94039 Report No. 94039-SN Dakar, Senegal | April 7–9, 2014 AFREA GENDER AND ENERGY WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS Copyright © 2015 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank 1818 H Street NW, Washington DC 20433 Telephone: 202-473-1000; Internet: www.worldbank.org Some rights reserved This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of The World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of The World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. 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Interior images | © Mouhamadou Moustapha Diop and © The World Bank Group. “Women and girls are disproportionately affected by a lack of access to modern energy services. AFREA’s Gender and Energy program is a cross-cutting initiative that attempts to integrate gender considerations into the work not only of AFREA but of rural energy agencies in the region.” ii   CONTENTS Acknowledgements iv Executive Summary v 1 Introduction 2 2 Proceedings 3 2.1 Official Opening Session 3 2.2 Session 1 | Sharing Country Experiences Through Storytelling 4 2.3 Session 2 | Gender and Energy Training and Capacity Building 4 2.4 Session 3 | Mainstreaming Gender Issues in Practice 7 2.5 Session 4 | Project Design and Implementation Tools 9 2.6 Session 5 | Looking Ahead and Developing a Road Map 9 2.7 Session 6 | Network Approaches: CoPs, Tips and Tricks 9 3 Conclusion 12 3.1 Session 7 | Action Planning to Achieve Results 12 3.2 Critical Next Steps 12 Annexes Annex 1 | Agenda 14 Annex 2 | Opening and Closing Speeches 17 Annex 3 | Participants List 24 Annex 4 | Press Coverage and Related Links 26 Boxes Box 1 | Tips for Storytelling 4 Box 2 | Resources on Gender and Energy Shared at the Workshop 5 Box 3 | Comments from Participants Who Attended Session on Gender Equality and Energy Access 6 Figures Figure 1 | Integrating Gender into Energy Operations under AFREA 5 Figure 2 | Resource Sample Indicators across Energy 10 Figure 3 | Country Teams M&E Exercise Template Filled Out by Tanzania 11 Figure 4 | Overview Page of the Gender and Energy Practitioners Online Space 11 Acronyms 27   iii Acknowledgements This workshop was organized under the leadership of Awa Seck and Vanessa Lopes Janik, Task Team Leaders of the AFREA Gender and Energy Program. The core team consisted of Inka Schomer, Marie Lolo Sow, Seynabou Thiaw Seye, and Mouhamedou Pap Demba Wade who helped coordinate the content and logistics. Marjorie Araya (ESMAP) managed the publications production process; and Waafas Ofosu-Amaah and Camilla Gandini (World Bank Institute) and Joy Clancy (ENERGIA) were workshop facilitators. The team would like to thank the Senegal country office for hosting the workshop in Dakar and the ESMAP and AFREA management team, Meike van Ginneken, Africa Energy Manager and Rohit Khanna, ESMAP Program Manager, for supporting and advising on the workshop. These proceedings were drafted by Inka Schomer, with input from the core team, and produced by Marjorie K. Araya (ESMAP). Note: All workshop presentations and materials can be found on the ESMAP website at: http://www.esmap.org/node/4472 iv   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gender equality and social inclusion are important contributions to fully realize the development impacts of energy programs. Because men and women have different roles and responsibilities in households, markets and their communities, their access to and use of energy services are also different. Since 2010, the Africa Renewable Energy and Access (AFREA) Gender and Energy Program has piloted different approaches, developed analytical resources, and worked with energy teams and government clients to integrate gender considerations and concerns into existing and new energy access ­ operations. The AFREA program has been supporting activities in six countries: Senegal, Mali, Benin, Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia. As part of this work, a Gender and Energy Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange workshop was held in Dakar, Senegal, on April 7–9, 2014. The workshop provided a forum for country counterparts to document the lessons and approaches on integrating gender issues into their energy programs under the first phase of AFREA (AFREA I), and to begin planning activities under AFREA II. The workshop was attended by about 60 participants, including representatives from the six pilot countries; project beneficiaries from the Senegal Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management (PROGEDE II) project; and representatives of development partner institutions from ENERGIA, UN Women, the Embassy of Denmark, ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREE) Gender Program, and the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV). The workshop included knowledge exchange on subjects such as developing institutional capacity, establishing gender focal points within organizations, carrying out community-level pilot interventions, and working with utility companies to develop targeted