A/HRC/10/43 E/CN.6/2009/10 comprehensive documentation and evaluation. The United Nations Trust Fund emphasizes innovation and investment at the local level, where they are needed most. It also underscores the potential for scaling up and replicating successful and sustainable initiatives and the need to link community initiatives with national priorities. 24. In 2008, the United Nations Trust Fund issued its thirteenth call for proposals to support the implementation of laws, policies and action plans on ending violence against women. Proposals were received under two categories: “Meeting the implementation and upscaling challenge” and “Catalytic, innovative and learning initiatives”. For the first time, United Nations country teams working in close coordination with national stakeholders 7 have been invited to apply for United Nations Trust Fund grants, a further expression of the commitment to strengthen United Nations collaboration to end violence against women and girls. 25. A total of 1,068 concept notes were received. Programme appraisal committees awarded an historic $22 million to 28 initiatives in 38 countries and territories. Grantees included Governments (8 per cent), non-governmental organizations (65 per cent) and United Nations country teams working in partnership with Governments and non-governmental organizations (27 per cent). 26. Under the “Meeting the implementation and upscaling challenge” category, the United Nations Trust Fund awarded $14 million in grants to 16 initiatives in 26 countries and territories; 8 and $8 million to 12 initiatives spanning 14 countries 9 under the “catalytic, innovative and learning initiatives” category. The following examples highlight select grantee initiatives: (a) In Serbia, the Provincial secretariat for labour, employment and gender equality will work towards improving prevention, protection and support services by scaling up successful cooperation initiatives that knit together the efforts of social service providers, the police, legal professionals, local authorities and non-governmental organizations. Through action-oriented research, capacity development and coalition-building, the secretariat will enhance capacities and strengthen intersectoral and multidisciplinary links to ensure that assistance is effective and readily available. It will also cover women at risk of violence as well as women already experiencing violence and will include specific actions to reach women and girls in poor and marginalized communities, such as rural, refugee, Roma and disabled women; (b) In China, the United Nations country team will build upon previous pilots to scale up responses to domestic violence in the Hunan, Gansu and Sichuan provinces, with a special focus on ethnic minorities and persons displaced by the recent earthquake. A joint programme will support the development of a multisectoral model to respond systematically to domestic violence and ensure increased access to support services, such as legal aid and enhanced referral __________________ 7 8 9 10 This decision was recommended by the United Nations Trust Fund inter-agency programme appraisal committees and endorsed by the UNIFEM Consultative Committee as a pilot. Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Cook Islands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Jordan, Kiribati, Lebanon, Nepal, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Russian Federation, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Syrian Arab Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Yemen and Zambia. Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, Ethiopia, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Liberia, Morocco, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Suriname and Tajikistan. 08-66140