UN-Women Executive Board
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The Executive Board governs the operational activities of UN-Women and provides operational policy guidance to the Entity (General Assembly resolution 64/289, paragraph 57(b)).
Functions and working methods are described in the Informal Guide to the UN-Women Executive Board.
UN-Women’s Strategic Plan 2018-2021
Executive Board Calendar
2018 calendar
| First regular session 2018 | 13 February 2018 | Documents |
| Annual session 2018 | 19–21 June 2018 | Documents |
| Second regular session 2018 | 10–11 September 2018 | Documents |
2017 calendar
| Informal consultation on the development of the Strategic Plan, 2018-2021 | 14 December 2016 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on UN-Women's humanitarian work | 10 January 2017 | Documents |
| Election of the Bureau 2017 | 16 January 2017 | Documents |
| Orientation of new Executive Board Members | 17 January 2017 | Documents |
| Pre-session in advance of the First regular session 2017 | 26 January 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on evaluation | 26 January 2017 | Documents |
| Joint briefing of UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women on the 2014-2015 actuals and overview of the cost recovery methodology |
3 February 2017 | Documents |
| Workshop on the draft Strategic Plan 2018-2021, result-based management framework and the Integrated Budget | 13 February 2017 | Documents |
| First regular session 2017 | 14 February 2017 | Documents |
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Informal briefing on preparations for UN-Women's Strategic Plan 2018-2021: Harnessing the digital revolution for the achievement of gender equality and women's empowerment |
7 April 2017 | Documents |
| Bureau field visit to India | 24 - 26 April 2017 | Background |
| Joint informal briefing on cost recovery | 26 April 2017 | Documents |
| Joint informal briefing on the common elements of the UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN-Women Strategic Plans 2018-21 |
27 April 2017 | Documents |
| Publication launch - "Raising women's voices in intergovernmental forums" |
2 May 2017 | Documents |
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Informal briefing on preparations for UN-Women’s Strategic Plan 2018-2021: discussion on the zero draft |
19 May 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the Integrated Budget 2018-2019 | 2 June 2017 | Documents |
| Pre-session of the Annual Session 2017 followed by an Informal briefing to discuss the Annual report of the Executive Director and the draft Strategic Plan 2018-2021 |
12 June 2017 | Documents |
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Joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP |
19 June 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the internal audit and investigation activities for the period of 1 January to 31 December 2016 |
20 June 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on evaluation |
20 June 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the Strategic Plan 2018-2021 | 20 June 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the Integrated Budget 2018-2019 | 21 June 2017 | Documents |
| Annual session 2017 | 27-28 June 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing of the African Group on UN-Women's work in Africa |
29 June 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the Strategic Plan 2018-2021 | 6 July 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the Integrated Budget 2018-2019 |
20 July 2017 | Documents |
| Pre-session in advance of the Second Regular Session 2017 |
15 August 2017 | Documents |
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Informal briefing on the Integrated Budget 2018-2019 with emphasis on establishing an independent internal assurance function |
17 August 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on Strategic Plan outputs Theories of Change |
21 August 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the Meta-analysis of evaluations managed by UN-Women, 2016 |
21 August 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on UN-Women's Strategic Plan 2018-2021 | 25 August 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the Structured Dialogue on Financing |
25 August 2017 | Documents |
| Informal briefing of the African Group on UN-Women's work in Africa |
28 August 2017 | Documents |
| Second regular session 2017 | 29-30 August 2017 | Documents |
2016 calendar
| Election of the UN-Women Executive Board Bureau 2016 | 11 January 2016 | Bureau 2016 |
| Informal briefing on the midterm review process | 22 January 2016 | Documents |
| Orientation of new Executive Board Members | 22 January 2016 | Documents |
| Pre-Session in advance of the First regular session 2016 | 26 January 2016 | Documents |
| First regular session 2016 | 9 February 2016 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the internal review of evaluation | 16 February 2016 | Documents |
