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Country : Guinea Bissau

Summary : Technical Assistance for the Preparation of a Plan for the Implementation of the ECOWAS Gender Policy on Energy Access in Guinea Bissau

Deadline : 29 Mar 2019

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TOT Ref.No.: 31370433

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Financier : United Nations Secretariat

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Purchaser : ECOWAS RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY CENTER (ECREEE)
Secretaria de estado da Energia/Direcção Geral de Energia B.P 311 Bissau Attn: Ana Pueyo apueyo@ecreee.org / procurement@ecreee.org
Guinea Bissau
Email :apueyo@ecreee.org / procurement@ecreee.org

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Tenders are invited for Technical Assistance for the Preparation of a Plan for the Implementation of the ECOWAS Gender Policy on Energy Access in Guinea Bissau.

1 I NTRODUCTION

The ECOWAS Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Center (ECREEE) was established through ECOWAS regulation C / REG.23 / 11/08 of the 61st Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers in 2008, with a mandate to contribute to sustainability economic, social and environmental development of West Africa by improving access to modern, reliable and affordable energy services, energy security and the reduction of energy-related externalities (GHG, local pollution). With the support of the ECOWAS Commission, the Austrian and Spanish Governments and UNIDO technical assistance, as well as other partners, ECREEE has implemented a number of key actions, including the development of a Regional Policy on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency; which was adopted by the ECOWAS Heads of State in 2013.

ECOWAS Program on Gender Mainstreaming in Access to Energy

ECREEE launched a flagship program entitled ECOWAS Gender Mainstreaming in Access to Energy (ECOW-GEN) in 2013. The program was established taking into account the potential of women in the ECOWAS region as producers and service providers energy is under-utilized and that enpoderamento of women and men in order to promote energy development in the region is necessary for the achievement of the objectives in the field of Sustainable Energy for all (SEforALL) in West Africa. The establishment of ECOW-GEN is based on the principles set out in the ECOWAS Gender Policy and strives to for contributing to the goals of SE4All in West Africa and the ECOWAS Regional Policy on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, placing women at the center of energy development.

Two of ECOW-GEN's main achievements are the adoption of the ECOWAS Policy for Integrating the Gender Perspective on Access to Energy and the validation of the ECOWAS Directive on Gender Assessments in Energy Projects, the first of its kind.

ECOWAS Policy on the Integration of Gender in Access to Energy

Recognizing gender disparities in the energy sector, ECOWAS Heads of State in Monrovia, on 4 June 2017, adopt the ECOWAS Policy on Gender Mainstreaming in Access to Energy. The aim of the Policy is to address the barriers to equal participation of men and women in expanding access to energy. It sets out five primary strategic objectives which, if achieved together, would represent the successful integration of gender in access to energy. These objectives are related and presented in Table 1.

Table 1. Strategic objectives set out in the ECOWAS Policy on Gender Mainstreaming in Access to Energy

Strategic Objective

Goals





1. Achieve widespread understanding of

? 100% of civil servants in the energetic sector

energy and gender considerations for all

have received some relevant training

levels of society

2020 (and then, routinely);



? 50% of citizens will be exposed to some kind of



relevant public service announcement in 2020



growing to 90% by 2030;





2

Strategic Objective

Goals























? At

at least 50

new scientific articles on the





Gender and Energy in West Africa published in





scientific journals with peer review in 2020,





and 20 per year thereafter.















2. Make sure that all policies for

(I.e.

50% of energy policies by 2020 and 100%

in

energy, programs and initiatives, including



2030 will be gender sensitive;





structures and large investments in energy,

(I.e.

50%

of projects

in

energy,

Software

and

are not discriminatory in terms of gender



initiatives involving government will include

inclusive and directed towards the inequalities





at

dimensions

in

gender in

planning,

approach, in particular energy poverty by the





Implementation,

analyze

and evaluation in 2020,

differentially affect men and





rising to 100% by 2030.





women in the region with gender balance



























3. Increase public sector participation in

? At least 25% of the female labor force in the sector

women in technical areas related to



energy sector by 2020 and gender equity

energy and decision-making positions



(50-50) by 2030.























