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Annexes

Commercial Improvement assumes that men and women are not and development activities. Specific
and Value for Money homogeneous but are stratified by age, measures to address gender inequalities
race, religion, ethnic origin, beliefs and were incorporated during the planning
CIWA maintains economy in its practices, and many other socio-cultural phase of a study to map humanitarian
procurement (minimizing costs and contexts. and development actors in refugee
ensuring high quality) by requiring that settlements and host communities.
all recipient-executed activities finance This year the CIWA Annual Report is
goods, works, and services in adding this section on Equity to align with Under the NCCR, the LVBC’s regional
accordance with the World Bank’s the FCDO’s methodology on Value for water-quality management strategy and
guidelines on “Procurement under IBRD Money. It is a summary of the relevant action plan are being reviewed to ensure
Loans and IDA Credits” and the Bank’s content from within the Annual Report of they effectively incorporate a gender
guidelines on the “Selection and examples on GESI integration into CIWA mainstreaming strategy.
Employment of Consultants by World operations and indicators that measure
Bank Borrowers,” jointly referred to as GESI results. Untapping Resilience delivered a water
the “Procurement and Consultant point gender/gender-based violence
Guidelines.” Similarly, for all World GESI Activities (GBV) checklist, which comprises a
Bank-executed CIWA activities, the In recognition of the need to address the comprehensive list to comply with
Bank is responsible for carrying out male dimension of gender, particularly before construction begins at selected
procurement of goods and since water is a male-dominated sector, project sites to ensure a robust
employment and supervision of CIWA launched the Male Champions for integration of gender inclusion aspects
consultants, in accordance with Women’s Empowerment in June 2023, throughout implementation. Data
applicable policies and procedures. initially with 10 male participants linked collected and used in the MIS include
Among other things, the guidelines directly and indirectly to transboundary women’s experiences with the time and
provide specific instructions for use of water programs in East Africa. CIWA distances to collect water.
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World Bank documents (e.g., standard collaborated with SIWI including by
bidding documents, requests for providing input into publications, Sustainable Groundwater Management
proposals, contract forms), conflict of presenting at meetings, and exploring in SADC Member States—Phase II
interest, advance contracting, supported the creation of 10 national
co-financing, mis-procurement, and collaboration on the Male Champions focus groups (NFGs) to liaise with
fraud and corruption. Forum in FY25. SADC-GMI on groundwater. The NFGs
Availability of Finance CIWA developed and delivered a are required to have gender balance and
two-part online training program on GESI cross-sectoral representation.
At the end of FY24, CIWA was a in transboundary waters. Part 1 focused
program of US$172.5 million co-funded on building a solid foundation of the Does the CIWA Program Still
by Austria, Denmark, the European concepts and key considerations related Represent Value for Money?
Commission, the Netherlands, Norway, to GESI and its connection to effective
Sweden, and the United Kingdom. and inclusive transboundary water The CIWA program operates in a
Strong client demand for CIWA management at both the institutional and complex space where progress is
support, combined with 90 percent of project level. Part 2 focused on how to non-linear. This means that progress
the program’s current funding apply GESI principles throughout the and setbacks go together and may
envelope being provisionally allocated, project cycle and within specific water affect the development indicators.
means that CIWA needs to continue and transboundary water contexts. However, the evidence strongly
raising funds to expand its impact and Training was conducted at ENTRO, suggests that the CIWA program still
ensure sustainability of successes. NELSAP-CU, and LVBC and with the represents value for money. Specifically,
Central Asia Water Program. In the Nile CIWA is still short on achieving the
Equity target for PDO indicator 1 but exceeds
Basin this resulted in updates to the
CIWA is working for a world with gender institutional gender action plans and the target for PDO indicator 2. However,
equality, which means changing the mentored assessment with the Equal across the four categories, CIWA
norms about female and male roles and Aqua methodology (which considers the performed very well in FY24.
changing power relations within gender gaps in institutional policies and
governments, companies, institutions, practices that determine the enabling
and households. environment for women in the workplace).

It is also working to improve social In the South Sudan Transboundary Water
inclusion and the dignity of people who Program, the stakeholder engagement
are disadvantaged because of their strategy ensures that gender issues are
identity so they can participate fully and actively integrated into the design and
equally in society. Social inclusion implementation of water management

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