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Harnessing Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives to Benefit Women RETA 7914 Final Inception Report
Funded by the Nordic Development Fund
Submitted To: The Asian Development Bank
Prepared by Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)
Submitted 31 May 2013
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CONTENTS
Executive Summary .……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..... 5
1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
1.1 Problem Statement ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
1.2 Approach ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
1.3 Project Overview/ Objectives and Scope ..……………………………………………………………………………………. 8
1.4 Project Outcome ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
1.5 Project Output ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
1.6 Institutional Arrangements …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
1.7 Project Activities …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
2. Implementing Arrangements/ Work Plan ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 14
2.1 Phrase 1:January-May 2013: Scoping Studies, Inception and Capacity Assessment Workshops 14
2.2 Phase 2: August–September 2013: Capacity Building and Planning for Gender Mainstreaming 17
2.3 Phase 3: May 2013–October 2015: Pilot Project Establishment and Implementation ……………….... 18
2.4 Methodology for Mobilization and Training of Women’s Groups and Monitoring/Evaluation …….. 20
2.5 Reporting ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 24
3. Scoping Study Results …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 25
TABLES
Table 1:Organizational Chart - Viet Nam ……………………………………………….……………..………………………………… 11
Table 2:Organizational Chart – Cambodia ………………………………………………………………..…………………………….. 12
Table 3:Organizational Chart - Lao PDR ……..…………………………………………………………………………………….……… 13
Table 4: Key Findings of Inception Workshops ……………………….……………………………………………….………….….. 15
Table 5:Summary of the Work Plan …………………………………………………………………………………………….………….. 23
Table 6:Deliverables with Proposed Dates ….……………………………………………………………………………….…………. 24
Table 7: Scoping Studies Summary and Comparative Assessment ..……………..………………………..…………..…. 27
Table 8: Brief Assessment of Stakeholders ..………………………………………………………..………………………………….. 28
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APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Revised Work Plan – Cambodia ………………………………………………..………………………………………… 52
Appendix 2: Revised Work Plan - Viet Nam …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 63
Appendix 3: Revised Work Plan - Lao PDR ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 73
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Acronyms
ADB Asian Development Bank
CCCSP Cambodia’s Climate Change Strategic Plan
CDM Clean Mechanism Development
CEDAC Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture
CER Certified Emission Reduction
City WU Dong Hoi City Women’s Union
DMC Developing Member Countries
DNA Designated National Authority
DONRE Department of Natural Resources and Environment
DPI Department of Planning and Investment
ERPAs Emission Reduction Purchase Agreements
EU European Union
EB Executive Board
GERES Group for the Environment, Renewable Energy and Solidarity
GHG Greenhouse Gas
GMS Greater Mekong Subregion
IA Implementing Agency
ICS Improved Cook Stoves
IGES Institute for Global Environment Strategies
LDC Least Developed Country
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
MARD Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
MOE Ministry of Environment
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MoEYS Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
MOWRAM Ministry of Water Resource and Meteorology
MRD Ministry of Rural Development
MoWA Ministry of Women’s Affairs
MoNRE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
NCCC National Climate Change Committee (Cambodia)
PA Project Advisor
PIS Project Implementation Specialist
POA Program of Activities
REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation
RETA Regional Technical Assistance
SME Small and Medium Enterprise
SNV Netherlands Development Organization
UFPF Urban Financing Partnership Facility
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
URENCO Urban Environment Company Lim
USAID United States Agency for International Development
VCS Verified Carbon Standard
VWU Viet Nam Women’s Union
VCM Voluntary Carbon Market
WOCAN Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural
Resource Management
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Executive Summary
This report summarizes the inception activities that Women Organizing for Change in
Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) has undertaken for the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) Regional Technical Assistance 7914 (RETA 7914) Harnessing
Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives to Benefit Women from 7 January–6 February 2013.
This RETA focuses on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries of Cambodia, Lao
PDR, and Viet Nam and is financed with a grant from the Nordic Development Fund. This
grant is administered by ADB as the official executing agency. ADB contracted WOCAN to
provide expertise in institutional development, social/gender assessment and capacity
building, climate change financing, and monitoring and evaluation. Forty-seven person-
months of international consulting services and 41 person-months of national consulting
services are provided to enable the desired impact, to improve the livelihoods of women in
urban and peri-urban areas in Developing Member Country (DMC) pilot sites through their
improved access to low-carbon technology, and carbon revenue financing.
The RETA has three outputs:
Enhancement of gender mainstreaming in national or provincial climate change
strategies, action plans, and mitigation plans
Effective mechanisms supporting stakeholder engagement process and gender
equitable benefit distribution identified for replication
Implementation of three pilot projects by national women’s groups to develop local
tools and mechanisms to access climate financing
This report serves to summarize the activities undertaken by WOCAN in support of outputs
1 and 3. The Institute for Global Environment Strategies (IGES) has been contracted
separately to support output 2.
The report is divided into three sections: the background of the project; an Overview of
Activities conducted thus far; and a Summary Analysis of the Scoping Studies. The
appendices include Work Plans, full Scoping Studies, and Summaries of Stakeholder
Meetings.
Section 3 presents the results of the first phase Scoping Studies. The purpose of the first
phase Scoping Studies was as follows: 1) to gain an understanding of the existing situation
within national and sub national climate change policies; 2) to identify key stakeholder
organizations for project implementation and participants in the inception workshops; and 3)
to gain an understanding of existing climate change projects and financing sources in each
country.
A review and analysis of the situation of gender within national and provincial policies, plans
and projects, and institutions engaged in climate change reveals that all three GMS
countries have clear policy mandates and laws to assure gender equality and women’s
rights. They also have strong women’s unions in place at the national and subnational levels.
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However, there is a need to link these effectively to implement policies for climate change
mitigation.
A review of existing carbon financing projects by IGES shows that, with a few notable
exceptions, such as biogas projects in Viet Nam and Improved Cook Stove (ICS) projects in
Cambodia, the existing carbon finance projects have yet to demonstrate any large-scale
community co-benefits or any significant positive gender impacts. The Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) project pipeline is dominated by large-scale hydroelectric projects (Lao
PDR and Viet Nam) or methane avoidance in industrial processes (Cambodia).
This RETA will enhance the quality of gender mainstreaming and develop models and tools
that will offer mechanisms for women to benefit from carbon finance and mitigation activities.
Three pilot (anchor) projects on cookstoves, biogas/biochar and waste management will
provide the frameworks within which this RETA can strengthen the capacities of women’s
groups to consider and demand technologies that bring them maximum benefits, using
various tools of carbon and climate change finance.
Detailed work plans are presented in the Appendix. The work plans consist of three phases:
Phase 1 will involve initial meetings with Implementing Agencies (IAs) and potential
partner organizations and Scoping Studies that assess existing attention to gender
within national/subnational climate policies, strategies and institutions in the three
countries, as inputs to the draft Inception Report. The results of these meetings and
studies will be presented during the inception workshops. The revised Inception
Report incorporates comments of participants and changes to work plans.
Phase 2 will focus on the delivery of capacity building for gender mainstreaming and
climate financing within the IAs and partner organizations, based on detailed
analyses of capacity gaps and requirements. These activities will be conducted at
the national/subnational levels, with institutions identified during the Phase 1
activities.
Phase 3 will develop three concrete pilot projects, linked to the three anchor projects
identified in the proposal. A major focus of activities will be on the provision of
training inputs to women’s groups within the projects, for leadership, technical and
business skills. This phase will also develop a pipeline of projects to be considered
for future project development. WOCAN will collaborate closely with IGES in this
phase, so that lessons generated from these pilots may be documented and shared
in regional and global workshops and forums.
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1. Introduction
This report summarizes activities undertaken by WOCAN and Lao PDR-based National
Advisor, Paul van Strijp, and Project Implementation Specialist, Tony Bott, in support of
outputs 1 and 3. It contains three sections.
The first section introduces the background and rationale for the project, its objectives and
scope, and the two work streams to achieve those objectives. The second section provides
a brief overview of the activities already conducted, including meetings with IAs and partners,
and scoping studies conducted in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam. The third section
presents a summary analysis of the scoping studies. Appendices include Detailed Work
Plans, expanded Scoping Studies, and a Summary of the Meetings conducted in each
country.
1.1. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Though there is evidence of gender awareness within the policies of Cambodia, Lao PDR
and Viet Nam, ministries and agencies tasked with climate change action plan
implementation lack the capacity to implement these policy directives. Participants in
introductory meetings with Implementing Agencies (IAs) and potential partner institutions in
Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam stated their interest for this RETA to provide them with
improved capabilities to plan and implement programs that address gender issues and
give tangible benefits to women. Pilot projects that can demonstrate ways to achieve these
goals can help national policymakers better visualize carbon finance and other
mechanisms that provide benefits for women from mitigation initiatives. This RETA is an
opportunity to pilot this approach, which will be of interest to the global community of climate
change and development institutions.
1.2 APPROACH
Given their existing roles, knowledge, and responsibilities in energy, sanitation, and waste
management, women are in a unique position to help mitigate climate change. Providing
them with incentives to do so requires equitable distribution systems, giving them access to
technologies, activities, and profits from emissions reduction and other environmental
projects. By closing the gender gaps in climate change policies and projects, women will
have more income and other resources that will improve family health, nutrition, and
education. Training in improved ecosystem management and access to low carbon
technologies can reduce the time women spend on household and livelihood tasks, lower
health and sanitation risks, increase access to clean energy sources, and, ultimately, reduce
climate change impacts on families and entire communities.
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When women are involved in the project cycle, project performance and outcomes improve.1
Global carbon markets can incentivize investments in the empowerment of women,
generating higher returns and lowering risk for project developers.2 Women’s groups have
proven to be effective structures for community-based employment and financial
management3 and therefore will be instrumental to the success of ADB sustainable
development and climate change initiatives in the region. This will also support the ADB
1998 Policy on Gender and Development that identifies gender mainstreaming as the key
strategy and approach for promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment across all
sectors.
1.3 PROJECT OVERVIEW / OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE
In May 2011, ADB solicited proposals for an organization to support a three-year technical
assistance project (7914 REG: Harnessing Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives to Benefit
Women) to strengthen human resource and technical capacity development for
implementing agencies to integrate gender in climate change policy frameworks; develop
mechanisms for women's groups to gain co-benefits from appropriate emissions reductions
technologies; and support women's ministries to promote equitable benefit distribution of
climate change finance in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam. This RETA builds on existing
ADB investments and NGO activities by piloting a model to develop low carbon projects with
gender-equitable benefits, demonstrating how climate financing can provide benefits to
women for their contributions to GHG reductions.
Two work streams have been organized to achieve the project objectives:
Capacity Development for Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Leadership:
conduct Scoping Studies, assess capacity needs, and deliver training to national and
subnational IAs and partner organizations on gender mainstreaming and planning,
and to women within pilot projects on technical and business skills and leadership
Pilot Project Development for Carbon Financing: conduct scoping and feasibility
studies, deliver training to national and subnational IAs and partner organizations on
climate financing, and develop a pipeline of projects in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet
Nam; this stream includes monitoring and evaluation activities, development of
baselines, monitoring of the activities of women’s groups, and extraction of the
lessons learned
1 Global Environment Facility, “Mainstreaming Gender at the GEF” (PDF file p. 7), downloaded from the Global Environment Facility
website, http://www.thegef.org/gef/sites/thegef.org/files/publication/mainstreaming-gender-at-the-GEF.pdf, accessed July 20, 2011.
2CCBA, “CCBA Project Design Document Form For Project Activities (CCBA-PDD) Version 02” (PDF file, p. 50), downloaded from CCBA
website
https://s3.amazonaws.com/CCBA/Projects/Restoration+of+degraded+areas+and+reforestation+in+Caceres+and+Cravo+Norte,+Colombia
/101001_CCBA+PDD_Asorpar_Final.pdf, accessed June 22, 2011. 3World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),
2008.Gender and Agriculture Sourcebook, Module 3: Gender and Rural Finance. Washington, DC: World Bank.
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1.4 PROJECT OUTCOME
The envisioned outcome for the project is an improved enabling environment for gender-
sensitive climate change mitigation policies and finance in target Developing Member
Countries (DMCs).
1.5 PROJECT OUTPUTS WOCAN is responsible for achieving the following outputs:
Enhancement of gender mainstreaming in national or provincial climate change
strategies, action plans, and mitigation plans
Implementation of three pilot projects by national women’s groups to develop local
tools and mechanisms to access climate financing
1.6 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
ADB will be the executing agency for the RETA implementation consultants will report
directly to ADB. As overall supervision and guidance for RETA implementation and
stakeholder coordination will be provided by a Steering Committee led by the GMS Working
Group Agriculture Coordinator (Cambodia); GMS National Secretariat (Lao PDR); and
Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee (Viet Nam), the consultants will be required to
maintain close coordination with the Steering Committee and various agencies in each of
the countries involved in project implementation. The Governments of Cambodia, Lao
People’s Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam will provide in-kind contributions covering
personnel inputs, data, necessary information, and other forms of administrative support.
1.7 PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Project Management:
ADB, individual consultants, IGES, and WOCAN jointly contributed to the implementation.
WOCAN has been in close communication with the team of 11 consultants to familiarize
them with the project outputs and activities, revise the work schedule, and plan for scoping
study inputs. WOCAN made four visits to Lao PDR, Cambodia and Viet Nam during this first
month. These meetings have yielded useful and constructive results for all the team
members. Additional meetings were held with national project advisers in all three countries,
and the International M&E Consultant and Carbon Finance Specialist.
Implementation arrangements in Lao PDR are slightly different from those of Cambodia and
Viet Nam, reflecting specific needs requested by the Government of Lao PDR during the
design phase, with two additional international consultants. ADB contracts the National
Advisor and Project Implementation Specialist directly for further capacity development
support. As the scope of work and the tasks to be performed under these two positions do
not make any distinction between international or national consultants, this report will refer
to the consultants as National Project Advisor (PA) and National Project Implementation
Specialist (PIS) to avoid confusion.
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The Coordinator and Institutional Development Specialist were introduced to the IAs and
related ministries and partner organizations through a series of meetings within each
country that were also attended by the national advisors, PA, PIS, and other members of the
national team (Appendix 3).
The organization and preparation of the inception workshop will be a joint effort of the local
IAs, individual consultants, IGES, WOCAN, and ADB.
Coordination with Implementation Consultants:
WOCAN and the coordinator of the project’s knowledge management hub met to identify
complementarities between planned tasks and activities, and discuss the agenda for the
inception workshops in February and March 2013. They collaborated in the preparations for
the inception workshops in all three countries and for the revisions to the Work Plans in April.
