Africa Renewable Energy Access Africa Renewable Energy Access Program (AFREA)Program (AFREA)

Integrating gender into energy policies and Integrating gender into energy policies and projectsprojects

Awa Seck, Senior Economist, World bankAwa Seck, Senior Economist, World bank

Presentation OutlinePresentation OutlineWorld Bank efforts to address

gender in energy sector

Overview of AFREA program

AFREA gender and energy program

Example of activities in initial countries

World Bank efforts to address gender World Bank efforts to address gender in in energy sectorenergy sector

Assessment of knowledge of gender issues among staff in the sector covering the six regions across the Bank

Growing demand for gender integration into energy sector

A donor supported program to foster a gender sensitive approach into energy operations in the Africa region, (i.e. Africa Renewable Energy Access Program (AFREA)

Snapshot of Gender in the Snapshot of Gender in the World BankWorld Bank

2001: MDG 3 - Promote gender equality and empower women

2006: Gender Action Plan (GAP) anchored in PREM Gender (transition plan commencing)

2008: President Zoellick’s 6 commitments on Gender Equality

2009: IEG Report: Gender & Development, An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 2002-2008

2010: AFREA Gender and Energy Pilot Program in Africa launched

2012: World Development Report (WDR) focus on development and gender equity

2014: IDA 16 & IBRD Targets (Established in 2010)

Africa Renewable Energy Access Africa Renewable Energy Access Program Program (AFREA)(AFREA)

The Africa Renewable Energy Access Program (AFREA) is supported by the Netherlands’ $28.75 million contribution to the ESMAP Clean Energy Investment Framework Multi-Donor Trust Fund

Objective: Meet energy needs and widen access to energy services in an environmentally responsible way (Pillar 1 of CEIF)

Provides essential support to the World Bank Africa energy sector’s strategic agenda to promote increased access to modern energy in Sub Saharan Africa and is fully aligned with the overall strategic agenda

Goal: Integrate gender into ongoing and new energy operations within the Africa regionStrategic approach: From Advocacy to Action

Collaboration with AFREA Task Teams to review, assess energy projects for potential integration of gender component

Built upon Gender & Energy Expertise at the Global, Regional and Local Level

Focus on Results – On the ground learn by doing, side by side with task teams and clients to develop gender assessment and action plans that are relevant to projects and client needs

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Initial Countries – Mali, Senegal, Kenya & Tanzania

Key Planned Outputs

Technical Assistance, Tools and learning will be compiled into a toolkit for future interventions and projects

Local, Regional and Global Experts will be identified and become part of a gender and energy network for the Africa region for knowledge sharing and future TA opportunities

Energy task managers better equipped with real experience to integrate gender into projects

What does AFREA Fund ? What does AFREA Fund ? Bank Executed ActivitiesBank Executed Activities

SWAP-Investment & Policy prospectusLighting AfricaBiomass Energy Initiative for AfricaAfrica Electrification InitiativeSolar PV Toolkit Gender & EnergyGender & EnergyCatalyzing New Renewable Energy in Rural

LiberiaAfrica Energy Access Scale-Up Plan

consultationsEnergy & Climate Change SWAP-Investment &

Policy prospectus

Rwanda GEF Sustainable Energy Development Program

Modernizing Biomass Energy Services in Benin

Mali Energy Access for Productive Uses

Senegal Mainstreaming gender into Progede II

Catalyzing New Renewable Energy in Rural Liberia

Lighting Rural Tanzania

Mainstreaming gender into Tanzania Rural Energy Agency

Biomass Energy Initiative for Africa- 12 pilots

Lighting Africa

Renewable Energy Education Project

What does AFREA Fund? What does AFREA Fund? Recipient Executed ActivitiesRecipient Executed Activities

Examples of project activitiesExamples of project activities

Mali & Tanzania Working with Rural Energy Agencies to identify gender focal

points within the agency and develop a gender action plan

Gender Action Plan – Examples

Building a Gender Desk – focal point within energy agencies who can provide gender sensitive support to projects, activities and the organization

Gender Awareness Training – for capacity building on gender sensitive approaches for energy organization

Conducting a Gender Assessment – Reviewing portfolio of ongoing projects for gender mainstreaming as needed

Local Interventions – working with project beneficiaries to identify needs of men and women in the communities and providing support to address needs (e.g. Women’s group identified need for information sharing, and training on marketing and accounting for productive uses of energy)

Examples of project activities (cont.)Examples of project activities (cont.)

Senegal: Second Sustainable and participatory Energy Management Project (PROGEDE II)

Retrospective evaluation of gender mainstreaming into PROGEDE I and based on lessons learned, integrate gender into all axes of PROGEDE II

Capacity building on gender sensitive approach for stakeholders

Detailed action plan to be discussed with beneficiaries for project

implementation

For more information:For more information:

Adriana Eftimie aeftimie@worldbank.orgVanessa Lopes vlopes@worldbank.orgKatie Hellerkheller@worldbank.orgAwa Seckafseck@worldbank.org

MMARCH 22-24, 2011 – ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIAARCH 22-24, 2011 – ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

Thank you

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