gender training on electricity subsidies and access to finance. The knowledge exchanges were enhanced by many inputs from women representing the rural communities in the PROGEDE II1 project joined the workshop to share their stories. They demonstrated how including gender considerations as part of project design enabled rural women to engage in activities such as sustainable charcoal production and sustainable community forest management, thereby increasing both their participation in the project and enhancing their incomes. In addition, the workshop focused on building participants’ capacity in the areas of knowledge exchange, monitoring and evaluation, and how to advocate for a gender focus on specific energy issues. Key outputs of the workshop included country notes that will capture the approaches, results, and lessons learned under the various country initiatives and country road maps identifying next steps and aspirations for the second phase of the program. In addition, ESMAP and the World Bank Institute (WBI) introduced new gender and energy e-learning modules. These e-learning modules will be available in the coming months on the World Bank Group’s (WBG) e-Institute webpage. In addition, an online space has been developed through the World Bank Group’s Collaboration for Development (C4D) platform to connect the newly formed Gender and Energy platform to connect gender and energy practitioners. All participants from this workshop will be invited to join the online platform so that they can continue engaging colleagues (both in Africa and beyond) and thereby join the broader global discussion on gender and energy. 1 Second Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management Project (PROGEDE II): http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P120629/second-sustainable-participatory-energy-management-progede-ii?lang=en   v 1 | INTRODUCTION Gender equality and social inclusion are important considerations into WBG’s Africa Energy Projects in contributions to fully realize the development impacts Senegal, Mali, Benin, Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia, and of energy programs. The recently released WB Energy preparatory work in Liberia and Mozambique. Directions paper2 clearly supports that the WBG will work to empower women as users of energy, As the AFREA I program came to a close in FY14, a as well as enabling women to become providers of second phase of this program started and the Gender energy services or make productive use of energy and Energy Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange for income generation. Following the release of the workshop was held in Dakar, Senegal, from April 7–9th World Development Report 2012 which emphasized 2014 as a forum for country counterparts to document that greater gender equality can enhance productivity, the lessons and approaches on integrating gender issues make institutions more representatives and improve into their energy programs under AFREA 1, and to begin development outcomes for the next generation, the planning activities under AFREA 2. In addition various World Bank made gender mainstreaming a corporate capacity building activities took place, ranging from priority. In practice, this translates into integrating a training in storytelling to Monitoring and Evaluation gender perspective throughout the operational cycle to (M&E). There were about 60 participants (Participant improve gender equity in project participation, benefits List is available in Annex 3) at the workshop, including and opportunities. representatives from the six pilot countries; project beneficiaries from the Senegal PROGEDE 2 project; Developed in 2009–2010, the AFREA Gender and and representatives of development partner institutions Energy program piloted different approaches, developed from ENERGIA, UN Women, the Embassy of Denmark, the “know-how,” and worked with energy teams and ECOWAS Programme on Gender Mainstreaming in government clients on integrating gender into existing Energy Access (ECOW-GEN) and SNV. and new energy access operations. The program’s objective was to develop and mainstream the application The overall objective of the AFREA 2 Gender and of good practices in applying a gender sensitive approach Energy program is to increase adoption of gender to energy access policies and projects. The program sensitive approaches across energy projects in the Africa, entailed operational support in integrating gender through technical support, building internal capacity for gender mainstreaming in energy operations, knowledge 2 World Bank, 2013, Toward a sustainable energy future for all: development and improved monitoring and evaluation. directions for the World Bank Groups energy sector. Washington The AFREA 2 Gender and Energy program will expand DC, World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/ the scope of activities beyond energy access to include en/2013/07/18016002/toward-sustainable-energy-future-all- electricity infrastructure, projects supporting national directions-world-bank-group%C2%92s-energy-sector utilities, and policy reform projects. 