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Knowledge and Learning forHuman Rights and Development
Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report November 2010 – October 2011
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I I I
C O N T E N T S
1 Summary of Progress 1
2 Introduction 3
3 Activities, Results and Outcome Indicators 5
3.1 Activities 5
3.2 Results 6
3.3 Outcome indicators 6
4 Events, Research and Grants 9
4.1 Knowledge and Partnership Events 9
4.2 Applied Research 11
4.3 Grant Program Examples 12
5 Financial Summary 17
6 Looking Ahead 19
7 Annexes 21
Annex A: Select Knowledge and Partnership Activities 22
Annex B: NTF Program Grants 24
Annex C: NTF Article on the World Bank’s Intranet 32
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A B B R E V I AT I O N S A N D A C R O N YM S
HOI Human Opportunity Index
HR Human Rights
ICT Information and Communications Technology
K&P Knowledge and Partnership
KPI Knowledge Product Index
NTF Nordic Trust Fund
OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
OPCS Operations Policy and Country Services
PS Performance Standards
SF Sustainability Framework
UN United Nations
UPR Universal Periodic Review
WBG World Bank Group
WBL Women, Business and the Law
WDR World Development Report
WPA Work Program Agreement
WTO World Trade Organization
1. S U M M A RY O F P R O G R E S S November 2010 to October 2011
Expanded scope and content of activities: Nordic Trust Fund (NTF) sponsored work during the review period supported the NTF main objective—to develop an informed view of how human rights relate to the Bank’s work among staff and management—through the expanded implementation of the two work-streams
launched during the previous year; (i) a Knowledge and Partnership (K&P) program delivering learning events and materials on human rights and development; and (ii) a Grant program providing financial and technical support to 27 Bank teams to explore the role of human rights in their work.
During this second year of NTF operations, about 50 studies were substantially completed and about 40 workshops or other learning initiatives delivered across the World Bank Group (WBG). About half of the workshops and learn-ing events involved contacts and activities with the UN family or other donors, academia or civil society. US$13.9 million had been received by the donors at the end of the reporting period, of which US$11.5 million had been allo-cated to the 27 grants, and US$1.9 million to knowledge and leaning activities, the NTF Secretariat and administra-tive fees. US$4.6 million had been disbursed and a further US$2.0 million committed to identified activities.
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Results were achieved at three levels:
Awareness raising among Bank staff: An esti-mated 500 Bank staff was directly reached through the NTF sponsored activities. Larger audiences were reached in cases where NTF sup-ported the inclusion of human rights aspects in larger studies, for example the 2012 World Devel-opment Report on Gender and Development.
Emerging results at grant activity level: Human rights approaches complemented the Bank’s regular work through many of the 27 NTF funded grant programs. This resulted in applied learn-ing among staff, partners and clients about how to address human rights in particular thematic contexts. Also, grants added value to the larger programs they supported. For example, a review of human rights in IFC’s work contributed to the development of new IFC performance standards that were approved in April 2011.
The beginning of a more informed view on human rights and the Bank’s work: Several les-sons emerged from the NTF sponsored activi-ties: (i) There is interest in some countries and institutions in exploring the use of human rights methodology in development cooperation and technical support. (ii) Some human rights princi-ples are regarded as part of good development practice and part of Bank supported programs. Sometimes this is expanded into the use of pro-cedural rights and redress mechanisms in Bank operations. However, consistent with the Bank’s mandate, there is little or no reliance on human rights conventions or legal standards. (iii) Differ-ences between how the Bank and development partners with explicit human rights mandates operate include the degree of reliance on explicit human rights discourse and legal standards, the place of human rights in the definition of the agencies’ goals and mandate, and differences related to agencies’ functions and comparative advantage. Similarities include a general con-vergence of goals and activities across agencies, and having to deal with similar human rights related issues, i.e. universalism vs. targeting, implicit or explicit approaches to rights, lack of data and indicators, and how to mitigate human rights risk in supported activities.
2. I N T R O D U C T I O N
The purpose of the Nordic Trust Fund (NTF) is to support a knowledge and learning program for World Bank staff and management focusing on how human rights relate to the Bank’s core mission of promoting eco-nomic growth and poverty reduction.
World Bank supported programs often contribute to the realization of human rights but knowledge is limited about how a systematic consideration of human rights can improve development interventions and outcomes. A survey of Bank staff identified knowledge gaps related to human rights laws, definitions, standards, principles and institutions and provided a framework for the design of NTF sponsored activities. In addressing the knowledge and partnership gaps, activities draw on core human rights instruments adopted by the United Nations (UN), the widely accepted main human rights principles (non-discrimination, accountability, participation and transparency) and on good practices in the broader development partner community used when working with human rights in development programs.
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The first NTF progress report (www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund) provides a summary of the main achieve-ments from the start of the program in Septem-ber 2009 until October 2010. Activities during this first year included the identification and start of 27 pilot activities implemented by task
teams across the World Bank Group (WBG), sup-ported financially by US$11.5 million and by train-ing, partnership and capacity-building activities in a Knowledge and Partnership (K&P) program. The first report also describes the governance structure of the NTF under which a Secretariat in the World Bank’s Operations Policy and Country Services (OPCS) manages the trust fund and sup-ports the work of the NTF Steering Committee (a Vice President-level group that provides overall direction and guidance) and the Advisory Com-mittee (a Director-level group that provides guid-ance on the scope and content of activities).
Distribution of NTF NTF grant funds, percent of US$11.5 million (numbers may not add up due to rounding)
Theme
Economic, social and
cultural rights
Governance and
empowerment
Discrimination, vulnerable
groupsCapacity and institutions Total
Regions 11 15 22 7 55
Africa 4 11 15
East Asia 4 4
Europe/Cent Asia 4 4
Latin America/Caribbean 7 4 4 14
Middle East/North Africa 4 4 4 11
South Asia 4 4 8
Networks 8 10 8 26
Poverty reduction 4 4
Human development 4 4
Financial and private sector, IFC
3 4 7
Sustainable development 4 4 4 11
Other 4 7 7 2 19
Development economics/ WDR
3 4 2 8
Legal 4 4 7
World Bank Institute 4 4
Total 22 22 40 17 100
TABLE 1
3. A C T I V I T I E S , R E S U L T S A N D O U T C O M E I N D I C AT O R S
3.1 Activities
Expanded scope and content of activities: NTF supported activities grew in scope and content as the 27 grants put in place during the previous year were implemented and the Secretariat pursued the K&P program. About 50 stud-ies were substantially completed and about 40 workshops or other learning initiatives were delivered across the World Bank Group (WBG). Approximately half of the workshops and learning events involved contacts and activi-ties with the UN family or other donors, academia or civil society. Approximately one third of the studies and work-shops focused on discrimination and vulnerable groups, one third on specific economic, social, cultural and/or civil and political rights, and the remaining third on human rights related capacity and institution building themes. The Secretariat prepared the following knowledge products: (i) summaries of UN Universal Periodic Reviews (UPR) country reports on human rights to the respective Bank country teams, (ii) introductory interactive presentation and training module on human rights, and (iii) a video summary of a senior-level human rights debate held in the Bank. A summary of the activities, outputs and partnership contacts is provided in Annexes A and B of this report.
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3.2 Results
Results achieved during the review period can be divided into three parts: (i) increased aware-ness among Bank staff of the role of human rights in development; (ii) emerging results at activity level; and (iii) the emergence of a more informed view of how human rights relate to the Bank’s work.
Awareness rising among Banks staff: An audi-ence of about 500 Bank staff was reached by the NTF sponsored activities and benefitted from awareness rising of human rights in var-ious development contexts. In addition much larger audiences, both inside the Bank and externally, were reached through some of the activities. For example, NTF sponsored the anal-ysis behind and inclusion of a section on rights in the 2012 World Development Report (WDR) on gender and development which reached a large audience worldwide (worldbank.org/wdr). Similarly, the NTF sponsored human rights discussion in the World Bank’s annual report on “Women, Business and the Law” on different legal treatment based on gender reached a vast audience (wbl.worldbank.org). The NTF supported research articles from the Bank’s research arm on human rights treaties in “The Review of International organizations” as well as a forthcoming article on education and labor rights in the “Comparative Law and Labor Policy Journal”.
Emerging results at activity level: Human rights were explored and complemented the Bank’s regular work through the 27 NTF funded grant programs, leading to learning and insights among staff, partners and clients about meth-odology (how to work with human rights in development) and human rights laws and prin-ciples (the content of human rights). For exam-ple, the Latin America Region team working on human rights as part of the Colombia Peace
and Development project learned how to work with human rights at community level and what to focus on when doing so. Among the Bank’s knowledge networks, one team applied human rights methodology to a recently devel-oped Human Opportunity Index (HOI) focusing on equal opportunity with the aim of combat-ing discrimination more effectively, and sev-eral learning events and studies on the role of human rights and accountability in health and social protection yielded insights into how to work with human rights in those sectors. In some grants the addition of a human rights com-ponent led to policy changes or identifiable out-comes. For example, the World Bank Institute’s NTF program on human rights and participation in South Kivu, DRC, led to local authorities’ bud-gets changing to include more investments and less salary costs, and improved tax collection, following a participatory budget process. One of the grants contributed to an update of World Bank policy and procedures—the NTF spon-sored review of the human rights provisions of IFC’s review of its sustainability framework con-tributed to the new framework and associated performance standards approved by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors in April 2011.
