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REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON “Networking and Innovation”
October 29-01 November, 2008, Alexandria, Egypt
Panel Discussion:Women Leadership Networking:
Building Generations of Women Leaders
“Do We Need Arab Women Leaders Network?”
Doha Abdelhamid,IDEAS Executive Board Member
www.ideas-int.org
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This presentation is about:
IDEAS & Networking?
Arab Women Networking?
Is it all about Women Networking?
Quo Vadis?
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Characteristics of Effective Leaders
Generate higher productivity Lower cost More opportunities Results-oriented focus Realize vision Time-sensitive (quicker) Quality-control performance
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Current DE Architecture
Quesnel, 2006.
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IDEAS Emergence
8 May 2001: London Declaration 8 September 2002: Constituent Assembly in
Beijing February 2003: IDEAS as UK Charity with
global constituency July 2003: IDEAS website in operation and
members-relations administrator appointed
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Core Mandate
Knowledge
ECD
Networking
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Strategic Work Programs
Rethinking development evaluation
Governance & accountability for development
The Poverty-Environment Nexus
International conferences
National and regional clubs
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Membership: Type & Distribution
Entity: Individual vs.Institutional Duration: Single vs. Multiple Development stage: Developed vs.
Developing and transition Affiliation: Corporate—Public—NGO No. of countries represented No. of members Continental distribution
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Some Landmark Networking Achievements
March 2003: DAC-OECD conference on ‘Partnership in Development Evaluation—Learning and Accountability,’ Paris
July 2003: WB-OED conference ‘Utilization of Evaluation,’ Washington DC
December 2003: IDEAS workshop on ‘Evaluating MDGs’ along the UKES conference in Cardiff
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Some Landmark Networking Achievements
September 2004: IDEAS special session in the EES conference in Berlin
October 2004: IDEAS co-hosted symposium of ‘Parliamentary Oversight for Poverty Reduction,’ Cambodia
October 2003: IDEAS sub-regional workshop on ‘Evaluation of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)’ in South Africa
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Some Landmark Networking Achievements
November 2004: Regional seminar on ‘the Evaluation of Social Programs,’ South Africa
December 2004: Special session on ‘Development Evaluation: Implications for Africa,’ in AFREA’s conference in Cape town
April 2005: International conference on ‘Evaluation Development: Beyond Aid,’ Delhi
October 2005: Networking reception at CES/AES conference
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Some Landmark Networking Achievements
November 2005: ‘IDEAS in Action’ workshop, Cairo
2006: Bursaries to UKES/EES joint conference
May 2006: Eastern European workshop on ‘CLES,’ Prague
July 2006: Networking reception at IPDET, Ottawa
September 2006: Discussion group
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Some Landmark Networking Achievements
January 2007: IDEAS/CIDA regional workshop on ‘CLE: Practical Experiences from the Africa Region,’ on AFREA’s fourth conference, Niamey
2006: WB/IEG workshop on ‘Development Evaluation Standards,’ Paris
January 2007: IPDET endorsement February 2007: WB ‘Roundtable on
Development Effectiveness,’ by OECD-DAC, Hanoi
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Some Landmark Networking Achievements
2007: IDEAS in IPEN conference in Georgia July 2007: IDEAS hosts networking reception
at IPDET, Ottawa September 2007: IDEAS/CzechES/EU offer
‘Development Evaluation Training,’ Prague 2007: IDEAS/UNICEF thematic discussion on
‘CLE’ September 2007: UNICEF book contribution
on ‘CLE: Lessons from Regional Experiences’
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Some Landmark Networking Achievements
September 2007: IDEAS in IPEN conference on ‘Reforms and Evaluation of Programs and Policies,’ Moscow
2006-08: IDEAS partners with GEF, BA, GOE, WB/IEG, IDRC, IUCN, NORAD, BMZ/GTZ, DFID, USAID, AU, FFEM, IOD, NE etc. on international conference on ‘Evaluating Climate Change and Development,’ Alexandria
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Governance Structure
Board of directors
Executive Committee
Number
Distribution: Development Stage
Distribution: Gender
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Arab Women & DME Gap
Women Empowerment
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Better Quality of Life
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Arab Women & DME Gap
Alexandria Declaration
Arab Tracking Report
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Arab Women & DME Gap
AHDRs
Development Gaps:
1) Knowledge Divide
2) Freedoms & democracy
3) Gender issues
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Arab Women in Religions
Equity
Equality
Ownership
Social and Human Rights & Obligations
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Arab Women & the Rule of Law
Seclusion
Stereotypes
Democratic Governance
Law vs. Enforcement
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Arab Women Activism: A New Wave
Primates
AHDRs
Alexandria Declaration
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Arab Women Networks
Limited visibility & info. Access
Formal vs. informal
Misconceptions:
“nationalism” vs. “regionalism”
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Arab Women Networks
Networks
Think Tanks
Private Sector
Academia
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Unrecognized Gaps in Arab Women Jigsaw!
Knowledge (Production & Manufacturing)
Evaluation Capacity Development (ECD)
Networking
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What’s Next?
= Bridge Gaps How?
-Develop Sustainable DME Regional Network
-Create performance M&E cultures/circles
1) Build capacity---training
2) Adopt tools & mechanisms
3) Develop indicators, skills & generation
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How to Build Generations of Arab Women Leaders? Religion vs. Law
Sustainable DME Net & Systems
Gender issues integral part of wider regional development picture
Engagement, ownership, communication & accountability
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What’s Next?
Is It About Time to establish the firstRegional Arab DME Network?
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Golden Rules: Put the Basics Right
“Try to be simple, but not Simplistic”
“Try to integrate not to duplicate”
“Try the doable”
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Golden Rules: Put the Basics Right
Use logic & Science
-First: DME Regional Net
-Second: Women DME Net
-Third: Women Leaders DME Net Necessary Coordination & integration
-All-in-one with Chapters
-Independent Clubs
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Golden Rules: Seek Answers to Some Pertinent Questions
Scoping? Outcomes? Modality? Life expectancy? Timing? Sourcing? Division of Labor? Exit & Sustain? Hosting? Care-taking? Outputs?
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Golden Rules: Mindset
Arab Development=
Women’s Development=
Women Leaders’ Development