2  AFREA Gender and Energy Workshop | Senegal, April 2014 2 | PROCEEDINGS 2.1 Official Opening Session gender issues into policies and programs in the energy sector. For example, the new energy strategy (LPDSE The workshop opening ceremony was facilitated 2012–2017) puts equity and universal access to energy at by Mademba Ndiaye, Senior Communication Officer, the heart of the vision for the energy sector in Senegal. World Bank Senegal Country Office, who welcomed In addition, the importance of paying attention to the workshop participants and introduced the women living in rural villages given their workloads, speakers. Mr. Demetrios Papathanasiou, the World competing demands on their time and limited livelihood Bank Acting Country Director for Vera Songwe at opportunities was emphasized. Mr. Cheikh Noba, on the time, emphasized that the World Bank sees the behalf of Mrs. Anta Sarr, Minister of Women, Family and promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of Youth, spoke about the importance of involving women women as an integral and necessary element to reduce in the energy sector not only because they are negatively poverty and enhance economic growth. Mrs. Aminata affected by a lack of energy access and low-quality energy Gueye, Director of Petroleum Products, representing services, but also because they have the potential to be Mrs. Maimouna Ndoye, SECK Minister of Energy, leaders in the field of energy and can contribute to the built on these statements and outlined the numerous development of energy services in their communities. initiatives the Ministry is leading to mainstream The official speeches are available in Annex 2. Image 1 | Opening Plenary Session. Africa Renewable Energy Access Program (AFREA)  3 2.2 Session 1 | Sharing Country work through (e.g., staff and units), and the necessity of Experiences Through Storytelling financial partners in project formulation. 2.2.1  The Art of Story Telling and Experience Sharing 2.3 Session 2 | Gender and Energy Participants were trained in storytelling by Waafas Training and Capacity Building Ofosu-Amaah from the World Bank Institute (WBI) to increase their ability to effectively share information 2.3.1  Gender and Energy Training about their activities as a means of exchanging knowledge and lessons. This training aimed to prepare ESMAP and WBI jointly introduced content for the them for presenting the results of their programs to Gender and Energy e-learning. This e-Module will be policy makers and colleagues. Some of the tips for launched in the fall of 2014 on the WBG e-Institute sharing an effective story are outlined in Box 1. webpage, and all participants will be invited to enroll. Topics covered in this e-Module include an overview 2.2.2  Group Work to Capture the Essence in Our of general gender equality and energy issues, gender Stories for Presentations equality and energy access issues related to household energy, and rural electrification and gender issues Prior to the workshop, each country team completed beyond energy access related to the broader energy a presentation template to capture their country context, sector. Given that the AFREA 2 Gender and Energy lessons learned, and initial project results through the program will expand the scope of activities beyond stages of Integrating Gender into Energy Operations energy access to include electricity infrastructure, stages (Figure 1). projects supporting national utilities, and policy and reform projects, group discussions on each of these Country teams used this template as a guide to present topics helped to identify how the teams could replicate the essence of their stories and showcase innovative their experiences across the energy sector topics. In approaches to mainstreaming gender issues under the addition, resources on gender and energy were shared AFREA I Gender and Energy program. These approaches at the Workshop (see Box 2). included concrete examples of working with Rural Energy Agencies, developing institutional capacity, Topic 1: Overview of Gender Equality and establishing “gender desks” within organizations, carrying Energy Issues out community-level pilot interventions, and working with utility companies to develop targeted gender Waafas Ofosu-Amaah facilitated the session on the training on electricity subsidies and access to finance. overview of gender and energy issues. In the last decades, women’s lives have improved greatly. Women have made Key take-away messages from the country rapid gains in human rights, in education and health, presentations included, among others, the need for and in labor force outcomes. But progress has not been strong commitment of the main actors in energy sectors even in all countries for all women, or in all dimensions towards mainstreaming gender issues, the importance of gender equality. For example, the likelihood of for skills development and access to modern energy women dying during childbirth in Sub-Saharan Africa services for women, the