The emergence of a more informed view on human rights and the Bank’s work: NTF activi-ties and discussions with partners yielded three broad lessons on how human rights relate to the Bank’s work and mandate;
a. Some human rights principles already embedded in Bank work, some use of pro-cedural rights and redress mechanisms, little or no reliance on human rights conven-tions or legal standards which reflects the Bank’s mandate: Interviews with Bank staff and a preliminary scanning of select Bank documents indicate that the Bank frequently draws on human rights principles (non-dis-
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crimination, accountability, participation and transparency) in operational and analytic contexts and that they are broadly accepted as part of good development practice. The use of these principles appears to translate into the use of actual procedural rights or redress mechanisms to give intended pro-gram beneficiaries voice in only a share of Bank supported operations. Finally, there are limited references to human rights legal standards or UN conventions in the Bank’s work which reflects the Bank’s mandate as articulated in its Articles of Agreement.
b. Interest from countries to use human rights methodology in development cooperation: NTF activities in countries can only go ahead if there is country ownership and a request from government to go ahead. NTF grant teams reported interest from government agencies in some countries to explore the use of human rights methodology in develop-ment, especially in cases where there already are national legal or regulatory instruments linked to human rights in place. The demand for such support can come from sector min-istries/agencies but also from regulatory or academic/training institutions. Any response from the Bank to such demand would have to be consistent with the Bank’s mandate.
c. Differences and similarities with devel-opment partners: Significant differences remain in the approaches to human rights between the Bank and agencies with an
explicit human rights mandate. These include the degree of reliance on explicit human rights discourse and legal standards, the place of human rights in the definition of the agencies’ goals and mandate, and differ-ences related to agencies’ distinct functions and comparative advantage as compared to others (some set human rights stan-dards and others implement development programs drawing on those standards to a varying degree). As for similarities, there is a broad convergence of goals and activities across development agencies—irrespective of whether agencies have an explicit human rights mandate or not. Development agen-cies—both with and without an explicit man-date to work on rights—face similar issues and normative questions. These include choices around universalism vs. target-ing—should programs focus on the general public or on vulnerable groups or particular sets of households or individuals. Another choice is whether to use implicit or explicit approaches to rights, i.e. whether to use direct references to laws and human rights instruments. Furthermore, all agencies struggle with lack of data, indicators and evi-dence based evaluations in areas such as governance, accountability, participation, etc. Another common issue is how to miti-gate human rights risk in supported activi-ties, i.e. ensure that the programs funded do not have unintended effects threatening human rights among beneficiaries or other stakeholders.
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Indicator Status and future plans
Dissemination of Annual Progress Reports to donors, Bank staff and external audiences to raise awareness of activities undertaken, knowledge gained and results achieved.
This document is the second Annual Progress Report; the first was published in November 2010 and the third is scheduled for November 2012. Both are available on the internet at worldbank.org/nordictrustfund.
Number of training and capacity building activities delivered with satisfactory participant ratings.
About 50 studies and 40 well attended workshops or learning events delivered by the 27 NTF Grant funded teams and the NTF Secretariat during the reporting period. This is a sharp increase from the previous year when 18 workshops were delivered and the 27 grants were put in place.
Timely completion of programming and achievement of KPIs according to WPAs for individual activities.
Completion of activities and outputs on track for the NTF Secretariat and for 20 of the 27 Grant programs. The delays in delivery in 7 of the grant programs is being monitored and enhanced support is being provided by Secretariat staff to accelerate effective implementation. A 28th grant was approved to continue support for the WDR Jobs in 2012.
Frequent traffic on website. Web site updated and populated with briefings and some learning materials. Traffic limited so far—114 page views in November 2011. The Secretariat will assess measures to stimulate site activity.
Increase of human rights awareness among Bank staff based on ex ante and ex post survey results.
Ex ante base line survey completed. Approximately 500 Bank staff reached through K&P and grant programs. Ex post survey to be administered in 2013.
Increased reference to and incorporation of human rights principles in Bank operations, based on portfolio reviews.
Terms of reference to be developed for later launch. Preliminary “screening” of human rights references in two of the Bank’s knowledge networks (PR and HD) done to help set a baseline.
3.3 Outcome Indicators
The table below shows the status of the six out-come indicators that were agreed between the
Bank and the NTF donors during the develop-ment of the program.
C H A N G E P I C T U R E
4. E V E N T S , R E S E A RC H A N D G R A N T S
4.1 Knowledge and Partnership Events
United Nations–World Bank peer-to-peer exchangeIn June 2010, a one-day peer-to-peer workshop provided an effective exchange for development practitioners from several UN agencies, bilateral donors and the World Bank on how to work with human rights in two priority sectors—fragility/conflict and health. Participants included some 65 Bank staff and representatives from the UN, OHCHR, UN Women, UNDG Secretariat, UNICEF, UNDP, UNDESA, WHO, and from CIDA, Danida, MCC and USAID. Several of the UN representatives participate in the UN Human Rights Mainstreaming Mechanism (HRM), estab-lished to further institutionalize the mainstreaming of human rights into UN operational activities for develop-ment. Following the opening by the World Bank’s OPCS Vice President, representatives from the World Bank’s 2011 World Development Report team, OHCHR, WHO and the World Bank’s human development team for Latin America engaged in an active discussion of the different approaches, challenges and areas of progress among the agencies, as well as an exploration of how to integrate human rights in day-to-day work, and possibilities for future collaboration.
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Two principal conclusions emerged: (i) Develop-ment agencies with and without a human rights mandate pursue similar objectives that may include human rights concepts and principles which are now broadly considered part of good development practice. They also face similar human rights related issues including: whether to focus on the population at large or on smaller target groups; how to work in light of the lack of data, indicators and evidence based evaluations for human rights programs; and how to mitigate the two kinds of human rights risk in supported activities—unintended harm to rights triggered by the supported activities, and human rights violations external to the program which impact program activities or goals; and (ii) Notable dif-ferences in the approach to human rights remain across agencies and include; whether human rights are treated as an objective in itself (intrin-sic) or as a possible addition based on poten-tial value added (instrumental); agencies vary in their reliance on explicit human rights lan-guage and legal standards, often referable back to agencies mandate, institutional function and comparative advantage.
Mid-term stocktaking NTF workshopA three-day workshop in Helsinki provided NTF grant teams an opportunity to showcase the NTF funded work and receive feed-back from inter-national human rights experts and peers. In an effort to consolidate and distill lessons learned from the grants the discussions were structured around six human rights priority themes; (i) con-flict, violence and fragility; (ii) service delivery; (iii) gender in development; (iv) equality and non-discrimination; (v) accountability, and ; (vi) labor rights, decent work and social protection floors. The event was opened by the Finnish Minister for International Development, hosted by the Minis-try of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and attended by some 40 Bank staff and 30 international and local par-ticipants, i.e. Åbo Academy, Institute for Human Rights, ENAT Bank Promoters (a women’s com-
mercial bank in Ethiopia), the Supreme Admin-istrative Court of Finland, Finn Church Aid, the Christian Michelsen Institute, the Social Science Research Council, the ILO, the Equal Rights Trust, the Norwegian Center for Human Rights, Univer-sity of Helsinki, Critical Rights and Gender Con-sult, the International Council on Human Rights Policy, Universidad de San Andres (Argentina) as well as MFA.
The workshop demonstrated the substantial progress of the NTF program and the signifi-cant advances in the staff / teams knowledge since the Copenhagen workshop one year ear-lier. The workshop provided an opportunity to receive valuable guidance and contacts for the teams’ continued work. It also identified areas where further work is needed to advance a more informed view on human rights among Bank staff. These include the need to establish and articulate the ‘value added’ of human rights in development beyond good development prac-tice; gather and disseminate more examples of how, where and why human rights and human rights-based approaches have had impact; and; continue to leverage experience and expertise from outside and work with regional institutions and representatives. The evaluation results from the workshop are summarized in Table 2.
Panel Debate – Are human rights essential for the World Bank’s human development work?In March 2011, a panel comprising OHCHR Sec-tion Chief on Human Rights and Economic and Social Issues, the World Bank’s Chief Economist for Africa, Regional Human Development Direc-tors and senior research staff debated the role of human rights in the Bank’s work on health, edu-cation and social protection during the World Bank’s Human Development Network (HDN) annual learning week before an audience of some 80 Bank staff. Key arguments for the inclusion of human rights included their central role in the
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modern understanding of development, work on demand side governance, ability to promote gov-ernment accountability and ensure “do no harm” and that economic wellbeing alone is too nar-row a development concept. Arguments against integrating human rights explicitly included the proximity of human rights objectives and welfare-economics based objectives, human rights being neither necessary nor sufficient for guarantee-ing the achievement of those common objectives and the fact that human rights do not ensure the effective exercise of rights by the poor. At the end of the debate, a flexible approach was proposed justifying the inclusion of human rights under cer-tain conditions and if this leads to good results. Some defended the importance of human rights as an integral part of development. Others sup-ported continuing using welfare economics as the basis for Bank interventions since countries have different views about the role that human rights can play and since the costs of employing human rights approaches or methodologies are not known.
