GenCap Technical Workshop 2011 Evaluation Report Recommendations Geneva, 20 February 2012

>> Process  GenCap started up in 2007 as gap-filling/temporary project  End 2010: Requested by donor stakeholders and steering committee  Feb 2011: Request for proposal published  Aug 2011: Consultants started  Jan 2012: Report received  Feb & March 2012: Steering Committees, NRC and Support Unit to formulate management response plan

>> Overall finding: …remains relevant & continue for 5 more years >>

>> Project Management  Maintain GenCap roster at current size/activity level  Maintain current institutional set-up for management and admin  Increase capacity of Support Unit  Move to multi-year funding  IASC to seek clarification on responsibility for gender in humanitarian action  Strengthen continuous monitoring and follow-up  Steering Committee to take more strategic role, stop involvement in individual deployment decisions

>> Project Management II  Steering Committee to take more strategic role, stop involvement in individual deployment decisions  Responsibility for deciding on deployments and revising TORs from SC to Support Unit

>> Roster Management  Consolidate GenCap roster with core team (3- 4 members on annual contracts)  Invest in continuous training of roster members – annual professional development plans  Improve training element of annual technical workshop  Soft skills are key to success

Deployment focus  Approve longer deployments  Work less with clusters – focus on humanitarian leadership and individual cluster members  Spend less time implementing the gender marker