Close collaboration with the PA and PIS in Lao PDR ensures timely management of project
inputs in Lao PDR.
Inception Workshops:
Between 27 March and 3 April three inception workshops were held in Lao PDR, Cambodia,
and Viet Nam. During the workshops, WOCAN and IGES presented the results of their
scoping; outlined preliminary work plans; and discussed with stakeholders the contributions
to and needs from the project. The results of the inception workshops underscored the need
to strengthen connections to project outputs; develop a plan for developing and
disseminating knowledge products; and appreciate the unique characteristics of each
country’s policy landscapes. Additional results of the inception workshops and related
meetings are summarized in Section 3, following the summary of the scoping study for each
country.
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Organizational Charts:
Organizational charts for each country are presented below, showing key stakeholders and
the roles of various institutions.
Table 1: Organizational Chart – Viet Nam
Viet Nam
URENCO
Waste Management
WOCAN National Team
DPI
Quang Binh Women’s Union
Dong Hoi Women’s Union
CAW
DONRE
IGES
Overall supervision/guidance
Roles of stakeholders
Red circle: Implementation agency
Red rectangular: Overall supervision and guidance
Red oval: relevant stakeholders
Yellow circle: Technical Advisory Yellow rectangular: Executing Agency
Orange: Pilot project
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Table 2: Organizational Chart - Cambodia
Cambodia
MAFF
TA 7833
WOCAN National Team
Nexus
TA 7833 team
SNV Cambodia
MOWA
MOE
IGES
Overall supervision/guidance
Roles of stakeholders
Red circle: Implementation agency
Red rectangular: Overall supervision and guidance
Red oval: relevant stakeholders
Yellow circle: Technical Advisory Yellow rectangular: Executing Agency
Orange: Pilot project
GERES
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Table 3: Organizational Chart – Lao PDR
Lao PDR
MoNRE
SNV ICS Project
WOCAN National Team
NCAW
RENMI/MST
SNV & ARMI
DSM/MST
DDMCC
IGES
Overall supervision/guidance
Roles of stakeholders
Red circle: Implementation agency
Red rectangular: Overall supervision and guidance
Red oval: relevant stakeholders
Yellow circle: Technical Advisory Yellow rectangular: Executing Agency
Orange: Pilot project
ICS/WB
LWU
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2 Implementing Arrangements/Work Plan
The regional work plan will involve three distinct yet complementary phases.
2.1 PHASE 1: JANUARY – MAY 2013: SCOPING STUDIES, INCEPTION AND
CAPACITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS
Scoping Studies
Phase 1 includes initial meetings with IAs, potential partner organizations, IGES, and the
Lao PDR PA and PIS to familiarize all parties with the project outputs, outcomes, and
mechanisms for collaboration. Scoping studies that assess gender within national/
subnational climate policies and strategies and institutions in the three countries were
conducted to provide inputs to the Draft Inception Report. This draft report has been revised
and finalized based on results of preliminary meetings and studies, and inputs received from
the inception workshop participants, including ADB staff. Work plans for all consultants have
been revised to incorporate results from the inception workshops (Appendices 1, 2 and 3 for
Cambodia, Viet Nam and Lao PDR, respectively).
The PA and PIS, together with the Institutional Development, Social/Gender and Carbon
Finance Consultants, conducted scoping studies in each country with three objectives:
To identify key gaps and opportunities for mainstreaming gender by presenting a
situation analysis of gender within national and provincial policies, plans, and
projects related to climate change
To identify government and NGOs, women’s groups, and others that could be
involved in the project implementation and briefly assess their capacities
To review existing climate change projects and financing sources to assess
opportunities for project financing
Information for these studies comes from desk reviews of policies and plans, and meetings
with potential partner organizations and women’s groups. In the case of Lao PDR, the PA
and PIS had introduction meetings with the Implementation Agency (MoNRE) and potential
government and non-government partners. During these meetings, they identified some
initial concerns and explored opportunities for partnerships, which hopefully can be
addressed and reflected in the final project plans and activities. Furthermore, in each
country, the PA and PIS conducted field missions to or interviews with staff of pilot project
sites: (i) ICS project in Savannakhet in Lao PDR; (ii) UNRENCO in Dong Hoi in Vietnam;
and (iii) Capacity Building for Efficient Utilization of Biomass for Bioenergy and Food
Security in the Greater Mekong Subregion (CAM TA7833) in Cambodia.
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Inception Workshops
The revision of the Inception Report is based on the results of three inception workshops
held in Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Viet Nam (Dong Hoi) from 27 March–3 April 2013. These
results are reported under Section 3, Scoping Studies and Inception Workshop Results,
within country-specific sections. Table 4 below provides key findings from the workshops
and related meetings with partners.
Table 4: Key Findings from Inception Workshops
Lao PDR Cambodia Viet Nam
Additional work will be needed in finalizing the pilot project; likely to be cookstove project of SNV/ARMI
Care will be needed in defining women’s groups; if no existing groups, may have to form these from women producers and retailers
It may not be possible to share carbon revenue; frequently in the case of cookstove projects, revenue is not distributed directly to the stove users but redistributed through the project for other purposes related to the stove manufacture and maintenance
The Lao Women’s Union requests training in climate change and climate finance
Facilitators from Lao PDR will be essential to build the trust and confidence needed during the training
Strong collaboration is expected from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA)
Local governments should be involved in the project; at commune level, there are gender focal points that could receive the training
In addition to TA 7833, there are a wide range of possible contributions/collaborations for the project including: The United Nations
Development Program (UNDP)/Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
The National Biodigester Programme
ADB Cambodia Mission Pilot project sites likely to be in
Kampot or Takeo, to be selected in early May with TA 7833
Capacity building activities must enable women to gain an understanding of climate change
Connections to the project can be made to several provincial and national climate change policies
There are already supportive organizations and activities undertaken by URENCO and the Quang Binh and Dong Hoi City Women’s Unions
Pilot projects must provide an opportunity for Dong Hoi women to participate in climate change mitigation
Several options are possible for pilot projects, including waste management, biogas, ICS, etc.
Changes in Personnel and Budget Allocation
As a result of the inception workshops and revised work plans, changes to the existing team
and TORs were deemed necessary, as below:
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International Team Leader: hiring of Assistant Team Leader
International Carbon Finance Specialist: hiring of Assistant Carbon Finance
Specialist, Eleonora Gatti, Nexus staff member
Viet Nam: hiring of Chinh Hoang, Project Support Officer.
In addition, three vacancies in the team are to be filled:
Project Finance Manager, Bangkok
Social/Gender Specialist, Cambodia
Carbon Finance Specialist, Viet Nam
It is also recommended to replace the National Project Adviser in Cambodia with consultant
who is already on the team, as the Carbon Finance Specialist, Sona Long. The current
National Project Adviser will fill the Social/Gender Specialist Cambodia position. As both
consultants know the project well, this change is expected to be a smooth transition that will
provide more effective support to the RETA.
To maximize the effectiveness of the team’s inputs to the RETA, additional travel funds and
trips are necessary, assuring sufficient face-to-face time with partner organizations and
women’s groups. The changes to the overall travel budget for this RETA will not require any
additional funds, as they will require only reallocation within existing budget categories.
Capacity Assessment Workshops
Following the submission of the Revised Inception Report, a round of field missions will be
carried out to conduct the Capacity Assessment Workshops. The objectives are as follows:
To identify capacity needs of implementing agencies for gender mainstreaming
To assess organizational opportunities and gaps for mainstreaming gender
To develop skills of participants to assess their own organization and produce an
assessment for the planning workshop to be held in August/September 2013
For this purpose, two-day workshops with about 20-25 staff of the selected partner
organizations will be conducted in each country, guiding participants through a participatory
self-assessment using a Framework for Gender Analysis in Institutions. With these skills,
participants will be expected to carry out the analysis in their respective organizations before
attending the tailored courses offered on gender mainstreaming/gender planning, climate
policy development, and climate change/carbon finance to be developed by the International
Social/Gender and Carbon Finance Specialists and IGES consultant.
The selection criteria for staff who attend this workshop is as follows:
Mid and senior level staff who have responsibilities for either mainstreaming gender
or developing plans and policies for climate change
Staff who attend this meeting will also be required to attend the gender
mainstreaming training course to assure continuity
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At least two persons should represent each organization, with at least one woman
participant, if possible.
2.2 PHASE 2: AUGUST–SEPTEMBER2013: CAPACITY BUILDING AND PLANNING
FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING
Once developed, a series of training courses will be delivered to selected staff of IAs and
partner organizations in each country, at the national and subnational levels. Specifically,
about 20 men and women staff of these organizations will attend a 5–6 day training course
on skills and knowledge about gender analysis, gender planning, mainstreaming climate
change, and climate finance. Participants will each produce an action plan with detailed
indicators by the end of each course, including steps to address gender within their
organizations based on their assessments of institutional strengths and weaknesses. The
outputs will be a tailored set of gender-specific measures, targets, and activities for each
organization that incorporate participants’ knowledge of gender and carbon finance applied
to their own organizational context. WOCAN will monitor and support these participants
throughout the project period.
Specific application of the gender mainstreaming capacity building in each of the three
countries is described below.
Cambodia
In Cambodia, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries (MAFF) is currently
preparing sectoral climate change strategies and is interested in integrating gender
and women into their initiatives. MAFF’s Gender Working Group (GWG) will lead this
work. The GWG will include activities to incorporate gender into the proposed Climate
Change Action Plan in the list of actions they will plan for during the Gender
Mainstreaming Course. The Ministry is also currently conducting carbon trading under
the National Biodigester Program (NBP) and is investigating ways to bringing benefits
to households directly, instead of returning all revenues to projects. This interest will
facilitate the bridging of national level capacity strengthening of MAFF with pilot
project implementation within this RETA, thus linking outputs 1 and 3.
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MOWA) will likely work at the sectoral level through
line ministries, but coordinate with women and children’s committees at the commune
level. It will establish a connection between gender mainstreaming action groups in
different line ministries, integrate gender mainstreaming action plans into sectoral
master work plans, and use existing mechanisms from national to subnational levels,
including provincial, district, and commune levels.
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Viet Nam
In Viet Nam, gender mainstreaming capacity building will ensure that URENCO
incorporates gender into the Master Plan for Dong Hoi, which includes climate
change strategies.
Lao PDR
In Lao PDR, the DCCM will target greater women’s participation in the Technical
Working Group on Climate Change. It will also focus efforts on raising awareness, as
there is a limited understanding of climate change among women.
2.3 PHASE 3: MAY 2013–OCTOBER 2015: PILOT PROJECT ESTABLISHMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION
Based on recommendations from the reviews of successful community-driven, women-
focused projects, and stakeholder consultations with women’s groups and partners, three
pilot projects will be designed and established. These will be within the ‘anchor’ projects or
partners initially identified by ADB, including URENCO and Viet Nam Women’s Union
(VWU) in Dong Hoi, Vietnam; SNV Improved Cook Stoves (ICS) project in Lao PDR; and
Capacity Building for Efficient Utilization of Biomass for Bioenergy and Food Security in
GMS in Cambodia. The RETA will analyze the options available for the provision of benefits
to women as part of the feasibility studies, while matching climate finance sources to the
pipeline of projects. Such analyses will be documented and shared with the larger
community of actors engaged in climate change mitigation projects.
At time of the Capacity Assessment Workshops in May 2013, the International Carbon
Finance Specialists and National Carbon Finance Specialist (in Cambodia and Viet Nam)
will meet with IAs and staff of the pilot project staff in each country to confirm specific pilot
project activities and sites, and collect relevant information to inform the design of the
Carbon Baseline and Feasibility Studies. The selection of technologies will be done in
consultation with identified women’s groups within the project site.
Based on the Inception Workshop and follow-up meetings with partners, updated
information on pilot project establishment and implementation is as follows:
Viet Nam
In Viet Nam, the Quang Binh Women’s Union will be involved in the selection of pilot
project activities, the selection of women’s groups and participants, and the provision of
assistance for all capacity building activities. They plan to organize conferences; host
study tours; build networks; organize media events and advocate for climate change
mitigation; disseminate knowledge on climate change mitigation to women; and promote
the participation of women in planning for local economic development, disaster
prevention, and climate change mitigation.
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As the implementing agency for the ADB–UFPF Proposal, URENCO agreed to review
the proposed pilots and provide feedback, identifying the most urgent pilots, as well as
those with the most potential for women’s participation, strategic value, and the highest
probability for replication. They will also coordinate with the RETA’s carbon finance
experts as the team prepares to conduct a feasibility study of the potential pilots and
provide an additional list of potential pilot projects that can be considered for funding
under the UFPF. Members of the Women’s Union have already conceived several
technologies that they would be interested to pursue within the project framework. These
include waste treatment; biogas at the household level to reduce consumption of fuel
wood; waste collection sorting into different types; tree planting along the coast; and
water conservation and appropriate usage of fertilizers and pesticides.
The National Project Adviser and Project Assistant will coordinate with the Impact
Evaluation Mission for ADB PMU for PPTA 8171: Environment and Climate Change
Adaptation, in mid May 2013.
Cambodia
In Cambodia, the pilot project site will be within RETA 7833 (Capacity Building for
Efficient Utilization of Biomass for Bioenergy and Food Security in GMS), in either
Kampot or Takeo province. The pilot site will be selected during a field visit by RETA
7914 and RETA 7833 in May 2013. In Takeo, RETA 7914 will have the chance to work
in cooperation with the National Biodigester Program, which has experience in carbon
trading. If Kampot is chosen, the team will work with CEDAC, which has experience
working on women’s empowerment projects. It also works through several active
women’s groups at the community level. Project activities will include technical support
for both biochar and biodigesters.
MOWA will assist in the selection of the women’s groups and participants, and support
the leadership and entrepreneurship training to women’s groups and communities.
RETA 7833 will provide technical training to women’s groups on:
Biodigester plant construction and bioslurry use in agriculture crops (rice, and
vegetable) production, and organic production
Production of biochar from rice husks and other agriculture residues, and
application of biochar for soil improvement and increased yields
Selected appropriate and efficient household improved cookstoves and air
pollution prevention for women and children
Agriculture crop production using biochar and bioslurry
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Lao PDR
In Lao PDR, the Lao Women’s Union will support the RETA by establishing a network
from the ground level to higher officials, raising awareness about gender and climate
change issues with women members at all levels, and informing community women of
the benefits to gain women’s involvement in the pilot project. The Union will also be
involved in the selection of women’s groups during the Gender Assessment to be
conducted by the ADB National Adviser and Project Implementation Specialist, and
during the Capacity Assessment Workshop. If existing women’s groups cannot be
identified, LWU will be involved in the formation of these from women producers and
retailers already engaged with the SNV/ARMI project.
