Advocacy for increasing public budgets and financing for gender equality:

Local proposals & global strategies

Background

Initially, Costing estimates the cost of priorities for each goal within the MDG.

This is not enough to consolidate the investment of the national government. Therefore, it is necessary to articulate costing to planning and budgetary processes trough GRB.

GRB

How to advocate in the elaboration of Public Budgets

Analysis of the budget elaboration process.

Legislation about budgets. Engineering for the elaboration of budgets. Sources and distribution of expenses. To make visible the competencies of the sectoral

an territorial levels in the elaboration of the budget.

Central Government:Ministries and vice ministries, VIO, Planning, Autonomies, Economics and Public Management School. Plurinational

Assembly. Universities (CIDES - CESU - CEPLAG)Strategic association: MNT-PSG and women organizations

Departmental autonomies: departmental and indigenus governments, autonomic assemblies.

Assosiation: Both urban and rural women's organizations

Municipal governments: Urban, rural, indigenous. Councillors Associationss

Strategic assosiation: local teams and women's organizations

Territorial and Sectoral

Level

Public and Social

How to advocate in the elaboration of Public Budgets

Analysis of the budget elaboration process: Legislation on budgeting. Budgeting engineering Sources and distribution of expenses. Demonstrate the skills of sectoral and territorial

levels in budgeting processes.Analysis of he behavior of budgets (national,

sectoral, territorial) Analyze the budgetary allocation and

implementation (national, sectoral, territorial) from a gender perspective.

What is a budgetary analisys based on the gender approach?

The budget helps to close inequality gaps in the fulfillment of rights.

The budget contributes to the redistribution of the responsibility for the care and sustainability of life.

If the budget contributes to the transformation of cultural and religious patterns of discrimination, oppression and inequality of women.

If the budget indirectly contributes to improving the quality of life of women and traditionally excluded sectors.

Investment Focused on Women (FM):Programs/projects and/or services intended exclusively for women, designed to close the gaps of inequality between women and men and promote the autonomy and the exercise of women's rights (affirmative action)

Investment in social and public co-responsibility for the care and sustainability of life (CSV)Programs/projects and/or services that promote responsibility of the state, the society, the community and all the members of the family, in the labor of social reproduction, the care and sustainability of life, generating material and cultural conditions for better distribution of housework and caring tasks between them.

Investment in Equality CulturePrograms/projects and/or services oriented to change values , ideas, beliefs and practices; the flexibility of roles and social stereotypes that reproduce gender discrimination, class and ethnic difference.

Gender investment categories

CATEGORIZATION INDICATORS

RANKING

Blue More del 20%

Green From 10 to 20%

Yellow From 5 to 10%

OrangeBetween 2 and 5%

Red Less than 2%

BlueMore than 90% of exucution

GreenFrom 80 to 90% of execution

Yellow From 70 to 80% of execution

OrangeBetween 60 and 70% of execution

RedLess than 60% of execution

Investment in gender equalityInvestment Focusse n Women (FM)Investment in social and public responsibility for the care and sustainability of life (CSV )Culture of Equal Investment (CI):

Investment with indirect impact on gender (IIG)

Gender Equity Investment (GEI)= % of FM+CSV+CI over the total budgetInvestment Efficiency in Gender Equity and Equality (EIEG) == % of FM+CSCF+CI executed over budgeted amount

