UN-Women Executive Board

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)).

The rules of procedure of the Executive Board (UNW/2011/6) was adopted by the Board in 2011. Functions and working methods are described in the Informal Guide to the UN-Women Executive Board.

Joint Calendar – Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women

UN-Women Executive Board Calendar 2020

• Election of the Bureau, 14 January 2020
• Interactive dialogue on mobilizing the Generation Equality Forum, 16 January 2020
• Joint briefing on the working methods of the Executive Boards, 22 January 2020
• Joint briefing on the options to improve structured dialogue on financing, 23 January 2020
• Joint briefing on cost recovery, 23 January 2020
• Pre-Session and orientation, 27 January 2020
• Informal briefing on update on the mid-term review of the Strategic Plan 2018-2021, 27 January 2020
• Informal briefing on an update on the implementation of General Assembly Resolution 72/279, 28 January 2020
• Informal briefing on the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 and Management Response on the Report of the Board of Auditors, 29 January 2020
• First Regular Session,14 February 2020
• Joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP, 29 May 2020
• Pre-Session and informal briefing, 8 June 2020
  
• Annual Session, 22-24 June 2020
• Pre-Session and informal briefing, 25 August 2020
  
• Second Regular Session, 14-16 September 2020
  

UN-Women Executive Board Calendar 2019

(Previous years are available through the “Executive Board documents” page.)

• Election of the Bureau, 8 January 2019
• Pre-Session and orientation, 29 January 2019
• Informal briefing on the implementation of General Assembly Resolution 72/279 Repositioning of the United Nations development system, 29 January 2019
• Informal briefing on the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 and Management Response on the Report of the Board of Auditors, 30 January 2019
• Informal briefing on the Independent Evaluation and Audit Services, 30 January 2019
  
• First regular session, 12 February 2019
• Informal briefing on Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces, 13 February 2019
  
• Informal briefing on UN-Women’s role in enhancing gender parity, 13 February 2019
• Informal briefing on "Update on UN-Women's efforts and plans towards the elimination of SEA and SH", 13 February 2019
• Informal briefing on the outline of the Annual Report of the Under Secretary-General/Executive Director on the Strategic Plan, 2018-2021, 15 February 2019
• Informal Briefing on Harmonization of annual reporting of the four Common Chapter Agencies, 5 March 2019

• Joint briefing on the working methods of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP, 10 April 2019

• Structured Dialogue on Financing the UN-Women Strategic Plan 2018-2021, 9 May 2019

• Informal briefing on the draft integrated budget estimates for the biennium 2020-2021 and an update on the implementation on General Assembly resolution 72/279, 9 May 2019

• Joint briefing on the working methods of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP, 15 May 2019
  

• UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and UN-Women: Joint Briefing on Cost-Recovery, 24 May 2019
  

• Pre-Session in advance of the Annual Session 2019 and informal briefings on the report on progress made on the Strategic Plan 2018-2021 and on the draft integrated budget estimates for the biennium 2020-2021, 29 May 2019

• Joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP, 31 May 2019
  

• Informal briefing on audit and investigation matters, 10 June 2019
  

• Informal briefing on an independent victim-centered review of UN-Women’s policies and processes on tackling sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment and the related management, 10 June 2019

• Informal briefing on evaluation, 10 June 2019
• Informal briefing on on the draft integrated budget estimates for the biennium 2020-2021, 10 June 2019
  

• Annual session, 18–20 June 2019

• UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women consultation with Member States: Mid-Term Review findings and kickoff of the consultative process for the new Strategic Plan development, 21 June 2019
  

• Regional briefings, 21 June 2019

• Pre-Session in advance of the Second Regular Session 2019 and informal briefings on the integrated budget estimates for the biennium 2020-2021, the structured dialogue on financing and an update on the implementation of GA resolution 72/279, 26 August

• Joint briefings: (a) Joint UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN-Women briefing on cost recovery: joint review of the existing cost definitions and classifications of activities and associated costs (b) Joint UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women briefing on Working Methods, 28 August

• Joint UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women briefing on the status of the funding compact (UNGA resolution 72/279), 28 August

• Informal briefing on evaluation, 30 August 2019
  

• Second regular session, 9–10 September 2019
• Informal briefing on the roadmap of the mid-term review of the Strategic Plan 2018-2021, 3 October 2019
• UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women: joint briefing on cost recovery, 1 November 2019
• Joint UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/UN-Women workshop on the evaluability assessment of the Common Chapter, 2 December 2019
• UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women: joint briefing on cost recovery, 11 December 2019
  

Note: All official 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.