4.2 Applied Research
World Development Report 2012 – Adding a human rights perspective to the gender and development discussionThe World Bank’s annual World Development Report is a flagship publication which aims to provide a wide international readership with an in-depth perspective on a specific topic in devel-opment economics. NTF provided support to the 2012 WDR on Gender and Development to add a human rights perspective to the report’s general conclusion that while gaps remain in many areas, women’s lives around the world have improved, and to contribute to the WDR’s conceptual framework and recommend policy actions. The analytical outcome of the NTF sup-port is summarized in the section of the WDR called “Rights and their effective implementa-
tion shape women’s choices and voices”, p 157–168. It states that laws and rights are important for women’s agency, especially when related to compulsory education and control over income and assets. Rights in marriage and its dissolu-tion are critical, but progress in areas that reg-ulate relations within households has been limited. Low capacity or biases in institutions can frustrate the implementation of the laws as can the prevalence of legal pluralism, i.e. when there are several laws or venues for resolving disputes. Specific activities funded by the NTF grant included studies and a database on how states’ commitments under international con-ventions and access to justice impact women’s economic development. The supported research led to a better understanding of how the for-mal recognition of international treaties relate to provisions in national law in the context of income generating activities, the accumulation of assets and increases in agency.
Mid-term stocktaking workshop, Helsinki, evaluation results, 35 respondents, 5 = very much/high, strongly agree
Question Mean % rating 4 or 5
The training fulfilled my training needs 4.00 100
The training achieved its announced objectives 4.03 100
Rate the training content or subject matter 4.00 100
Rate the order of content presentation 3.97 97
Rate the materials used 3.97 97
Rate the overall quality 4.00 100
Rate the overall usefulness 4.00 100
Rate the relevance to the Bank’s mission 4.06 100
My knowledge/skills increased 4.03 100
Knowledge/skills gained is directly applicable to my job
4.00 100
TABLE 2
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Human rights and climate changeNTF supported research and consultative work-shops on the connections between human rights and climate change. This included the publi-cation of an international law study on human rights law and climate change: “Human Rights and Climate Change: A Review of the Interna-tional Legal Dimensions”, http://publications.worldbank.org. The study explores (i) how cli-mate change impacts rights protected under international human rights treaties and how these effects are distributed between countries and among groups within countries; (ii) how measures to address climate change can affect human rights; and (iii) the role that international law, including human rights treaties, can play in shaping responses to climate change, par-ticularly in adaptation. Further NTF-supported work currently underway explores human rights and climate change in the context of a small island developing country (Republic of Marshall Islands). It considers the potential for employ-ing insights and approaches derived from inter-national law in designing effective mitigation and adaptation strategies. It investigates some of the legal and regulatory implications of these in a domestic law setting.
A human rights perspective on women, business, and the lawThe NTF supported the ongoing World Bank Women, Business and the Law (WBL) program, an initiative examining laws and regulations affecting women’s prospects as entrepreneurs and employees with the aim of informing pol-icy discussions and research on how to improve women’s economic inclusion (wbl.worldbank.org). The 2012 WBL report “Removing barriers to economic inclusion—measuring gender parity in 141 countries” was launched in September 2011. It concluded that the legal systems of 103 of the 141 countries reviewed maintained at least one legal provision that may hinder women’s eco-nomic opportunities, that the situations across
regions and countries vary considerably but that the overall direction of changes is towards more equal treatment. NTF supported the prep-aration of the “Women’s economic rights and human rights” annex in the 2012 WBL report (p 28–31) mapping women’s economic rights against human rights and concluding that incor-porating human rights methodology and indi-cators can enhance the usefulness of the WBL program, and that broader partnerships, includ-ing with human rights bodies, can improve data collection and dissemination.
Human rights learning materials for Bank staffThe NTF Secretariat engaged in several activi-ties geared towards producing and disseminating learning materials on human rights and develop-ment for Bank staff. An interactive introductory self-learning course was finalized towards the end of the review period and placed on the NTF web site. Summaries of the UN’s country reports generated through the Universal Periodic Reviews (UPR) for eight countries were prepared and dis-seminated to the World Bank’s respective Country Management Units/Teams. Five studies on how human rights relate to development in particu-lar contexts were commissioned; economics, fra-gility/conflict, gender, land deals and an update (of a 2006 OECD study) on how different devel-opment agencies integrate human rights in their programs. A video summarizing the Human Devel-opment panel debate described above was made available on the NTF web site, and an article on the NTF was published on the Bank wide intranet on December 10 (Human Rights Day) 2010.
4.3 NTF Grant Program Examples
Roma right to healthThe ECA-HDN team continued effective imple-mentation of the NTF grant on the Right to
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Health for Roma. The program has strong coun-try support and has developed a systematic approach and thorough methodology which explicitly integrates human rights. The project aim is to advance an understanding of the use of human rights to promote access to quality health care for Roma communities. Its outputs to date include a desk review of human rights instruments and legal obligations relevant to Roma health; a review of Roma health literature to provide Bank staff with an analytical base on Roma health issues; and the design of a study in Serbia to measure quality of care for Roma and non- Roma patients. The objectives of the study are to examine: (i) the average quality of care in Serbia, and (ii) differences in care for different populations (Roma and women). This information can then be used to inform the ongoing health reforms in Serbia to further improve quality of care for all populations. In addition, future Bank work on health issues in other countries can be enhanced by improved knowledge of the relevant human rights instru-ments and literature.
Vietnam citizens rightsTogether with Vietnamese government counter-parts, a four-part research and analytical work program has been identified to improve both the supply and demand sides of human rights in country. The components include (i) Supporting Media Reporting on Human Rights; (ii) Working with People’s Councils; (iii) Promoting Aware-ness of Citizen Rights through the media, and; (iv) Training Local Civil Servants. Activities com-pleted to date include a workshop on human rights under the new Law on Cadres and Civil Ser-vants which was held together with the Vietnam Institute for Human Rights, and the launch of research activities on awareness of human rights among local public officials in four provinces. Future planned activities include: a workshop on media and human rights, in cooperation with the Ministry of Information and Communications
planned for February 2012 and, upon completion of the research on awareness of human rights, preparation of a training manual for local civil servants and a “training of trainers” program. Expected outcomes of this grant include greater openness to discussions of the ‘value added’ of human rights; deepening and strengthening ongoing work on governance, through the incor-poration of human rights perspectives, includ-ing on access to information and accountability; and increased levels of awareness of rights at the local level.
Middle East and North Africa – Child Rights-based Programming in conflict areasThis grant helps explore the relationship between human rights, child rights-based programming and development in conflict-affected areas. Con-ducted in partnership with Save the Children, field research has been conducted in Yemen, Leb-anon and the West Bank and Gaza. Stakeholder workshops in Jordan and Lebanon discussed and validated the research findings and provided excellent opportunities to review children’s rights in development with representatives from governments in the region, civil society and mul-tilateral and bilateral partners. Findings from the research show that the benefits of child rights-based programming in conflict-affected areas outweigh the costs—it can initially be time-con-suming but creates sustainability. The data also indicate that stronger and more comprehensive child rights-based programming provides greater support for safety and security. The final report will be available in the first few months of 2012.
South Africa – A human rights perspective on gender workThis NTF grant supports the World Bank’s South Africa country team to address issues on wom-en’s equal participation in the South African economy in collaboration with key partners in the Government, civil society and business organizations. Activities to date include a gen-
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der literature review and two studies; “Report on Engendering the new Growth Path” and “Women Economic Empowerment – and Action Plan”, which were discussed in two workshops held in country in March and August 2011. Activi-ties also included presentations in major confer-ences, such as national Young Women’s Summit and the Inaugural National Women’s Confer-ence attended by more than 15 Cabinet Minis-ters. Results to date include knowledge transfer and building of partnerships; the participation of more than 200 women in workshops in 2011 and strengthened partnerships with key Gov-ernment departments, business partners and civil society. The program has contributed to the development of the Gender Equality Legislation, South Africa National Strategy, Vision 2030 and the New Growth Path, with increased attention to gender equality in the economic policies and programs. Key elements of successful program implementation have been partnerships with rel-evant stakeholders, local ownership, and build-ing of national capacity.
Business and human rights – Supporting IFC’s private sector workNTF supported the work of IFC, the World Bank’s private sector arm, to help private sector clients address human rights related risks in business operations. Funding was provided for develop-ing the human-rights-in-business related pro-visions of the Sustainability Framework Review and Update Process, revising IFC Performance Standards (PS) and undertaking consultations on these in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin Amer-ica. The revised PS acknowledge the respon-sibility of the private sector to respect human rights and address some gaps of the earlier framework: e.g. human trafficking, forced evic-tions and community access to cultural heritage, among other issues. A new addition is the volun-tary due diligence that may be appropriate taking into account specific business circumstances. A Guidance Note interpreting the PS was prepared
during the Fall of 2011 and support the timely implementation of the PS by January 2012. NTF also supported the development of IFC’s Imple-mentation Guidance Tools on the Voluntary Prin-ciples on Security and Human Rights for the private sector, involving stakeholder consulta-tions with business corporations, NGOs and Gov-ernments. As a result of its continued work in the field, IFC’s PS have become the global benchmark for environmental and social sustainability in the business community, both for project investment and financial intermediaries, and provide a com-prehensive approach reflecting key human rights principles. IFC organized several major presen-tations on the performance standards and on the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights for IFC and Bank staff, clients and other audiences. More information is available at www.ifc.org/sustainabilityframework.
