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REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON “Networking and Innovation”

October 29-01 November, 2008, Alexandria, Egypt

Panel Discussion:Women Leadership Networking:

Building Generations of Women Leaders

“Do We Need Arab Women Leaders Network?”

Doha Abdelhamid,IDEAS Executive Board Member

www.ideas-int.org

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This presentation is about:

IDEAS & Networking?

Arab Women Networking?

Is it all about Women Networking?

Quo Vadis?

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Characteristics of Effective Leaders

Generate higher productivity Lower cost More opportunities Results-oriented focus Realize vision Time-sensitive (quicker) Quality-control performance

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Current DE Architecture

Quesnel, 2006.

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IDEAS Emergence

8 May 2001: London Declaration 8 September 2002: Constituent Assembly in

Beijing February 2003: IDEAS as UK Charity with

global constituency July 2003: IDEAS website in operation and

members-relations administrator appointed

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Core Mandate

Knowledge

ECD

Networking

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Strategic Work Programs

Rethinking development evaluation

Governance & accountability for development

The Poverty-Environment Nexus

International conferences

National and regional clubs

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Membership: Type & Distribution

Entity: Individual vs.Institutional Duration: Single vs. Multiple Development stage: Developed vs.

Developing and transition Affiliation: Corporate—Public—NGO No. of countries represented No. of members Continental distribution

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Some Landmark Networking Achievements

March 2003: DAC-OECD conference on ‘Partnership in Development Evaluation—Learning and Accountability,’ Paris

July 2003: WB-OED conference ‘Utilization of Evaluation,’ Washington DC

December 2003: IDEAS workshop on ‘Evaluating MDGs’ along the UKES conference in Cardiff

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Some Landmark Networking Achievements

September 2004: IDEAS special session in the EES conference in Berlin

October 2004: IDEAS co-hosted symposium of ‘Parliamentary Oversight for Poverty Reduction,’ Cambodia

October 2003: IDEAS sub-regional workshop on ‘Evaluation of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)’ in South Africa

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Some Landmark Networking Achievements

November 2004: Regional seminar on ‘the Evaluation of Social Programs,’ South Africa

December 2004: Special session on ‘Development Evaluation: Implications for Africa,’ in AFREA’s conference in Cape town

April 2005: International conference on ‘Evaluation Development: Beyond Aid,’ Delhi

October 2005: Networking reception at CES/AES conference

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Some Landmark Networking Achievements

November 2005: ‘IDEAS in Action’ workshop, Cairo

2006: Bursaries to UKES/EES joint conference

May 2006: Eastern European workshop on ‘CLES,’ Prague

July 2006: Networking reception at IPDET, Ottawa

September 2006: Discussion group

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Some Landmark Networking Achievements

January 2007: IDEAS/CIDA regional workshop on ‘CLE: Practical Experiences from the Africa Region,’ on AFREA’s fourth conference, Niamey

2006: WB/IEG workshop on ‘Development Evaluation Standards,’ Paris

January 2007: IPDET endorsement February 2007: WB ‘Roundtable on

Development Effectiveness,’ by OECD-DAC, Hanoi

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Some Landmark Networking Achievements

2007: IDEAS in IPEN conference in Georgia July 2007: IDEAS hosts networking reception

at IPDET, Ottawa September 2007: IDEAS/CzechES/EU offer

‘Development Evaluation Training,’ Prague 2007: IDEAS/UNICEF thematic discussion on

‘CLE’ September 2007: UNICEF book contribution

on ‘CLE: Lessons from Regional Experiences’

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Some Landmark Networking Achievements

September 2007: IDEAS in IPEN conference on ‘Reforms and Evaluation of Programs and Policies,’ Moscow

2006-08: IDEAS partners with GEF, BA, GOE, WB/IEG, IDRC, IUCN, NORAD, BMZ/GTZ, DFID, USAID, AU, FFEM, IOD, NE etc. on international conference on ‘Evaluating Climate Change and Development,’ Alexandria

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Governance Structure

Board of directors

Executive Committee

Number

Distribution: Development Stage

Distribution: Gender

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Arab Women & DME Gap

Women Empowerment

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Better Quality of Life

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Arab Women & DME Gap

Alexandria Declaration

Arab Tracking Report

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Arab Women & DME Gap

AHDRs

Development Gaps:

1) Knowledge Divide

2) Freedoms & democracy

3) Gender issues

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Arab Women in Religions

Equity

Equality

Ownership

Social and Human Rights & Obligations

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Arab Women & the Rule of Law

Seclusion

Stereotypes

Democratic Governance

Law vs. Enforcement

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Arab Women Activism: A New Wave

Primates

AHDRs

Alexandria Declaration

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Arab Women Networks

Limited visibility & info. Access

Formal vs. informal

Misconceptions:

“nationalism” vs. “regionalism”

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Arab Women Networks

Networks

Think Tanks

Private Sector

Academia

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Unrecognized Gaps in Arab Women Jigsaw!

Knowledge (Production & Manufacturing)

Evaluation Capacity Development (ECD)

Networking

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What’s Next?

= Bridge Gaps How?

-Develop Sustainable DME Regional Network

-Create performance M&E cultures/circles

1) Build capacity---training

2) Adopt tools & mechanisms

3) Develop indicators, skills & generation

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How to Build Generations of Arab Women Leaders? Religion vs. Law

Sustainable DME Net & Systems

Gender issues integral part of wider regional development picture

Engagement, ownership, communication & accountability

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What’s Next?

Is It About Time to establish the firstRegional Arab DME Network?

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Golden Rules: Put the Basics Right

“Try to be simple, but not Simplistic”

“Try to integrate not to duplicate”

“Try the doable”

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Golden Rules: Put the Basics Right

Use logic & Science

-First: DME Regional Net

-Second: Women DME Net

-Third: Women Leaders DME Net Necessary Coordination & integration

-All-in-one with Chapters

-Independent Clubs

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Golden Rules: Seek Answers to Some Pertinent Questions

Scoping? Outcomes? Modality? Life expectancy? Timing? Sourcing? Division of Labor? Exit & Sustain? Hosting? Care-taking? Outputs?

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Golden Rules: Mindset

Arab Development=

Women’s Development=

Women Leaders’ Development

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Do We Need An Arab Women Leaders’ Network?

Thank You

Doha Abdelhamid:

abdelhamiddoha@yahoo.com