4. Make sure that both women and men

? At

at least 25

per

cent of participation

of

have equal opportunities to enter and



women in the energy sector

success in energy-related fields



private by 2020 and equality (50-50) gender to

in the private sector



2030, as determined by means of





random sampling.













5. Establish and maintain monitoring

? 100% compliance

in 2017

in the board

in

gender mainstreaming, accountability and



monitoring, reporting and evaluation.

of analysis by objectives 1-4



































As part of this commitment, ECREEE appointed consultants to organize and implement a capacity-building initiative to strengthen local capacity and operationalize the ECOWAS Gender Integration Policy on Energy Access 2017. Training activities took place in March 2018, focusing on two target groups:Gender Focal Points (GFUs) within relevant ministries in ECOWAS countries; and selected "replicating" organizations that have links to energy, gender and climate change in ECOWAS countries. This capacity-building activity provided GFUs with all the tools needed to integrate gender and women's issues into all government structures, institutions, policies, procedures, practices, programs and projects and other stakeholders in the energy sector. They have also been equipped with the skills to implement the ECOWAS Policy on Gender Mainstreaming in Access to Energy in their respective countries, and are able to effectively design and implement gender action plans, among others. As part of the activity, GFU produced National Action Plans projects indicating:

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Objective 2 of the Regional Gender and Energy Policy: Ensure that all energy interventions are non-discriminatory 1

While recognizing the need to fulfill all regional policy objectives, the ECOWAS Energy Specialists in the validation meeting of the ECOWAS Gender Mainstreaming Policy on Energy Access have directed ECREEE to go further in obliged energy sector actors to incorporate gender assessments into energy infrastructure projects, thus enabling the achievement of strategic objective 2 of the Policy. This was seen as a key pillar for realizing the region's overall ambition to create a gender-sensitive energy sector.

In this context, a background study was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving regional policy objective 2, through a legal framework. The background study has extensively examined gender issues associated with infrastructure development and the regulatory framework in the energy sector in the ECOWAS region. He highlighted a variety of current practices, development priorities and implementation capacities in Member States. It therefore recommended a directive as the most appropriate legal instrument to mainstream a gender perspective in energy infrastructure projects because of its flexibility in adapting provisions to each national context 2 .

As a result, ECREEE has promoted the development of a model legal document to guide national actors towards achieving the objectives of the ECOWAS Gender Mainstreaming Policy. In accordance with Objective 2 of Regional Policy, the model, if translated into national legal / regulatory frameworks, is designed to achieve the following objectives:

1. ensure that the specific interests of women and men, as stakeholders, are taken into account in project development;

2. Ensure that any potential adverse and discriminatory impacts on women or men arising from projects are recognized and avoided or mitigated to the extent possible;

3. improve transparency in planning and implementation processes to promote and enhance the participation and capacity of women and men, including but not limited to clients, employees, managers, investors, officials and other stakeholders; and

4. Encourage the development of harmonized legal and policy frameworks in each Member State and for ECOWAS institutions that are consistent with the above principles and objectives, imposing at least the potential financial and bureaucratic obstacles to Developers, Competent Authorities and other parties concerned.

Energy experts from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have validated and adopted the ECOWAS Directive on Gender Assessments in Energy Projects,

1 Further information and documentation about the Directive can be found athttp://www.ecreee.org/news/ecowe-validates-its-regional-directive-gender-assessments-energy-projects

2 ECREEE was supported in its work on the Directive by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.

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during a workshop held in June 2017 in Accra 3 . The workshop produced recommendations, including an Action Plan, to facilitate the adoption of the Directive by ECOWAS statutory bodies and their implementation at national level. It also produced an Act / Regulation model to facilitate Member States'transposition of the Directive into their national legislation. The Di

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