Information and Communication Technology for Human Rights (ICT4HR)The NTF supported the ICT4HR program to explore how human rights can inform and guide new ICT facilitated approaches in governance and human rights. This included participatory budgeting in three administrative areas in the conflict-affected province of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. All citizens, regardless of gender, ethnic, religious, political of socio-economic background, were entitled to a voice in determining the allocation of the pro-vincial budget through sms messaging, thus breaking a vicious cycle of mistrust and poorly performing services. As a result, local budgets started to include investments in local commu-nities providing basic services to the poor, and in response, citizens started to pay taxes. A video about this is available at http://www.you-tube.com/watch?v=hZYm0kEvkAo. Workshops were also held in South Kivu on violence against women and on the feasibility of using ICT as an instrument of alert and reporting. One seminar briefing World Bank staff on the program was
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held in Washington. A second round of participa-tory budgeting is planned for 2012.
Human rights in Colombia’s Peace and Development projectIn close collaboration with the Government of Colombia NTF provided support for the Bank’s country office in Bogota to explore the integra-tion of human rights into the Bank supported Peace and Development Project (PDP). The proj-ect assists communities in six conflict-affected regions through Regional Development and Peace Programs (RDPP) that encourage local subproj-ects and strengthen community-based organiza-tions. A completed NTF supported study, “State of the art of the integration of human rights in RDPP”, concluded that the use of a human rights based approach within the RDPPs can support the realization of beneficiaries’ human rights. Based on these findings, the grant team is con-
tinuing work with a wide range of stakeholders to develop a toolbox for identifying and assessing changes to the realization of human rights and to provide guidance for incorporating human rights aspects in subprojects’ design, activities and indi-cators. Work to date has generated and dissemi-nated practical knowledge about the content of rights, their interdependence, the principles that underline their realization, and the importance of assessing the subproject’s cycle on the basis of the “do no harm” principle. Stakeholders, includ-ing the EU and other donors as well as agencies at central and regional level, have expressed inter-est in the program findings and the RDPP teams are keen to work with the NTF team to enhance their contribution to human rights in their regions. Upcoming work will focus on knowledge sharing and tools dissemination through national and local events, as well as on training of World Bank staff.
5. F I N A N C I A L S U M M A RY
5.1 Funding Contributions
As of October 30, 2011, the NTF had received contributions from the five NTF donors equal to US$13.7 million. Additional contributions in the amount of US$3.6 million are expected. In addition to donor pledges, the NTF had generated investment income of US$0.2 million. Table 3 provides a detailed breakdown of the NTF funding. Com-plementary funding outside the NTF structure (and not shown in the table) but supporting related activities, in the amount of Euro 200,000, was received from the Government of Germany.
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5.2 Allocation and Use of Funds by NTF Activity
As Table 4 shows, a total of US$13.4 million was allocated to the different NTF activities, most of which to the 28 approved proposals in the NTF grant program (shown in Annex B) with US$400,000 on average allocated to each grant. As of October 30, 2011 US$4.6 million of the funds had been disbursed for expenditures under the grant program, the K&P program, the NTF Secre-tariat and payment of the World Bank administra-tion fee for the trust fund. An additional US$2.0 million had been committed for future expendi-tures (i.e. funding had been reserved for identi-fied expenditures).
NTF Funds as of October 31, 2011), US$ million
Sources of Funds Received Anticipated Total
Denmark 4.6 — 4.6
Finland 2.8 — 2.8
Iceland 0.2 — 0.2
Norway 3.5 2.1 5.6
Sweden 2.6 1.5 4.1
Total Donor Contributions 13.7 3.6 17.3
Investment Income 0.2 0.2
Total funds, all sources 13.9 17.5
Source: SAP.
TABLE 3
Allocation and Use of Funds (as of October 31, 2011), US$ million
Category Allocated Disbursed Committed
Grants Program 11.5 3.4 1.8
Economic, social and cultural rights 2.9 0.5 0.2
Governance and empowerment 2.1 0.6 0.4
Discrimination and vulnerable groups 4.5 1.5 0.8
Capacity and institutions 2.0 0.8 0.4
Knowledge and Partnerships 0.7 0.2 0.2
Secretariat 0.9 0.7 —
Administration Fee 0.3 0.3 —
Total 13.4 4.6 2.0
Source: NTF Secretariat.
TABLE 4
6. L O O K I N G A H E A D
Activities over the next year will focus on the continued implementation and completion of the NTF grant programs listed in Annex B and dissemination of key findings. As in the past year, the aim will be to have each of the programs deliver 1–2 studies/analytic work and 1–2 workshops/learning events for Bank staff
and management, and the NTF Secretariat will support the grant receiving teams to achieve this and other aspects of grant implementation.
As in the previous year, the NTF Secretariat will complement the grant based studies and events with a smaller number of cross cutting events exploring synergies between grant teams and sectors and promoting partnerships and knowledge exchanges with key agencies such as the UN family, the European Union (EU), OECD, other donors, academia and civil society. The Secretariat will also complete the thematic studies launched during the past year and seek to integrate their key recommendations in the work, studies and workshops of the grant teams.
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The NTF Secretariat will also continue the work to aggregate the findings and recommendations emerging from the NTF sponsored activities—both from the NTF grants and from the Secretariat’s own work—around lessons relevant to the Bank’s analytical and operational work in a way that will enable preparation and dissemination of them to the Bank’s main thematic knowledge networks. This will include work to develop knowledge and learning materials and make them available to Bank staff, much like the introductory presenta-tion on human rights and development and other materials already available on the Bank’s intranet, and seek closer collaboration with the Bank staff learning units across the Bank. Upon comple-tion of the NTF program, learning modules with
“core content” on human rights would be avail-able to the learning coordinators in the Bank units responsible for Bank staff training as a tool for fur-ther exploration of the role of human rights in the Bank staff’s work and learning.
As a result of activities to date, several staff and managers across the Bank have expressed inter-est in continuing the grant supported work. The Secretariat will take stock of this interest and see how it, together with lessons learnt from the grants in place, can best be channeled into pro-posed future activities that would support the overall NTF objective of develop a more informed view of how the Bank’s work relate to human rights.
A N N E X E S
Annex A: Select Knowledge and Partnership Activities
Annex B: NTF Program Grants
Annex C: NTF Article on the World Bank’s Intrane
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Annex A
Select Knowledge and Partnership Activities
Date/Partner Audience/Description
A. Events
June 2011
OHCHR, UN Women, UNDG Secretariat, UNICEF, UNDP, UNDESA, WHO, CIDA, MCC, USAID. Co-hosted by the Bank’s Human Development Network, Fragile and Conflict Affected Countries group and the World Bank Institute
About 65 Bank staff and 15 representatives from other agencies.
One-day peer-to-peer exchange on the role of human rights in the respective agencies’ work. Morning plenary session and afternoon group discussions on human rights in health sector and fragile states work.
October 2011
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, representatives from NGOs, academia, UN/ILO and the private sector
40 Bank staff and about 30 representatives from government, academia, NGOs and the private sector.
Three-day workshop for Bank staff/NTF teams to showcase their work and discuss with other representatives. Training on select human rights topics.
December 10, 2011
Human Rights Day, Washington area NGOs and academicians, legal advisor to the UN
10 representatives from NGO’s, academia and the UN, round table on the NTF.
Discussion with and input from participants on the objectives, scope and content of NTF sponsored activities.
March 2011
The Institute of Human Rights and Business
About 15 Bank staff
Round table on human rights and business, including corporate standards and public policy.
April 2011
Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland, now heading the Foundation for Climate Justice in Dublin.
7 senior Bank staff including the Bank Envoy on climate change and staff from legal, environmental and social development units.
Discussion on human rights aspects of climate change and its impact on public policy and what donors can do.
May 2011
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
Approximately 10 Bank staff.
Presentation and discussion on how Sweden works with human rights and human rights based approaches in development.
December 2010
Andrea Shemberg, Legal Adviser on UN/IFC activities on business and human rights
Approx 20 WB/IFC staff
Seminar on Responsible Contracting in the private sector.
B: Analytical activities and dissemination
December 10, 2010
Human Rights Day, NTF presentation on WB intranet
Article on the NTF with interviews of the responsible OPCS Director and NTF Coordinator published on the World Bank’s intranet (available to some 12,000 staff)
2011
Summaries of UN (Universal Periodic Reviews, UPR) reviews of human rights in select countries
UPR/UN summaries of human rights reviews for eight countries prepared and disseminated to the respective Bank Country Director/Country Management Unit.
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Select Knowledge and Partnership Activities
Date/Partner Audience/Description
2011
Interactive introduction to human rights and development
Interactive presentation on basic facts and concepts related to human rights and development prepared and made available on the NTF web site for Bank staff.
July, 2011
12-minute video with UN and World Bank participants on human rights in the Bank’s human development work
Video with lively debate on the pros and cons of including human rights in the Bank’s work on health, education and social protection, available on the NTF web site
2011
Launch of analytical studies on select human rights related topics commissioned by the NTF Secretariat
Studies underway on human rights and (i) economics, (ii) gender, (iii) fragility and conflict, (iv) climate change and (v) land deals, (vi) donor practices. Discussions and dissemination events planned for 2012.
