Project: Mapping (Non)Discrimination Discourse in Military Education09Sep2015
Implementation and impact measurement of the National Action Plan of UN SC Resolution 1325 ‘’Women, peace and security’’.
The impact of the National Action Plan for implementation of UN SC Resolution 1325 in period 2010-2015, its measurement and priorities for the forthcoming period, were the issues discussed at two days workshop organized by OSCE Mission in Serbia and the Institute for Inclusive Security from Washington, D.C..
Opening remarks were given by presidents of key governmental bodies in this area: Zorana Mihajlović, Deputy Prime Minister and President of Gender Equality Coordination Body; president of Political Council for NAP 1325 Zoran Djordjevic, State Secretary in Ministry of Defense; and Tatjana Santrac, President of Multi-sectoral Coordination Body for NAP 1325, Advisor of Ministry of Interior. The fact that their comments included critical remarks on certain segments of the NAP’s implementation demonstrates the existence of political will for further improvement of this area. Miki Jarcevic, Vice President of the Institute for Inclusive Security from Washington, the organization that analyses and supports formulating and implementation of Resolution 1325 national action plans in 12 countries, stated that Serbia is among leaders in this area and that is characterized by high level of technical knowledge and will to address this subject in the context of regional cooperation and EU integration.
The participants were greeted by ambassadors Peter Burkhard, chief of OSCE Mission in Serbia, and Michael Kirby, Ambassador of USA, who emphasized the importance of this subject, relevance of diversity, and necessity to encourage involvement of different perspectives in decision making process. Kristin Ormghaug, the author of the OSCE comparative studies on action plans within 27 OSCE participating states presented key conclusions of this analyzes and good practice examples.
The discussion which followed was centered on indicators of progress and priorities for the second NAP. Recommendations for new NAP for Serbia are to pay attention particularly on four components: political will, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, and funding. The participants on the workshop had the assignment to define their recommendations aiming to contribute to better quality of all four components. Svetlana Djurdjevic-Lukic, Director of the CENTER and Ivona Ladjevac, Coordinator of the CENTER participated at the workshop.
Final recommendations will be presented to the President of Gender Equality Coordination Body, Zorana Mihajlovic, Deputy Prime Minister.