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4654550-2990842521585-240029107316-249554SAHEL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND
(SWEDD)
PROJECT
………………………
TERMS OF REFERENCE
-76199127000ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING
FOR THE REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE ON RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING
FOR THE REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE ON RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
Regional Technical Secretariat
July 6, 2019
Background
The World Bank, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the West African Health Organization (WAHO) support seven Sahel countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad)
in

the implementation of the Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividen
d
project

(SWEDD).
The overall goal of the SWEDD project is to improve the empowerment of women and adolescent girls,
and to
enhance their access to quality maternal and child health
and
family planning services. It also works towards reducing gender inequality in the Sahel region. The SWEDD
project
is structured around three primary components:
Generate demand for reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health, and nutrition (RMNCHN) services by promoting social and behavioral change and the empowerment of women and adolescent girls;
Reinforce the regional
provision
of RMNCHN commodities a
s well as
the training and deployment of qualified health workers; and
Reinforce advocacy and
high-level
dialogue and strengthen capacities for policy development and the project’s implementation.
Since its official launch on November 2, 2015, the SWEDD project has grown rapidly and has achieved remarkable progress
in just a few years
.
These promising results
were the basis
for
the
extension
of the project
in six countries
, in part
because of the
additional
positive impact of the interventions on peace and security.
However, t
he
program
extension still re
quires
greater
investments. Countries must
therefore strengthen and scale-
up partnerships both at the national and international levels.
Building on this, t
he
States and
international community
have
also

expressed
an interest and willingness to extend the SWEDD project
the 11 countries of the Sahel and beyond.
In response to the increasing needs highlighted by countries and
their respective H
eads of
S
tate, the Regional Steering Committee, UNFPA and the World Bank
will
conven
e a round
table
on resource mobilization,
on the sidelines of

the
African Union
Summit in Niamey, Niger
on 6
July 2019.
To ensure the success of
this process, a series of road
shows
conducted
in member states was launched in May to meet with potential donors and secure financial, material and technical resources ahead of the
roundtable
, in order to scale-up the SWEDD project.
In addition
, on
19
May 2019
,
during the high-level visit
led by
Minister

Mariatou

Kon
é
, Chair of the Regional Steering Committee,
Niger
President
Mahamadou

Issoufou
was briefed on the importance of this activity and expressed his strong support for its implementation.
ACT (
Africa Consulting and Trading
)
, a Pan
-A
frican consulting firm and
GBCHealth
(
Global Business
Coalition for Health
)
are also supporting this process
.
Resource mobilization strategy for the SWEDD project
Goal
The strategy
is intended to encourage
the
private sector and bil
ateral and multilateral partners
to
support and
fund women empowerment initiatives.

More specifically, this involves:
I
dentifying mechanisms
to better leverage
investments
to address
women's empowerment and demographic dividend;
I
dentifying technical and financial partners' interests in co-funding activities;
Encouraging
technical partners' pledges for financial or material contributions;
C
onfirming
with partners their
pledges for technical and material assistance;
Support
ing partners' commitment to a road map for implementation of
program investments
.
Expected outcomes
Mechanisms are
identified and
d
eveloped to better aggregate and
leverage investments around

issues of women's empowerment and demographic dividend.
Donors
and financial partners express interest in co-funding activities.
Technical
,
financial
and other
partners pledge funding

and other contributions
Pledges for
technical and material assistance
are confirmed.
Partners' commit
to a road map for the implementation
of the project expansion through 2023
.
Methodology and format
s
Mobilizing
res
ource
s
for the SWEDD project
re
lies
on a two-pronged approach
,
which are to consolidate
funding from the World Bank, the
only
financial
donor for this project so far and, to
diversify funding sources by pursuing new donors.
During this regional
roundtable
, impacts and results
from
the first phase of the SWEDD project will be highlighted
, along with
the
program
me
technical, material and
funding
needs
for

the second phase to
accelerate and
scale-up progress and achievements.
Organizing and planning for a
regional
roundtable
on resource mobilization
Scientific content development
:
Identify the

program
and
investment needs for the project extension;
Develop

a business case
for the national and regional levels;
Create

a dashboard
to
strategic
ally
monitor commitments.
Communication and logistics management
Promote the regional
roundtable
on resource mobilization
Coordinate p
ress
outreach and
management
Develop communication kits and materials;
Logistics management (traveling,
accommodation
, transportation);
Preparation
of the
event
.
Mapping of potential donors
The goal of the
roundtable
is to
engage
potential donors
,
including technical and financial partners,
as well as
the private sector
,
NGOs and foundations. Th
is will allow
all sectors and partners

to
help
scal
e-
up
the project
by
through
financial
resources,
material resources
and/or technical assistance.
TYPES OF DONORS
POTENTIAL
AREAS OF
ENGAGEMENT
Governments
Foster enabling environments
to
empower girls.
Establish incentive measures for investments.
Institutionalize gender-responsive governance.
Improve frameworks/policies in favor of gender equality and encourage gender-responsive budgeting.
Increase women's representation in public administration
.
Collect and use solid gender-disaggregated data and statistics on gender inequality as a critical planning tool.
Offer a f
inancial compensation.
Technical and financial partners
(TFPs)
Fund girls and youth training programs.
Fund
programs and activities
aimed at keeping
girls in schools.
Provide technical assistance for the development of
social entrepreneur
s
.
Strengthen
girls
and women's capacities
to use/work with
new technologies.
Support sexual and reproductive health awareness.
Private sector
Financial
and competencies
support.
Public-private partnership to
create
income-generating activities and jobs for girls and women.
Professional integration of trained girls and young women.
Support sexual and reproductive health awareness.
Technical assistance with
supply chain, logistics, steady access to commodities, school
program
me
s
,
C
apacity building …
NGOs
Technical assistance for project development and implementation.
Support the training and capacity-
building
of health workers.
Partnership with
the
Ministry of Health to facilitate the accessibility of reproductive health commodities.
Donors like
F
oundations
Technical assistance for project development and implementation.
Financial support
Suggested agenda for the regional
roundtable
TIME
ACTIVITY
8:30-9:00 am
Welcome, registration and seating of participants
9:00-10:15 am
OPENING CEREMONY
Welcoming address by the Minister of Population
R
emarks by the General Director of
the
WAHO
Remarks by the representative of the World Bank
Remarks by the Regional Director of UNFPA
Remarks by the representative of the private sector
Address by the Chair of the Regional Steering Committee of SWEDD
Opening address by his Excellency
,
the President of the Republic of Niger
10:15-10:20 am
PRESENTATION OF THE AGENDA FOR THE DAY
10:20-10:40 am
COFFEE BREAK
10:40-11:40 am
PANEL
T
heme
: "Women’s Empowerment in the SWEDD countries and summary of the country
roundtable
s"
11:40 am -12:40 pm
PRESENTATION & COMMENTS
Global strategy for resource mobilization for the SWEDD project and investment needs for scale-up
Partner commitments (
bilateral
s
, multilateral
s
,
companies, foundations
, NGOs, civil society)
12:40 pm -2:00 pm
LUNCH BREAK
2:00 pm -3:00 pm
CLOSING CEREMONY
3:00 pm -3:30 pm
PRESS BRIEFING