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HJPC BiH's UNDP Gender Equality Seal — First Public Institution in Europe Certified (2020-2024)

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Bosnia and Herzegovina's High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council became the first public institution in Europe to earn UNDP's Gender Equality Seal, meeting 30 of 40 externally audited indicators for the Silver level.

Indicators met (of 40) (Dec 2024)

HJPC BiH's UNDP Gender Equality Seal — First Public Institution in Europe Certified (2020-2024)

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC BiH)
Period: 2020-2024
Keywords: judiciary, public administration, workplace gender equality, institutional certification

Context

In 2020, the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC BiH) adopted the region's first judiciary-sector Gender Equality Strategy and enrolled in UNDP's Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions programme, requiring a self-assessment, reform action plan, and external evaluation against 40 success indicators.

Results

In December 2024, HJPC BiH became the first public institution in Europe to receive the Seal, meeting 30 of the 40 indicators and clearing all mandatory conditions for the Silver level, with UNDP and HJPC BiH reporting gender parity at all levels of the organisation including decision-making positions.

Conclusions

Neither UNDP nor HJPC BiH has published a cost breakdown for the reform programme, so its cost-efficiency cannot be independently assessed from available sources.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes CERV — Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values

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Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-05
High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC BiH) — accessed 2026-07-05
UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina - HJPC BiH receives the Silver medal of the Gender Equality Seal — accessed 2026-07-05
Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions - HJPC BiH award — accessed 2026-07-05

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Quality score: 85/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Top 26% in this catalogue (1069 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

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Transferability / replicability2/3

The Gender Equality Seal is a standardised UNDP programme already applied to multiple public institutions, making HJPC BiH's specific reform action plan a replicable template for other judicial or public bodies.

Impact on gender equality1/1

HJPC BiH reports gender parity reached at all levels of the organisation including decision-making positions, a concrete institutional outcome tied to the certification process.

Effectiveness1/1

The institution met 30 of 40 external audit indicators, clearing every mandatory condition required for the Silver-level Seal.

Efficiency0/1

No cost breakdown or cost-per-outcome data has been published for the reform programme, so efficiency cannot be evidenced from available sources.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

Results were verified through UNDP's external evaluation process against 40 named indicators, not self-report alone.

Sustainability1/1

HJPC BiH reports steady budget increases for gender-responsive work across three consecutive fiscal years, indicating continued institutional commitment beyond the certification date.

Achievement / evidence1/1

Becoming the first public institution in Europe to receive the Seal, built on the region's first judicial Gender Equality Strategy (2020), is a documented, verifiable first.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

The reform embeds gender considerations into leadership composition, budgeting and official communications (Media Action Plan) across the institution.

Curator validation1/1

The Silver Seal award was corroborated by two independent sources (UNDP and the Gender Equality Seal programme site) reporting the same 30/40 indicator result.

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