Progress Report 2020
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IN DEPTH: DELIVERING RESULTS PROGRAMME OF COOPERATION FOR FOR ALBANIA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2017-2021 Progress Report 2020 PROGRESS REPORT 2020 3 Human Rights Output 1.1 Outcome 1 delivery (USD million), 2020 OUTCOME 1 Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law Governance and Rule of Law Output 1.2 State and civil society organisations perform effectively and with Local Governance Output 1.3 accountability for consolidated democracy in line with international 64% norms and standards. Delivery Access to Justice Output 1.4 Available Budget 10 million USD Mainstreaming Outcome 1—Governance and Rule of Law—consists Gender and GRB Output 1.5 of six outputs focusing on 1) Human Rights, 2) Anti- Outcome 1 Corruption and Rule of Law, 3) Local Governance, GOVERNANCE AND RULE OF LAW Migration and Asylum 4) Access to Justice, 5) Mainstreaming Gender and Output 1.6 Gender-Responsive Budgeting, and 6) Migration and Alignment with SDGs Asylum. 3 5 8 10 15 16 17 Ss 2020 This outcome supports the Government of Albania in Beine achieving two priorities of the National Strategy for INDICATOR 6 Development and Integration (NSDI) 2015–2020: 1) EU Alignment with National MPs 21% MPs, 29.5 %. Development Goals omen in oenmen miniei oiion Municipal Councillors, 35% Municipal Councillors, 43.7 % membership, and 2) Consolidate good governance, Public Sector, 44.6% Public Sector, 55% democracy, and the rule of law. It also contributes 1 2 Parliament 10% Parliament, 24.2% to government efforts to achieve Sustainable Peeion o eomne o i iniion Government 14% Government, 36.4% Development Goals (SDGs) 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 16 and 17, Local Government 13% Local Government, 41.6% and EU integration chapters and priority areas 5, 10, Alignment with EU Integration Re o ien in eenion e oion e – 33.3 13.2 Chapters & Priority Areas 16, 17, 18, 22, 23 and 24. No o eie PCU 60% 80% 5 10 16 17 18 22 23 24 No LGU oein OSS o eie eie 3 59 The total budget available for implementation of No o mnii ion n e e ine o o inin eion n SRH 0 15 Outcome 1 in 2020 was USD 10 million from UN core No LGU i i iin em n inee iie e noee n i on i iin 0 61 and global non-core resources and contributions from the governments of Albania, Australia, Austria, France, No LGU i e e meein nen e eiemen 21 61 Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, No LGU imemenin e nen eomne meemen em 0 61 Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United No LGU iin Coni Deiion onine 27 61 Eiene o eiion eonie i i o e e in ii n miniie 1 Law 5 Laws States, as well as the European Union, the Council of oeein e em in ine i Aie o e CRC Europe Development Bank, and other miscellaneous No Fee Le Ai Cene Dii Co ee o ene eie n ninee e donors. The outcome delivery was 64 percent. o ie o e mo nee eon 0 8 Een o ene minemin in e en ein oe 24 MTBPs 38 Assessment using indicators of progress made No GoA oiie eie n n enenee 2 5 towards achievement of targets shows that out of 40 No mniiiie oin n imemenin eneeonie MTBP 3 10 targets, 34 (85%) are on track, two (5%) are partially on Reeion iie e oe inee i ieenie o o omen 1 centre 2 centres established for n ien i women and children at risk track, and four (10%) have not progressed. For further (at least 15 persons) details on progress made against the indicators please No o mee o Aion Pn o Nion Se on 10 measures fully implemented, Miion Goenne imemene 3 29 under implementation, see Annex A of the present report. 12 partially implemented. PROGRESS REPORT 2020 5 OUTPUT 1.1 - HUMAN RIGHTS Constitutional, ministerial and independent mechanisms are reinforced to identify and report human rights violations and enable evidence- based policy making and response Implementation Progress Contributing UN Agencies UN agencies’ support in 2020 aimed to advance UNFPA, UN WOMEN, UNICEF, and mainstream human rights and improve the UNDP, UNHCR role of institutions responsible for overseeing their application, and CSOs to strengthen monitoring and accountability of these institutions. Contributing Partners Governments of UK, Norway, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and “CONSUMERS IN NEED” ARE BETTER PROTECTED FROM DISCRIMINATION Sweden state institutions will be able to provide evidence- based reporting, advocacy and policy dialogue supported by data collection that focuses on human The annual Human Rights Academy, with the theme contributions from the government of Norway to Financial Amount (USD) rights thanks to the signing in September of a ‘Covid-19 and Human Rights’, organised by UNFPA the Albania SDG Acceleration Fund, supported the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between and the Albanian Human Rights Group, addressed Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MoHSP) 636, 642 the People’s Advocate (PA) and INSTAT, facilitated issues on (i) LGBTI rights in times of the pandemic, to compile a draft Implementation Report on the by UNFPA in cooperation with OHCHR, and the (ii) policies on