need to institutionalize gender and parts of South Asia is still comparable to that in Box 1 | Tips for Storytelling Tips for Sharing an Effective Story • Strong opening! Strong ending! Remember your first and last lines. Build up a momentum. Be authentic. • Speak it out loud. Things that look fabulous on your Powerpoint presentations do not come out naturally when you speak! • Time yourself. If you can, read it to your colleagues. • Connect with your audience—you have the advantage of knowing the details. • Take us (your audience) on a journey about your gender mainstreaming process. Source: The Art of Knowledge Exchange, WBI, http://wbi.worldbank.org/sske/art-knowledge-exchange 4  AFREA Gender and Energy Workshop | Senegal, April 2014 • Evaluation Questionnaire • Sample TORs Figure 1 | Integrating Gender into Energy Operations Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Implementation and Completion and Gender Assessment Gender Action Plan Monitoring Evaluation • Screening/Desk • From Assessment to • Training Needs • Checklist for Evaluation Review Action Plan Assessment and Protocol • Data Collection Tools • Monitoring and Capacity Building • Evaluation • Institutional Capacity Evaluation Tools • Sample TORs Questionnaire Analysis • Gender Action Plan • Sample TORs • Sample TORs Examples • Sample TORs Source: Briefing Note: Integrating Gender Considerations into Energy Operations, https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17479 Box 2 | Resources on Gender and Energy Shared at the Workshop LITERATURE AND GUIDANCE • ESMAP: Gender and Energy Online Resources • Steps to Strides: Sustainable Development Network’s Companion to the World Development Report • World Bank: Energy, Gender and Development—What are the Linkages? Where is the Evidence? • World Bank Data and Guidance Notes on Gender Mainstreaming • UNDP: Gender & Energy for Sustainable Development: A Toolkit & Resource Guide • Asian Development Bank: Gender and Energy Toolkit: Going Beyond the Meter • ENERGIA—Global Network of Energy and Gender Practitioners VIDEO RESOURCES TO SHOWCASE EXISTING EXAMPLES • Senegal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_On6SaFbY&feature=youtu.be • Cambodia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLwgSHM1pIY&feature=relmfu • Laos: http://blogs.worldbank.org/eastasiapacific/node/2948 • Mali: http://youtu.be/7OR0TiaPplI • Tanzania: https://youtu.be/DldnOkyDgOA • South Asia: http://www.esmap.org/esmap/node/286 Northern Europe in the 19th century; also, the increased In addition, Waafas Ofosu-Amaah outlined how participation of women in the labor force throughout gender matters in the energy sector. She introduced the developing world has not translated into equal some of the reasons why gender needs to be explicitly employment opportunities or equal earnings for men considered in the energy sector e.g., energy affects and women. women and men differently, as men and women have different roles and responsibilities in households, Energy access is increasingly seen as a vital catalyst markets and communities. for wider economic and social development, including the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Topic 2: Gender Equality and Energy Access: For example, Goal 1: To Eradicate extreme poverty and Household Energy and Rural Electrification hunger is linked to energy issues as access to modern energy facilitates economic development by providing Topic 2 of the WBI and ESMAP e-Module on more efficient and healthier means to undertake basic Gender Equality and Energy was led by Joy Clancy from household tasks and productive activities. ENERGIA and the University of Twente, and covered ­ Africa Renewable Energy Access Program (AFREA)  5 gender equality and energy access issues, with emphasis Rural electrification can reduce gender-based on household energy and rural electrification. This violence through: session expanded on the broad overview given in Topic 1 and focused on two proven interventions to reduce • Increased lighting, which grants women increased the negative consequences of the reliance on biomass for mobility at night, and increases women’s sense of household energy (i.e., improved cookstoves and rural security. electrification). Additionally, Box 3 depicts comments from participants who participated in this session. • Television, which can have an impact on household violence by changing women’s and men’s perceptions The facilitator deepened the dialogue on these of gender roles and relations and giving women a energy interventions by guiding discussions on how greater understanding of their legal rights. cookstove projects or rural electrification can reduce gender-based violence. Examples included cases in In this session the importance of community which women and girls are responsible for gathering participation was also emphasized in order to improve cooking fuel, which makes them more vulnerable design, mobilize contributions, and increase local to gender-based violence during fuel collection and ownership and operational