Municipios RANKINGINVERSION EN

EQUIDAD DE GÉNERO (IEG) 2010

Total ejecutado en Equidad de Género

(Bs.) 2010Evaluación

Sacabamba 1 6,51 145.379,14

Anzaldo 2 5,45 264.380,10

Shinahota 3 5,26 749.565,15Tiquipaya 4 4,48 1.199.256,22Bolívar 5 4,34 298.225,14Tapacarí 6 4,31 930.082,03Omereque 7 4,01 141.929,35Vila Vila 8 3,97 142.484,73Tacopaya 9 3,74 290.968,43Tarata 10 3,42 122.154,73Punata 11 3,16 578.976,34Tiraque 12 3,01 287.625,65Cercado 13 2,65 7.169.077,91Puerto Villarroel 14 2,51 797.747,63Toco 15 2,50 138.505,37Vinto 16 2,38 325.406,94Vacas 17 2,38 231.700,13Arque 18 2,31 218.475,58Capinota 19 2,27 208.030,11Arbieto 20 2,10 119.671,85Pocona 21 2,10 138.193,10Tacachi 22 2,08 13.890,66Independencia 23 2,04 421.042,41Mizque 24 1,97 299.880,70Tolata 25 1,76 57.903,61Aiquile 26 1,76 260.415,67Morochata 27 1,71 220.380,71San Benito 28 1,62 116.950,63Pojo 29 1,60 116.410,79Villa Rivero 30 1,57 45.346,33Arani 31 1,52 138.133,89Entre Ríos 32 1,35 351.523,52Alalay 33 1,35 36.967,41Chimoré 34 1,33 233.011,11Sacaba 35 1,29 921.543,93Totora 36 1,27 110.357,25Santivañez 37 1,24 52.014,46Sicaya 38 1,23 23.574,76Colcapirhua 39 1,22 289.291,86Villa Tunari 40 1,15 627.677,80Cocapata 41 1,06 40.827,51Cliza 42 0,98 170.941,07Quillacollo 43 0,93 748.748,06Sipe Sipe 44 0,86 112.518,33Colomi 45 0,69 75.761,33Cuchumuela 46 0,57 12.220,79Pasorapa 47 0,50 27.778,79

Buena: Existe buena voluntad política para ejecutar

programas/proyectos que promueven la equidad de género.

Aceptable: Hay mediana voluntad política, expresada en la asignación

de recursos para algunos programas/proyectos favorables a

la equidad de género

Delicada: Existe algo de interés, se ejecutan acciones aisladas para la

equidad de género

Crítica: Existe insuficiente interés en la promoción en la promoción

de la equidad de género.

Ranking Munic ipal de Inversión en Equidad de Género 2010

Advocacy strategiesEvaluation and opportunities offered by the

context1. Building solid arguments.2. Proposed regulatory and budgetary

instruments. (laws, guidelines, classifiers).3. Impact on tax reforms (Pensions Law).

Strengthening partnerships between women's organizations, public institutions, stakeholders and other actors for advocacy actions

Incorporation of Article. 22; Directions for the elaboration of AOP and budgets.

2010 - 2013. Directives and classifiers for Planning and Budgeting in the Plurinational State of Bolivia;Autonomies Law, Pensions Law, Law to Prevent Violence 348, Law for Micro and Small Business;Costing of axis and components of the Plan of Equal Opportunities;Specific incorporation of gender goals and indicators in the planning process of the Ministry of Productive Development;Costing of services to attend cases of violence in the context of the Law to Prevent Violence;Policy for the implementation of Law to Prevent Violence.

Advocacy strategies4. Socialization, strengthening and

coordination with organizations and stakeholders.

5. Alliances with functional and sectoral organizations and the international cooperation.

6. Enforcement mechanisms for accountability.

7. Enforceability of the acknowlegement of costing policies and interventions.

The articulation of GRB and the development of a Costing Methodological Process contributes to:

Define specific interventions or actions that can be carried out by public instances to close gender gaps and promote equality between women and men, clearly defining the target population and taking into consideration different scenarios.

The effectiveness of public action in reducing poverty.The efficiency of public spending.Compliance with standards and laws on gender equality.Defines the specific cost of the interventions making a

projection of the cost depending on the years of intervention of the action and depending on the objective of reducing inequality gaps.

Proposing implementation costs of Laws, Policies and Plans.Articulates the Costing Process with the political actions of

the GRB.

Under discussion again when it is necessary to fulfill the commitments for gender equality and equity.

It is necessary to have new laws or adjustments as well as regulations for existing laws.

Advocacy on autonomic processes.Knowledge Building on fiscal policy

(distribution of resources and fundraising).Political alliances.

Role of the International CooperationMandate of supporting national development

processes.Commitment to support state instances and

social organizations.Articulate meeting spaces between different

actors.Provide technical assistance in accordance with

requirements of the State and the organizations.To promote spaces to exchange good practices

experiences.

ProgressesProgressive increase in gender budgeting and sectoral

municipal AOPs.Development of capacity building and analysis tools as

well as categories and indicators of investment spending.Gender Equality Costing System. Appropriation of technical processes by the State and

social organizations.

Conclusion: Reconciling demands with the sociocultural and political context.  Deepening the use of gender categories and indicators.  Achieving local and national impacts leveraging autonomic processes - mainstreaming and institutionalization, strengthening of social movements.

THANK YOU…