips.

Impl

emen

ting

Righ

t to

Info

rmat

ion

(RTI

) Ref

orm

s. P

over

ty R

educ

tion

and

Econ

omic

M

anag

emen

t Net

wor

k.To

ana

lyze

how

righ

t to

info

rmat

ion

refo

rms

are

impl

emen

ted

and

how

the

right

is u

sed

from

a c

ompa

rativ

e pe

rspe

ctive

. Ana

lytic

al w

ork

in e

ight

cou

ntrie

s. T

wo

synt

hese

s re

ports

on

resp

ectiv

ely

impl

emen

tatio

n an

d us

e. T

echn

ical

sup

port

and

Diss

emin

atio

n.

Soci

al A

ccou

ntab

ility

Activ

ities

to A

dvan

ce H

uman

Rig

hts.

Soc

ial D

evel

opm

ent N

etw

ork.

To e

nhan

ce th

e ef

fect

ivene

ss o

f soc

ial a

ccou

ntab

ility

oper

atio

ns in

‘fra

gile

’ and

‘clo

sed’

co

ntex

ts. A

s pa

rt of

the

Soci

al A

ccou

ntab

ility

Flag

ship

, w

ork

will

com

pris

e an

alyt

ical

wor

k,

evid

ence

gat

herin

g, c

ompi

latio

n of

an

over

view

of fi

ndin

gs, a

nd k

now

ledg

e di

ssem

inat

ion.

Disc

rimin

atio

n an

d vu

lner

able

gro

ups

Sub

Saha

ran

Afric

a –

Voic

es o

f the

Vul

nera

ble

and

Hum

an R

ight

s: P

rom

otin

g St

akeh

olde

r Le

arni

ng o

n Ac

cess

to J

ustic

e in

Sub

Sah

aran

Afri

ca (S

SA).

Afric

a Re

gion

.To

pro

mot

e le

arni

ng a

mon

g go

vern

men

tal a

utho

ritie

s an

d Ba

nk s

taff

abou

t the

var

ious

av

enue

s fo

r exp

andi

ng a

cces

s to

just

ice

for t

he v

ulne

rabl

e gr

oups

, esp

ecia

lly w

omen

and

yo

uth

in S

ub S

ahar

an A

frica

(SSA

). Ac

tiviti

es in

clud

e w

orks

hops

, stu

dies

and

kno

wle

dge

diss

emin

atio

n. C

ount

ries

to in

clud

e Bo

tsw

ana,

Sie

rra L

eone

and

oth

ers.

Afric

a –

Desi

gnin

g So

cial

Acc

ount

abilit

y M

echa

nism

s to

incl

ude

the

Excl

uded

. Afri

ca R

egio

n.To

impr

ove

the

desi

gn o

f acc

ount

abilit

y m

echa

nism

s fo

r Soc

ial p

rote

ctio

n in

Afri

can

coun

tries

. Act

ivitie

s in

clud

e co

mpi

latio

n of

cas

e st

udie

s, te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e in

thre

e se

lect

co

untri

es d

esig

ning

effe

ctive

acc

ount

abilit

y th

at re

ach

the

mos

t vul

nera

ble

grou

ps a

nd

prep

arat

ion

of a

sum

mar

y do

cum

ent a

nd g

uida

nce

note

.

Viol

ence

Aga

inst

Wom

en (W

AV) ,

Wom

en B

usin

ess

and

the

Law.

Fin

anci

al a

nd P

rivat

e Se

ctor

De

velo

pmen

t Net

wor

k/IF

C.To

cre

ate,

bui

ldin

g on

pre

vious

gra

nt, i

ndic

ator

s on

VAW

and

inte

grat

e an

alys

is o

f VAW

in

next

WBL

13.

Kno

wle

dge

diss

emin

atio

n ac

tiviti

es re

late

d to

this

.

