ENERGIA Gender and Energy Programme
| Type | Voluntary commitment by other stakeholders |
|---|---|
| Organisation | ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy |
| Scope | Global |
| Themes | Cross-cutting areas; International public finance; Small and medium enterprises; jobs; Social sectors |
Description
ENERGIA is pleased to be one of the many civil society organization working to make sustainable energy for all a reality on the ground with a focus on women economic empowerment and gender equality. With the support of our development partners from the governments of Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, Finland, Netherlands, and the Asia Development Bank we have committed 15 million euro over the next 5 years:
•To providing technical and financial assistance to country programmes in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Nigeria, Nepal and Indonesia that strengthen the capacity of over 3000 women led enterprises to deliver energy services to over 2 million rural and remote consumers.
•To implement an empirical research programme, working with leading academic and research institutions in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, South Africa, Kenya, Senegal, Rwanda, and Nigeria, to provide the evidence base, of the value addition of using a gender approach in energy investment.
•To roll out SE4ALL’s campaigns on energy, women children and health, by supporting national level campaigns in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Nigeria, Nepal and Indonesia that raise public awareness and reach out to over fourteen million people
•To integrate energy access for women in ENERGIA’s contribution to SE4All country action plan and investment prospectus, the Global Tracking Framework and the State of the Access Report (SEAR)
Partners
Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal (CRT/N), National Association of Community Electricity (NACEUN), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ), Practical Action Consulting (PAC), GVEP International (GVEP), Social and Ecological Management Fund (SEM Fund), Kopernik, Practical Action Eastern Africa (PA), Sustainable Community Development Services (SCODE), Solar Sister, Show the Good, Ripple Effect Images
Targets
•To providing technical and financial assistance to country programmes in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Nigeria, Nepal and Indonesia that strengthen the capacity of over 3000 women led enterprises to deliver energy services to over 2 million rural and remote consumers by 2017.
•To implement an empirical research programme, working with leading academic and research institutions in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, South Africa, Kenya, Senegal, Rwanda, and Nigeria, to provide the evidence base, of the value addition of using a gender approach in energy investment by 2019.
•To roll out SE4ALL’s campaigns on energy, women children and health, by supporting national level campaigns in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Nigeria, Nepal and Indonesia that raise public awareness and reach out to over fourteen million people by 2017
•To integrate energy access for women in ENERGIA’s contribution to SE4All country action plan and investment prospectus, the Global Tracking Framework and the State of the Access Report (SEAR) by 2017
Indicators
# of consumers reached with energy products and services as a result of the programme intervention
# of women-led MSEs working with the program
% increase in profitability of women-led MSEs receiving project support, from project baseline
# of people reached through national level campaign
# of SE4ALL Action Plans in targeted countries that include gender objectives/ components/ activities
# of freely available (i) peer reviewed and (ii) policy orientated research outputs that specifically address knowledge gaps in linkages between gender, energy and poverty
# of global and regional event where ENERGIA partners participates sharing lessons and knowledge from the WEE projects are shared
Resources
Leading institutional base from which actions are taken to mainstream gender into energy policies and projects
15 million Euros for programme activities
Strong partner base in 14 countries in Asia and Africa with experince and competency to implement gender and energy programmes
Gender tools and methods tailored for the energy sector specific for the energy sector, and having the competencies to support their use in implementation; and
Timeframe
2014 – 2019