SNV has already completed the Carbon Baseline Study on its own, so the International
Carbon Finance Specialist team leader will work with other partners to conduct the
Baseline and Feasibility Studies only if alternative or additional pilot projects are selected.
The Lao PDR-based National Advisor, Project Implementation Specialist, and National
Social/Gender Specialist will conduct a gender assessment for SNV, that will include a
review of the capacities for SNV/ARMI and women beneficiaries in the ICS value chain
to provide inputs to the selection/formation of women’s groups within the pilot project.
The RETA will analyze the options available for the provision of benefits to women as
part of the feasibility studies, while matching climate finance sources to the pipeline of
projects. Such analyses will be documented and shared with the larger community of
actors engaged in climate change mitigation projects.
At the time of the submission of this Revised Inception Report, alternative pilot projects
were under consideration, in the event that collaboration with SNV would not be feasible.
RETA consultants in Lao PRD identified several possibilities and shortlisted two: ceramic
water filter production through Terra Clear and biodiesel production with used cooking oil
through LIRE/Lao Natural Energy and Environment Development. The International
Carbon Finance Specialist is conducting calculations on whether these projects are
suitable for this RETA. Meetings with Terra Clear staff are scheduled for early June;
LIRE staff will attend the Capacity Assessment Workshop scheduled for May 29-30,
2013.
The RETA will analyze the options available for the provision of benefits to women as
part of the feasibility studies, while matching climate finance sources to the pipeline of
projects. Such analyses will be documented and shared with the larger community of
actors engaged in climate change mitigation projects.
METHODOLOGY FORMOBILIZATION, TRAINING OF WOMEN’S GROUPS, AND MONITORING/EVALUATION In all countries, women’s groups will be established based on existing groups of women
involved in the anchor project site of each country. Subsequently, women groups in each of
the pilot project areas will be selected in collaboration with local partner organizations and
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women’s groups, based on selection criteria that will also be determined with stakeholders.
These groups and their individual members will be approached to learn their degree of
interest to be engaged in these projects. Barriers to participation will be assessed and
addressed to the extent possible.
Once the sites are established and the women’s groups selected, a monitoring and
evaluation plan will be developed for each project. This will incorporate national sex-
disaggregated data, review past and ongoing baseline data, update the baseline data, and
provide a plan for monitoring. Baseline data and annual updates will be particularly important
for carbon financing plans that use CDM or voluntary markets to generate revenue. The
specifics of the baseline data will be determined by the choice of standards and
methodologies to be followed. The Carbon Finance Specialists will review the available
standards, including the Gold Standard, VCS and newly released Women’s Carbon
Standard, to determine which one(s) provide the best fit for these pilot projects. The
expertise and knowledge base within Nexus will be brought to bear on this project through
the engagement of the International Climate Finance Specialist and Assistant (both of whom
are Nexus staff members) to conduct feasibility studies and refine designs for each site.
The women of the selected groups will receive technical training in carbon finance and carbon
project development to use/manufacture the technologies that, as determined in the feasibility
studies, will produce the best outcomes for women to obtain benefits that enhance their lives
and livelihoods. This may be for biogas, cookstoves, biochar, waste materials, etc. It is
assumed that the implementers of the anchor projects will provide the provision of the
technical training; the focus of this RETA will be to assure that women’s groups are accessing
these trainings, and receiving direct benefits as a result of their access to these new
technologies.
The team of social/gender specialists will deliver training to the women’s groups on other
topics, including women’s leadership, planning, communication, and business skills. Other
service providing organizations with specific knowledge (such as those of entrepreneurship)
and local language capabilities will be hired as needed; some of these have been identified in
the Scoping Studies.
As a component of the training courses, the team will develop a plan to provide support to
women’s micro-enterprises groups to access loans and other needed services, based on the
project feasibility studies and project design.
To help sustain the project beyond the proposed completion date, and to inform replication
and up-scaling, the carbon finance specialists will identify a pipeline of projects led by
women. These projects would be eligible for climate change financing and will produce a
climate finance development plan based on one of the three pilots. Further work will be done
in collaboration with IGES, to identify public and private sector investment opportunities.
Over the remaining months of the project, until August 2015, women’s groups will be
monitored, and provided with coaching and support.
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In collaboration with IGES, WOCAN will inform the development of knowledge products to
support overall project recommendations, stories, and good practices with national, regional,
and global stakeholders through various meetings yet to be identified. In addition to the
COP 20, other venues could include the Carbon Forum Asia Conference and Climate
Change Leaders Conference, among others.
The schedule of activities follows logically from the steps outlined in the work plan. The
below chart provides an indicative listing of the milestones and activities. Adjustments may
be made, taking project start times and availabilities of project participants into account.
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Table 5: Summary of the Work Plan (Revised with Inputs from Inception Workshops)
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January–February 2013 - Draft Inception Report
March–May 2013-Inception Workshops; finalize Inception Report reflecting feedback
from ADB/other project participants
March–April 2013 - Review and identify best practices from previous low-carbon technology projects that were community-driven or led by women to guide development of GMS-appropriate pipeline projects
May 2013 - Identify capacity gaps and prepare plans for developing capacities
May 2013 – Conduct pre-feasibility studies and obtain inputs from women’s groups on
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May–July 2013 - Conduct feasibility studies
June–September 2013 – Evaluate sex-disaggregated national data; review ongoing
and past baseline data; improve TA baseline; develop M and E framework
September–October 2013 - Develop and deliver technical training for women’s
groups based on feasibility studies
November–December 2013 - Develop a plan and provide support to women’s micro-
enterprises groups to access services
October–November 2013 - Identify a pipeline of projects led by women eligible for
climate change financing
November 2013 - Prepare a climate finance development plan for selected priority
interventions and pilot projects; and match pipeline projects with appropriate financial
mechanisms
December 2013 - Prepare and submit second 6-month report
April, August and December 2014 - Provide refresher training and coaching support
to women’s groups
June and December 2014 - Prepare and submit third and fourth 6-month reports
April and August 2015 - Provide refresher training and coaching support to women’s
groups
April and November/December 2015 - Disseminate lessons learned and best
practices through knowledge sharing initiatives with IGES
August–September 2015 - Prepare and submit final reports
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2.5 REPORTING
WOCAN will regularly report to ADB, IGES, the Project Steering Committee, and other
stakeholders. This includes submissions of familiarization activities in January and February
2013,as well as submissions of the draft and final Inception Reports, draft and final biannual
reports, and draft and final reports.
Table 6: Deliverables with Proposed Dates
Date Output
15 February 2013 Draft Inception Report
31 May2013 Final Inception Report
31 May 2013 Quarterly Progress Report
31 August 2013 Quarterly Progress Report
30 November 2013 Quarterly Progress Report
28 February 2014 Interim Report
31 May 2014 Quarterly Progress Report
31 August 2014 Quarterly Progress Report
31 November 2014 Quarterly Progress Report
28 February 2015 Quarterly Progress Report
31 August 2015 Draft Final Report
30 September 2015 Final Report
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3 Scoping Study Results
The objectives of the scoping studies are three-fold:
To present a situation analysis of gender within national and provincial policies,
plans and projects related to climate change, identifying key gaps and
opportunities for mainstreaming gender
To identify relevant government and NGO organizations, women’s groups, and
others that could be involved in the project implementation, with a brief
assessment of their capacities
To review existing climate change projects and financing sources to scope for
project financing opportunities
A review and analysis of the gender situation within national and provincial policies, plans
and projects and institutions engaged in climate change reveals that all three countries
have clear policy mandates and laws to assure gender equality and women’s rights. They
also have strong women’s unions in place at the national and subnational levels. However,
there is a need to link these effectively to implement policies and for climate change
mitigation.
A review of existing carbon financing projects shows that, with a few notable exceptions
such as biogas in Viet Nam and the Improved Cooking Stove project (ICS) in Cambodia, the
existing carbon finance projects have yet to demonstrate any large-scale community co-
benefits or any significant positive gender impacts. The Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) project pipeline is dominated by large-scale hydroelectric projects (Lao PDR and Viet
Nam) or methane avoidance in industrial processes (Cambodia). Projects with high
community/gender co-benefits have been developed under the voluntary carbon market, in
particular under the Voluntary Gold Standard (VGS). These projects demonstrate some
common characteristics. Firstly, they are based on successful pilot phases that have been
used to refine the project design and offer proof of concept. The pilot phases have generally
been supported by international donor agencies such as the European Union (EU) or United
States Agency for International Development (USAID). Carbon finance has been used to
scale up the initiatives and has been supported through the carbon project cycle by regional
support facilities such as Nexus Carbon for Development or SNV. The successful projects
involve a market-based approach whereby commercialized dissemination of technologies is
conducted through social or private enterprises.
This RETA will enhance the quality of mainstreaming gender; it will develop models and
tools that offer mechanisms for women to benefit from carbon finance and mitigation
activities.
Though global climate funds have recently demonstrated some interest in gender issues,
the tendency to view women as vulnerable groups within the climate change forums persists,
blocking visions of national and global leaders to the possibilities that exist to link women
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with carbon financing for mitigation. Using the voluntary carbon market, in addition to other
funding sources, ADB can demonstrate how innovative pilot projects can provide climate
change leaders and funders with a new way of looking at gender issues and women’s
inclusion, for the sake of project effectiveness as well as equitable benefit sharing.
Three pilot projects on cookstoves, biogas/biochar and waste materials will provide the
frameworks within which this RETA can strengthen the capacities of women’s groups to
consider and demand technologies that can bring maximum benefits to their lives, as well as
those of their families, using various tools of carbon and climate change finance.
In sum, meetings with government agencies have identified several opportunities for
synergies between ADB and government stakeholders in relation to this RETA. These vary
from: (i) identified needs for training; (ii) discussion of the potential of other pilot projects the
RETA could tap into; and (iii) gender mainstreaming in national policies and plans.
The following table (Table 7) provides a brief summary and overview for the three countries
based on the following:
Policy for climate change
Policy for gender
Responsible institutions
Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM)
Key emitting sectors
The overview is followed by a more elaborate summary of the scoping studies and results of
inception workshops.
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Table 7: Scoping Studies Summary and Comparative Assessment
Lao PDR Cambodia Viet Nam
Policy for Climate change
Strategy on Climate Change for Lao PDR National policy on climate change built on existing strategies for environment, biodiversity, forestry, environmental education, and renewable energy strategy
Cambodia’s Climate Change Strategic Plan (CCCSP)
National Strategy on Climate Change Response
National Target Program in response to Climate Change
National Action Plan on Climate Change Response
- Responsible Institutions
MoNRE
National Climate Change Committee (NCCC)
MoNRE
Policy for Gender Family and Property Law
Law on the Development and Protection of Women
National Strategic Development Plan
Law on Gender Equality
National Strategy on Gender Equality for 2011-2020
National Program on Gender Equality for 2011-2015
- Responsible Institutions
Lao Women’s Union
National Committee for the Advancement of Women
MAFF, MOE (GWGs) MoEYS MOWRAM MRD MoWA NCDM
The Viet Nam Women’s Union
Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs
The National Committee for the Advancement of Women
CDM Implementation 4 projects registered 5 projects under validation 1 project completeness checked 10 projects approved by DNA
1 CER issued 6 projects registered 4 projects under validation 10 projects approved by DNA
166 projects registered 263 projects under validation
Key Emitting Sectors
Land-use Change and Forestry (83%) Agriculture (14%) Energy (2%) Waste (0.25%) Industrial Process
Land-use Change and Forestry (49%) Agriculture (44%) Energy (7%) Waste (0%)
Energy (43.1%) Agriculture (43%) Land-use Change and Forestry (10%) Industrial Process (7%) Waste (5%)
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Table 8 provides a brief assessment of the relevant government and NGOs, women’s
groups, and others identified as key stakeholders in the project implementation.
Table 8: Brief Assessment of Stakeholders
Stakeholders Mandate Interest in Project Likely Inputs to Project
Viet Nam
URENCO Responsibility for sanitation service and environmental protection
Upscale lessons Gender analysis methods Gender mainstreaming approaches
Project coordination Environmental cleanup experience Sanitation experience
DPI Coordination and management of investment projects in Quang Binh
Oversight of how project activities fit into overall scheme of investment in Quang Binh province
Guidance/advice on how project activities could be up-scaled
DONRE/Dong Hoi Office of Natural Resource & Environment
Coordination of climate change related issues
Up scale lessons Gender analysis tools Gender mainstreaming approaches
Policy advocacy Integration of gender into climate change policy
CAW Promotion of the national policy on the advancement of women
Collaboration on gender trainings Policy advocacy
Quang Binh Women’s Union
Responsibility for ensuring rights of women at provincial level
Up scale lessons Skills for gender analysis and gender mainstreaming approaches
Collaboration on gender training Sanitation experience Environmental cleanup project experience Revolving fund Pilot project design support
Dong Hoi Women’s Union
Responsible for ensuring rights of women at city level
Up scale lessons Skills for gender analysis and gender mainstreaming approaches Integrate gender into CC projects
Gender training Sanitation experience Environmental cleanup project experience Revolving fund Pilot project design support
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Stakeholders Mandate Interest in Project Likely Inputs to Project
Cambodia
MAFF/GWG Integrate gender into all sectors
of agriculture
Skills and capacity for
gender mainstreaming in
CC
Pool of potential trainers to
be trained in gender and CC
MOE/GWG Integrate gender into climate
change policy
Skills and capacity for
gender mainstreaming in
CC
Pool of potential trainers to
be trained in gender and CC
MoWA Coordinate with line ministries to
mainstream national gender
mainstreaming policy into their
programs
Skills and capacity for
gender mainstreaming in
CC
Pool of potential trainers to
be trained in gender and CC
TA 7833 Output 3: gender-sensitive
capacity building support to
government agencies, and to
women’s groups for efficient use
of biogas
Skills and capacity for
gender mainstreaming in
CC
Lessons for out scaling
to other GMS countries
Identification of pilot projects
and provision of technical
training for women’s groups
in selected sites
Nexus Carbon
for Development
Provide capacity building and
technical support on low carbon
projects, calculate the carbon
sequestration methodology and
marketing approach
Collaboration with
WOCAN to pilot use of
Women’s Carbon
Standard
Information for feasibility
studies for pilots; assistance
with identification of carbon
finance opportunities
National
Biodigester
Programme/SNV
Conversion of waste to energy
for the rice milling sector in
Cambodia
Sharing lessons and
possible collaboration within
pilot project
GERES Capacity building for women’s
groups for cookstove production
(Stove Academy)
.