(con

tinue

d on

nex

t pag

e)

5 3

NTF

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and

pla

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act

iviti

es

Zam

bia

– In

cent

ivizin

g th

e M

arke

t – L

inki

ng w

omen

and

the

Priva

te S

ecto

r: a

Hum

an R

ight

s Ba

sed

Appr

oach

. Sus

tain

able

Dev

elop

men

t Net

wor

k.To

exp

lore

the

links

bet

wee

n hu

man

righ

ts a

nd fe

mal

e m

anag

ed fa

rmin

g in

a p

rivat

e se

ctor

co

ntex

t. Re

view

of C

SR a

nd 4

-6 c

ase

stud

ies

show

casi

ng g

ood

prac

tice

betw

een

com

pani

es

and

rura

l wom

en. C

ount

ry w

ide

wor

ksho

ps in

Zam

bia.

Fin

al re

port

and

diss

emin

atio

n w

orks

hops

. Sou

th-s

outh

exc

hang

e.

Djib

outi

– En

surin

g Ri

ghts

and

live

lihoo

ds fo

r the

Mos

t Vul

nera

ble.

Mid

dle

East

and

Nor

ther

n Af

rica

Regi

on.

To e

xplo

re th

e va

lue

adde

d of

inte

grat

ing

hum

an ri

ghts

int

o th

e Ba

nk s

uppo

rted

‘Cris

is

Resp

onse

: Em

ploy

men

t and

Hum

an C

apita

l Soc

ial S

afet

y Ne

t’ pr

ojec

t. An

alys

is o

f des

ign

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

pro

ject

; add

ition

al c

ompo

nent

on

hum

an ri

ghts

in im

pact

eva

luat

ion

and

in d

esig

n of

the

natio

nal s

afet

y ne

t reg

istry

.

Tuni

sia

and

Mor

occo

: Enh

anci

ng th

e rig

hts

of m

igra

nts

and

of th

ose

left

behi

nd. M

iddl

e Ea

st

and

North

ern

Afric

a Re

gion

.To

exa

min

e th

e ro

le o

f hum

an ri

ghts

in th

ree

mig

ratio

n co

ntex

ts: b

efor

e m

igra

nts

mov

e,

whi

le th

ey a

re a

broa

d an

d, fi

nally

, im

pact

on

thos

e le

ft be

hind

. In

coun

try c

ases

incl

ude

Tuni

sia

and

Mor

occo

. Act

ivitie

s w

ill fo

cus

on a

cces

s to

saf

e em

ploy

men

t ave

nues

, soc

ial

prot

ectio

n is

sues

, and

hea

lth a

nd e

duca

tion

impl

icat

ions

of i

nter

natio

nal l

abor

mob

ility.

Outp

uts

incl

ude

polic

y no

tes,

dia

gnos

tic to

ols,

lear

ning

wor

ksho

ps a

nd B

BLs.

Hum

an R

ight

s an

d w

omen

’s e

mpo

wer

men

t, vo

ice

and

agen

cy. P

over

ty R

educ

tion

and

Econ

omic

Man

agem

ent N

etw

ork.

To e

xam

ine

the

hum

an ri

ghts

asp

ects

of c

ross

cou

ntry

lega

l diff

eren

tiatio

n on

the

basi

s of

ge

nder

, inc

ludi

ng d

etai

led

topi

cal a

nalys

is a

nd c

ount

ry c

ase

stud

ies

(Nig

er, T

unis

ia, P

apua

Gu

inea

). Ou

tput

s in

clud

e w

orks

hops

and

sem

inar

s, a

nalyt

ical

gui

danc

e fo

r tea

ms

on p

over

ty

and

gend

er a

sses

smen

ts g

roun

ded

in H

RBA.

Wor

k to

feed

into

flag

ship

repo

rt on

wom

en’s

vo

ice

and

agen

cy.

Expa

ndin

g kn

owle

dge,

aw

aren

ess

and

evid

ence

-bas

e on

equ

ality

of o

ppor

tuni

ty. P

over

ty

Redu

ctio

n an

d Ec

onom

ic M

anag

emen

t Net

wor

k.To

enh

ance

the

anal

ytic

al u

nder

stan

ding

of p

olic

y lin

kage

s of

equ

ality

of o

ppor

tuni

ty, a

nd

to ra

ise

awar

enes

s an

d bu

ild e

viden

ce b

ase

thro

ugh

a co

mbi

natio

n of

dis

sem

inat

ion,

kn

owle

dge

prod

ucts

and

pub

lic in

form

atio

n ca

mpa

igns

.

