NAP Development  

According to the document, Ukraine’s NAP was developed in accordance with national laws on gender equality, the sustainable development goals, and Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. However, there is no explicit mention of which actors participated in the development of the NAP.  

NAP Implementation  

The Ministry of Social Policy in Ukraine is the body that is primarily responsible for the implementation of the NAP. The NAP also includes a comprehensive list of other actors that are responsible, including but not limited to various ministries (the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and Science), actors in the security and defense sectors, educational institutions, city administrations, civil associations and international organizations (p.8). Additionally, for each activity title throughout the NAP, a corresponding  actor responsible for implementation is listed.  

NAP Monitoring and Evaluation  

Monitoring of the NAP will be primarily carried out by the Ministry of Social Policy, with information provided by central executive bodies, other state bodies involved in the implementation of the NAP, the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous region of Crimea, regional state administrations, and the Kyiv and Sevastopol City State Administrations (p.13). Together they will collect information on the achievement of indicators set out in the NAP, as well as operational and strategic goals of the NAP. 

The NAP implementation period is 2022-2025.  

The 2022-2025 NAP identifies five strategic goals that set the vision for Ukraine’s WPS implementation strategy. They include: 

• Participation of Women in Decision-Making: ensuring the equal participation of women and men in decision-making on conflict prevention, conflict resolution an post-conflict recovery at all levels and in all areas, including the security and defence sector  
• Resilience to Security Challenges: Creating a gender-sensitive system to detect, prevent and respond to security challenges. This involves creating effective mechanisms of interactions of state bodies, public associations, and organizations to respond to security challenges in a way that considers the needs of different groups  
• Post-Conflict Recovery and Transitional Justice: Ensuring the process of post-conflict recovery, development and implementation of the transitional justice system based on the principles of ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men  
• Combating Gender-Based Violence and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Providing protection against gender-based violence and sexual violence (in situations of armed conflict and in peacetime) 
• Institutional Capacity of the National Plan Actors: Ensuring the developed institutional capacity of the National Plan actors for the effective implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda in accordance with international standards  

Strategic outcomes have a comprehensive set of tasks assigned. These are outlined starting from page 16 of the NAP. It outlines each strategic goal, lists tasks that correspond to this goal, as well as the actor(s) responsible, the time frame for implementation, and the breakdown of the budget for each year of the NAP.  

Each strategic goal has various indicators attached to it. For example, for Goal 1, “ensuring equal participation of women and men in decision-making on conflict prevention, conflict resolution, and post-conflict reconstruction at all levels and in all areas”, the following indicators are listed:  

• Ukraine’s place in the UN Women, Peace and Security Index  
• The share of women in the security and defense sector  
• The share of women in management positions in the defense sector  
• The proportion of women participating in international peacekeeping operations in the national contingent  
• The proportion of women involved in peace negotiations at the national level  
• The number of programs on humanitarian response, peacebuilding and restoration, which were implemented by civil society organizations led by women  

Each indicator is listed alongside a department/group/organization that is responsible for sourcing the information, as well as a section devoted to “the results of the analysis of factors that had a positive impact on the achievement of progress, or the reasons for the decrease in value of the indicator”.  

The NAP states that the actors that have been outlined will submit information on the achievement of the indicators of the operational and strategic goals to the Ministry of Social Policy on an annual basis. The ministry will then finalize the information and submit it to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine indicating: the current status of NAP implementation; the share of the indicators and goals achieved; a list of major achievements, as well as areas of concern; and proposals for solving areas of concern (p.14). The NAP also includes the fact that the plan can be updated, if necessary, based on the annual results. The final evaluation of the NAP is expected to be performed during the last year of its implementation, in particular through the following considerations (p.11):  

• Analysis of the impact of the NAP’s implementation on the living conditions of target groups  
• Analysis of the achieved key indicators towards the overall goal of the NAP, their deviation from planned markets, and investigation of the reasons for such deviation  
• Analysis of the reasonableness and validity of the selected tools for implementation of the NAP, the identified approaches and the need for their revision or extension  
• Analysis of the NAP’s impact on the situation of target groups  

There is no budget indicated in the NAP. 

Ukraine’s NAP does not address disarmament issues, or connect the proliferation of weapons with women’s insecurity. 

Actors

NAP Development
The NAP does not note how civil society will be involved in the development of the NAP.

The government office in charge of developing the text was the Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine.

NAP Implementation
The NAP notes that civil society, specifically scientific institutions, NGOs and international organizations, will be involved in the implementation of the NAP but only “upon consent”. However, it does not note how deeply civil society will be involved.  