Potential collaboration to
share skills on
methodologies for carbon
credits and marketing
CEDAC Building capacity and knowledge of rural farmers in ecologically-sound agriculture through farmer-led extension services, agricultural innovation trainings, support for farmer organizations, and publications
Collaboration on biogas
development in project
site, with TA 7833
Collaboration in pilot sites in
Kampot or Takeo through
women’s groups associated
with their project activities
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Stakeholders Mandate Interest in Project Likely Input to Project
Lao PDR
MoNRE Broaden scope of pilot projects for gender mainstreaming
Up scaling lessons generated from pilots into policy and activities at higher institutional levels (within MoNRE)
DDMCC Preparation of the Action Plan for Climate Change 2013-2020
Skills and capacity to integrate gender into the Action Plan for Climate Change
Pool of potential trainers to be trained in gender and CC and organization
RENMI/MST Integrate gender into ToT for producer groups to standardize ICS
Collaboration on gender sensitive standardization process
DSM/MST TA for standardization, specifically on women for carbon credits
Collaboration on gender sensitive standardization process
NCAW Provide input into the National Economic and Social Development Plan through gender mainstreaming at all levels of government
No specified interest although there is acknowledged interest to collaborate on expanding their internal capacity and mandate to all levels of government
Opportunity to build on their mandate within government structures for gender mainstreaming
LWU Mass organization that mobilizes women at all levels, from community to national levels
Keen interest to learn and adapt gender trainings for analysis and mainstreaming; Tot on “how to do”
Possible collaboration for WOCAN and LWU to mainstream gender at Asian universities?
SNV Assist with formulation of standards, build producer networks, provide technical assistance
Interest to ensure that gender is mainstreamed into projects
Collaboration on existing SNV pilots
ARMI Assist SNV with implementation of projects in provinces
Interest to ensure that gender is mainstreamed into projects
Collaboration on training at the field level
ICS/WB Promote public awareness and gender mainstreaming
Collaboration on standardization of stoves
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Viet Nam
A. Situational Analysis: Gender and Climate Change
National Target Program in response to Climate Change (NTP-RCC) was
approved in December 2012. The goal of NTP-RCC is to implement the National
Strategy on Climate Change Response, including increase in awareness and
capacity to adapt to climate change, greenhouse gas emission reduction, low-carbon
economy, and active participation in international community to protect the Earth's
climate system.
National Strategy on Climate Change Response, approved in December 2011,
and National Action Plan on Climate Change Response for 2012 – 2020,
approved in October 2012, set tasks for government and other agencies to respond
to climate change.
The Law on Gender Equality has created a strong legal framework to promote gender
equality and women’s empowerment in Viet Nam. To facilitate the interpretation of
this law, various decrees have been passed to clarify and implement certain aspects,
such as Decree 70/2008/ND-CP, Decree 48/2009/ND-CP, Decree 55/2009/ND-CP,
and Resolution 57/NQ-CP.
National Strategy on Gender Equality for 2011 – 2020 was established to ensure
substantive equality between men and women in terms of opportunity, participation,
and satisfaction in the fields of politics, economy, culture, and society, and
contribution to the nation’s rapid and sustainable development.
National Program on Gender Equality for 2011 – 2015 was approved by Decision
1241/QD-TTg, dated 22 July 2011. The Program objective is to fundamentally
transform public awareness and promote behavioral changes in gender equality,
make steps to bridge the gender gap, promote women in high-risk areas of inequality,
and contribute to successful implementation of the National Strategy on Gender
Equality for 2011 – 2020.
Circular 191/2009/TT-BTC was approved by the Ministry of Finance on 1 October
2009. This Circular provides detailed guidance on management of the state budget
for gender equality and women’s advancement. It also provides government agencies
with detailed information on budgeting, budget items, allocation, and payment
procedures for activities promoting gender equality.
Given the legal framework and policies on climate change and gender presented
above, it is important to understand that gender issues have been excluded in the
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policy planning and development of action plans for climate change at the national
level and within important environmental regulations of Quang Binh province.
Climate change response is viewed largely in technical terms. Knowledge of women
and men in coping with the impacts of climate change, as well as different women’s
groups needs and priorities, have not been taken into account in the development
and implementation of policies and action plans on disaster management and
climate change response at national and local levels.
A Climate Change Technical Team (MoNRE) has been established to mainstream
gender in the National Climate Change Policy and implementation strategies, as is
required by law. However, there is no gender expertise represented on the team and
as DONRE pointed out, they needed capacity/skills to mainstream gender into their
plans and activities. There is a general lack of capacity to integrate gender into
sectoral planning processes.
The participation of women in MoNRE and its sub-branches is limited, as there are
few women professionals in the field.
Consultations with women during policy formulation has been limited and one of the
shortcomings is a lack of specific targets or activities which address gender issues;
women and women’s issues were excluded from strategic decisions and planning for
climate change policy and programs.
There is a general lack of information and knowledge on gender impacts within
climate change adaptation and mitigation; gender analysis has not been included in
preparation of the climate change adaptation and mitigation programs and
mechanisms for implementation at the central and local levels.
Many women’s groups are involved in waste collection at the rural and suburb
communes of Dong Hoi. Althrough they did not recognize their work as directly linked
to climate change mitigation, women are contributing great efforts to climate change
mititgation in daily life. This presents opportunities for women to be involved in
climate change mitigation projects.
B. Stakeholder Institutions
Quang Binh Urban Environment Co. Ltd. (URENCO); Quang Binh Women’s Union
(WU); Department of Planning and Investment (DPI); the Office of Climate Change,
Ocean, and Islands (under DONRE); Committee for Advancement of Women (each
provincial sector has one representative who is member of the Committee at city
level); and the Dong Hoi Women’s Union are institutions that have the greatest
relevance to this project at the provincial level.
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Dong Hoi Women’s Union (WU), like the provincial WU, is very active in
environmental sanitation. It maintains roads in neat condition (the so-called “women-
managed roads”). This activity started in Dong Hoi, and was out-scaled to other areas.
City WU also organizes women-collecting-waste teams that fund themselves by
collecting fees from households (the fee is a little less than that of URENCO).
Furthermore, City WU manages an estimated $200,000 revolving fund to lend to its
members. The fund was initially set up by the World Bank, and has since expanded.
Besides, the City WU also manages a $300,000 saving-and-lending fund for the poor.
The fund originated from SNV’s women livelihood and biogas project (NAPAL) in
2007. The biogas model has been replicated in 105 households, with good results.
Like the provincial WU, the City WU advocates the non-usage of plastic bags, and
promotes household sanitation, tree planting, and utilizing organic waste. Based on
their activities, there is a possibility of a model of women utilizing organic waste to
make fertilizer. Bao Ninh ward grows organic vegetables, so there is a demand for
fertilizer. The City WU requests a training of trainers on climate change and
occupational training for women living by the coast, who are most vulnerable to
climate change impacts. Besides that, it is advised to have training on planning,
financing, business management, and leadership skills.
C. Existing Climate Change Projects and Financing Sources
The energy sector is the largest source of emissions while agriculture ranks second,
accounting for 36%. Vietnam’s carbon dioxide emissions have more than doubled
over the past decade, standing at 113 million tons. Under a business as usual
scenario, Viet Nam’s primary energy demand will more than double; total energy-
related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will thus quadruple by 2030. The industrial,
transport, and power sectors are projected to account for the bulk of the increase in
GHG emissions (91.3%). Agriculture emissions are projected to increase overall;
relative to other sectors, this will be smaller, accounting for 27.9% of national
emissions by 2030.
The recent National Strategy on Green Growth positions Viet Nam
in the global green economy and outlines some key measures to achieve this target.
The main plan is for energy use to become more efficient through reduced
consumption in industrial activities, transport, and commerce. Agriculture will adopt a
more sustainable development model, with farmers being introduced to new
procedures and technologies that enable a more efficient use of agricultural supplies,
resources, and technologies to process and reuse agricultural waste. By 2020, forest
coverage will be 45% through forest plantation and conservation projects. Viet
Nam is expected to play a key role in ensuring global food security with
"green power" from agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. The government will develop
and invest in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in these key sectors.
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The government has approved a plan to manage the country’s greenhouse gas
emissions and establish a global carbon trading scheme after 2020. Viet Nam is the
third country in Asia to announce plans to develop a carbon market. The plan,
included in the country's formal submission to the UNFCCC, will cut greenhouse gas
emissions by 10% against 2010 levels by the end of the decade. The new carbon
market, which is likely to be modeled on the EU's emissions cap-and-trade scheme,
will cover all six greenhouse gases that are regulated under the Kyoto Protocol,
including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydro
fluorocarbons (HFCs), perfuorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6).
Viet Nam is already a relatively sizable player in the global carbon market, with 218
CDM projects and 114,534,563 tCO2 registered by the CDM Executive Board (EB),
ranking fourth behind China, India and Brazil by February 2013. These projects
concentrate around hydropower and waste management in the energy sector. By
October 2012, the EB has issued the country 7,060,089 Certified Emission
Reductions (CERs).
However, government sources insist that the Viet Nam CDM market has yet to
receive adequate attention. According to MoNRE, investors do not tend to share
costs incurred from risks during the project development and registration processes,
which results in low prices for CERs. The Emission Reduction Purchase Agreements
(ERPAs) are often drafted by buyers without much involvement from Viet Nam due to
the lack of international trade. The low CER price has significantly impacted the
development of CDM in Viet Nam. The price offered to Viet Nam's first CERs in 2008
were 19.6 EUR/ tons; this has dropped to only 1 EUR/ton in recent months.
Viet Nam has been prominent in the development of Programs of Activities (PoA),
with 19 projects in the pipeline. As with CDM projects, these are focused around the
energy sector with a predominance of hydro but also solar energy. Methane
destruction and energy efficiency projects also feature.
Viet Nam is also prominent in the voluntary carbon market, particularly in the Verified
Carbon Standard (VCS) where 55 projects are listed in the registry. As with CDM
projects, the vast majority of these projects are hydroelectric power projects.
Less prominent is the Voluntary Gold Standard that has just two projects listed. This
incorporated a national level biogas program for small-scale farmers, run under the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). This is the third largest
project in the Vietnamese pipeline of projects.
Nationally, 65,000 household level biogas digesters in 38 provinces have been
constructed (2003-2009). This is potentially a mitigation activity with economic
benefits. Positive benefits of biogas in Viet Nam have been identified by a FAO-
PISCES (2009) study of a project that reduced the smoke women were exposed to
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from wood fires, improving their health and quality of life. However, more analysis is
needed of how new technologies (or old technologies that are being promoted for
new reasons) are changing gender relations to ensure that potential benefits are
realized by women.
D. Inception Workshop Results
The Inception Workshop was held at the Tan Binh Hotel in Dong Hoi on 3 April 2013.
Participants included representatives from climate and women’s agencies, and other
relevant stakeholders. Comments made on the Inception Report and Work Plan
include:
1. Quang Binh URENCO–URENCO confirmed its interest in working with the RETA on
project implementation, in particular securing further training on climate change for
technical staff. URENCO recognized that the Women’s Union will play a significant role in
project implementation and emphasized the need for their training during project
implementation. Capacity building activities must enable women to gain an understanding
of climate change. They are also currently implementing the Master Plan for Dong Hoi,
which incorporates climate change strategies; they requested the RETA provide
guidelines on ensuring gender inclusiveness and tracking emissions in city projects. Pilot
projects must provide an opportunity for Dong Hoi women to participate in climate change
mitigation.
As the implementing agency for the ADB–UFPF Proposal, URENCO agreed to review the
proposed pilots identified in the proposal and provide feedback in terms of which ones
are the most urgent, have the most potential for women’s participation and strategic value,
and the highest probability for replication. They will also coordinate with the RETA’s
carbon finance experts as the team prepares to conduct a feasibility study of the potential
pilots, and provide an additional list of potential pilot projects that can be considered for
funding under UFPF.
2. Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE) – Trainings/capacity
building courses on climate change need to be conducted for local government agencies
and local people. Meetings with related agencies to provide information on the project
are also needed. Lastly, it is necessary to liaise with the Dong Hoi People’s Committee
during the project implementation. Additional recommendations are as follows:
Pilot models could include waste separation at the household level, where
women’s role is very important; limiting use of plastic bags; making biogas
from agricultural waste, including rice husks and straw; and introducing
energy-efficient cookstoves to reduce the burning of fuel wood in the
countryside. Solar energy panels could also be provided to communities
populated by ethnic minorities in remote areas.
The waste collection team could generate an income from this activity.
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Technical and financial assistance on community advocacy work (especially
that includes women and children) is needed. Climate change and gender
need to be integrated into the Climate Change Action Plan of Quang Binh,
with a vision to 2050.
There is a need to coordinate with DONRE to assess climate change impacts
at the community level, with a gender focus. This will lead to gender
integration in the action plan of Quang Binh.
3. Quang Binh Women’s Union – Quang Binh Women’s Union expressed interest in urban
planning and policy, and recognized the importance of including gender in the city
master plan implementation. They also emphasized the need to include women at the
household level in capacity building activities.
They expressed gratitude for the RETA’s provision of an operational framework to
mainstream gender in national and subnational climate change policy dialogue and
carbon finance distribution mechanisms. Towards this end, Quang Binh Women’s Union
will support the RETA through:
Providing assistance in selecting participants for capacity building activities
Supporting the selection of pilot projects by providing gender expertise
Facilitating the exchange of best practices and lessons learned by hosting a
study tour for the Lao Women’s Union and Ministry of Women’s Affairs of
Cambodia
The Union also requested the development of a detailed work plan with information on
stakeholders, responsibilities, key players, and supporting organizations. From the
presentation by Thu (focal point for the Quang Binh Women’s Union), the main
recommendation was that the project must be guided by the principle of sustainable
development and gender equality, integrated systematically across all sectors and at all
levels and addressing poverty reduction. Specifically, Thu recommends that the project:
Promote the participation of women in planning for local economic
development, disaster prevention, and climate change mitigation
Provide training on climate change and gender mainstreaming in climate
change for government agencies at all levels and in the women’s union at all
levels
Organize conferences on “women as factors to responding to climate
change”
Build a network of advocators for women’s role in climate change mitigation
Organize venues for advocacy on climate change mitigation
Develop IEC materials on “women’s participation in climate change
mitigation”
Advocate climate change mitigation knowledge dissemination to women
Organize media campaigns on climate change mitigation
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Build pilots that would generate jobs and income for women in coastal areas
such as Bảo Ninh, Hải Thành, and Quang Phú
4. Dong Hoi Women’s Union – There is a need for training of their members on socio-
economic planning and gender integration; this should be provided at the village
level as well. In terms of pilots, suggestions include:
Develop organic waste treatment systems
Provide biogas digesters and improved cookstoves
5. Waste Collection Team – Dong Hoi women should be enabled to better understand
gender equity.