sustainability of energy transport. Cases included: projects. • Women living in war-torn areas (e.g., Democratic Topic 3: Beyond Energy Access—Gender across Republic of Congo and Somalia) and displaced Energy Topic persons camps seem particularly vulnerable to sexual violence while they search for fuelwood in Vanessa Lopes Janik introduced Topic 3, which surrounding areas. focused on issues beyond energy access. She outlined how gender dimensions are relevant in electricity • However, men can also be victims of violent assaults. In infrastructure, clean energy, and energy policy overall. Northern Uganda, for example, men and boys started For example, in infrastructure projects gender relevant collecting fuelwood to protect women’s safety. In turn, impacts might include: displacement, resettlement, loss men and boys were subject to physical assaults from of livelihoods, job creation, benefit sharing, land titles, rebels. and the influx of migrant workers. Box 3 | Comments from Participants Who Attended Session on Gender Equality and Energy Access Mali “Numerous traditions linked to cooking of food are actually not practical but cultural. For example, there is the notion that cooking good food takes time and that time savings associated with more efficient energy/ cooking devices would reduce quality of food. These rituals need to be considered in energy planning, and the buy-in of men might not be easy.” Senegal “The added benefits of improved cookstoves are not always apparent. Certain communities move around a lot and improved cookstoves create less fire, which is a good dividend for the user and surrounding area.” Tanzania “It is also important to remember that in some communities the collection of firewood is also the duty of men and therefore one cannot rely on traditional norms at all times.” Senegal “The importance of highlighting the unexpected benefits of energy access. For example women prefer to give birth in the dark as that provides more privacy when they give birth outside. Light can therefore enable benefits such as comfort.” Source: Authors. 6  AFREA Gender and Energy Workshop | Senegal, April 2014 Image 2 | PROGEDE Project Beneficiaries from Senegal. In addition to the presentations, a facilitated The presentations highlighted how the PROGEDE group exercise focused on Electricity Infrastructure approach enabled rural women to engage in activities (Generation, Transmission & Distribution), Clean such as sustainable charcoal production and sustainable Energy (Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Climate community forest management, thereby increasing both Change) and Energy Policy (Subsidies, Tariffs, Reforms). their participation in the project and enhancing the Each group was asked to capture key points for various project’s incomes. The project enabled the rural women questions: What are the key gender issues in these to improve their living conditions, send their children topics, what lessons/approaches can we borrow from the to school, participate in decision-making, and improve experiences of the energy access work, and how can we their overall status at the community level. build evidence in these “new” areas? Key questions raised in this session included the environmental dimensions of charcoal production, the 2.4 Session 3 | Mainstreaming Gender social impact of the financial standing in the women’s Issues in Practice lives (e.g., with spouses), and the measures taken to ensure the sustainability of the projects. Conclusions of The voices of women from rural communities were this session focused on the need to integrate economic, well represented by the Senegalese delegation from social and environmental factors into energy projects PROGEDE 23 who demonstrated how having gender to ensure the sustainability of the impacts. In addition, considerations as part of project design helped to reach participants highlighted the importance of gender- women in project areas. The session focused on four sensitive indicators to facilitate the tracking of gender- themes: 1) Women’s Leadership presented by Hassmaou relevant outcomes. Diallo; 2) Capacity Building presented by Fatoumata Souaré and Mariama Diarra; 3) Emergence of Women in Hearing from our Development Partners Charcoal presented by Salimatou Konte; and 4) Income Development Partners from ENERGIA, UN Women, Generation covered by Mariama Diarra. the Embassy of Denmark, ECOW-GEN and SNV 3 Second Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management presented their work related to gender and energy. Project (PROGEDE II) http://www.worldbank.org/ The presentations initiated further discussions on the projects/P120629/second-sustainable-participatory-energy- benefits of collaboration between country participants management-progede-ii?lang=en and between countries and development partners. Africa Renewable Energy Access Program (AFREA)  7 Image 3 | Development Partners’ Presentations. ENERGIA | Joy Clancy from ENERGIA emphasized Embassy of Denmark  |  Ely Dembélé and Guindo the organization’s focus on the nexus