gender equality (especially the role National Action Plan for the Right of the Child drafting of ToR by UNFPA and PA to improve the of men in relation to this phenomenon during 2016–2020, to be finalised early in 2021, combined Alignment with SDGs data collection system DocuLive. In addition, INSTAT the pandemic), and (iii) mental health of young with an analysis of the situation of children Goals: 5, 16, 17 published ‘Children, Adolescents and Youth-Focused people during the pandemic. The outcome was the and adolescents, serving as the cornerstone by Well-being Indicators’, supported by UNICEF with preparation of a policy paper by the Academy that government to prepare the new National Action Targets: 5.5, 16.2, 16.3, 16.6, contributions from the government of Switzerland, focused on the response of state institutions to Plan for Children. 16.9, 16.10, 16.b, 17.18 marking the starting point in improving the official engage actively young people in civic participation. statistics around children, adolescents and youth In 2020, through contributing to the achievement in Albania, including those reporting on progress UN Women in collaboration with the Dutch of SDG targets 10.3, 16.3 and 16.a, UNDP and with regard to SDG indicators. Meanwhile, the State Embassy and Civil Society supported the drafting UNICEF laid the solid foundations for an effective Agency for Child Rights and Protection set up a of the second monitoring report of the National institutional cooperation with the People’s Visualisation Platform for 58 child-specific statistics, Action Plan on Implementation of Resolution 1325 Advocate and the Commissioner for Protection aiming to enhance the accountability of relevant that will serve to inform the drafting of the second from Discrimination (CPD) to improve access to institutions to report quality statistics on children National Action Plan. The report shows that 86 justice for vulnerable and marginalised groups, and adolescents. percent of plan has been achieved. UNICEF, with through the following: PROGRESS REPORT 2020 4 • With contribution from the government of Norway, CPD increased its outreach to vulnerable groups, as customers of services provided under domestic laws, especially in remote areas, to address challenges to equal and unhindered access to basic services. This was enabled through the conducting of a study on ‘customers in need status’ covering eight municipalities,1 supported by UNDP in cooperation with local grass-root organisations. The action will serve to initiate approval of by-laws complementing the Law ‘On the Electricity Service’ to determine the status of ‘Customer in Need’ for marginalised minority groups such as Roma and Egyptians.2 Furthermore, 407 vulnerable individuals from Roma and Egyptian families in need in the eight municipalities were informed of this CPD initiative and the advocacy campaign undertaken by grass-roots organisations. THE RIGHT TO ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY FOR ROMA AND EGYPTIAN FAMILIES IN NEED • With contribution from the government of Austria, UNDP supported the PA in providing remedies and upholding human rights support, the PA is developing a national study 2019 compared to the previous year. Moreover, the The support to the human resources of the Child standards and gender considerations through on minimum subsidence, to help responsible People’s Advocate developed and consulted with Rights Section, despite the lower budget this development and implementation of a joint state institutions respond accordingly to its children and education professionals a ‘Manual on independent institution received in 2020, played UNDP–PA work plan to support the PA in recommendations, that is expected to be child rights integration in education curricula’. The a role in the successful application of the People’s (i) strengthening dialogue with the public launched in early 2021. PA published its Annual Report (2019), increasing Advocate of Albania to the Global Alliance of administration in ensuring implementation of the transparency and awareness of the public, National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) for the PA’s recommendations, (ii) reaching out With contributions from the Ministry of Foreign including children, on the work of this NHRI. maintaining the Status ‘A’ in compliance with the to vulnerable communities, with a keen focus Affairs of Norway to Children’s Access to Justice, the Investment of People’s Advocate in information, Paris principles, with a positive recommendation of on women, Persons with Disability, Roma and SDG Acceleration Fund (with contributions from the awareness and outreach to children and their the Sub-Committee on Accreditations. The official Egyptians, and LGBTI to encourage their use of Embassy of Norway) and UNICEF Thematic Funds on families made 2020 the second year in a row (since granting of Status A is pending upon expiration of the PA in seeking redress for violations of human Education, UNICEF supported the People’s Advocate its establishment in 1999) that the PA received the required procedural timeline.