The Ministry of Social Policy, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Youth and Sport, Ministry of Information Policy along with the Administration of State Border Guard Service, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine, the State Emergency Service, the Oblast (regional), and Kyiv state administrations are in charge of the implementation of the NAP.  The Security Service and State Judicial Administration are also indicated as a part of implementation, but only "upon consent".

NAP Monitoring
The NAP notes that civil society, specifically scientific institutions, NGOs and international organizations, will be involved in the monitoring of the NAP but, only with consent. However, it does not note how deeply civil society will be involved. 

The Ministry of Social Policy, the Ministry of Youth and Sport, the Administration of State Border Guard Service,  the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Education and Science, the State Emergency Service, the Oblast (regional) and Kyiv state administrations along with other unspecified national authorities will monitor and evaluate implementation of the NAP in coordination with government actors. The State Judicial Administration, Security Service, and the National Academy of Science are also indicated as a part of monitor and evaluation but only “upon consent”.

WILPF's Contributions to Ukraine's NAP 

WILPF International does not have a country section in Ukraine and was therefore not involved in the development process of Ukraine’s NAP.  

Timeframe

The Ukrainian NAP covers the period 2016 to 2020, inclusive.  It includes yearly targets for each goal.

Objectives

The Ukrainian National Action Plan is organized by 10 objectives:

1) Assessment of impact of conflicts on national system of ensuring human rights, including protection, providing assistance and rehabilitation to victims of gender-based violence, participation of women in peacebuilding and prevention of conflicts;

2) Assessment of the impact of crisis on infrastructure, arrangement and functioning of the services provision system;

3) Coordination of agents of interaction for implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325;

4) Organisation of trainings for specialists;

5) Increase in women’s participation in peacebuilding and peacekeeping processes, promoting a culture of peace;

6) Awareness raising on secure behavior in the ATO areas, settlements along demarcation line or in the temporarily occupied areas;

7) Preventing and combating violence against women;

8) Improvement of the system of protection of women and girls affected by conflicts (identification, referral mechanism for assistance);

9) Establishment of the system of comprehensive assistance to people affected by conflicts; and

10) Assessment of impact and effectiveness of NAP for implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security until 2020.   

Actions/Activities

Each goal has different actions assigned. For instance, the first goal, “Assessment of impact of conflicts on national system of ensuring human rights, including protection, providing assistance and rehabilitation to survivors of gender-based violence, participation of women in peacebuilding and prevention of conflicts”, includes four actions:
1) Conducting studies on root causes of conflicts and their impact on women and girls, including risks of GBV and access to justice;

2) Development of a regional monitoring card on the state of protection, provision of assistance and rehabilitation of victims of genderbased violence, participation of women in peacebuilding and prevention of conflicts;

3) Analysis of practices and conditions of women’s participation in international peacebuilding processes, negotiation groups, multilateral activities on dealing with internal and external challenges and threats; and

4) Analysis of use of international experience, existing training programmes on conflict-related issues, forced displacement, disarmament, demobilization, reintegration, access to justice.

Indicators

Each goal has a number of listed indicators. For example, the first goal, “Assessment of impact of conflicts on national system of ensuring human rights, including protection, providing assistance and rehabilitation to victims of gender-based violence, participation of women in peacebuilding and prevention of conflicts”, includes four actions and five indicators for them. The following are the five indicators:

1) Number of developed recommendations taking into account women’s needs in prevention of conflicts;

2) Number of recommendations implemented;

3) Number of developed oblast monitoring cards;

4) Number of prepared proposals to include women into peacebuilding processes; and

5) Number of developed proposals.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Pillar six focuses on monitoring and evaluating the NAP. The Ministry of Social Policy, the Ministry of Youth and Sport, the Administration of State Border Guard Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Education and Science, the State Emergency Service, the Oblast (regional) and Kyiv state administrations along with other unspecified national authorities will monitor and evaluate implementation of the NAP in coordination with government actors. The State Judicial Administration, Security Service, and the National Academy of Science are also indicated as a part of monitor and evaluation but only “upon consent”.  All government and civil society actors will be in charge of preparing and publishing a national report on the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the NAP.  The Oblast, Kviv state administration along with NGOs and international organizations will conduct surveys among women affected by conflict.  The Ministry of Social Policy, National Academy, NGOs and international organizations will conduct surveys to track changes, trends and public impact of the NAP.

Budget

The Ukrainian NAP provides an estimated budget for each of its 10 goals, broken down into each goal’s objectives by year, as well as a total budget by year. The total state budget is (USD) $18,429, while the total local budget is $171,741 and other resources are $387,061.

Disarmament

The Ukrainian NAP mentions establishing rehabilitation and reintegration programs for ex-combatants and demobilized persons as well as specialized peacekeeping training that include disarmament, demobilization, reintegration. However, it does not address the method or extent of disarmament or connect the proliferation of weapons to women’s insecurity.