6. PM Group – Project suggestions include:
Protect the coast from erosion: scale up the protection forest
Provide support for households to use biogas as a substitute for electricity,
gas, and fuel wood
Support waste collectors in separating waste types, such as organic and non-
organic, etc.
Provide funding for waste treatment (PPP project)
Save water of household usage, and in agriculture production
Promote the appropriate usage of fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture
production
The revised work plan takes into consideration the comments made by various government
agencies and Inception Workshop participants.
CAMBODIA:
A. Situational Analysis: Gender and Climate Change
The National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) is comprised of senior policy-
makers from 20 ministries, with its secretariat at the Department of Climate Change
(DCC) of the Ministry of Environment (MOE). Chaired by the Prime Minister, NCCC
has the mandate to determine national positions and strategies for international
negotiations on climate change and for coordinating the development and
implementation of policies, plans, and measures to address climate change issues.
So far, the DCC has coordinated activities of NCCC and the Cambodia Climate
Change Alliance (CCCA), and provided a grant to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs
(MOWA) to develop the Climate Change and Gender Strategic Plan. This Plan
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includes activities to raise awareness and build capacity for staff at the national and
subnational levels.
NCCC, with the support of the DCC/MOE, has developed a first set of sector plans
for nine line ministries (two of the most relevant, MAFF and MOE, are described
below). The MAFF Gender Policy and Strategy in the Agriculture Sector was
launched in 2006 with four objectives:
o Enhance awareness of gender issues in agriculture sector
o Conduct gender analysis and collect sex-disaggregated data for targets, in
program/ project cycle
o Enhance the capacity of MAFF to integrate gender issues
o Increase rural women’s access to and control of agricultural resources,
improving agricultural productivity and household incomes
MOE has committed to continue promoting the role and status of women in society
by implementing the gender mainstreaming strategy in programs and activities of
socio-economic development, strengthening the rights of women’s access to all
sectors, including environment as part of the other important areas of economic and
social development of the country.
The Strategic Plan on Gender Mainstreaming for MOE (2010-2012) includes six
objectives to increase awareness about women’s leadership and skills within its staff;
increase rural women’s abilities to access and manage resource and environmental
services; and conduct sex-disaggregated monitoring and evaluation within MOE to
ensure that gender is included in all environment sectors.
The capacity assessment to be conducted after the Inception Workshop will
determine the challenges of the Gender Working Groups (GWG) and all of the above
mentioned institutions working on gender mainstreaming within climate change to
ensure visibility and sector coordination, and to determine broader sector RETA
entry points.
B. Stakeholder Institutions
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (MAFF) GWG is composed of 15
senior MAFF staff, including 11 women and 4 men, and led by a male Under
Secretary of State. They are responsible for developing the MAFF Gender Policy
and Strategy through an extensive consultation process. It was agreed to establish
the MAFF Gender Unit (GU) as a permanent structure of the Ministry with
responsibilities to ensure the implementation of the gender policy and to advocate
for mainstreaming gender in MAFF projects and work plans of MAFF’s departments,
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faculties, and schools. Within MAFF, the policy framework of the Fisheries
Administration (FiA) includes attention to gender and climate change adaptation as
one of the strategic actions to be implemented.
Ministry of Environment (MOE) GWG prepared a gender mainstreaming strategy
in close cooperation with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs as a formal guidance
document for mainstreaming in the environment sector. The role of this working
group is to identify ways to address gender issues within the environment sector;
analyze how gender relations may affect the success of environment programs; and
how anticipated results may affect women and men differently. It also identifies key
entry points and building blocks for gender in this sector. The MOE GWG is in the
process of developing the Strategic Plan for Gender Mainstreaming to ensure that all
MOE staff at all levels will be able to implement the second phase of the
“Rectangular Strategy” by complying with the gender mainstreaming policy, in close
cooperation with other stakeholders. The GWG is now in the process of revising the
current strategic plan and preparing the next five-year plan for 2013-2015. The
capacities and challenges of this group, along with those of other government
stakeholders, will be assessed after the Inception Workshop.
Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA) advocates for gender mainstreaming across
government ministries to ensure that public policymaking takes into account different
needs, resources, and perspectives of women and men.
Project Team, National Project Implementation, Capacity Building for the
Efficient Utilization of Biomass for Bioenergy and Food Security in GMS
Located within MAFF, this project is the RETA anchor project for the pilot. The
implementation team for this project provides technical assistance to support
sustainable biomass use by developing capacity to expand investment in biogas,
biochar, bioslurry and improved cookstoves in two provinces. The project recognizes
the critical role that women play in making choices about biomass use, but has
emphasized that effective outreach remains a major challenge to increased adoption
of biogas technology. They are interested in collaborating to build the capacities of
women’s groups to adopt and benefit from these technologies.
Nexus-Carbon for Development: Nexus is a cooperative of development
organizations that support vulnerable communities by scaling up successful climate-
friendly projects. This nonprofit and collaborative structure enables members to
share expertise and services, and access technical assistance and international
funding opportunities such as carbon finance. Acting together and committing to a
common vision, Nexus members benefit from economies of scale, reduced risks, and
a strong voice in the global community. At present Nexus works with several projects
in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam. In Cambodia, Nexus members GERES and
Hydrologic receive carbon finance with Nexus support. In Viet Nam, Nexus works
with the National Biogas Program (NBP) and SNV to disseminate biogas digesters.
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In Lao PDR, Nexus is supporting a water purification program run by Nexus member
Terra Clear.
SNV Cambodia is part of SNV Netherlands Development Organization. It began
operating in Cambodia in 2005 in two sectors, Renewable Energy (National Bio
Digester Programme) in eight provinces of Cambodia; and Pro-poor Sustainable
Tourism in northeast Cambodia. In 2009, SNV Cambodia expanded into two more
sectors, Small Holder Cash Crops (Fruits and Vegetables); and Water, Sanitation
and Hygiene. The national Biogas Program is registered under the Voluntary Gold
Standard and financed by proceeds from carbon finance.
GERES (Group for the Environment, Renewable Energy and Solidarity) is a
nongovernmental, nonprofit organization created in 1976. It specializes in the
implementation of efficient energy solutions adapted to developing countries to
improve the living conditions of their inhabitants. In 1994, GERES Cambodia worked
on two main programs and related projects: Integrated Sustainable Biomass Supply
(ISBS) and Improved Cookstoves (ICS). In 2006, GERES Cambodia was the first
project developer to bring a stove project [the New Lao Stove (NLS)] to the voluntary
carbon market. NLS is expected to generate around 160,000 tons of carbon offsets
annually over a 10-year period (2003-2012). In December 2012, more than
2,000,000 NLS sold on the Cambodian market.
C. Existing Climate Change Projects and Financing Sources
Cambodia ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) in 1995, agreed to the Kyoto Protocol in 2002, and started to integrate
climate change into the Rectangular Strategy Phase 2, with a particular focus on the
implementation of the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA).
The CDM and Voluntary Carbon Market are the possible mechanisms for supporting
mitigation actions in developing countries. Both mechanisms are currently being
utilized in Cambodia, particularly the CDM, with an increasing number of projects in
the pipeline. To date, six projects have been registered with a further four under
validation.
A further mitigation opportunity is from Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
Forest Degradation (REDD+), which brings additional income from the forestry
sector through the prevention of deforestation and forest degradation. REDD+ is a
mechanism that is important in Cambodia since it is consistent with national policy
goals, especially the commitment to maintain forest cover, and to provide economic,
social, and environmental support. Cambodia joined the UN-REDD Program in
November 2009 and established the REDD+ secretariat with the Forestry
Administration and other related government agencies as members. The Readiness
Project Idea Note (R-PIN) was submitted to the UN-REDD and the World Bank’s
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Forest Carbon Partnership Facility in February 2009. The REDD+ Roadmaps have
been developed through consultations with stakeholders. However, women’s groups
were not well represented at these meetings.
Since Cambodia ratified the UNFCCC, there have been a limited number of projects
initiated and implemented. At the time of writing, there are 10projects in the CDM
pipeline. The majority of projects reduce methane emissions associated with the
production of biogas. The majority of projects are small, with just one hydro project
that qualifies as a large-scale project. A noted point related to the pipeline is the lack
of issuing projects: the majority of projects are under validation or registration with
just one project under issuance. This indicates delays in achieving issuance of CDM
projects in Cambodia.
A major source of finance for mitigation projects is through the voluntary carbon
market, using the two main market standards, the Gold Standard and the Verified
Carbon Standard (VCS). The Women’s Carbon Standard (WCS) can be applied to
either of these standards to provide additional premiums for projects that support
women’s empowerment and bring about a new focus on the role of women in carbon
mitigation.4
Two projects are registered with the Gold Standard: a household biogas project and
a project to purify water through the dissemination of Ceramic Water Purifiers (CWP).
The Gold Standard is marketed as a premium standard with a high emphasis on
project co-benefits. This is reflected in the fact that both projects target decentralized
mitigation opportunities at the household level as opposed to the CDM pipeline,
which focuses on larger sources of emissions reductions. In both cases the projects
would be classified as small scale.5
As with the Gold Standard, there are just two projects registered with the VCS, the
benchmark standard of the voluntary carbon market: the GERES fuel-wood saving
project tackles household energy projects through the dissemination of ICS; the
second project is the only project in the pipeline targeting land use, illustrating the
high mitigation potential of forests in Cambodia.
The selected anchor project, TA 7833 (National Project Implementation, Capacity
Building for the Efficient Utilization of Biomass for Bioenergy and Food
Security in GMS), is a regional technical assistance to support sustainable biomass
use by developing capacity to expand investment in biogas, biochar, bioslurry and
improved cookstoves. In two provinces, the adoption of biogas technology has
4The Women’s Carbon Standard is an innovative approach to utilizing new market opportunities in climate
change mitigation to ensure that climate financing mechanisms value the provision of equitable benefits for women. It is meant to promote women’s empowerment while facilitating projects with high development impacts. 5 Efficiency improvement project activities that reduce energy consumption, on the supply and/or demand side,
by up to the equivalent of 60 gigawatt hours per year are classified as small scale.
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benefitted women directly through a reduction in smoke, while also reducing the time
spent by children in collecting firewood. The project recognizes the critical role that
women play in making choices about biomass use, and emphasizes that effective
outreach remains a major challenge to increased adoption of biogas technology.
Cambodia is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change because of its agriculture
based economy and lack of access to finance. The government has been active in
the development of policies and institutions to enable the nation to benefits from
climate finance, culminating in Cambodia’s Climate Change Strategic Plan (CCCSP).
Gaps remain in public awareness and understanding of the impacts, as well as in the
opportunities of climate change and the need for coordinated response measures.
Carbon markets are active in Cambodia in both the mandatory and voluntary market.
Most of the nine projects in the CDM pipeline reduce methane emissions from
centralized production facilities. In contrast, projects in the voluntary market focus on
development co-benefits through energy efficiency, water purification, and improved
cookstoves as well as on renewable energy through biogas. Although most projects
are comparatively small, the success of the GERES New Lao Stove (NLS) project,
which has sold over 2 million improved cookstoves, illustrates that there are large-
scale emissions reductions available at the household level. The principle challenge
in large-scale households interventions are in devising appropriate technologies and
incentive structures for mass dissemination. In the case of NLS, several technologies
were trialed to identify one that did not require behavioral change on the part of the
users. The stoves were disseminated using pre-existing market channels. Producers
making traditional stoves were offered training and support to manufacture the NLS.
The higher cost of the stove means greater profits for all stages along the supply
chain. These higher costs are met by users who are compensated through savings in
fuel costs.
D. Inception Workshop Results
The Inception Workshop was held at the Hotel Cambodiana on 1 April 2013. Participants
included representatives from climate and women’s agencies, RETA 7833, and other
relevant stakeholders. Comments made on the Inception Report and Work Plan include:
1. MAFF – MAFF is currently preparing sectoral climate change strategies and is
interested in integrating gender and women into their initiatives. The Ministry is also
currently conducting carbon trading under the National Biodigester Program (NBP)
and is investigating ways to bringing benefits to households directly, instead of
returning all revenues to projects. The MAFF GWG can be service providers to the
RETA upon receiving proper training. There is also a need to provide information on
gender mainstreaming to MAFF.
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MAFF will provide copies of the policy framework of the sectoral climate change
strategies as soon as possible. The RETA can provide support in including gender in
the proposed Climate Change Action Plan.
2. MOWA – MOWA is currently implementing an economic empowerment project in the
provinces of Takeo and Kampot that provides capacity building, capital, linkages to
the market, and production assistance. Focus is on off-farm activities and the
provision of alternative livelihoods for participants, such as handicrafts and food
processing. Specifically, MOWA is interested in:
Building capacity to mainstream gender into climate change
Increasing public awareness of gender and climate change
Ensuring women in communities understand climate change
Establishing pilot economic and social activities linked to climate change
mitigation and adaptation
At the policy level, MOWA recommends that the RETA be involved at the sectoral
level through line ministries, but it should also coordinate with women and children’s
committees at the commune level. MOWA encouraged engaging in economic
empowerment activities; establishing a connection between gender mainstreaming
action groups in different line ministries; integrating the gender mainstreaming action
plans into sectoral master work plans; and using existing mechanisms from national
to sub-national level, including provincial, district, and commune levels.
