THE GENDER APPROACH IN THESTATE BUDGET

Documentation of the experience of the inclusion of the Gender Approach in the

Ministry of Finance of Ecuador.

General State Budget The State doesn’t investment in gender.

The K function First Prize for Global Initiatives in Contest Global Gender Initiatives organized by the Government of the Republic Germany.

It was incorporated in the Operating Budget Books After evaluation and seeing its

limitations we changed it for

Classifier Expenditure in Gender Policy.

Linking the activities of the programs contained in institutional budgets with strategic goals and objectives of the overall planning or certain public policies to verify in what extent they are being incorporated in the budget, also to help to monitor budget execution

Linking planning with budgeting Linking planning with budgeting

Make it visible the job the State doeson gender equality

Make it visible the job the State doeson gender equality

Input in formulating public policy Input in formulating public policy

This information is used for resource redirection

This information is used for resource redirection

It will help register several transversalities It will help register several transversalities

It is applicable to all types of expenseIt is applicable to all types of expense

Facilitates accountabilityFacilitates accountability

2010

Dirección de Equidad y Género Dirección de Equidad y Género

2011 The K function276

Public Entities

USD 34’MM

2012

Classifier Expenditure in Gender

Policy.

These categories have full for Ecuadorian Women, which is also sheltered by the Constitution and international law.

It is important to notice, the ease of use of the tool, not just the social sector entities have registered their gender investment, but not traditionals sectors such as Defense and Jurisdictional have as well used it. registration with the Plan of Good Living and Non-Discrimination

USD 427.806.123,62

2014/ june

USD 444.488.066,67

740Public

Entities

301Public Entities

What is the initiative about?

Just created the Gender Unit, it was possible to operationalize an agreement that was signed with the current UN Women, and it was included the collaboration with the German Technical Cooperation, GIZ joined today.

Prior to the inclusion into the system of public finance an

important and long validation process was done with all the

coordination ministries and the entity of women that in Ecuador is

the Transition Commission for Gender Equality.

Who proposed the solution ?

How and when the initiative was implemented

Budget with Gender Approach

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Chronology of Implementation

Currently we are

working with the

General State

Comptroller to report

the inclusion of gender

approach in the public

service.

Problems and Solutions

Resources and key benefits

The Ministry of Finance, in these four years has used about $ 200,000. Resources come from the institutional budget.

The activities have been funded by UN Women with a contribution of $ 150,000, plus technical assistance. Funds were obtained from the Belgian cooperation.

The German Cooperation GIZ, has invested about $ 120,000 in addition to technical assistance. The resources were obtained from the budget for cooperation for Ecuador.

Sustentability of the Initiative

The initiative is fully sustainable and replicable because:

Budgetary framework which supports the gender perspective

Budgetary framework which supports the gender perspective

Computer System of Public Financial Ecuador

e-Sigef

Computer System of Public Financial Ecuador

e-Sigef

Direction of Fiscal Gender Equity

Direction of Fiscal Gender Equity

Currently we have approaches that consider: disabilities, intercultural,

intergenerational (childhood and adolescence, youth and elderly), human mobility and

in 2016 we will include the environmental.

Currently we have approaches that consider: disabilities, intercultural,

intergenerational (childhood and adolescence, youth and elderly), human mobility and

in 2016 we will include the environmental.

Diffusion to several international forumsDiffusion to several

international forums

Impacts and lessons learned

CAROLA YANEZ CABRERAcyanez@finanzas.gob.ec