2010–2011
Completed papers by NTF staff
Two papers on human rights indicators at GWU Elliot School, paper on human rights and climate change at Columbia Law School
C: Participation in seminars, meetings with partners, missions to support NTF grants, etc
NTF Secretariat missions reviewing grant programs in WB country offices
Visits to Vietnam, Serbia (Roma grant), South Africa, DRC, Jordan (Child rights grant), Colombia Peace & Development grant, WB Bangkok governance hub office.
NTF staff participation in conferences and seminars, meetings with donors
Lecture at Center for Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California, meetings with BMZ, Bonn, Germany.
Meeting at the UN on CEDAW and visit to Social Science Research Council, New York
NTF Secretariat participation in the CEDAW Committee General Discussion on the protection of women in conflict and post-conflict situations and preparatory meeting with Social Science Research Council for their participation in Helsinki event.
OECD DAC Human Rights Task Team (HRTT) support Continued membership in OECD DAC HRTT and support for the preparation of the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, December, 2011.
Meetings with NTF donors Briefing meetings with NTF donor delegations at the World Bank annual meetings, September, and Spring Meetings, April, 2011.
NTF Staff presentations at conferences ABA panelist presentation on human rights and climate change, presentation to UDC Law School Human Rights Forum, participation in an expert meeting on human rights indicators at the EU Fundamental Rights Agency in Vienna, participation in a Consultation on the Guidelines on the Impact of Foreign Debt on Human Rights in Doha (January 2011). Presentations on social accountability at Arizona State University and on human rights principles and indicators at New School University, New York. Panelist at Columbia Law School Conference on threatened island nations and legal implications of rising seas and climate change.
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t the
loca
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s ci
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at s
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right
s in
exis
ting
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ns. C
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cove
red
incl
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amon
g ot
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Mal
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Ethi
opia
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Ghan
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w o
f the
inte
grat
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of H
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Ri
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in th
e Lo
cal G
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atio
nAc
tiviti
es to
dat
eEm
ergi
ng re
sults
and
out
com
es
Hum
an ri
ghts
and
loca
l gov
ernm
ent i
n So
uth
Asia
.
Sout
h As
ia R
egio
n.
How
hum
an ri
ghts
con
sider
atio
ns
can
impr
ove
Bank
-sup
porte
d lo
cal
gove
rnm
ent o
pera
tions
One
wor
ksho
p on
hum
an ri
ghts
, dec
entra
lizat
ion
and
loca
l go
vern
ance
hel
d in
Indi
a. D
etai
led
plan
ning
for f
utur
e w
ork
unde
rway
. Act
ivitie
s w
ill be
car
ried
out i
n Ne
pal a
nd B
angl
ades
h,
poss
ibly
also
in A
fgha
nist
an.
Hum
an ri
ghts
and
just
ice
in C
entra
l Am
eric
a.
Latin
Am
eric
a an
d Ca
ribbe
an R
egio
n.
How
hum
an ri
ghts
con
sider
atio
ns
can
impr
ove
wor
k on
crim
inal
and
ju
stic
e sy
stem
s
(i) C
ount
ry c
ase
stud
ies
on C
rimin
al J
ustic
e an
d Hu
man
Rig
hts
have
bee
n co
nduc
ted
for H
ondu
ras,
Gua
tem
ala
and
Nica
ragu
a;
(ii) F
ocus
gro
up s
urve
ys a
re o
ngoi
ng in
El S
alva
dor,
Guat
emal
a,
Hond
uras
and
Nic
arag
ua; a
nd (i
ii) A
n Ac
tion
Lear
ning
Pla
n ha
s be
en fo
rmul
ated
to b
e la
unch
ed in
the
begi
nnin
g of
201
2 in
clud
ing
diss
emin
atio
n of
the
case
stu
dies
.
Awar
enes
s ris
ing
amon
g Ba
nk s
taff
and
coun
try p
artn
ers
abou
t the
resp
ect o
f hu
man
righ
ts in
an
envir
onm
ent o
f end
emic
vio
lenc
e an
d cr
ime.
Wor
ksho
p pl
anne
d fo
r 201
2 to
pre
sent
the
findi
ngs
of th
e Ac
tion
Lear
ning
Pla
n.
Tech
nolo
gy fo
r hum
an ri
ghts
. Wor
ld
Bank
Inst
itute
.Us
e of
tech
nolo
gy fo
r hum
an ri
ghts
Thre
e w
orks
hops
on
Parti
cipa
tory
bud
getin
g an
d vio
lenc
e ag
ains
t w
omen
car
ried
out i
n Su
d Ki
vu, D
emoc
ratic
Rep
ublic
of C
ongo
, in
clud
ing
the
use
of m
obile
pho
nes
for v
otin
g, a
nd fu
ndin
g fro
m
the
cent
ral g
over
nmen
t for
the
proc
ess
achi
eved
. One
wor
ksho
p fo
r Ban
k st
aff i
n W
ashi
ngto
n. A
stu
dy o
n IC
T, Hu
man
Rig
hts
and
Gove
rnan
ce w
as n
early
com
plet
ed.
Inst
itutio
naliz
ed p
artic
ipat
ory
budg
etin
g in
th
e pr
ovin
ce. C
hang
e in
pub
lic e
xpen
ditu
re
with
incr
ease
d in
vest
men
ts a
t loc
al le
vels
for s
ervic
es fo
r the
poo
rest
sec
tions
of
soci
ety
as a
resu
lt of
the
budg
etin
g pr
oces
s.
Incr
ease
d le
vel o
f tax
com
plia
nce
by c
itize
ns
follo
win
g th
e fir
st ro
und
of th
e pr
oces
s.
Disc
rimin
atio
n an
d vu
lner
able
gro
ups
Hum
an R
ight
s an
d Ge
nder
-Bas
ed
Viol
ence
: Ide
ntify
ing
Oppo
rtuni
ties
for
Enga
gem
ent i
n So
uth
Afric
a. A
frica
Re
gion
.
Oppo
rtuni
ties
for h
uman
righ
ts
cons
ider
atio
ns in
gen
der-b
ased
Ba
nk w
ork
Prog
ram
focu
s de
fined
as
hum
an ri
ghts
and
wom
en’s
econ
omic
em
pow
erm
ent i
n So
uth
Afric
a.
Draf
t stu
dies
and
revie
ws in
clude
Gen
der a
nd H
uman
Rig
hts
Lite
ratu
re
Revie
w, A
n Ac
tion
Plan
for I
ncre
asin
g Ec
onom
ic Em
powe
rmen
t of
Wom
en a
nd G
ende
r Eco
nom
ic Em
powe
rmen
t; In
corp
orat
ing
Wom
en’s
Voice
s in
to E
cono
mic
Polic
y M
akin
g. Tw
o W
orks
hops
to d
iscus
s th
e dr
aft s
tudi
es a
nd to
pre
pare
an
actio
n pl
an, a
nd to
disc
uss
how
to
enge
nder
the
New
Grow
th P
ath
and
Visio
n 20
30. P
artic
ipat
ion
in
partn
er e
vent
and
par
tner
ship
s wi
th re
leva
nt s
take
hold
ers
on g
ende
r in
the
Gove
rnm
ent,
civil s
ocie
ty a
nd b
usin
ess
com
mun
ity.
Impr
oved
kno
wle
dge
abou
t wom
en’s
empo
wer
men
t iss
ues
in S
outh
Afri
ca,
stro
nger
Ban
k pr
esen
ce a
nd p
rofil
e in
th
e on
goin
g de
bate
on
hum
an ri
ghts
and
w
omen
’s em
pow
erm
ent i
n So
uth
Afric
a.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
(Con
tinue
d)
2 7Annexes
NTF
PROG
RAM
GRA
NTS (
aver
age
amou
nt =
$40
0,00
0)
Title
, im
plem
entin
g
Wor
ld B
ank
unit
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es to
dat
eEm
ergi
ng re
sults
and
out
com
es
Wom
en’s
and
Child
ren’
s Ri
ghts
in
Dem
ocra
tic R
epub
lic o
f Con
go. A
frica
Re
gion
.
How
hum
an ri
ghts
con
sider
atio
ns
can
impr
ove
Bank
wor
k in
con
flict
se
tting
s
Revie
ws
and
stud
ies:
an
over
view
hum
an ri
ghts
sta
tus
repo
rt on
DR
C, tw
o lit
erat
ure
revie
ws
(i) o
ne o
n ch
ild la
bor a
t one
min
ing
site,
Kol
owez
i, Ka
tang
a, a
nd (i
i) a
seco
nd o
n w
omen
, con
flict
and
m
iner
als
in th
e tw
o Ki
vu p
rovin
ces.
Con
sulta
tions
are
und
erw
ay
with
key
sta
keho
lder
s in
Kol
owez
i, Ka
tang
a to
ach
ieve
a b
road
co
nsen
sus
arou
nd re
mov
ing
child
labo
r fro
m th
e Ko
low
ezi m
ines
.
Emer
ging
resu
lts –
em
erge
nce
of a
bro
ad
Gove
rnm
ent,
priva
te s
ecto
r and
civi
l soc
iety
co
nsen
sus
arou
nd e
radi
catin
g ch
ild la
bor
from
Kol
owez
i min
ing
sites
. Act
ions
to b
e ag
reed
in w
orks
hop
early
201
2. O
utco
mes
to
be
cons
ider
ed fo
r upt
ake
in th
e ID
A su
ppor
ted
PROM
INES
min
ing
proj
ect.