The MOWA will provide support through:
Determining the feasibility of linking activities in the potential pilot sites of
Takeo and Kampot
Coordinating in conducting a capacity building assessment, focusing on
gender mainstreaming and carbon finance
Providing support in providing leadership and entrepreneurship training to
women’s groups and communities
Providing assistance in selecting capacity building participants
3. RETA 7833 – RETA 7833, Capacity Building for Efficient Utilization of Biomass for
Bioenergy and Food Security in GMS, is the piggyback project for the RETA pilot
activities. RETA 7833 stated that they are in the process of identifying pilot projects
for their focus areas, namely, biodigester, biochar, and improved cookstoves. RETA
7833 recognizes the added value of RETA 7914 to their initiative, and confirms
collaboration to provide technical training to women’s groups on:
Biodigester plant construction and bioslurry use in agriculture crops (rice, and
vegetable) production, and organic production
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Production of biochar from rice husks and other agriculture residues, and
application of biochar for soil improvement and increase yields
Selected appropriate and efficient household improved cookstoves and
provision of education on air pollution prevention for women and children
Technical support for agriculture crop production using biochar and bioslurry
The pilot project site for RETA 7914 and RETA 7833 cooperation will be in either
Kampot or Takeo province. Both will cover biochar and biodigester. The project’s
pilot site will be selected during a field visit by RETA 7914 and RETA 7833 in early
May 2013. In Takeo, RETA 7914 will have the chance to work in cooperation with the
National Biodigester Program, which has experience in carbon trading. If Kampot
were chosen, the team will work with CEDAC, which has experience working on
women’s empowerment projects and works through several active women’s groups
at the community level.
RETA 7833 will hold a policy and standards forum on biochar and ICS on 30 May
2013. They have expressed interest for the participation of RETA 7914 to explore
women’s representation.
4. National Biodigester Program (NBP) – NBP expressed interest in learning more
about the RETA’s capacity building activities, target groups (national or grassroots
level), how women’s groups can gain access to funds, and the RETA’s ultimate
objective.
5. Ministry of Environment GWG – As the UNFCCC focal point, MOE submits national
communications to UNFCCC and disseminates the capacity results to all
stakeholders. As such, they expressed interest in the policy component of the RETA.
They are also the CDM focal point and provide advice/guidance on implementation.
Lastly, they recognize the importance of mainstreaming gender into climate change
policy and are currently preparing an action plan to facilitate integration. Possible
areas of collaboration with the RETA include:
Skills and capacity building for gender mainstreaming
Preparation of IEC materials on climate change and gender mainstreaming
Upon receiving training, preparation of a trainers manual and reference book
on climate change and gender
Cooperation in further climate change and gender mainstreaming to national
and subnational institutions
6. CARM Climate Change Specialist –CARM noted the need to coordinate with 8 ADB supported technical assistance projects mobilized under the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience of the Climate Investment Funds. RETA 8179: Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Development Planning will help formulate climate change
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policy approaches in various sectors. The RETA can work with the TA Team to mainstream gender and equitable benefit sharing in the projects.
7. UNDP – UNDP expressed interest in sharing experiences and lessons learned from
providing support to MOWA on gender and climate change; and to MOE, MAFF, and other sectoral ministries on climate change strategies. As it has piloted several projects related to REDD, solar-pumped water, and biodigester, UNDP can be a source of lessons and best practices for the RETA. Lastly, the UNDP/GEF Small Grants Program could provide financial support to community-based women’s groups in implementing future pilot projects (provided they meet the application requirements set by the program).
The revised Work Plan takes into consideration the comments made by various government
agencies and Inception Workshop participants.
Lao PDR
A. Situational Analysis: Gender and Climate Change
The policy environment in Lao PDR is highly conducive for mainstreaming gender in
climate change. The government has signed and ratified several international
conventions, including the Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW), the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC), and the Platform
for Action from the Fourth UN Conference on Women in Beijing, among others.
The Family and Property Law (1990) confirm the government’s intention to allocate
property and rights equitably to both women and men. So far, the law is not yet
widely disseminated and fully implemented. Women still face many aspects of
discrimination such as limited access to education, and lack of access to high level
positions in the Party, government, and grassroots level.
The National Strategy on Climate Change is built on the existing strategies for
environment, biodiversity, forestry, environmental education and awareness, and
renewable energy strategies. At present, it is unclear if MoNRE has an effective
gender mainstreaming strategy or whether there is sufficient capacity existing for the
MoNRE Committee for Advancement of Women (CAW) unit to develop and
implement a mainstreaming process. This will be further assessed after the Inception
Workshop.
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B. Stakeholder Institutions
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), established in
November 2011, was created by merging the Water Resource and Environment
Administration with parts of the National Land Management Authority and the
Geology Department, as well as the Protection and Conservation Divisions of the
Department of Forestry. MoNRE is the line ministry in charge of implementing the
project. Further study will be undertaken after the Inception Workshop to ascertain
the capacity levels within MoNRE to mainstream gender into climate change
programs, and to screen existing projects and/or proposals for gender sensitivity. At
this time, a more in-depth gender and institutional assessment will be conducted of
MoNRE to identify the opportunities and gaps for mainstreaming gender in the
Ministry and the National Strategy on Climate Change.
The Department of Disaster Management and Climate Change (DDMCC), within
MoNRE, is active on the policy and strategic planning level, particularly in regards to
planning and mitigation for natural disaster management. Their work is primary
focused on climate change adaptation but they are engaged in developing the non-
forestry CDM guidelines for mitigation and working with the OECC and IGES
Capacity Building for government staff to identify projects. CDM and REDD+
initiatives related to forestry are currently managed within the MAF’s Department of
Forestry and also the Department of Forest Resources within MoNRE. In regards to
technical design and standards issues associated with the ICS, the Renewable
Energy and New Materials Institute (REMNI) will be a main stakeholder for the
project.
The Lao Women’s Union (LWU) is an organization that was established to
represent the voices of Lao women and children. LWU is a mass organization under
the Party structure that falls under the control of the Politburo. The LWU has an
organizational network from the central to the grassroots levels to mobilize women
from all ethnic groups, while educating and informing them of their rights and
obligations. The LWU staff had in the past participated in gender awareness and
gender mainstreaming training, but many of those trained have left the organization.
They see the need to focus on women’s empowerment and to apply gender analysis
to improve project and activity planning, targeting, and monitoring. LWU indicated
that regional exchange visits for sharing knowledge on climate change adaptation
and mitigation are valuable and needed, and would like to know more about carbon
trading and finance to identify more opportunities. The capacities of the LWU for
mainstreaming gender into the policies and practices will be assessed and
incorporated into a plan for capacity development, after the Inception Workshop.
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National Commission for Advancement of Women (NCAW). The Government of
the Lao PDR officially established the NCAW in 2003; it is attached to the Prime
Minister’s Office. NCAW’s tasks are to assist the government in formulating policies
that are gender sensitive. They provide the gender inputs for the 5-year National
Economic Social Development Plans (NESDPs). They have a role to report on and
to eliminate discrimination of women in the government workforce. Since its
establishment, NCAW has taken significant steps by issuing the Law on the
Development and Protection of Women (2004) and the National Strategy for the
Advancement of Women (2006). NCAW has established sub-commissions for the
advancement of women at the ministerial and provincial levels. They plan to
establish similar commissions at the district level and village levels.
Situated in the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Renewable Energy and
New Materials Institute (RENMI) has five divisions: Biogas, Alternative Energy,
New Materials, Climate Change Adaptation, and Administration. RENMI is involved
in several climate change projects related to biodiesel, waste for compost, organic
fertilizer production, ICS (testing, developing new models), and solar energy. An
initial project was for solar lighting, and they are now looking at solar water pumps,
and solar energy for cooking. They are training ICS producers, and work with ARMI
to produce formwork and establish standards. A more detailed assessment of the
projects that have a gender component will be undertaken after the Inception
Workshop.
Also situated in the Ministry of Science and Technology is the Department of
Standardization and Measurement (DSM). This agency is responsible for
standardization of materials, products, production processes, and safeguarding
certain environmental impacts.
Institute for Renewable Energy Promotion (IREP) situated in the Ministry of
Energy and Mining is the counterpart for the World Bank’s Clean Cookstove Initiative
(CSI) (Phase 1 initiated in 2010). IREP can share their knowledge of best practices
in this field and potentially have a role in the promotion of renewable energy products.
The Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) initiated the Improved Cook
Stove (ICS) project in 2010, in Savannakhet; funded by OXFAM NOVIB and Blue
Moon Foundation, the project attempts to strengthen the value chain approach by
building technical capacities of producers and retailers, and strengthening demand
by raising awareness of the benefits of the stoves among community groups. The
Association the Rural Mobilization and Improvement (ARMI) implements the ICS
program that is supported by SNV and OXFAM. ARMI has 11 staff members - 9
based in Savannakhet and 2 in Pakse. The Lao Women’s Union and the Provincial
Department of Science and Technology are the two main agencies that disseminate
and promote ICS through a service agreement with ARMI.SNV’s interest is to
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support national expansion of the program, assist with the formulation of standards,
and ensure that gender is mainstreamed within all aspects of the value chain.
The Clean Cookstove Initiative (CSI) Phase 2 has recently been initiated, with World
Bank support. This program focuses on testing and developing clean stove
standards, and building awareness and capacity. Gender mainstreaming and carbon
finance are emphasized. An Inter-Ministerial Task Force for this CSI has recently
been established to ensure harmonization and integration of ICS activities in the
country. This includes representatives from various concerned ministries and line
agencies, including MoNRE. The World Bank suggests that the RETA works with this
same Task Force.
C. Climate Change Projects and Financing Sources
Lao PDR ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) in 1995 and the Kyoto Protocol in 2005. Lao PDR is classified as a non–
annex 1 country capable of hosting CDM projects.
Additionally, as an LDC, the country will be eligible to sell emissions reductions into
the EU emissions trading scheme.
The main legislation is the Strategy on Climate Change of Lao PDR. Implemented in
2010, it identifies priority areas for intervention of:
o Agriculture and food security
o Forestry and land use change
o Water resources
o Energy and transport
o Industry
o Urban development
o Public health
Lao PDR is a net sink of carbon emissions, owing to the underdeveloped energy
economy and large forestry resources. Principle sources of emissions are forestry,
agriculture, energy, and waste.
The government aims to increase the share of renewable energies to 30% of the
total energy consumption in 2025, and increase the rural electrification coverage
area from 70% to 90% in 2020.Participation of the private sector is expected to
achieve the targets and consequently, the government recognizes the need to
mobilize market mechanism to achieve this goal.
The Lao Designated National Authority (DNA) has approved 10projects; most of
these are hydropower projects. There are also projects under development in
energy efficiency, afforestation/reforestation, biogas, and cement production. The
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extent of community level co-benefits are not yet known, but will be assessed during
the May 2013 review of existing low-carbon technology projects that are community-
driven or led by women to guide development of GMS-appropriate pipeline projects.
A field visit was conducted to the SNV/ARMIS ICS project site to identify gender
aspects within the components of the ICS value chain. Interviews done with a small
sample size produced the following information:
Producers: The production of the ICS is a family-based enterprise, often owned
by a man. It usually employs up to 20 people, but not all on a full time basis.
Most, if not all, of the tasks in the production of ICS are resourced from outside
the family. It is common in Lao PDR to ask second or third degree relatives to
work for the family and they do receive wages. These families and their
employees are not organized into any formal groups. Hence, there are no
existing women’s groups among the producers. Women are involved in the
assembly operations, cleaning, and finishing.
Retailers: Five of the six retailers interviewed were women. A more detailed
study will be conducted to assess whether this large percentage of women
represents a larger trend. All the women interviewed stated that ICS was an
important product in terms of generating sales and contributing to shop income.
They were mostly aware of the different qualities related to the production of ICS.
It was evident that, the larger the shop, the more knowledge and information on
production processes related to the ICS.
End users: End users are all women. Those interviewed agreed that ICS saved
charcoal and time, and produced less smoke than other available cookstoves.
ARMI stated that ICS will repay itself in fuel savings over a span of 2 or 3
months. From the brief assessment period, it emerged that there is need to
integrate small changes to cooking habits to get optimum results from the ICS.
The LWU trainers disseminate the technical knowledge for ICS users during
demonstrations. However, not all end users buy the ICS from these
demonstrations; many purchase the units from local markets.
In 2013, SNV is halting its Pilot Biogas Project using domestic biogas digesters
fueled by dung, and is carrying out pilot activities to test use of a small household
waste biogas digester. These digesters are much smaller and a fueled by biomass
from garden and kitchen waste. The first results of this pilot project are looking very
promising; hence SNV is looking forward to develop this project further and prepared
a concept note for submission to potential donors.
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D. Inception Workshop Results
On 27 March 2013, approximately 40 policymakers, representatives from the government
and international organizations, and members of civil society convened for Inception
Workshop for the RETA 7914 at the Settha Palace in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
1. GMS - The RETA should take advantage of the technical climate change group, but
should not be limited to government partners; it should involve women’s groups.
They would like to see gender incorporated into the NAPA and Plan of Action.
2. DCCM – At the broadest level, it will be important to focus on awareness raising as
there is a limited understanding of climate change among women. In more specific
terms, DDCM would like to target greater participation of women in the Technical
Working Group on Climate Change.
3. Lao Women’s Union – The Lao Women’s Union is eager to participate in the RETA
and is particularly interested to obtain a greater understanding of how climate change
finance works, and how to best mainstream gender in climate change. LWU members
require training in climate change. They expressed concern that at the village level,
there would be limited participation of women, not because of a lack of relevancy, but
due to low levels of understanding on the topic and how it relates to needs of women.
In selecting pilot projects, understanding the background of the target groups will be
essential. If the target groups are not motivated to participate in the project, then it will
be difficult for the project to move forward. Awareness raising and leadership of
women therefore needs to be a focus of this RETA.
One of the important steps for assessing the project will be setting a baseline and
identifying the benefits that need to be measured. The project must reach objectives
for social and economic development, as well as be marketable.
The Lao Women’s Union will support the RETA through:
Establishing a network from the ground level to higher officials
Supporting awareness raising about gender and climate change issues with
women members at all levels
Informing community women about what benefits they will get, gaining their
involvement in the pilot project
5. ADB Consultants– When designing the project, it will be important to work within
existing social networks and structures. This will be particularly important because
there are not necessarily women’s organizations at the local level. There might
instead be organizations where there a large proportion of the membership is women
(e.g., in the SNV/ARMI project). Another critical element during the training will be
Lao facilitators who are familiar with the issue area and community needs. This will
be essential to build the trust and confidence needed to move the project forward.
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A consideration related to benefit sharing involves the distribution of carbon revenue.
Frequently in the case of cookstove projects, revenue is not distributed directly to the
stove users; rather it is redistributed through the project for other purposes related to
the stove manufacture and maintenance. The problem with providing the revenue
back to the users is that if the stoves are given away or sold at very low cost, they
are often not valued and used improperly.
