Project Proposal: “ East Asian CEDAW Network Center ” 

Name of the Project:                The East Asian CEDAW Network Center

Place of the Project:                 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Address of the Place:               Suhbaatar-7, Room-315, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
                                                    Central Post-99, Ulaanbaatar-13, Mongolia
Phone:                                       976-1-328798

Fax:                                            976-1-372865

Email:                                        mmsa@magicnet.mn

Purpose of the Project:          1. To monitor and evaluate the performance of the
                                                   East Asian countries governmental agencies in 
                                                   terms of fulfillment their obligations under 
                                                   CEDAW.
				   2. To promote a more effective implementation of 
				       CEDAW in East Asian countries
                                                   3. To coordinate regular activities between East 
				       Asian countries National Networks of the CEDAW
				       Watch
			  	   4. To provide assistance to regional and
				        national TOT for each country in this Region
   5. To provide assistance to writing the Shadow   
        reports from Women’s NGOs in East Asian   
        Countries  
				    
Timeframe of the Project:     From January 1999 to January 2002

Background of the Project: 

The 3rd East Asian Women’s Forum took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on 23-26, August, 1998 with the participation of 320 delegates of Women’s NGOs of China, Hongkong, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea and Taiwan, countries and regions of East Asia.
It was stated that any discrimination against women should not be tolerated and participants recognized that there exists a great gap between de jure and de facto gender equality. 
Also they emphasized the necessity of promoting international Human Rights mechanisms that will protect the rights and interests of women.
Proceeding from the discussions and findings of the Forum, the Participants have welcomed the initiative of the representatives of Women’s NGOs at this Forum to implement specific joint advocacy and capacity building activities at national and regional levels in the areas of women’s political, economic and social rights.
One of such activities included in the Action Plan to 2000 endorsed by 3rd East Asian Women’s Forum, is the establishment of a regional network to advocate and monitor the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). 
The initiative to set up this East Asian CEDAW Watch Network has been proposed by the Mongolian delegation as it felt that there is still much to do to ensure de jure and de facto achievement  of the rights of women and promote effective implementation of both national women’s development programs where available, and CEDAW  throughout the sub-region.    
The Mongolian delegation also felt that it could undertake the responsibilities of being the regional project coordinator based on more than 1 year experience of running a National Network on CEDAW Monitoring in Mongolia, and in that respect having some skills to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Convention. 
The Mongolia National Network on CEDAW Monitoring have been working in collaboration with International Women’s Rights Action Watch / IWRAW / Asia Pacific since July, 1997 and have conducted training of trainers in regional and national levels. Also with the technical assistance from  the IWRAW-Asia Pacific the Mongolian National Network is writing the Baseline Report on: “ Women and Employment”  to the Asia Pacific Network on Women’s Human Rights involving its human and database resources as part of the Asian Regional Project on monitoring the fulfillment of State obligations to Women’s Equality. This involve research and advocacy and is an ongoing long term project. 
The Mongolia National Network conducts the training of trainers at national and local levels. We have produced the Manual on CEDAW Monitoring with the financial support from the Asia Foundation in 1998 and it has been successfully tested by the first stage of the TOT.  Thus we have the capacity to develop the Regional Network activities and to act in collaboration and coordination with the East Asian sister NGOs on the improvement of Women’s Human Rights status.
Also there will be significant contribution and technical and human resource assistance from the IWRAW-Asia Pacific that has got considerable experiences on improvement of women’s human rights status under the CEDAW in the South and South-Asian region.   

Outcomes of the Project:

1.	Influence to the establishment of the National Networks in the East Asian countries
2.	Awareness raising on Women’s Human Rights status of the women’s NGOs in this region 
3.	Coordination and collaboration between the Women’s NGOs in each country in East Asian countries in national and local levels
4.	Coordination and collaboration between the National Networks in regional level
5.	Coordinated actions for improvement Women’s Human Rights status in East Asian countries
 
Staff of the Project:

1.	Regional Director of the East Asian Network   1 person
2.	Assistant of the Director                                        2 persons
3.	Office manager                                                       1 person
4.	Legal Consultant                                                    1 person
5.	Research Consultant                                             1 person
6.	Training Consultant                                                1 person
7.	Secretary                                                                  1 person
8.	Financial manager                                                  1 person
9.	Accountant                                                               1 person
10.	Cleaner                                                                     1 person

Total                                                                               11 persons

Budget of the Project:

1.1  Salary of the Staff

Director                                             550 $ x 24 months =                       13200 $
Assistant of the Director                 450 $ x 24 months x 2 persons =      21600 $
Office manager                                450 $ x 24  months =                       10800 $
Legal Consultant                             450 $ x 24 months =                         10800 $
Research Consultant                      450 $ x 24 months =                         10800 $
Training Consultant                        450 $  x 24 months =                         10800 $
Secretary                                          450 $  x 24 months =                       10800 $
Financial manager                          500 $  x 24 months =                         12000 $
Accountant                                        450 $  x 24 months =                       10800 $
Cleaner                                              100 $  x 24 months =                        2400 $

Subtotal                                                                                                  114000 $

1.2  Insurance’s                          102240 $  x19% =                                  21660 $

Subtotal                                                                                                    21660 $