between women Fatoumata Sidibé from the Embassy of Denmark and energy which goes beyond cookstoves and health to highlighted the embassy’s experience in renewable include women’s economic empowerment. ENERGIA energy through a biofuel promotion initiative currently has a €5.6 million programme supported (e.g., jatropha plantations), a renewable energy by Norad, Sida and MoF Finland which aims to feasibility project, and a feasibility study on electricity contribute to women’s economic empowerment by production from household waste. In addition, the scaling up proven business models that strengthen Embassy of Denmark has initiated a new project on the capacity of women’s micro and small enterprises climate change, which is closely linked to sustainable to deliver energy products and services to more than resource management aspects such as land and water 1,000,000 consumers by 2017. In addition, a £4.5 million management and access to energy issues for women. programme supported by Department for International Areas that have been identified as requiring additional Development (DFID) aims to advance knowledge, support and guidance include recognizing the service research, evidence gathering and dissemination, and needs of the poor; identifying key issues in gender raise public awareness on the importance of energy mainstreaming in energy projects; ascertaining access for women and girls by 2019. ENERGIA also women’s energy needs at home, at work and at contributes to the UK-led campaign on clean energy, community level, and initiating a gender and rights women and girls as part of the decade on Sustainable analysis for access to energy services provision. Energy for All (SE4ALL) and to the SE4ALL global tracking on indicators for women’s economic ECOW-GEN | Monica Maduekwe introduced empowerment. In addition, Joy highlighted how the ECOWAS Programme on Gender Mainstreaming ENERGIA is building an evidence base for improving in Energy Access (ECOW-GEN) which is a flagship effectiveness by taking a gendered approach in various programme being implemented by ECREEE with energy topics such as productive uses of energy and the objective to meet the Sustainable Energy for energy sector reform. All (SE4ALL) goals in West Africa. The programme will contribute towards increased access to modern, UN Women  |  Adama Moussa gave an overview affordable and reliable energy services, energy security of the program on gender, energy and technologies of and environmental sustainability by tailoring national UN Women in the East of the Democratic Republic and regional policies, projects and programmes to the of Congo. He highlighted that many women in the energy needs of men and women. The programme will community still perform the majority of hard manual reach these objectives by focusing on activities linked to labor, which impacts their health and well-being. policy development, capacity development, knowledge Numerous actions are planned to improve the situation management and awareness, investment and business for women through the provision of energy technology promotions, and specific projects and programs. For equipment, strengthening the capacity of local actors example, ECOW-Gen partnered with various other and communities to include gender considerations, and stakeholders to host the 1st Regional Stakeholder research and documentation of best practice in order to Workshop of the West African Clean Cooking Alliance, ensure proper identification of technologies to alleviate from April 23–25, 2013 in Ouagadougou, Burkina women’s work burden. Faso, and published a background paper on Women’s 8  AFREA Gender and Energy Workshop | Senegal, April 2014 Economic Empowerment through Energy Access in the practical example of how to integrate gender informed Mano-River Union (MRU) Sub-Region. indicators in project design. SNV | Pierre Gravel from SNV introduced the In addition to a presentation on M&E issues relevant organization by focusing on the Mali work program with for gender and energy programs, a group exercise enabled the theme “Women build future at the local level.” SNV’s country teams to develop an M&E framework (from program has focused on a gender and energy assessment input to development goals) for their work on gender of food production where women are present in large and energy. A standardized template was populated by numbers (e.g., in rice, shea nuts and vegetable harvests). all country teams (see Tanzania’s populated template in The assessment found that women are exploited in the Figure 3). food processing sector in terms of time invested, hardship, and loss of health. A gender action plan was put in place that aimed to increase productivity, decrease wood use 2.6 Session 5 | Looking Ahead and and hardship of the women, and increase efficiency of Developing a Road Map local equipment and energy sources. In addition, 12 women’s cooperatives were trained to build improved During the workshop, country representatives where cooking stoves informed on the use of cook stoves at supported to develop