IASC Weekly Meeting on the IASC Gender Standby Capacity (GenCap)
Geneva
Meeting Documents
Summary Note, IASC Weekly Meeting on the IASC Gender Standby Capacity, 22 October 2008
Presenters
I Briefing on the IASC Gender Standby Capacity (GenCap)
will provide a briefing on the IASC’s Standby Capacity (GenCap). The IASC Gender Standby Capacity (GenCap) is a pool of gender advisers at a P-4/ P-5 level to be deployed on short notice to support the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator/Resident Coordinator (HC/RC), the humanitarian country teams (UNCT), and gender networks in humanitarian emergencies. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is administering the project. The primary role of the gender advisers is to facilitate the establishment of sustainable inter-agency mechanisms and build capacity to ensure that the needs and capabilities of women, girls, boys and men are taken into consideration in the planning and implementation in all sectors/clusters of emergency response. The project is a critical part to building inter-agency capacity on the integration of cross-cutting issues into the cluster approach. Since its start in June 2007, 22 GenCap Advisors have been deployed to support 17 humanitarian operations. The presentation will highlight the areas in which NGOs can benefit from a GenCap advisor (i.e. training etc.).
Presenters