2.2	 Equipment expenses.
 
Computer                                            6 pcs   x 2500 $ =                            15000 $
Copy machine  CANON NP 250        1  pcs  x  2500 $ =                              2500 $
Copy machine CANON NP 3020       1  pcs  x 4100 $  =                              4100 $
Skanner                                              1 pcs   x 1100 $  =                            1100 $
White board with computer B530      1 pcs    x 2000 $ =                              1800 $    
Printer                                                3 pcs    x 1300 $ =                              3900 $
Phone                                               5 pcs    x     60 $  =                                300 $
Overhead                                          1 pcs    x   450 $  =                                 450$
Screen                                              1 pcs    x   230 $  =                                230 $
Desk                                                  6 pcs    x   180 $  =                             1080 $ 
Computer desk                                 6 pcs    x   120 $  =                                720 $
Video camera                                   1 pcs    x  1200$  =                              1200 $
TV                                                     1 pcs    x   700 $  =                                700 $
Digital photo camera                         1 pcs     x 1500$  =                              1500 $              
Chairs                                              6 pcs     x     80 $  =                                480 $
Chairs                                            24 pcs     x     40 $  =                                960 $
Shelves                                       10 sets      x     90 $  =                               900 $
Coat hook                                     3 pcs       x     90 $  =                               210 $
Dust bin                                       10 pcs      x      20 $ =                               200 $
Water boiler                                   2 pcs       x      60 $ =                               120 $
Caps with dishes                         12 pcs      x        5 $ =                                 60 $
 
Subtotal                                                                                                    37510 $

Room rent with heat and electricity   15$ x 240sqm x 24 months = 86400 $

Stationary                                               600$ x 24 months =               14400 $

Internet expenses                                  75$  x 24 months =                  1800 $     

Postal and communication expenses    750 $ x  24 months =            18000 $                   
        
GRANDTOTAL:                                                                                      293770 $

The responsibilities of the staff members:

1.	The Director’s responsibilities;

a.	Coordinate daily activities of the Regional Networks;
b.	 Develop the Regional Network documentation intended for public distribution; 
c.	Circulate the drafts among NGOs in the region in order to receive their input approval for release of the documentation;
d.	Organize regional meetings and training of trainers;
e.	Popularize information on activities of the Regional Network;
f.	Provide the members of the Regional Network with relevant information.

2.	The Assistant’s responsibilities

2.a. The National Assistant’s responsibilities.
2.a.a. To be responsible for all kind of projects implementation at the national and local level.
2.a.b. To coordinate project’s harmony between local network’s activities.
2.a.c. To prepare outlines and frameworks of the National Network’s documents. 
2.a.d. To coordinate timeframe of the training and meetings at the local and national levels.
2.a.e. To collect data and information for local and national actions on monitoring and evaluation of the CEDAW implementation throughout National Network activities.
2.a.f. To hold protocols of the training and meetings at local and national levels.

3.	The Regional Assistant’s responsibilities.

3.a.a To be responsible for all kind of projects implementation at the regional level.
3.a.b. To coordinate project’s harmony between regional network’s activities.
3.a.c  To prepare outlines and frameworks of the National Network’s documents.
3.a.d. To coordinate timeframe of the training and meetings at the regional level.
3.a.e. To provide the regional network with data and information.
3.a.f.  To hold protocols of the training and meetings at the regional level.

4.	The training consultant’s responsibilities.

4.a.a To develop the training theme and materials.
4.a.b. To develop the training methodology. 
4.a.c. To outline and framework each training activities.
4.a.d. To prepare trainers of training for local, national and regional levels.

5.	The Legal consultant’s responsibilities.

5.a.a. To identify the legal documents considered to the implementation of the CEDAW in the regional network countries.
5.a.b. To develop the guideline for monitoring of the CEDAW implementation at national and regional levels.
5.a.c. To give advises and consultation on comments of the CEDAW provisions. 

6.	The research consultant’s responsibilities.
6.a.a. To develop outline and framework of all kind of research studies for local, national and regional levels.
6.a.b. To set up national and regional network data’s and information’s homepage.
6.a.c. To assist interested individuals and group of activists to conduct research works, surveys and opinion polls at local, national and regional levels.

7.	The financial manager’s responsibilities.

7.a.a To develop the budget of the Regional Network and to promote it for confirmation.
7.a.b. To control the financial disbursement of expenditure with the budget.
7.a.c. To control the daily record of the Accountant.  
7.a.d. To work with the initiatives considered effective expenditure of the Regional Network’s property.
7.a.e. To make month’s, quarter’s and annual financial reports and familiarize them.
7.a.f. To work out the suggestions of modification to the budget.
7.a.g. To coordinate other financial activities.

8.	The accountant’s responsibilities.

8.a.a. To lead daily debt and credit account of the cash.
8.a.b. To distribute monthly salary of the staff.
8.a.c. To account the equipment of the office.
8.a.d. To make reports to the auditing offices.
8.a.e. To have accountability with the offices of social security.
8.a.f.  To make bank’s transfer of the expenditure.
8.a.g. To have responsibilities on office keeping.

9.	The office manager’s responsibilities.

9.a.a. To have responsibilities of lab and archive activities.
9.a.b. To arrange the field trip dealing of the staff.
9.a.c. To have responsibilities for all correspondence of the Regional Network.
9.a.d. To have responsibilities for visit and meeting arrangement.
9.a.e. To 

10.	The cleaner’s responsibilities.

10.a.a. Every day to dust windows, floor, walls and doors.
10.a.b. Every day to dust desks, shelves and other equipment. 
10.a.c. Always to keep the rest rooms in cleanness.
10.a.d. To sterilize the office supplies once a week.