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Mainstreaming Gender in Norway’s Energy Development Cooperation

Mainstreaming Gender in Norway’s Energy Development Cooperation. Gender and energy policy and practitioners meeting Amsterdam 12-13 December 2011 Kari Trædal Thorsen Norad’s Departmen for Economic Development, Energy, Gender & Governance. Outline. Why How What Challenges Thoughts.

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Mainstreaming Gender in Norway’s Energy Development Cooperation

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  1. Mainstreaming Gender in Norway’s Energy Development Cooperation Gender and energy policy and practitioners meeting Amsterdam 12-13 December 2011 Kari Trædal Thorsen Norad’s Departmen for Economic Development, Energy, Gender & Governance

  2. Outline • Why • How • What • Challenges • Thoughts Side/Page

  3. Norwegian policy ” energy sector development cooperation shall be gender mainstreamed” • ”Women in the workforce is more important than the oil” • Political commitment • White paper 11 (2008-2009): On Equal Terms: Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in International Development Policy (2007-2008) • White paper 13 (2007-2008): Climate, Conflict and Capital • Action Plan for Womens Right’s and Gender Equality in Development Cooperation (2007) Side/Page

  4. Action Plan 2007 ”commitment to GM Clean Energy (CE) and Oil for Development (OfD)” • MTR 2009 of action plan documents • Lack of sex-disaggregated baseline data • Lack of gender issues in the result frameworks of the programs • Gender issues are therefore seldom addressed • Challenge to translate good policies into concrete actions Side/Page

  5. OfD objective & support ”technical capacity building in upstream petroleum activities” • The goal is economically, environmentally and socially responsible management of petroleum resources • Its main focus is on: • capacity building of state institutions to develop policies and regulations in • Resource management • Financial management • Environmental management • strengthening the role of civil society in watching • Accountability and transparency of government take • Environmental sustainability of petroleum developments Side/Page

  6. CE objective & support ”capacity building and access to&use of renewable energy services and products” • The main goal access to and productive use of clean energy at an affordable price   • Its focus is on: • capacity building of state institutions in development of national legal framework and planning • financing and development of: • large power generation and transmission, distribution lines, infrastructure • sustainable and healthy energy services and energy efficient technology • local employment and productive use of energy Side/Page

  7. OfD and CE gender entry points ”gender issues are part of socio-economic impacts” • Employment in the sector (CE/OfD) • Impacts on women and men in local communities from large scale infrastructure development (CE/OfD) • Impacts on women and men in local communities from pollution, waste and accidents (CE/OfD) • Access to economic opportunities (CE/OfD) • Access to and use of clean energy services and technologies (CE) • Transparency and accountabiity of public expenditure and revenues in petroleum sector (OfD) Side/Page

  8. How Norad works ”joint efforts” • Norad gender advisor and OfD/CE country advisors, embassies and national partners, network of gender and energy specialists • Country/embassy request • Energy sector projects and programs • Coordiation and cooperation with other donors • Gender action plans for OfD and for CE Side/Page

  9. What we have done so far”Norad offering technical assistance in GM in energy sector has created a demand for assistance” • Norwegian Water and Energy Directorate workshop • Background papers for WDR 2012 • Energy for All conference in Oslo Oct 2011 • Country specific programs: • Mozambique – • Uganda – REA Uganda • Timor-Leste • Liberia Side/Page

  10. 2012 initial plans ” increase in requests” • Increased requests for assistance from embassies • Uganda • Nepal • Ethiopia • Implementing gender in energy programs • Mozambique • Liberia • Timor-Leste • Uganda • Agree on and implement Norads plan for GM services to OfD and CE Side/Page

  11. Challenges”GM in energy sector programs takes time and systematic work” • Finding the right gender entry points • Socio-economic impacts on men and women in local communities affected by energy and petroleum developments related to • technical assistance to upstream petroleum activities • Large scale infrastructure developments • Moving from analysis to action • Sex disaggregated baselinedata relevant for the energy and petroleum programs • Concrete and targeted gender actions that support the objectives of the programs • Energy partners ownership to the gender program • Backstopping assistance Side/Page

  12. Some thoughts to dig further into ”from technical support to socio-economic impacts” • Document socio-economic impacts for men and women in local communities affected by large scale energy and petroleum developments • Experiences on the ground influence national policy developments • Cross sectoral synergies between; • Oil for Development and Clean Energy • Energy sector programs and end-user policies, priorities and commitments in HR, community development, health, higher education, job creation/private sector development Side/Page

  13. Thank you ! Norad’s english web-pages www.norad.no Energy – Oil for Development, Clean Energy and gender in energy Side/Page

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