Righ
t to
Heal
th fo
r Rom
a.
East
ern
Euro
pe a
nd C
entra
l Asia
Re
gion
.
Use
of h
uman
righ
ts to
pro
mot
e ac
cess
to s
ervic
es b
y m
inor
ities
Com
plet
ed: (
i) Do
cum
ent d
escr
ibin
g hu
man
righ
ts in
stru
men
ts
rele
vant
to R
oma
heal
th a
nd th
eir l
egal
obl
igat
ions
; (ii)
Rev
iew
of
Rom
a he
alth
lite
ratu
re to
pro
vide
Bank
sta
ff w
ith a
nalyt
ical
bas
e on
Rom
a he
alth
issu
es; (
iii) D
esig
n of
a s
tudy
in S
erbi
a to
mea
sure
qu
ality
of c
are
for R
oma
and
non-
Rom
a pa
tient
s. S
tudy
to m
easu
re
qual
ity o
f car
e un
derw
ay.
Deep
ened
hum
an ri
ghts
rela
ted
know
ledg
e ba
se fo
r hea
lth o
pera
tions
in S
erbi
a, w
ith
emph
asis
on R
oma
right
s. U
pcom
ing
Bank
wor
k (in
clud
ing
fee-
base
d te
chni
cal
assis
tanc
e to
Slo
vaki
a to
dev
elop
a R
oma
heal
th s
trate
gy) c
an b
e in
form
ed b
y bo
th
know
ledg
e on
hum
an ri
ghts
inst
rum
ents
and
th
e lit
erat
ure
revie
w.
Oper
atio
naliz
ing
hum
an ri
ghts
in
stru
men
ts in
the
Bank
’s w
ork
targ
etin
g in
tern
ally
disp
lace
d pe
ople
an
d re
fuge
es.
Soci
al D
evel
opm
ent N
etw
ork.
Hum
an ri
ghts
con
sider
atio
ns in
w
orki
ng w
ith re
fuge
es(i)
Pap
er o
n Op
erat
iona
lizin
g Hu
man
Rig
hts
Appr
oach
es in
De
velo
pmen
t Int
erve
ntio
ns Ta
rget
ing
Inte
rnal
ly Di
spla
ced
Peop
le
in A
frica
; (ii)
dra
ft an
alyt
ical
stu
dy o
n de
velo
pmen
tal a
spec
ts o
f hu
man
righ
ts a
nd d
ispla
cem
ent s
tarte
d an
d ou
tline
pre
sent
ed;
(iii)
Prep
arat
ory
wor
k on
goin
g w
ith p
artn
ers
for t
he im
plem
enta
tion
of tr
aini
ng a
ctivi
ties
and
case
stu
dies
.
Hum
an R
ight
s an
d M
igra
tion:
Id
entif
ying
Oppo
rtuni
ties
for M
igra
nt
Prot
ectio
n.
Mid
dle
East
and
Nor
th A
frica
Reg
ion.
Hum
an ri
ghts
con
sider
atio
ns in
w
orki
ng o
n m
igra
tion
issue
s(i)
Bac
kgro
und
pape
r “Hu
man
Rig
hts
in th
e Co
ntex
t of L
abor
M
igra
tion”
fina
lized
and
a P
olic
y Br
ief h
as b
een
draf
ted;
(ii
) Pre
para
tory
wor
k fo
r sto
ckta
king
of g
over
nmen
t fun
ctio
ns
and
serv
ices
to p
rote
ct la
bor m
igra
nts
in fo
ur M
ENA
rece
iving
co
untri
es u
nder
way
.
Enha
nced
kno
wle
dge
abou
t hum
an ri
ghts
an
d la
bor m
igra
tion
in th
e M
iddl
e Ea
st.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
(Con
tinue
d)
2 8Nordic Trust Fund Progress Report: November 2010–October 2011
NTF
PROG
RAM
GRA
NTS (
aver
age
amou
nt =
$40
0,00
0)
Title
, im
plem
entin
g
Wor
ld B
ank
unit
Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es to
dat
eEm
ergi
ng re
sults
and
out
com
es
Inte
grat
ing
hum
an ri
ghts
in to
the
Bank
’s w
ork
on s
ocia
l pro
tect
ion.
So
cial
Dev
elop
men
t Net
wor
k an
d So
uth
Asia
Reg
ion.
Hum
an ri
ghts
con
sider
atio
ns in
th
e Ba
nk’s
stra
tegy
on
soci
al
deve
lopm
ent
Stud
ies
unde
r way
: (i)
how
hum
an ri
ghts
ext
end
into
soc
ial
prot
ectio
n an
d em
ploy
men
t and
ass
ocia
ted
impl
icat
ions
for
Bang
lade
sh; (
ii) e
xten
ding
righ
ts o
n w
omen
’s rig
ht to
em
ploy
men
t an
d vio
lenc
e ag
ains
t wom
en (V
AW).
Advis
ory
wor
k: T
hree
con
tract
s in
pla
ce s
uppo
rting
ser
vice
deliv
ery
for w
omen
vic
tims
of v
iole
nce
thro
ugh
a go
vern
men
t-run
pro
gram
on
VAW
.
Emer
ging
kno
wle
dge
on (i
) the
pub
lic
disc
ours
e on
righ
ts in
Sou
th A
sia a
nd
Bang
lade
sh; (
ii) th
e us
e of
righ
ts d
ialo
gue
for c
oalit
ions
in B
ank
wor
k.
Righ
t to
Educ
atio
n fo
r Chi
ldre
n w
ith
Disa
bilit
ies.
Lega
l Dep
artm
ent.
Hum
an ri
ghts
asp
ects
of w
orki
ng
with
per
sons
with
disa
bilit
ies
Wor
k un
derw
ay: (
i) pr
epar
atio
n of
a N
atio
nal S
tudy
on
Spec
ial
Need
s Ed
ucat
ion
in K
enya
; (ii)
thre
e de
sk re
view
s of
nat
iona
l leg
al
and
regu
lato
ry fr
amew
orks
in E
AC C
ount
ries
from
a p
ersp
ectiv
e of
the
Conv
entio
n on
the
Righ
ts o
f Per
sons
with
Disa
bilit
ies.
W
orks
hop
with
15
Bank
sta
ff an
d UN
sta
ff on
disa
bilit
y rig
hts
and
deve
lopm
ent i
n Oc
tobe
r 201
1.
Equa
lity
of O
ppor
tuni
ty a
nd E
cono
mic
an
d So
cial
Rig
hts.
Pov
erty
Red
uctio
n an
d Ec
onom
ic M
anag
emen
t Net
wor
k.
How
hum
an ri
ghts
con
sider
atio
ns
can
stre
ngth
en e
qual
ity o
f op
portu
nity
Litte
ratu
re re
view
of e
qual
ity o
f opp
ortu
nity
and
soc
ial h
uman
righ
ts
(full
draf
t - fo
r fina
l rev
ision
s). C
o-ho
stin
g Co
nfer
ence
at G
eorg
e W
ashi
ngto
n Un
ivers
ity o
n Hu
man
Rig
hts
Deve
lopm
ent a
nd E
cono
mic
Gr
owth
for a
wid
e au
dien
ce o
f Ban
k st
aff,
acad
emia
and
NGO
s.
Inpu
t int
o se
vera
l stu
dies
incl
udin
g on
Equ
alizi
ng O
ppor
tuni
ties
in L
iber
ia p
rese
nted
to th
e M
inist
ry o
f Pla
nnin
g, re
ports
on
oppo
rtuni
ties
for c
hild
ren
in V
ietn
am, C
ote
d’Ivo
ire a
nd K
enya
.
The
NTF-
spon
sore
d ac
tiviti
es in
form
the
impl
emen
ting
Bank
uni
t’s e
cono
mic
s-ba
sed
empi
rical
wor
k on
equ
ality
of o
ppor
tuni
ty
goin
g on
in a
bout
50
coun
tries
and
its
man
y as
soci
ated
ana
lytic
al s
tudi
es u
nder
way
ab
out h
ow h
uman
righ
ts a
dd v
alue
to th
e su
bjec
t.
Disc
rimin
atio
n ag
ains
t Wom
en –
How
ha
ve in
tern
atio
nal c
onve
ntio
ns a
nd
legi
slatio
n su
ch a
s th
e Co
nven
tion
on th
e El
imin
atio
n of
All
Form
s of
Di
scrim
inat
ion
Agai
nst W
omen
(C
EDAW
) bee
n im
plem
ente
d?
Deve
lopm
ent E
cono
mic
s/W
orld
De
velo
pmen
t Rep
ort (
WDR
).
Hum
an ri
ghts
asp
ects
of
disc
rimin
atio
n ag
ains
t wom
enSe
ctio
n on
righ
ts a
nd g
ende
r in
the
2012
Wor
ld D
evel
opm
ent
Repo
rt on
Gen
der E
qual
ity a
nd D
evel
opm
ent;
“Rig
hts
and
thei
r ef
fect
ive im
plem
enta
tion
shap
e w
omen
’s ch
oice
s an
d vo
ices
”, p
157–
168.
