Annual Progress Report 2014
Demonstration project on promoting women’s role in community green consumption
01.07.2014
Basic information:
[The project name]:
UNDP authorization number
UNDP project number
The project cycle
00062541
CPR/13/401
1/Dec/2012 -30/July/2014
The period to be reported
The total budget (approved)
UN participating institutions
Project partners：
Domestic organizations
International organizations
Third party cost sharing
UNDP liaison officer
The project website
1,000,000 RMB
China International Center for Economic and Technical
Exchanges (CICETE) / Beijing Women's Federation
1,000,000 RMB
1. Summary
In order to practice sustainable development, the project of "Demonstration project on promoting women’s
role in community green consumption" (hereinafter referred to as ‘the project’) chooses four different
communities from three districts of Beijing city (including high-end residential communities and traditional
neighborhoods) as pilot sites. Using community as the carrier, to identify leadership among women from
communities for them to advocate an environment friendly way of living, and to promote the philosophies of
participatory development, women empowerment and volunteer service. Specifically:
a. The communities to publish a green consumption guide book "Woman to advocate community green
consumption", advertising the concept of green consumption among families and communities, improving the
awareness of green consumption.
b. To encourage women’s participation in green consumption workshops, initiating green consumption
projects addressing issues of energy saving, water saving, waste utilization, commodity re-evaluation and
forming cooperatives in charge of execution.
c. Provide female leadership, volunteer service and project management training, improve cooperatives’
capacity of project management.
d. Develop family and community activities, influencing the families into participating in green consumption
and creating a common practice of green consumption within the communities.
e. Cooperate with government agencies in promoting policies that can facilitate altering the way of household
consumption
The implementation of the project has ended and it is currently at the stage of financial settlement.
2. The project objectives
The project aims at assisting the Chinese government in promoting the idea of sustainable development and
the advocacy for women's participation in public affairs. The project will: (I) promote green consumption in
urban communities and improve the awareness of green consumption; (II) to improve women's leadership
capabilities and their volunteer spirit in carrying out the tasks; (III) support policy exchange and create a
policy environment that is more conducive to changed consumer behavior.
3. The key results
The project will increase the recognition of green consumption and the associated environmental, health and
economic benefits among the pilot communities. It expects to alter the public and local government policymakers mindset, to assist ordinary people adopting a lifestyle that bear more benefits for health and for the
environment. In the meanwhile, it encourages women to play a greater role in participating in public affairs
and to improve their social status. Lastly, as the project will demonstrate a public participation with the
involvement of women to promote green consumption to become a life style for the communities, more
support can be obtained from the government.
Under the umbrella project ‘Promote development through volunteer service in China, strengthening citizen
participation and social innovation’, this project will contribute to the two sets of achievements:
Achievement1: it has enhanced the capacities of national and local volunteers, with the quality management
of voluntary service been improved and development been facilitated; it has also advanced the cooperation
between the government, civil society organizations and the private sector,
Achievement 2: the project has attracted volunteers from different backgrounds and regions through volunteer
organizations, the sense of participation has been increased, which contributes to achieving the UN
Millennium Development Goals and to the realization of a well-off society.
Specific outcomes generated by the project include:
Output 1: Promoting the concept of green consumption among the communities and local government
agencies;
Output 2: Unifying the communities through building women's leadership capacity and encouraging the
development of women's organizations that advocate green consumption;
Output 3: practicing and documenting new modalities of advocacy for green consumption through
encouraging women’s leadership and a participatory approach;
Output 4: through reporting the execution results to government departments at all levels, policy proposals
are made to urge the concerning departments to advocate and formulate policies in support of green
consumption.
The output outlined above will help enhance the leadership capacity of women and the volunteer service
mechanism. It will strengthen the collaboration between the government, civil society and the private sector
(foundations). The actors can join their effort in promoting the leadership of women, the volunteer spirit and
green development.
Project activities and outputs
Task 1.1 the reparation stage: confirming the editorial committee and pilot communities：
• Confirm the organization / individuals responsible for writing the manual
• confirm the pilot communities
• Discuss the preparation of the manual and specific project design
• the outline of "female advocate community green consumption".
Task 1.2 involves surveying the pilot communities on the current green consumption practices：
• Prepare the questionnaire and semi-structured interview
• Survey the pilot communities on green consumption practices
• Analyze the results and complete the report.
Task 2.1 the completion stage of drafting the project handbook
• Organize consultation meetings for stakeholder to discuss the results from baseline survey and interviews.
• Compose the draft of "Women advocate community green consumption"
• Typeset and print the publication in 1000 copies, primarily to be used by the execution team;
Task 3.1 green consumption workshops for communities
• Hold knowledge sharing workshops in the pilot communities, taking a participatory approach. Propose the
green consumption project, forming the execution teams
Task 3.2 leadership workshops for community women
• Open workshops on leadership building, project planning, implementation and management issues for
members from the execution committee.
