The project-implementation stage covers the term of the PPP contract. In comparison to a traditionally procured contract, a PPP contract has a much longer term and requires long-term contract management.
With regards to all gender commitments, during this stage, the project needs to ensure that the parties comply with the respective obligations and all performance standards agreed upon in the PPP contract, in particular that:
• Sex-disaggregated data is collected;
• The private partner reports on performance against the sex-disaggregated baseline data;
• Gender-sensitive stakeholder engagement procedures and complaints mechanisms are established and are complied with during the construction and operation phase; and
• Women's representatives are included in all gender-related activities that are conducted during the implementation (for example, a gender-sensitive grievance and redress mechanism).
Figure 3 on the next page provides a summary of this information, as well as a checklist of key questions project planners and developers can ask themselves at each stage of the PPP project development process.
Figure 3: Summary of Key Questions for how to Frame Promotion of Gender Equality Aims throughout the Project Development Cycle
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1. Have key women stake-holders and their representatives been identified? Has the project engaged with female stakeholders or their representatives (e.g., household surveys, interviews)? 2. Has sex-disaggregated data been collected? 3. Have the project's impacts on women and men been analyzed on a preliminary basis (i.e., gender-specific risks or opportunities to narrow gender gaps)? Have potential strategies to address issues and use opportunities been formulated? 4. Have gender-related prioritization criteria been developed and applied? | 5. Has need for gender expertise been assessed? Does appointed project team include a gender specialist? Do TORs for external consulting firms reflect need to address gender issues? 6. Have female and male users and other key stake-holders been identified and mapped? Have female and male users and other key stakeholders been engaged in the analysis and assessments? Has an ongoing community engagement process been designed that accounts for specific needs of men and women? 7. Have the project's impacts on women and men been analyzed in more detail? Have gender considerations been included in all analysis and assessments, in particular the E&S impact assessment, economic, financial, legal, technical feasibility assessment? 8. Can the gender-specific elements of the project be specified in terms of outputs and be measured in terms of KPIs disaggregated by gender? 9. Can negative impacts be mitigated and opportunities be used, and at what costs? Have strategies to address issues and use opportunities been formulated? Has budget been set aside for the planned gender activities? | 10. Will procurement strategy allow for more equal gender outcomes? 11. Are gender-related qualifications required from potential bidders? 12. Does project's gender strategy require that bidders provide additional information related to the implementation of gender goals? (e.g., code of conduct, or a gender-responsive implementation plan) 13. Do bid evaluation criteria contain gender-related goals? 14. Are concrete gender commitments included in PPP contract? 15. Are obligations from ESIA, resettlement plans, etc. included in PPP contract? 16. Are anticipated gender activities reflected in the KPIs? 17. Are gender-specific elements of project reflected in outputs, and measurable in terms of gender-sensitive KPIs? 18. Is collection of sex-disaggregated data addressed in contract? 19. Is obligation to establish a gender-sensitive grievance redress mechanism addressed in contract? 20. Does the contract contain additional obligations related to gender-sensitive stakeholder engagement (e.g., inter-view with project-affected men and women)? | 21. Is sex-disaggregated data collected? 22. Does private partner report on performance against the sex-disaggregated baseline data? 23. Is the private partner in compliance with the gender obligations reflected in the PPP contract (e.g., KPIs)? Are response actions necessary (e.g., payment deductions)? 24. Are women's representatives included in the monitoring and supervision of the project? Are women's representatives included in all gender-related activities that are conducted during implementation (e.g., gender-sensitive grievance redress mechanism)? |