9 May 2018

Time

                                                                 SESSION

8:30-9:00   

9:00-9:30

Registration

Welcoming remarks: Khaled Abdel Shafi, RBAS regional director

Objectives of the workshop:  James Lang,  UNDP

Participant introductions:  Sarah Martin

9.30 – 11.00

Panel Discussion:  Setting the tone

Gabriella Nassif, Institute of Women’s Studies in the Arab World.

“Risks, types and prevalence of GBV in the Arab region; the specific challenges for displaced and refugee populations” 

Sarah Martin, Independent Consultant

“Approaches to GBV programming for displaced and refugee populations”

James Lang, UNDP project on GBV and the SDGs

“Integrating actions to reduce GBV into livelihoods programming”

Q & A

Chair:  Frances Guy

11.00- 11.30

Tea/Coffee

11.30 - 13.00

Timeline Exercise:  Mapping GBV risk and protective factors over the over protracted crisis to recovery and stabilization

Small group discussion at tables and posting cards on wall with timeline

This exercise will help deepen understanding of risk/protective factors and demonstrate how these change over time.

Plenary discussion:  what needs to change, and what can we enhance to reduce GBV

Summary of actions listing on white board or flip chart

Facilitator:  Sarah Martin

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Panel presentations:  Livelihoods programming and women’s empowerment in situations of protracted displacement – what we know.  Some examples of what works

Nahla Hassan – findings from UNDP review

Diana Arango – findings from World Bank reviews

NGO examples tbc

Q&A

15:30-16:00

Tea/Coffee 

16:00-17.30

Examples of Gender-responsive livelihoods programming  ctd. 

Lessons from locally led responses.   

Facilitated discussion:  what can we learn from these examples?

       10 May 2018

TIME

                                                                 SESSION

9:00 – 9:15

Reflections from day 1 and objective

09:15-10:45

Facilitated plenary discussion: gender and GBV responsive programming for displaced and refugee women and families and women in vulnerable host communities

·        What evidence is there for what works?

·        What are critical elements that drive success?

·        What are the different entry points?

·        Sharing experience across the region:  where are similarities? What is context specific? What therefore needs to be reconsidered in future programming?

·        What are the common challenges? And what are effective strategies to address the different challenges?

 On flip chart

promising practices for gender and GBV responsive livelihoods programming

Facilitator:  Sarah Martin

10:45-11.15

Tea/Coffee

11.15 – 12.30

Small Group Work (5 groups per country)

Each small group is tasks with creating a gender and GBV “enhancement plan” for an existing livelihoods project, or to design a new GBV responsive livelihood project for their country or setting

Lunch

13:30-15:00

Small Group Report Back

Each group shares a short presentation on its discussions and conclusions

15:00-15:30

Tea/Coffee

15:30-16:30

Plenary Discussion on Small Group Conclusions: are there easy wins that we could all implement? What needs more testing?

Next Steps and closing

Summary and discussion of the next steps and processes