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Appendices
Appendix 1: Detailed Work Plans: CAMBODIA
Output 1: Year 1 2013
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPONSI
BLE
OUTPUT 1: Gender concerns mainstreamed in climate change strategies, action plans and mitigation plans
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1.1 Conduct Scoping Study to identify relevant government and NGO organizations
1.1.1 Finalize national teams of Social/Gender, Carbon Finance Specialists and Project Finance Officer
JG
1.1.2 Meet the IAs and partners, and all team members for project orientation and planning
JG/KH/SL
1.1.3 Conduct desk research, interview partners for material to describe degree of attention to gender in climate change policies and institutions; identify inception workshop participants
BG/KH/SL
1.1.4 Identify gaps and opportunities related to gender mainstreaming within government and NGO agencies and policies
BG/KH
1.1.5 Prepare reports of Scoping Studies and Draft Inception Report, prepare translations
JG/ BG/KH/SL
1.1.6 Prepare for Inception workshops and conduct Workshops JG/KH/SL
1.1.7 Prepare final Inception Report and work plans JG
1.2Conduct review/analysis of existing climate change projects and financing sources
1.2.1 Conduct desk review of existing projects, policies and financing sources
SB/EG/SL
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPONSI
BLE
OUTPUT 1: Gender concerns mainstreamed in climate change strategies, action plans and mitigation plans
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1.2.2 Meet with anchor project staff to identify potential areas of collaboration and collect relevant information to inform design of Carbon Baseline and Feasibility Studies; determine specific project area for selected project, May 1-3
EG/KH/SL
1.2.3 Submit preliminary findings for draft and Final Inception Report
SB/KH/SL
1.3Conduct Capacity Assessment Workshop to identify gaps
1.4 Develop 3 courses
1.5 Conduct training workshops and develop indicators and action plans for gender mainstreaming
1.6 Assess climate change strategies, action and mitigation plans
1.3.1. Prepare outline and questions for Assessment by May 1 BG/SB/EG
1.3.2 Organize consultative workshops with men and women of IAs and partner organizations identified in the Scoping Study to assess their needs, May 15-17
BG/KH/SL
1.3.3 Prepare plan for training and monitoring/coaching, and prepare Draft Report, June 3
BG/KH/SL
1.3.4 Share Draft Report, finalize with inputs of participants, and circulate to partners, June 10
1.4.1 Based on Needs Assessment, develop 3 courses on gender mainstreaming, gender analysis/planning and carbon finance, June 20
BG/SB/EG
1.5.1. Identify key staff of in partner organizations to receive the training (to be done prior to Capacity Assessment Workshop on May 15)
BG/KH/SL
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPONSI
BLE
OUTPUT 1: Gender concerns mainstreamed in climate change strategies, action plans and mitigation plans
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1.5.2 Conduct 5 day workshop for 20-25 participants to provide skills on gender mainstreaming and planning, carbon finance and advocacy, and develop indicators and action plans for gender mainstreaming, Aug 5-9 Note: Eric to attend for climate policy module; Sam to attend for carbon
finance module; Annina to assist with indicator development
1.5.3 Development of M and E Framework for Output 1 by Aug 9
BG/SB/EZ/AL
1.5.4 Provide coaching and support for participants to implement action plans, over the project period
KH/BG
1.6.1 Attend a Policy and Standards Forum on Biochar and ICS on 30 May 2013 hosted by RETA 7833
SL/KH
1.6.2. Build on preliminary findings of Scoping Studies to assess in more detail relevant climate change policies and mitigation plans that might affect development of selected project, August 19-30 1.6.3. Conduct barrier analysis on relevant laws and technical standards that might affect the development of the selected project, August 19-30
EG/SL
1.7 Quarterly Reports 1.7.1 Prepare and submit Quarterly Reports
JG
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Working Day
Report
JG – Jeannette Gurung KH –Kalyan Hou
BG – Barun Gurung EZ –Eric Zusman
SB –Sam Bryan EG –Eleonora Gatti
AL – Annina Lubbock SL – Sona Long
Output 3: Year 1 2013
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.1Monitor and evaluate progress
2.1.1 Review existing sex-disaggregated data of other related projects by July 15
AL
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.1.2 Monitor progress of women’s groups every 4 months, as per the M and E Framework
BG/KH
2.1.3Conduct Baseline Study for Carbon a) Data collection,June17-22 b) Analyze and write up Carbon Baseline Study Report by August 15
EG/SL
2.1.4 Conduct Baseline Study for Women’s Empowerment using the Women’s Carbon Standard, and revising it as needed a) Data collection, June 17-22 b) Analyze and write up Baseline Study for Women’s Empowerment Report by August 15
AL/KH
2.2 Develop selection criteria and review existing women’s groups to determine suitability for pilot project support
2.2.1. Review capacities of women beneficiaries, May 2-4 KH
2.2.2 Select women’s groups, May 2-4
KH/SL
2.2.3 Hold stakeholder consultation sessions with women’s groups to gather their concerns about technologies and address gaps identified in Baseline Studies; write brief stakeholder consultation report that will inform the choice of women’s empowerment indicators to include in the monitoring plan; brief women’s groups about project and expectations, September9 -10
KH/EG/SL
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Quarterly Reports JG
2.3Conduct Feasibility Studies for pilots
2.3.1In collaboration with TA7833 project partners, carry out Feasibility Studies, September 9-13
EG/SL/KH
2.3.2 Analyze field data and interview key stakeholders and prepare Final Feasibility Report by October 15
2.3.3 Develop Monitoring Plan for Women’s Empowerment based on the findings of the Baseline and Feasibility Studies by October 30
AL/BG/KH
2.4 Develop and deliver technical and leadership training to women’s groups based on feasibility studies
2.4.1 Work with staff of partner organizations (TA 7833 and NBP) to adapt technical training to meet women’s needs
LS/EG/KH
2.4.2 Assure that technical training is provided to selected women’s groups of pilot projects
LS/KH
2.4.3 Measure women’s understanding of technical training and assist as necessary
BG/KH/LS
2.4.4 Develop curriculum for leadership training for women of selected groups by September 8
BG/KH
2.4.5 Train a group of trainers from CEDAC to deliver Women’s Leadership course, September 1-3
BG/KH
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.4.6 Provide leadership training to women (and men) within selected groups/communities, September 16-20
KH/BG
2.5 Provide support to women’s microenterprises in accessing services/inputs
2.5.1 Assess service providers for micro-enterprise services to women and services they can provide by November 8
KH/BG/LS 2.5.2 Identify and select provider of entrepreneurial skills and provide training to selected women’s groups of pilot projects on business management by November 30
2.5.3 Provide links and develop collaboration with existing micro-enterprise service providers for selected women’s groups by November 30
2.6Develop pipeline of projects led by women eligible for climate change financing
2.6.1 Hold consultative workshops with women’s groups to gain their ideas for technologies and perspectives to inform development of pipeline of projects by November 8
SB/EG/KH/SL
2.6.2 Based on Scoping Studies, Feasibility Studies and inputs from women’s groups, develop list of projects covering a variety of low-carbon technologies: improved cook stoves, waste management, recycling/composting and others by November 8
2.7Prepare climate finance development plans
2.7.1 Match pipeline projects with appropriate climate finance mechanisms,
November 11-15
SB/EG 2.7.2 Prepare a climate finance development plan for selected priority
interventions and pilot projects, November 11-15
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.8 Disseminate pilot lessons and best practices to regional and global stakeholders
2.8.1 In collaboration with IGES: - Develop communications plan - Gather information, prepare report - Disseminate results and best practices in regional workshop and COP 19
JG/EZ
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Output 3: Year 2, 2014
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2014
Jan
Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.1Monitor and evaluate progress
3.1.1 Monitor progress of women’s groups every 4 months, as per the M and E Framework
AL/KH
3.1.2Conduct evaluation after one-year period for carbon by November 30
3.1.3 Conduct evaluation after one-year period for women’s empowerment by November 30
Quarterly Reports JG
Interim Report JG
3.2 Develop and deliver technical and leadership training to women’s groups based on feasibility studies
3.2.1 Assure that technical training is provided to selected women’s groups of pilot projects 3.2.2 Measure women’s understanding of technical training and assist as necessary 3.2.3 Provide refresher training and coaching for leadership to women (and men) within selected groups/communities
BG/KH
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2014
Jan
Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.3 Provide support to women’s microenterprises in accessing services/inputs
3.3.1 Provide refresher training to selected women’s groups of pilot projects on business management 3.3.2 Assure continued links and collaboration with existing micro-enterprise service providers for selected women’s groups
BG/KH/LS
3.4 Disseminate pilot lessons and best practices
3.4.1 In collaboration with IGES: - Gather information, prepare report “Climate and Gender Experts Meeting” and attend Sixth ISAP in Yokohama, Japan - Disseminate results and best practices in regional workshop and COP 20
EZ/JG
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Output 3: Year 3, 2015
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2015
Jan
Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
4.1 Monitor and evaluate progress
4.1.1 Monitor progress of women’s groups every 3 months, as per the M and E Framework
KH
4.1.2Conduct evaluation after one year period for carbon by October 30
EG
3.1.5 Conduct evaluation after one year period for women’s empowerment by October 30
JG
Quarterly Reports JG
Draft Final Report JG
Final Report JG
4.2 Develop and deliver technical and leadership training to women’s groups based on Feasibility Studies
4.2.1 Assure that technical training is provided to selected women’s groups of pilot projects 4.2.2 Measure women’s understanding of technical training and assist as necessary 4.2.3 Provide refresher training and coaching for leadership to women (and men) within selected groups/communities
BG/LS/KH
4.3 Provide support to women’s enterprises in accessing services/inputs
4.3.1 Provide training to selected women’s groups of pilot projects on business management 4.3.2 Assure continued links and collaboration with existing micro-enterprise service providers for selected women’s groups
BG/LS/KH
4.4 Disseminate pilot lessons and best practices
4.4.1 In collaboration with IGES, document and disseminate results and best practices
JG
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Appendix 2: Detailed Work Plans: VIET NAM
Output 1: Year 1 2013
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIB
LE
OUTPUT 1: Gender concerns mainstreamed in climate change strategies, action plans and mitigation plans
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1.1 Conduct Scoping Study to identify relevant government and NGO organizations
1.1.1 Finalize national teams of Social/Gender, Carbon Finance Specialists and Project Finance Officer
JG
1.1.2 Meet the IAs and partners, and all team members for project orientation and planning
JG/HB/CH
1.1.3 Conduct desk research, interview partners for material to describe degree of attention to gender in climate change policies and institutions; identify Inception Workshop participants
BG/HB/CH
1.1.4 Identify gaps and opportunities related to gender mainstreaming within government and NGO agencies and policies
BG/LS
1.1.5 Prepare reports of Scoping Studies and Draft Inception Report, prepare translations
JG/ BG/HB/CH
1.1.6 Prepare for Inception Workshops and conduct Workshops JG/HB/CH
1.1.7 Prepare Final Inception Report and Work Plans JG
1.2Conduct review/analysis of existing climate change projects and financing sources
1.2.1 Conduct desk review of existing projects, policies and financing sources
SB/EG/
1.2.2 Meet with anchor project staff to identify potential areas of collaboration and collect relevant information to inform design of Carbon Baseline and Feasibility Studies; determine specific project area for selected project, May 21-24 Coordinate with Impact Evaluation Mission for ADB PMU for PPTA 8171: Environment and Climate Change Adaptation, mid-May
SB/EG/HB/CH
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPONSI
BLE
OUTPUT 1: Gender concerns mainstreamed in climate change strategies, action plans and mitigation plans
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1.2.3 Submit preliminary findings for Draft and Final Inception Report
SB/EG
1.3Conduct Capacity Assessment Workshop to identify gaps
1.4 Develop 3 courses
1.5 Conduct training workshops and develop indicators and action plans for gender mainstreaming
1.6 Assess climate change strategies, action and mitigation plans
1.3.1. Prepare outline and questions for assessment by May 1 BG
1.3.2 Organize consultative workshops with men and women of IAs and partner organizations identified in the scoping study to assess their needs, May 22-23
BG/HB/CH/N
Q
1.4.1 Based on needs assessment, develop 3 courses on gender mainstreaming, gender analysis/planning and carbon finance, June 20
BG/SB
1.5.1. Identify key staff of in partner organizations to receive the training (to be done prior to Capacity Assessment Workshop on May 22)
BG/HB/CH/L
S
1.5.2 Conduct 5 day workshops for 20-25 participants to provide skills on gender mainstreaming and planning, carbon finance and advocacy, and develop indicators and action plans for gender mainstreaming, August 12-16 Note: Eric to attend for climate policy module; Sam to attend for
carbon finance module; Annina to assist with indicator development
1.5.3 Develop M and E Framework
BG/SB/EZ/AL
1.5.4 Provide coaching and support for participants to implement action plans, over the project period
LS/HB/CH
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPONSI
BLE
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OUTPUT 1: Gender concerns mainstreamed in climate change strategies, action plans and mitigation plans
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1.6.1. Build on preliminary findings of Scoping Studies to assess in more details relevant climate change policies and mitigation plans that might affect development of selected project, May 23-June 7 1.6.2. Conduct barrier analysis on relevant laws and technical standard that might affect the development of the selected project, August 19-30
EG/NQ/CH
1.7 Quarterly Reports 1.7.1 Prepare Quarterly Reports
JG/HB
Working Day
Report
JG– Jeannette Gurung HB –Hop Vu Thi Bich
BG –Barun Gurung CH – Ching Hoang
EZ –Eric Zusman LS –Levan Son
SB –Sam Bryan EG –Eleonora Gatti
AL – Annina Lubbock NQ – Nguyen Thanh Quang
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Output 3: Year 1 2013
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.1Monitor and evaluate progress
2.1.1 Review existing sex-disaggregated data of other related projects by July 15
AL
2.1.2 Monitor progress of women’s groups every 4 months, as per the M and E Framework
LS
2.1.3Conduct Carbon Baseline Study:(pending project approval) a) Data collection, September 16-20 b) Analyze and write up Carbon Baseline Study Report by September 30
SB/EG/NQ
/CH
2.1.4 Conduct Baseline Study for Women’s Empowerment using the Women’s Carbon Standard, and revising it as needed a) Data collection, September b) Analyze and write up Women’s Empowerment Baseline Study Report by August 28
AL/LS
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.2 Develop selection criteria and review existing women’s groups to determine suitability for pilot project support
2.2.1 Hold stakeholder consultation sessions with women’s groups to gather information about technologies of interest to them May 22
LS/BG/CH
2.2.2 Conduct pre-feasibility study to produce recommendation to URENCO on choice of pilot model by June 15
2.2.3 Select women’s groups, in consultation with M and E person assigned by ADB in Viet Nam, URENCO and Women’s Union September
LS/NQ/CH/BG
2.2.4 Brief women’s groups about project and expectations, and review capacities of women beneficiaries
LS/BG
Quarterly Reports JG
2.3Conduct Feasibility Studies for pilots
2.3.1In collaboration with project partners, carry out Feasibility Study (Technical Design Document),September 16-20
EG/NQ/CH
2.3.2 Analyze field data and interview key stakeholders and prepare Final Feasibility Report by October 15
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.3.3 Develop monitoring plan for women’s empowerment based on the findings of the Baseline and Feasibility Studies by October 30
AL/BG/LS
2.4 Develop and deliver technical and leadership training to women’s groups based on Feasibility Studies
2.4.1 Work with staff of partner organizations to adapt technical training to meet women’s needs
LS/CH
2.4.2 Assure that technical training is provided to selected women’s groups of pilot projects
LS
2.4.3 Measure women’s understanding of technical training and assist as necessary
LS/CH
2.4.4 Develop curriculum for leadership training for women of selected groups by September 8
BG/LS
2.4.5 Train a group of trainers from Dong Hoi or Quang Binh Women’s Union to deliver Women’s Leadership course, September 25-27
BG/LS
2.4.6 Provide leadership training to women (and men) within selected groups/communities, September30 –October 4
LS/BG
2.5 Provide support to women’s microenterprises in accessing services/inputs
2.5.1 Assess service providers for micro-enterprise services to women and services they can provide by November 8
LS/BG 2.5.2 Identify and select provider of entrepreneurial skills and provide training to selected women’s groups of pilot projects on business management by November 30
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.5.3 provide links and develop collaboration with existing micro-enterprise service providers for selected women’s groups. By Nov. 31
2.6Develop pipeline of projects led by women eligible for climate change financing
2.6.1 Hold consultative workshops with women’s groups to gain their ideas for technologies and perspectives to inform the development of the pipeline of projects by November 8
SB/EG/CH/NQ
2.6.2 Based on Scoping Studies, Feasibility Studies and inputs from women’s groups, develop list of projects covering a variety of low-carbon technologies: improved cook stoves, waste management, recycling/composting and others by November 8
2.7 Prepare Climate Finance Development Plans
2.7.1 Match pipeline projects with appropriate climate finance
mechanisms, November 18-22
SB/EG/CH/NQ 2.7.2 Prepare a climate finance development plan for selected priority
interventions and pilot projects, November 18-22
2.8 Disseminate pilot lessons and best practices to regional stakeholders
2.8.1 In collaboration with IGES: - Develop communications plan - Gather information, prepare report - Disseminate results and best practices in regional workshop and COP 19
JG/EZ
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Output 3: Year 2, 2014
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2014
Jan
Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.1. Monitor and evaluate progress
3.1.1 Monitor progress of women’s groups every 4 months, as per the M and E Framework
AL/LS
3.1.2Conduct evaluation after one-year period for carbon by November 30
3.1.3 Conduct evaluation after one-year period for women’s empowerment by November 30
Quarterly Reports JG
Interim report JG
3.2 Develop and deliver technical and leadership training to women’s groups based on Feasibility Studies
3.2.1 Assure that technical training is provided to selected women’s groups of pilot projects 3.2.2 Measure women’s understanding of technical training and assist as necessary 3.2.3 Provide refresher training and coaching for leadership to women (and men) within selected groups/communities
BG/LS/CH
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ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2014
Jan
Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.3 Provide support to women’s microenterprises in accessing services/ inputs
3.3.1 Provide refresher training to selected women’s groups of pilot projects on business management 3.3.2 Assure continued links and collaboration with existing micro-enterprise service providers for selected women’s groups
BG/LS
3.4 Disseminate pilot lessons and best practices
3.4.1 In collaboration with IGES: - Gather information, prepare report “Climate and Gender Experts Meeting” and attend Sixth ISAP in Yokohama, Japan - Disseminate results and best practices in regional workshop and COP 20
EZ/JG
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Output 3: Year 3, 2015
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
SIBLE
OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing.
