End of Commitment Report – Launching of a website that deals with women’s concerns and interests

Name of Evaluator

Ridha Raouani

Email

raouani.ridha@gmail.com

Member Name

El Kef, Tunisie

Action PlanAction plans are at the core of a government’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society jointly develop commitments to open governmen... Title

Plan d’action – El Kef, Tunisie, 2021 – 2023

CommitmentOGP commitments are promises for reform co-created by governments and civil society and submitted as part of an action plan. Commitments typically include a description of the problem, concrete action...

Launching of a website that deals with women’s concerns and interests

Action

Due to the harsh conditions that women suffer from and the exacerbation of violence against them, Joussour Almouwatana  Association in partnership with El Kef municipality and with the support of the OXFAM Organization, decided to create a website represented in a Digital Electronic Platform (www.wpwm.tn) women’s power in the municipal power, directed to deal with women’s concerns.

Problem

The living reality of women in El Kef varies according to the environment in which they are located. So most of them are ignorant of the procedures that must be followed to access information, whether it is to complain or to seek guidance and accompaniment.

1.1 What was the overall level of progress in the commitment implementation at the time of this assessment?

Complete

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

A website was created by the association “JOUSSOUR” within the objectives set at the start of this project in the day view, but the steering committeeThe Steering Committee is OGP’s executive decision-making body. Its role is to develop, promote and safeguard OGP’s values, principles and interests; establish OGP’s core ideas, policies, and ru... has to submit recommendations to improve the site and the operation of the associated services

Provide evidence that supports and justifies your answer:

• Presentation Slide shared during OGP Local meeting

1.2 Describe the main external or internal factors that impacted implementation of this commitment and how they were addressed (or not).

Several feminist bodies and associations and citizens have congratulated the commune of Kef and the association “JOSSOUR” for the implementation of this commitment; it was also the subject of a discussion or its presentation to the steering committee of the president of the national group and take as a pilot experience for several national and international associations.

1.3 Was the commitment implemented as originally planned?

All of the commitment milestones were implemented as planned.

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

For a dedicated site for women with the preliminary objective was implemented as planned by the project monitoring committee, essentially creating and hosting the static site at a satisfactory level.

2.1.1. – Did the government disclose more information; improve the quality of the information (new or existing); improve the value of the information; improve the channels to disclose or request information or improve accessibility to information?

No

Degree of result:

Marginal

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.

This experience is new for the Internet public, it does not have a big impact because the site is static, it will have another result with a dynamic migration associated with a web application.

2.1.2. – Did the government create new opportunities to seek feedback from citizens/enable participation inform or influence decisions; improve existing channels or spaces to seek feedback from citizens/enable participation/ inform or influence decisions; create or improve capabilities in the government or the public aimed to improve how the government seeks feedback from citizens/enables participation/ or allows for the public to inform or influence decisions?

No

Degree of result:

Outstanding

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice?

To everyone’s surprise, the commitment gave great national and international satisfaction which requested the municipality and the association “JOSSOUR” to decide to migrate to the dynamic with a web application.

2.1.3 Did the government create or improve channels, opportunities, or capabilities to hold officials answerable to their actions?

No

Degree of result:

Major

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.

The success of the project kept it a priority for municipal officials to improve the quality of services and discounted information.

2.1.4 Other Results

Yes

Degree of result:

Outstanding

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.

A particularly international impact made the project a center of interest and the conviction of local leaders made improvement of the site imperative.

2.2 Did the commitment address the public policy problem that it intended to address as described in the action plan?

Yes

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

Serve the cause of women whose objective is to achieve this site within the framework of public policy that it aims to boost and to put forward the interests of these officials.

3. Provide at least one lesson or reflection relating to the implementation of this commitment. It can be the identification of key barriers to implementation, an unexpected help/hindrance, recommendations for future commitments, or if the commitment should be taken forward to the next action plan.

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