Spe
cific
ana
lytic
al o
utpu
ts: (
i) a
revie
w o
f Sta
te p
artie
s’
com
mitm
ents
und
er in
tern
atio
nal c
onve
ntio
ns a
nd h
ow th
ese
help
re
duce
con
stra
ints
to w
omen
’s au
tono
my
and
deci
sion-
mak
ing;
(ii
) a d
atab
ase
on w
omen
’s rig
hts
and
legi
slatio
n; (i
ii) P
aper
on
acce
ss to
just
ice
and
gend
er b
arrie
rs to
the
exer
cise
of r
ight
s;
(iv) A
ssoc
iate
d co
untry
cas
e st
udie
s.
Impr
oved
und
erst
andi
ng o
f how
hum
an
right
s af
fect
gen
der a
nd d
evel
opm
ent
artic
ulat
ed in
and
diss
emin
ated
thro
ugh
the
2012
WDR
. Enh
ance
d kn
owle
dge
of th
e tra
nspo
sitio
n of
the
inte
rnat
iona
l co
nven
tions
into
nat
iona
l law
and
how
this
redu
ces
cons
train
ts o
n w
omen
’s au
tono
my
in d
ecisi
on-m
akin
g, a
nd o
f the
rele
vanc
e of
fo
rmal
hum
an ri
ghts
trea
ty c
omm
itmen
ts to
di
scrim
inat
ion
in d
evel
opm
ent c
ount
ries.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
(Con
tinue
d)
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Vul
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Hum
an
Righ
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rom
otin
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olde
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arni
ng o
n Ac
cess
to J
ustic
e. A
frica
Re
gion
.
Inte
ract
ion
betw
een
hum
an ri
ghts
an
d ac
cess
to ju
stic
e(i)
Des
k re
view
and
map
ping
of e
xistin
g re
sear
ch a
nd a
nalys
is on
ac
cess
to ju
stic
e fo
r vul
nera
ble
grou
ps in
Eth
iopi
a co
mpl
eted
by
the
Just
ice
and
Lega
l Sys
tem
s Re
sear
ch In
stitu
te (i
i) fo
llow
up
rese
arch
and
sur
veys
ong
oing
.
Emer
ging
und
erst
andi
ng o
f iss
ues
and
optio
ns s
urro
undi
ng th
e ac
cess
to ju
stic
e by
th
e po
or in
Eth
iopi
a.
Wom
en, B
usin
ess
and
the
Law
(WBL
).
Fina
ncia
l and
priv
ate
sect
or
deve
lopm
ent N
etw
ork/
IFC
(wbl
.w
orld
bank
.org
)
Hum
an ri
ghts
and
disc
rimin
atio
n ag
ains
t wom
en in
bus
ines
sPr
epar
atio
n an
d di
ssem
inat
ion
of th
e 20
12 W
orld
Ban
k IF
C W
omen
Bu
sines
s an
d th
e La
w re
port
“Rem
ovin
g ba
rrier
s to
eco
nom
ic
incl
usio
n –
mea
surin
g ge
nder
par
ity in
141
cou
ntrie
s” (l
aunc
h in
Ken
ya a
s pa
rt of
disc
ussio
n on
Con
stitu
tiona
l Ref
orm
s, a
nd
pres
enta
tion
at S
ida,
Sw
eden
, in
Octo
ber 2
011)
, sup
porte
d by
NT
F an
d ot
hers
. Pre
para
tion
of th
e “W
omen
’s ec
onom
ic ri
ghts
an
d hu
man
righ
ts” p
28–
31, a
nnex
in th
e 20
12 W
BL re
port.
Pr
epar
atio
n of
thre
e fo
llow
-up
coun
try c
ase
stud
ies
(in p
rogr
ess)
.
Impr
oved
und
erst
andi
ng a
nd d
ocum
enta
tion
of le
gal d
iffer
ence
s be
twee
n m
en a
nd
wom
en in
are
as a
ffect
ing
ince
ntive
s or
ca
paci
ty to
wor
k or
set
up
and
run
a bu
sines
s in
141
cou
ntrie
s.
Impr
oved
und
erst
andi
ng o
f how
hum
an
right
s in
ters
ect w
ith g
ende
r asp
ects
of
econ
omic
incl
usio
n as
disc
usse
d in
and
di
ssem
inat
ed th
roug
h th
e 20
12 W
BL re
port.
Capa
city
and
inst
itutio
ns
Colo
mbi
a Pe
ace
and
Deve
lopm
ent
Proj
ect.
Latin
Am
eric
a an
d Ca
ribbe
an R
egio
n.
Use
of h
uman
righ
ts in
pos
t-con
flict
de
velo
pmen
t wor
kW
orks
hop
on h
uman
righ
ts in
the
Peac
e an
d De
velo
pmen
t Pro
ject
, Bo
gota
, Dec
embe
r 201
0, w
ith s
take
hold
ers
from
don
ors,
civi
l so
ciet
y an
d pr
ogra
m s
taff/
parti
cipa
nts.
(bas
ed o
n th
e re
port
from
th
e co
mpl
eted
pha
se I
on in
tegr
atio
n of
hum
an ri
ghts
in re
gion
al
deve
lopm
ent a
nd p
eace
pro
gram
s. S
tart
of a
ctivi
ties
to d
evel
op a
to
olbo
x to
stre
ngth
en th
e hu
man
righ
ts p
ersp
ectiv
e co
mm
unity
-ba
sed
drive
n de
velo
pmen
t pro
ject
s. M
onth
ly tra
inin
g se
ssio
ns/
wor
ksho
ps o
n hu
man
righ
ts u
nder
way
to a
nalyz
e an
d de
velo
p pi
lot a
ctivi
ties.
Enha
nced
kno
wle
dge
abou
t how
w
orki
ng w
ith h
uman
righ
ts a
ppro
ache
s in
a p
ost-c
onfli
ct s
ettin
g ca
n ad
d va
lue
to d
evel
opm
ent p
rogr
ams.
Incr
ease
d aw
aren
ess
of th
e ro
le o
f hum
an ri
ghts
as
a m
etho
d fo
r dev
elop
men
t in
post
-con
flict
se
tting
s am
ong
the
Bank
team
and
the
man
y pa
rtner
s an
d st
akeh
olde
rs. K
een
inte
rest
from
the
Gove
rnm
ent a
nd E
U.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
(Con
tinue
d)
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of k
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nera
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emin
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nAc
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sults
and
out
com
es
Inte
grat
ing
hum
an ri
ghts
asp
ects
in
IFC’
s pr
ivate
sec
tor d
evel
opm
ent
wor
k.
IFC.
Advis
ing
priva
te s
ecto
r clie
nts
on
hum
an ri
ghts
as
a ris
k fo
r bus
ines
s op
erat
ions
(i) C
ontri
butio
n of
hum
an ri
ghts
ana
lysis
to th
e up
date
of I
FC
sust
aina
bilit
y fra
mew
ork
(SF)
and
ass
ocia
ted
perfo
rman
ce
stan
dard
s (P
S) a
ppro
ved
by th
e W
orld
Ban
k Bo
ard
in A
pril
2011
and
to a
ssoc
iate
d co
nsul
tatio
n an
d tra
inin
g. T
hree
NTF
sp
onso
red
wor
ksho
ps h
eld
for B
ank
staf
f and
man
agem
ent
(and
som
e m
embe
rs o
f the
Wor
ld B
ank
Boar
d). w
ww.
ifc.o
rg/
sust
aina
bilit
yfra
mew
ork.
(ii)
Upda
te a
nd d
issem
inat
ion
of IF
C’s
Guid
e to
Hum
an R
ight
s Im
pact
Ass
essm
ent a
nd M
anag
emen
t. (ii
i) Im
plem
enta
tion
guid
ance
tool
s fo
r the
Vol
unta
ry P
rinci
ples
of
Sec
urity
and
Hum
an R
ight
s fin
alize
d. C
onsu
ltatio
ns w
ith
stak
ehol
ders
incl
udin
g pr
ivate
firm
s, N
GOs,
and
gov
ernm
ents
.
The
upda
ted
SF a
nd P
S ac
know
ledg
e th
e re
spon
sibilit
y of
the
priva
te s
ecto
r to
resp
ect h
uman
righ
ts a
nd p
rovid
e gu
idan
ce fo
r clie
nts
to e
nabl
e th
em to
ad
dres
s hu
man
righ
ts im
pact
s an
d ris
ks
in th
eir o
pera
tions
. The
y ar
e w
idel
y se
en
as th
e gl
obal
ben
chm
ark
for t
he p
rivat
e se
ctor
for e
nviro
nmen
tal a
nd s
ocia
l su
stai
nabi
lity,
both
for p
roje
ct in
vest
men
t an
d fin
anci
al in
term
edia
ries,
and
pro
vide
a co
mpr
ehen
sive
appr
oach
refle
ctin
g ke
y hu
man
righ
ts p
rinci
ples
. IFC
’s w
ork
on th
e Vo
lunt
ary
prin
cipl
es a
nd Im
pact
ass
essm
ent
is al
so fo
llow
ed w
ith in
tere
st b
y th
e bu
sines
s co
mm
unity
.
Inco
rpor
atin
g Hu
man
Rig
hts
Prin
cipl
es
into
You
th V
iole
nce
Prog
ram
min
g an
d Po
licy
Dial
ogue
.
Soci
al D
evel
opm
ent N
etw
ork.