Indi

a –

Sexu

al O

rient

atio

n an

d Ge

nder

Iden

tity

Righ

ts: u

nder

stan

ding

thei

r Int

erco

nnec

tion

with

De

velo

pmen

t. So

uth

Asia

Reg

ion.

To e

xam

ine

the

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

hum

an ri

ghts

, sex

ual m

inor

ities

and

dev

elop

men

t. Ou

tput

s in

clud

e a

repo

rt on

link

s be

twee

n LG

BT a

nd g

ende

r min

oriti

es a

nd c

onst

rain

ts o

n ec

onom

ic a

nd s

ocia

l dev

elop

men

t, an

d w

ill in

clud

e a

fram

ewor

k on

how

to in

tegr

ate

the

sexu

al m

inor

ity a

ngle

in d

evel

opm

ent i

nter

vent

ions

, res

earc

h an

d kn

owle

dge

prod

ucts

. Fi

ndin

gs to

be

pres

ente

d at

sem

inar

and

wor

ksho

ps in

Indi

a.

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t pag

e)


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DRC

– Su

rvey

on

Hum

an R

ight

s, G

ende

r and

Min

ing.

Soc

ial D

evel

opm

ent N

etw

ork.

To a

sses

s th

e va

lue

adde

d of

usi

ng h

uman

righ

ts m

etho

dolo

gy o

n is

sues

rela

ted

to g

ende

r an

d m

inin

g in

DRC

. Act

ivitie

s to

incl

ude

(i) S

urve

y in

stru

men

t to

focu

s on

gen

der a

nd

hum

an ri

ghts

ass

ocia

ted

with

ASM

in e

aste

rn C

ongo

(ii)

Trai

ning

of C

ongo

lese

rese

arch

ers

in s

urve

y m

etho

dolo

gy (i

ii) U

nder

taki

ng o

f sur

vey

and

surv

ey a

nalys

is; (

iv) S

urve

y re

port;

(v)

Four

wor

ksho

ps: t

wo

in e

aste

rn D

RC, o

ne in

Kin

shas

a an

d on

e in

DC

to d

iscu

ss fi

ndin

gs w

ith

partn

ers

and

Gove

rnm

ent (

vi) O

ne w

orks

hop

in D

C on

sur

vey

met

hodo

logy

and

des

ign

of

the

Gend

er T

oolk

it an

d hu

man

righ

ts s

ecto

r ana

lysis

. .

The

Empi

rical

Cas

e fo

r Int

egra

ting

Hum

an R

ight

s in

Dev

elop

men

t. De

velo

pmen

t Eco

nom

ics.

To a

nalyz

e th

e im

pact

and

use

fuln

ess

of e

mpl

oyin

g hu

man

righ

ts m

etho

dolo

gy in

thre

e di

ffere

nt d

evel

opm

ent p

rogr

am c

onte

xts:

(i) C

ompl

ianc

e w

ith H

uman

Rig

hts

Cour

t Ord

ers

in

Cost

a Ri

ca a

nd C

olom

bia.

(ii)

Aid,

Hum

an R

ight

s, a

nd th

e M

DGs.

(iii)

Grie

vanc

e Re

dres

s in

De

velo

pmen

t Pro

ject

s an

d Pr

ogra

ms.

Out

puts

incl

ude

anal

ysis

, stu

dies

and

wor

ksho

ps.

Colo

mbi

a –

Stre

ngth

enin

g de

velo

pmen

t pra

ctic

es fo

r rig

hts

rest

orat

ion

in th

e fra

mew

ork

of

trans

ition

al ju

stic

e. L

atin

Am

eric

a an

d Ca

ribbe

an R

egio

n.To

exp

lore

the

role

of h

uman

righ

ts in

dev

elop

men

t pro

ject

s to

pro

mot

e th

e pe

ace

proc

ess

and

stat

e bu

ildin

g in

Col

ombi

a. B

ased

on

less

ons

lear

nt a

nd a

pla

nnin

g to

ol d

evel

oped

und

er

prev

ious

gra

nt: (

i) ca

rry

out a

nalys

is e

xplo

ring

the

link

betw

een

deve

lopm

ent p

roje

cts

and

right

s’ re

stor

atio

n; (i

i) pi

lot a

righ

ts b

ased

sub

proj

ect;

and

(iii)

carr

y ou

t kno

wle

dge

shar

ing

(pub

licat

ion

of g

uide

line

and

wor

ksho

ps).