| Workshop on the midterm review of UN-Women’s strategic plan 2014–2017 | 12 April 2016 | Documents |
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Joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP |
3 June 2016 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the report on internal audit and investigation activities for the period 1 January to 31 December 2015 | 9 June 2016 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the report of the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women on progress made on the strategic plan, 2014–2017 including the midterm review of the strategic plan | 10 June 2016 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the report on the evaluation function of UN-Women 2015 | 13 June 2016 | Documents |
| Pre-session in advance of the Annual session 2016 | 20 June 2016 | Documents |
| Annual session 2016 | 27–28 June 2016 | Documents |
| Joint informal briefing on the report on the independent and external assessment of the harmonized cost recovery methodology | 23 August 2016 | Documents |
| Pre-session in advance of the Second regular session 2016 | 26 August 2016 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on structured dialogue on financing | 26 August 2016 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on evaluation | 30 August 2016 | Documents |
| High-level side event “Syrian Women, a Strong Constituency for Peace” | 31 August 2016 | Documents |
| Second regular session 2016 | 1–2 September 2016 | Documents |
2015 calendar
| Elections of the Executive Board Bureau 2015 | 7 January 2015 | Bureau 2015 |
| Orientation of Executive Board members 2015 | 20 January 2015 | Documents |
| Pre-Session of the First regular session 2015 and informal briefing on evaluation | 23 January 2015 | Documents |
| Briefing on UN-Women’s operational response at the national level in support of Beijing+20 preparations | 2 February 2015 | Documents |
| Joint Meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP | 2 February 2015 | PaperSmart portal Documents |
| First regular session 2015 | 9 February 2015 | PaperSmart portal Documents |
| UN-Women’s response to the Ebola crisis in Liberia and Sierra Leone | 9 February 2015 | Documents |
| Joint field visit of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP | 24 April – 2 May 2015 | PaperSmart portal |
| Informal briefing on the draft Integrated Budget 2016–2017 | 13 May 2015 | Documents |
| Regional briefing for the Eastern European Group in advance of the annual session 2015 | 21 May 2015 | Documents |
| Regional briefing for the Asia-Pacific Group in advance of the annual session 2015 | 21 May 2015 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on the Report of the internal Audit and Investigation 2014 | 3 June 2015 | Documents |
| Regional briefing for the Latin American and Caribbean Group in advance of the annual session 2015 | 12 June 2015 | Documents |
| Pre-Session in advance of the 2015 Annual Session + briefing on the Annual Report of the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director | 15 June 2015 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on Evaluation | 23 June 2015 | Documents |
| Regional briefing for the African Group in advance of the annual session 2015 | 24 June 2015 | Documents |
| Annual session 2015 | 30 June – 2 July 2015 | PaperSmart portal Documents |
| United Nations Governing Bodies Secretariat Group: Seventh informal meeting | 23–24 July 2015 | PaperSmart portal |
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Briefing on UN-Women’s flagship report, “Progress of the World’s Women 2015–2016 – Transforming economies, realizing rights” |
26 August 2015 | Documents |
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GRULAC briefing on Programming in LAC |
28 August 2015 | Documents |
| Pre-Session in advance of the 2015 second regular session | 28 August 2015 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on structured dialogue on financing | 31 August 2015 | Documents |
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Informal briefing on the Integrated budget 2016–2017 as well as the management response to the Report of the Board of Auditors |
4 September 2015 | Documents |
| Informal briefing on Evaluation | 4 September 2015 | Documents |
| Second regular session 2015 | 15–16 September 2015 | PaperSmart portal Documents |
| Informal briefing on the global leaders’ commitment forum on gender equality and women’s empowerment | 16 September 2015 | Documents |
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Briefing on the flagship programming initiatives in the context of structured dialogue on financing |
8 October 2015 | Documents |
Note: All meetings of the UN-Women Executive Board are PaperSmart. Documents and statements will be made public on this website and in the Executive Board PaperSmart portal as they become available.