Year 2015
Jan
Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
4.1Monitor and evaluate progress
4.1.1 Monitor progress of women’s groups every 3 months, as per the M and E Framework
4.1.2Conduct evaluation after one-year period for carbon by October 30
EG
4.1.3 Conduct evaluation after one-year period for women’s empowerment by October 30
AL/LS/JG
Quarterly Reports JG
Interim Report JG
Final Report JG
4.2 Develop and deliver technical and leadership training to women’s groups based on Feasibility Studies
4.2.1 Assure that technical training is provided to selected women’s groups of pilot projects 4.2.2 Measure women’s understanding of technical training and assist as necessary 4.2.3 Provide refresher training and coaching for leadership to women (and men) within selected groups/communities
BG/LS
4.3 Provide support to women’s enterprises in accessing services/inputs
4.3.1 Provide training to selected women’s groups of pilot projects on business management 4.3.2 Assure continued links and collaboration with existing micro-enterprise service providers for selected women’s groups
BG/LS
4.4 Disseminate pilot lessons and best practices
4.4.1In collaboration with IGES, document and disseminate results and best practices
JG
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Appendix 3: Detailed Work Plans: LAO PDR
Output 1: Year 1 2013
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPONSI
BLE
OUTPUT 1: Gender concerns mainstreamed in climate change strategies, action plans and mitigation plans
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1.1 Conduct Scoping Study to identify relevant government and NGO organizations
1.1.1 Finalize national teams of Social/Gender, Carbon Finance Specialists and Project Finance Officer
JG
1.1.2 Meet the IAs and partners, and all team members for project orientation and planning
JG/PS/TB/PK
1.1.3 Conduct desk research, interview partners for material to describe degree of attention to gender in climate change policies and institutions; identify Inception Workshop participants
BG/
1.1.4 Identify gaps and opportunities related to gender mainstreaming within government and NGO agencies and policies
BG/
1.1.5 Prepare reports of Scoping Studies and Draft Inception Report, prepare translations
JG/ BG/SB/PS/TB
1.1.6 Prepare for inception workshops and conduct workshops PS
1.1.7 Prepare final Inception Report and work plans JG
1.2Conduct review/analysis of existing climate change projects and financing sources
1.2.1 Conduct desk review of existing projects, policies and financing sources
SB/EG/
1.2.2 Meet with staff of additional projects (other than SNV/ARMI) using pre-screening outline to identify potential areas of collaboration and collect relevant information to inform selection of project and specific sites for selected project
SB/EG/PS/TB
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OUTPUT 1: Gender concerns mainstreamed in climate change strategies, action plans and mitigation plans
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1.2.3 Submit preliminary findings for Draft and Final Inception Report
SB/EG/PS/TB
1.3Conduct Capacity Assessment Workshop to identify gaps
1.4 Develop 3 courses
1.5 Conduct training workshops and develop indicators and action plans for gender mainstreaming
1.6 Assess climate change strategies, action and mitigation plans
1.3.1. Prepare outline and questions for assessment by May 1 BG
1.3.2 Organize consultative workshops with men and women of IAs and partner organizations identified in the Scoping Study to assess their needs, May 29-30
BG/PK/PS
1.4.1 Based on needs assessment, develop 3 courses on gender mainstreaming, gender analysis/planning and carbon finance, June 20
BG/SB
1.5.1. Identify key staff of in partner organizations to receive the training (to be done prior to Capacity Assessment Workshop on May 28)
PS/BG
1.5.2 Conduct 5 day workshops for 20-25 participants to provide skills on gender mainstreaming and planning, carbon finance and advocacy, and develop indicators and action plans for gender mainstreaming, September 2-6 Note: Eric to attend for climate policy module; Sam or Eleonara to
attend for carbon finance module
Develop M and E Framework
BG/SB/EZ/AL
1.5.3 Provide coaching and support for participants to implement action plans, over the project period
PK/BG
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OUTPUT 1: Gender concerns mainstreamed in climate change strategies, action plans and mitigation plans
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1.6.1. Build on preliminary findings of Scoping Studies to assess in more details relevant climate change policies and mitigation plans that might affect development of selected project, August 19-30 1.6.2. Conduct barrier analysis on relevant laws and technical standard that might affect the development of the selected project, August 19-30
SB/EG/
1.7 Six-month reports 1.7.1 Prepare and submit 6-month reports
JG/PS
Working Day
Report
JG – Jeannette Gurung PK – Phanlany Khampoui
BG –Barun Gurung PS – Paul van Strijp
EZ –Eric Zusman TB – Tony Bott
SB –Sam Bryan EG –Eleonora Gatti
AL – Annina Lubbock
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Output 3: Year 1 2013
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
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OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.1Monitor and evaluate progress
2.1.1 Review existing sex-disaggregated data of other related projects by July 15
AL
2.1.2 Monitor progress of women’s groups every 4 months, as per the M and E Framework
PK
2.1.3Conduct Baseline Study for Carbon for projects other than SNV. (already completed for SNV project) a) Data collection, July 1-5 b) Analyze and write up Carbon Baseline Study Report by July 15
SB/EG
2.1.4 Conduct Baseline Study for Women’s Empowerment using Women’s Carbon Standard, and revising it as needed a) Data collection, July 1-5 b) Analyze and write up Women’s Empowerment Baseline Study Report by July 15
AL/JG/PK
2.2 Develop selection criteria and review existing women’s groups to determine suitability for pilot project support
2.2.1. Conduct Gender Assessment for SNV; review capacities of SNV/ARMI and women beneficiaries in value chain, to provide inputs to output 3 pilot project women’s group selection/formation and capacity development, June 3-7
PS/TB
2.2.2 Select women’s groups from existing groups and brief women’s groups about project and expectations June 3-7
PK
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OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.2.3 If not existing, form women’s groups. PK/BG
2.2.3 Hold stakeholder consultation sessions with women’s groups to gather their concerns about technologies and address gaps identified in baseline studies; October 14-18
BG/PK/PS
6-Month reports JG
2.3Conduct Feasibility Studies for pilots
2.3.1In collaboration with project partners, carry out Feasibility Study (not necessary for SNV),October 20-25
SB/EG/
2.3.2 Analyze field data and interview key stakeholders and prepare Final Feasibility Report by November 10
2.3.3 Develop monitoring plan for women’s empowerment based on the findings of the Baseline and Feasibility Studies by October 30
AL/BG/PK
2.4 Develop and deliver technical and leadership training to women’s groups based on Feasibility Studies
2.4.1 Work with staff of partner organizations to adapt technical training to meet women’s needs
PK
2.4.2 Assure that technical training is provided to selected women’s groups of pilot projects
PK
2.4.3 Measure women’s understanding of technical training and assist as necessary
BG/PK
2.4.4 Develop curriculum for leadership training for women of selected groups by September 8
BG/PK
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OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.4.5 Train a group of trainers from Lao Women’s Union at the provincial level to deliver women’s leadership course, October 9-11
BG/PK
2.4.6 Provide leadership training to women (and men) within selected groups/communities, October 14-19
PK/BG
2.5 Provide support to women’s microenterprises in accessing services/inputs
2.5.1 Assess service providers for micro-enterprise services to women and services they can provide by November 15
PK/BG 2.5.2 Identify and select provider of entrepreneurial skills and provide training to selected women’s groups of pilot projects on business management by December 15
2.5.3 provide links and develop collaboration with existing micro-enterprise service providers for selected women’s groups. By Dec, 15
2.6 Develop pipeline of projects led by women eligible for climate change financing
2.6.1 Hold consultative workshops with women’s groups to gain their ideas for technologies and perspectives to inform the development of the pipeline of projects by November 30
SB/EG 2.6.2 Based on Scoping Studies, Feasibility Studies and inputs from women’s groups, develop list of projects covering a variety of low-carbon technologies: improved cook stoves, waste management, recycling/composting and others by Dec 15
2.7 Prepare Climate Finance Development Plans
2.7.1 Match pipeline projects with appropriate climate finance
mechanisms, December 15
SB/EG 2.7.2 Prepare a climate finance development plan for selected priority
interventions and pilot projects, December 15
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OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2013
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.8 Disseminate pilot lessons and best practices to regional and global stakeholders
2.8.1 In collaboration with IGES: - Develop communications plan - Gather information, prepare report - Disseminate results and best practices in regional workshop and COP 19
JG/EZ
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Output 3: Year 2, 2014
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
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OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2014
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.1Monitor and evaluate progress
3.1.1 Monitor progress of women’s groups every 4 months, as per the M and E Framework
AL/LS
3.1.2Conduct evaluation after one-year period for carbon by December 30
3.1.3 Conduct evaluation after one-year period for women’s empowerment by December 30
6-month reports JG
3.2 Develop and deliver technical and leadership training to women’s groups based on Feasibility Studies
3.2.1 Assure that technical training is provided to selected women’s groups of pilot projects 3.2.2 Measure women’s understanding of technical training and assist as necessary 3.2.3 Provide refresher training and coaching for leadership to women (and men) within selected groups/communities
BG/LS
3.3 Provide support to women’s microenterprises in accessing services/inputs
3.3.1 Provide refresher training to selected women’s groups of pilot projects on business management 3.3.2 Assure continued links and collaboration with existing micro-enterprise service providers for selected women’s groups
BG/LS
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OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2014
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.4 Disseminate pilot lessons and best practices
3.4.1 In collaboration with IGES: - Gather information, prepare report “Climate and Gender Experts Meeting” and attend Sixth ISAP in Yokohama, Japan - Disseminate results and best practices in regional workshop and COP 20
EZ/JG
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Output 3: Year 3, 2015
ACTIVITY TASKS TIMEFRAME RESPON
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OUTPUT 3: Three pilot projects implemented by women’s groups to develop local tools and mechanisms in order to access climate financing
Year 2015
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
4.1 Monitor and evaluate progress
4.1.1 Monitor progress of women’s groups every 3 months, as per the M and E Framework
4.1.2Conduct evaluation after one-year period for carbon by November30
SB/EG
4.1.3 Conduct evaluation after one year period for women’s empowerment by November 30
AL//JG
6-month reports JG
4.2 Develop and deliver technical and leadership training to women’s groups based on Feasibility Studies
4.2.1 Assure that technical training is provided to selected women’s groups of pilot projects 4.2.2 Measure women’s understanding of technical training and assist as necessary 4.2.3 Provide refresher training and coaching for leadership to women (and men) within selected groups/communities
BG/PK
4.3 Provide support to women’s enterprises in accessing services/inputs
4.3.1 Provide training to selected women’s groups of pilot projects on business management 4.3.2 Assure continued links and collaboration with existing micro-enterprise service providers for selected women’s groups
BG/PK
4.4 Disseminate pilot lessons and best practices
4.4.1In collaboration with IGES, document and disseminate results and best practices
JG