Supp

ortin

g hu

man

righ

ts a

spec

ts in

IFC’

s pr

ivate

sec

tor d

evel

opm

ent w

ork.

IFC.

To a

ssis

t IFC

and

its

clie

nts

in a

sses

sing

and

add

ress

ing

hum

an ri

ghts

rela

ted

risks

in th

e co

ntex

t of I

FCs

rece

ntly

refo

rmed

per

form

ance

sta

ndar

ds. T

hree

cat

egor

ies

of ri

ghts

are

pa

rticu

larly

in fo

cus:

labo

r rig

hts,

land

righ

ts, a

nd in

dige

nous

peo

ples

’ rig

hts.

Out

puts

incl

ude

know

ledg

e pr

oduc

ts, c

apac

ity b

uild

ing

and

diss

emin

atio

n.

5 5

Annex d

Select NTF Supported Publications

NTF Grant Program Publications

#ICT4HR: Information and Communication Technologies for Human Rights, June 2012

A Guide for Using Social Accountability Tools in World Bank Local Government Operations in Africa, Feb 2012

Basic Human Opportunities in Zambia

Citizens and Service Delivery, 2012

Country Assessment on Youth Violence, Policy and Programmes in South Africa

Equality of Opportunities Fiscal Incidence in Côte d’Ivoire

Equality of Opportunities, Redistribution and Fiscal Policies in Liberia

Focus on Inequality of Opportunity in South Africa

IFC Guidance Notes for Performance Standards, Jan 2012

IFC Guide to Human Rights Impact Assessments

IFC Performance Standards, Jan 2012

IFC Voluntary Principles on Business and Human Rights

Inequality of Opportunities in the Labor Market

Internal displacement and the Kampala Convention, Jan 2013

Internal displacement in Africa – A Development Challenges, Jan 2013

La Violencia Juvenil En Mexico, June 2012

Local Government Accountability Mechanisms in Bangladesh Dec 2012

Mali Urban Local Government Support Project, Jan 2012

MENA Knowledge and Learning…Fast Brief: Human Rights and Development Assistance in Contexts of Violent Conflict and Social Fragility

Opportunities for Children in Vietnam

Review of Accountability Mechanisms for Enhanced Service Delivery in Nepal, Dec 2012


Review of Accountability Mechanisms used in World Bank Local Government Operations in Africa, Feb 2012

Review of Social Accountability Mechanisms of Ethiopian Urban Local Government Development Project, May 2012

Rights-Based Programming for Children in Conflict-Affected Areas (Save the Children), June 2012

South Africa Action Plan Engendering Growth Path

South Africa Grant Summary report Engendering Economic Policy: South Africa’s New Growth Plan and Vision 2030

South Africa Report-One more river to cross

Study of Gender and Human-Based Approaches in Development, Jan 2013

Study on Human Rights Impact Assessments, Feb 2013

The Integration of Human Rights in the Local Government Capacity Support Project in Ghana

Women, Business and the Law: Removing barriers to economic inclusion + Human Rights Annex

World Development Report on Gender, 2012

Colombia: Measuring and Strengthening the Link between Development and Human Rights

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2012/11/05/colombia-measuring-connection-be-tween-development-and-human-rights

NTF Secretariat Publications

Report on Development Fragility and Human Rights, June 2012

Report on Human Rights and Climate Change

Report on Human Rights Indicators in Development

Human Rights and Economics: Tensions and Positive Relationships, Dec 2012

Report on Human Rights Impact Assessment, Feb 2013

A Study of Gender and Human Rights-Based Approaches in Development, Jan 2013

Joint World Bank OECD Study: Integrating Human Rights into Development: Donor Approaches, Experiences and Challenges. Second Edition

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