Recommendation Response Actions Responsibility Strengthen country prioritisation and strategic planning Recommendation 1.1: PGEP to work more Agree, but SPC Technical Assistance in Gender Mainstreaming: SPC intensively with a smaller number of countries proposes a different Group 1: Support with a comprehensive approach to for the duration of the project, namely those in clustering system based technical assistance in: Cook Islands, FSM, Palau, Groups 1 and 2, and supporting Group 3 PICs on twin track work on RMI, Solomon Islands, Tonga through South-South exchange, regional efforts Gender Mainstreaming or coordinated efforts with other development Group 2: Specific interventions when countries and Gender Statistics, request, possibly in collaboration with other partners. and on experience of SPC’s programmes (fisheries, climate change, land which countries have divisions) to Tuvalu, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Niue, and requested supported. Fiji The Groupings for Phase 2 of the program Group 3: Occasional support through regional will be determined activities and coordinated efforts with other during the design development partners if required by the countries, for phase. PNG, Nauru, and Samoa Technical Assistance in Gender Statistics Group 1: Countries where statistics are produced but support is needed for analysis: Tonga, Palau, Cook Islands, Samoa, Vanuatu, FSM, RMI Group 2: Countries where support is needed in producing and analysing gender statistics: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Solomon Islands Group 3: No support is planned until the (potential) next phase of the project PNG, Niue, and Nauru – All: As data becomes available from the 2016-2020 Census of Population and Housing, PICs will be producing Gender Fact Sheets. Gender Profiles from
Recommendation Response Actions Responsibility Strengthen country prioritisation and strategic planning Recommendation 1.1: PGEP to work more intensively with a smaller number of countries for the duration of the project, namely those in Groups 1 and 2, and supporting Group 3 PICs through South-South exchange, regional efforts or coordinated efforts with other development partners. Agree, but SPC proposes a different clustering system based on twin track work on Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Statistics, and on experience of which countries have requested supported. The Groupings for Phase 2 of the program will be determined during the design phase. Technical Assistance in Gender Mainstreaming: Group 1: Support with a comprehensive approach to technical assistance in: Cook Islands, FSM, Palau, RMI, Solomon Islands, Tonga Group 2: Specific interventions when countries request, possibly in collaboration with other SPC’s programmes (fisheries, climate change, land divisions) to Tuvalu, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Niue, and Fiji Group 3: Occasional support through regional activities and coordinated efforts with other development partners if required by the countries, for PNG, Nauru, and Samoa Technical Assistance in Gender Statistics Group 1: Countries where statistics are produced but support is needed for analysis: Tonga, Palau, Cook Islands, Samoa, Vanuatu, FSM, RMI Group 2: Countries where support is needed in producing and analysing gender statistics: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Solomon Islands Group 3: No support is planned until the (potential) next phase of the project – PNG, Niue, and Nauru All: As data becomes available from the 2016-2020 Census of Population and Housing, PICs will be producing Gender Fact Sheets. Gender Profiles from SPC
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