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Integrating Gender Issues into Public Expenditure Management

Government Workshop: March 10-11, Majuro, RMI

Monday March 10
9.00 - 9:30 Workshop opening (Secretary of Finance)
9.30 - 10:00 Introductions and gender quiz (Marie Maddison and Rhonda Sharp)
10.00 - 10:30 Summary of the ADB pilot project (Rhonda Sharp)
10.30 -10:50 Morning break
10.50 - 11:30 The RMI project proposal and discussion (Marie Maddison, Erma Myazoe, Ione DeBrum, Ann Marie Muller)
11.30 - 11.45 Budget timetable (Ann Marie Muller)
11.45 - 12:30 Research report on teen pregnancy in the RMI (Jonathon Santos)
12.30 - 1:00 Introduction to gender impact assessment (Rhonda Sharp)
1.00 - 2:00 Lunch
2.00 - 3:00 Activity 1: Unpacking the consequences of teen pregnancy in RMI (Sanjugta Vas Dev and Rhonda Sharp)
3.00 - 4:00 Activity 2: Defining and responding to the problem of teen pregnancy
4.00 Finish

Tuesday March 11
9.00 - 9:30 International programmes and results in the area of teen pregnancy (Sanjugta Vas Dev and Rhonda Sharp)
9.30 - 10:30 Activity 3: Linking gender impact assessments to budgets: developing a draft programme (Rhonda Sharp)
10.30 - 10:50 Morning break
10.50 - 12:45 RMI budget and cross ministry issues (Jan Connolly)
12.45 - 1:45 Lunch
1.45 - 2:00 Different cross ministry budget and program models (Jan Connolly)
2.00 - 4:00 Next steps for the pilot ministries and timelines (Ann Marie Muller and team)
4.00 Finish

© 2002 Youth and Gender Sensitive Public Expenditure Management in the Pacific

A University of South Australia project
with the Governments of Samoa and The Republic of The Marshall Islands
Funded by the Asian Development Bank