Training goals
The training should provide an understanding of gender concepts and the meaning of gender-responsive budgeting, as well as specialized methods and tools for gender-responsive budgeting, including tools for gender analysis.
Training results
The expected results of the training are:
- To become familiar with the concepts and processes of gender responsive budgeting
- To understand the basic principles of inclusive and gender responsive budgeting
- To learn to identify an approach to include gender aspects in the creation of public policies and budget
- To identify entry points for gender responsive budgeting
- To become familiar with the budgeting cycle
Trainer
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Marija Babovic
Dr Marija Babović has over 25 years of experience as a social researcher and more than 15 years of engagement in gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, with a strong focus on addressing gender-based economic inequalities. She is a full professor at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Sociology, and Director of Programmes at SeConS – Development Initiative Group.
Professor Babović has extensive expertise in research, policy analysis, evaluation, and co-creation processes, with a particular focus on women’s human rights and empowerment across Southeast Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. She has cooperated with numerous international organizations, including EU, UN Women, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, IOM, EBRD, AFD and the World Bank.
Her work includes leading the adaptation of UN Women’s global Women’s Economic Empowerment Strategy to the Europe and Central Asia region, as well as regional analytical work on the gender dimensions of mixed migration in Europe and Central Asia. She also authored the first Gender Equality Index Report for the Western Balkans, published by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).
She has published numerous monographs, articles, and peer-reviewed papers, contributing substantially to knowledge development and evidence-based policymaking in the fields of gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, and gender-responsive migration policy.
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Kristina Doda
Kristina Doda is human rights expert leading programmes that promote fundamental rights, gender equality, access to justice and inclusive public policies. She has extensive experience working with international organisations, public institutions and civil society organisations, supporting legal and policy reforms, institutional development and the integration of human rights principles into governance and development initiatives. Her expertise encompasses human rights-based approaches (HRBA), anti-discrimination, gender equality, disability inclusion, access to justice, legislative and policy analysis, research, monitoring, stakeholder engagement and capacity building. She has successfully managed complex programmes, coordinated multidisciplinary partnerships, prepared shadow reports for international human rights mechanisms, supported legislative reforms and developed practical methodologies and implemented training programmes for public institutions and civil society organisations.