Task 3.3 advocacy campaigns for green communities
• In adherence to the project plan at each pilot community, cooperate with the local government, women's
federation and other stakeholders in the project execution, identifying factors that can potentially hinder the
promotion of green consumption.
Task 3.4 Evaluate the baseline survey after the initial implementation
• Assess the baseline survey in the pilot communities
• Experts produce a comparative report on the before and after baseline surveys.
Task 4.1 complete the final report of ‘Beijing City Green Consumption" and the manual of "Female Advocate
Community Green Consumption" (finalized version)
• Complete the final project report, based on the survey results
• Finalize the "female advocate community green consumption" manual, and print it in 4000 copies;
• Submit a project report to the neighborhood and district governing bodies and government organizations,
disseminate the project handbook "female advocate community green consumption".
Task 4.2 pilot communities hold conference to share the project achievements
• Hold project exhibition conferences in Beijing
• Invite around 80 attendants from the National People's Congress, the environmental departments, women's
federations, invite academics and researchers from other parties, as well as guests from women's development
foundation, residential communities and civil organizations
• Complete the report on the project exhibition conference
4. Project management and supervision
The progress of implementation: the implementation of the project has ended. It is currently the stage of
financial settlement.
Supervision and evaluation
Human resources management
Risk management
Promotion and publicity
5. The financial management
The total project budget (USD)
as at [date]
The approved project budge
UNDP
Other UN agencies
Counterpart Partners
The committed amount
Third party cost sharing
Total
UNDP
CNY 1,000,000
CNY 1,000,000
Other
Total
UNDP
Other
The paid amount
Source of Fund
Expenditure Vs.
Approved project
budget by source of
funding
CNY 390,000
Budget
Expenditure
UNDP
Government Cost
Sharing
Third Party Costsharing
CNY$ 1,005,000
CNY$ 350,000
CNY$ 1,005,000
CNY$ 350,000
Other (please specify)
Total
Output Activities
Source
of
Funding
Budget
Description
Output 1.1, 1.2,
1
1.3
30000
Output 2.1, 2.2
2
Payment to C
ANGO for gr
een consumpt
ion manual
BJWF for im
plementation
Output 3.1, 3.2,
3
3.3
BJWF for im
plementation
$ 300,000
4.1, 4.2
Evaluation
$ 20,000
0 Completed
but not yet
paid in
2013
0 Completed
but not yet
paid in
2013
0
5.1, 5.2,
5.3
6.1
Finalizing rep
ort
Disseminatio
n
$ 75,000
0
$ 50,000
0
Output
4
Output
5
Output
6
Annual
Budget
(CNY)
$ 90,000
$ 130,000
Annual
Expenditure
(CNY)
Note
$ 90,000
Output 7.1
7
30000
30000
30000
Payment to di
rector of cart
oon
Detection and
assessment
Management
support
Total
$ 250,000
$ 240,000
$ 20,000
$ 20,000
$ 70,000
0
$ 1,005,000
$ 350,000
6. Managerial recommendations
The communication should be strengthened. The payment process is not smooth and there is no real time report
to the project supervisor (UNDP) on the financial progress, thus when the financial operation at the Exchange
Center takes time in processing bills, it leads to the payment lagging. Payments from Hongkong to Beijing as a
cross-border financial issue, are also lagged for the need of approval and the complicated process.
In preparation for the manual, consideration should be given to involving enterprises in producing and printing
the publication, which can reduce the workload of implementation and increase the execution efficiency.
7. Conclusion
Thanks to the Hong Kong Women’s Federation and China Women's Development Fund, UNDP has brought the
concept of green consumption to the Beijing communities for the first time. Through the empowerment of
women and their advocacy for green consumption patterns, sustainable consumption can be promoted and the
status of women in the community can also be improved. Although problems occurred in the execution and
payment process, the significance of green consumption has been communicated to the communities very
effectively with the support from Beijing Municipal Women's Federation. Women from the three pilot places
have expressed that they have greatly benefited from the project.
This project bears great significance on developing the country and empowering the women. It tis encouraged
that the project proceeds to the next stage to incorporate different points of view and expand on the concepts of
green consumption and women empowerment.
8. Appendix
None
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Annual Progress Report 2013
United Nations Development Programme
联合国开发计划署
Project annual report rating – Green Consumption 2013
Item rated
Overall quality of the report
Does the project still fit with the Country office Strategic direction
Rating provided
4
4
Is the project still Relevant within the country setting
4
Sustainability
4
Efficiency: Financial performance (overall)
Efficiency: Financial performance (reporting period)
Effectiveness: Activity implementation (overall)
Effectiveness: Activity implementation (reporting period)
Partnership Effectiveness (if applicable)
Total
3
3
4
4
4
3
Signed by
Stella Lo