Brief Description of the Project and Main Objectives
The objective of the project is to contribute to women’s empowerment and gender equality in Türkiye through systematic and sustainable integration of gender equality perspective into all stages of national and local policy-making and budgeting processes.
The project was carried out in collaboration with the relevant public institutions at the central level and four pilot municipalities (Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality, Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, Edirne Municipality) were selected at the local level as well as local non-governmental organizations in the aforementioned municipalities.
Achieved Results / Expected Outputs
- Increasing the awareness of national and local authorities on gender responsive budgeting practices in order to support women’s empowerment
- Increasing the capacity of central and local governments to develop plans and programs that ensure women’s and men’s access to equal rights and opportunities
- Strengthening effective inspection and traceability infrastructure by improving the capacities of women’s organizations
- Including the principle of gender responsive budgeting in the 2022-2024 Budget Preparation Guide published by the Presidency of Strategy and Budget under the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye at the central level and the 2023-2025 Budget Preparation Guide for Municipalities, Affiliated Administrations and Unions published by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change
With the project, significant progress has been made in budgeting based on equality between men and women. Türkiye is among the 23 OECD countries that implement planning and budgeting responsive to gender equality. The Strategy Document and Action Plan for the Implementation of Gender Equality Responsive Planning and Budgeting in Türkiye was put into practice.
In addition, budgeting based on gender equality is included in the 12th Development Plan, the Budget Preparation Guide (2022-2024), the Women’s Empowerment Strategy Document and Action Plan, the Investment Program Preparation Guide, the strategic plans of various public institutions, and the Citizen’s Budget Guide. Related activities and indicators are included as well.
On the other hand, approximately 1000 people, including members of parliament and middle and high-level public officials, were informed about equality between men and women. The budgets of four public institutions, including the Directorate for EU Affairs, and the budgets of 4 municipalities were subjected to a budgeting analysis based on gender equality through a pilot application, and separate road maps were prepared for each.