Hum
an ri
ghts
con
sider
atio
ns in
de
velo
pmen
t wor
k w
ith y
oung
pe
ople
(i) C
ount
ry A
sses
smen
ts o
n Yo
uth
Viol
ence
, Pol
icy
and
Prog
ram
s co
mpl
eted
for S
outh
Afri
ca a
nd M
exic
o; (i
i) Pa
rtici
patio
n in
Mex
ican
Na
tiona
l Con
fere
nce
on y
outh
vio
lenc
e pr
even
tion,
Jan
uary
201
1;
(iii)
Regi
onal
you
th fo
rum
s in
Mex
ico
are
ongo
ing.
Res
ults
are
to
feed
into
nat
iona
l pre
vent
ion
polic
y.
Stro
ng d
ialo
gue
with
Mex
ican
aut
horit
ies,
es
peci
ally
on th
e hu
man
righ
ts d
imen
sions
of
you
th v
iole
nce
and
mig
ratio
n an
d di
spla
cem
ent d
ue to
vio
lenc
e.
Hum
an ri
ghts
and
dev
elop
men
t as
sista
nce
in th
e co
ntex
t of v
iole
nt
confl
ict a
nd s
ocie
tal f
ragi
lity.
Mid
dle
East
and
Nor
th A
frica
Reg
ion.
Use
of h
uman
righ
ts in
dev
elop
men
t w
ork
in c
onfli
ct s
ettin
gs(i)
Ince
ptio
n re
port
on C
hild
Rig
hts
Prog
ram
min
g in
MEN
A co
mpl
eted
; (ii)
Reg
iona
l sta
keho
lder
wor
ksho
p in
Jor
dan
in
May
201
1 w
ith p
artic
ipan
ts fr
om th
e Le
ague
of A
rab
Stat
es,
gove
rnm
ents
in th
e Re
gion
, Wor
ld B
ank,
UN
and
civil
soc
iety
to
disc
uss
pilo
t res
earc
h on
chi
ld ri
ghts
pro
gram
min
g; (i
ii) F
ield
wor
k co
nduc
ted
in L
eban
on, Y
emen
and
Wes
t Ban
k an
d Ga
za;
(iv) p
rese
ntat
ion
of re
sults
of r
esea
rch
at w
orks
hop
in B
eiru
t 9–1
0 No
vem
ber 2
011.
Inte
rest
in c
hild
ren’
s rig
hts
amon
g pa
rtner
s an
d st
akeh
olde
rs a
nd w
ithin
the
Arab
Lea
gue.
Em
ergi
ng le
sson
s (i)
Chi
ld
right
s pr
ogra
mm
ing
is tim
e-co
nsum
ing;
(ii
) Ide
ntify
ing
duty
-bea
rers
can
be
hard
; (ii
i) th
e pr
inci
ple
of n
on-d
iscrim
inat
ion
is ce
ntra
l bot
h in
pla
nnin
g an
d im
plem
enta
tion.
(con
tinue
d on
nex
t pag
e)
(Con
tinue
d)
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nt =
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entin
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ank
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Area
of k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
diss
emin
atio
nAc
tiviti
es to
dat
eEm
ergi
ng re
sults
and
out
com
es
Inst
itutio
ns a
nd H
uman
Rig
hts.
De
velo
pmen
t Eco
nom
ics.
Link
s be
twee
n hu
man
righ
ts a
nd
inst
itutio
nsEi
ght p
ublic
atio
ns p
repa
red,
incl
udin
g (i)
“The
cos
t of c
ompl
ying
with
hum
an ri
ghts
trea
ties:
The
con
vent
ion
on th
e rig
hts
of
the
child
and
bas
ic im
mun
izatio
n” T
he R
evie
w o
f Int
erna
tiona
l Or
gani
zatio
ns 6
(1):
33–5
6, F
ebru
ary
2011
; (ii)
“Edu
catio
n, L
abor
Ri
ghts
, and
Ince
ntive
s: C
ontra
ct Te
ache
r Cas
es in
the
Indi
an
Cour
ts” C
ompa
rativ
e La
w a
nd L
abou
r Pol
icy
Jour
nal (
forth
com
ing)
32
(4) J
uly
2011
. Thr
ee a
dditi
onal
out
puts
are
pla
nned
on
hum
an
right
s re
late
d co
urt d
ecisi
ons
and
mon
itorin
g in
Cos
ta R
ica
and
on
inte
rnat
iona
l dist
ribut
ive ju
stic
e.
Com
plet
ed p
ublic
atio
ns p
ublis
hed
and
diss
emin
ated
in th
e re
sear
ch c
omm
unity
, dr
aft p
aper
s di
scus
sed
with
aud
ienc
es
insid
e an
d ou
tsid
e th
e W
orld
Ban
k.
The
Righ
t to
Wor
k: U
nder
stan
ding
th
e Hu
man
Rig
hts
Dim
ensi
on o
f Em
ploy
men
t .
Deve
lopm
ent E
cono
mic
s/W
orld
De
velo
pmen
t Rep
ort (
WDR
).
Supp
ort t
o th
e 20
13 W
DRPr
opos
al a
ppro
ved
in O
ctob
er 2
011.
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tinue
d)
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client governmental authorities on access to jus-tice for vulnerable people by integrating access issues from a human rights perspective into Bank’s Public Sector and Governance Sup-port projects in select SSA countries. The aim of the project is to con-tribute to more equita-ble and equal provision of justice services and to learn from successful experiences in bringing justice systems closer to the ordinary people. The project will fill a knowledge gap in the select countries by provid-ing analysis, consultation process and by work-ing in partnerships with other agencies engaged with and justice issues, both national and inter-national.
Annex C
NTF Article on the World Bank’s Intranet
Over the last year, several efforts were made to inform staff of the NTF. Below is one example of an internal article that was posted on December 10, Human Rights Day, 2010.
Knowledge and Learning for Human Rights and DevelopmentThe World Bank contributes to the realization of human rights in different areas, e.g., improv-ing poor people’s access to health, education, food and water; promoting the participation of indigenous peoples in decision-making and the accountability of governments to their citizens; supporting justice reforms, fighting corruption and increasing transparency of governments.
A program was launched in 2009 to develop a more informed view among Bank staff on how human rights relate to the Bank’s core work and mission of promoting economic growth and poverty reduction. It is being supported by the $20 million multiyear and multi donor Nordic Trust Fund. This internal knowledge and learning program supports activities that highlight how human rights relate to the Bank’s analytical sector/thematic work, and operational work; and it helps increase awareness among staff and management on how the Bank’s work and human rights are related and how human rights aspects can be applied to the Bank’s work.
Launch of an NTF Grant and K & P ProgramPilot Activity: Voices of the Vulnerable and Human Rights: Promoting Stakeholder Learn-ing on Access to Justice in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)
This NTF grant will promote knowledge and learn-ing opportunities for the Bank staff and among
“The Bank is very interested in
developing an informed view on
how human rights relate to
the Bank’s core mission of promoting
economic growth
and poverty reduction.”— Kyle Peters
Kyle PetersDirector
Strategy and Country Services, OPCS
3 3Annexes
Pilot Activity: Right to Health for Roma
The overall objective of this NTF grant is to assist the Europe and Central Asia Human Develop-ment team to better incorporate and address the right to health for Roma in ECA health projects and health sector work. It aims to (i) improve the knowledge and evidence base for better policy-making and (ii) increase Bank staff’s understand-ing of the Roma’s right to health.
The activities would provide evidence on ineq-uities or discrimination against the Roma com-munity in the different dimensions of the right to health (availability, accessibility, acceptabil-ity, and quality). By introducing a right to health perspective, the NTF-financed activities would improve Bank operations in two ways: first by developing the analytic base on Roma health issues, which have been relatively unexplored in Bank operations to date, and second, by improv-ing analytic work by incorporating human rights perspectives and frameworks.
According to Anders Zeijlon, Coordinator and Manager of the Nordic Trust Fund, “Over the last year, the NTF has helped establish a robust Knowl-edge and Partnership (K&P) program and has delivered training and capacity-building activities, the majority of which involved global, regional, or national-level partners. We look forward now to working with the teams that are implementing the pilot activities and learning from them.” Task
teams across the World Bank Group are imple-menting 27 projects to explore how human rights can improve exist-ing and planned activities through applied research and studies, knowledge and learning events, and partnerships. These activities, which are at different stages of imple-mentation, focus pri-marily on discrimination and vulnerable groups—across civil and political rights, capacity and institutions, and economic, social, and cultural rights. Financial assistance from the NTF for these activities is complemented by technical support by the NTF Secretariat.
In addition to the 27 pilot activities, in the first year of operation, the NTF has sponsored 18 learning events, the majority of which were deliv-ered with international, regional, or national partners. It has also established an internal and external website and a NTF Bank staff network and published a research study of human rights indicators.
The NTF Secretariat maintains and provides reg-ular updates on NTF activities through its web-page at www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund on the World Bank’s external website.
Anders ZeijlonCoordinator and
Program Manager the Nordic Trust Fund
Nordic Trust Fund (NTF) is a knowledge and learning initiative to help the World Bank develop a more informed view on human rights. It is designed to improve existing Bank involvement on human rights in the overall context of the Bank’s core mission of promoting economic growth and poverty reduction. The NTF is managed by a secretariat in the Operations Policy and Country Services vice-presidency (OPCS). Financial and staff support for the NTF is provided by Denmark, Fin-land, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, with additional funding provided by Germany.
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