material for country notes. These home and the role of market players, and contractors, etc. country notes are intended to document the country He also touched on what worked well and did not work approaches of “how to” mainstream gender in the energy e.g., private operator approach worked well with earthen sector by capturing the storyline and approach for each stove LOENA as it created income and employment, and country. These short notes will be peer reviewed and briquetting biomass initiatives were not very successful published. as alternative energy sources do not require processing. Key lessons learned included, among others, research and In addition to the country notes, country teams development (R&D) is time consuming but important to developed next steps and built Country Road Maps, adapt equipment to local contexts and that women can which focused on the future actions to mainstream improve their productivity, economic and social positions gender issues in the energy sector. This exercise allowed when they utilize non-food biomass and energy efficient teams to reflect on the lessons learned and outlined equipment. Overall best practice guidance shared included immediate next steps, stretch goals and enhanced developing strategies to increase female land ownership, activities, capacity, and skills needs and potential developing studies that demonstrate the costs savings by requests under AFREA 2. The exercise also allowed women, sharing stories of success of female leadership country teams to explore potential areas of work that on local energy projects, and showcasing co-benefits of go beyond initiatives focused on energy access projects projects for both ecology and food security (e.g., honey but rather broader power sector issues related to wind production). farms, transmission lines, etc. These country road maps will serve as the basis for future engagement with client countries under AFREA 2 (for further details please see: 2.5 Session 4 | Project Design and http://www.esmap.org/node/4472). Implementation Tools Understanding gender indicators, targets, outputs and 2.7 Session 6 | Network Approaches: outcomes within energy programs is vital for tracking CoPs, Tips and Tricks progress, reporting and transparency. Vanessa Lopes Janik and Waafas Ofosu-Amaah guided participants 2.7.1  Community of Practice through practical approaches to integrate gender issues into energy operations through the use of a The concept of a Community of Practice (CoP) monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework that and what it entails was introduced by Camilla Gandini builds upon inputs, outputs, intermediate outcomes, from WBI. She explained how the development of a lasting outcomes and overall development goals. In addition, countries were given examples of gender CoP could be useful to maintain the momentum and informed results and impact indicators across energy strengthen the sense of community that participants topics and other sectors. Figure 2 is an excerpt from the developed during the workshop. A CoP can foster M&E material shared with the participants. In addition, partnership and the flow of knowledge sharing leading PROGEDE’s M&E system was showcased to provide a to fruitful collaboration among its members. Tips Africa Renewable Energy Access Program (AFREA)  9 Figure 2 | Resource of Sample Indicators across Energy Gender Assessment Issues Gender Actions Gender M&E HOUSEHOLD ENERGY: COOKING AND HEATING ■ Health issues associated with indoor ■ Inclusive community participation ■ Reduced male/female air pollution from traditional cooking and consultations with women’s time required for methods; groups; gathering fuel ■ Opportunity/Economic cost of using ■ Target women and men separately, wood/replacing LPG; traditional fuels including health possibly using different approaches, ■ Increased male/female impacts and time value; in consumer campaigns and user income with increased ■ Safety issues associated with open feedback for improved cookstove time and opportunity res for cooking; markets; for employment, ■ Women have primary responsibility ■ Provide nancing mechanism for productivity; for domestic (“care”) tasks in the adoption of cleaner cooking ■ Increased female household, including child care, technologies and fuels, possibly participation in cooking, fuel, and water targeted at women; household and provisioning; ■ Energy ef cient stoves designed in community energy ■ Women and men have different consultation with women and decision-making; decision-making roles/purchasing women’s groups; ■ Fuel used by powers which affects the ability to ■ Raising men’s awareness of the men/women for choose and purchase improved multiple bene ts of energy ef cient cooking/heating; cooking technologies; stoves; ■ Increased up-take of ■ Women's ability to attend trainings/ ■ Increasing women’s security while clean cooking solutions; cooking demonstrations for collecting fuelwood; ■ Reduction in improved stoves due to childcare, ■ Plan for biomass/bioenergy-based male/female poverty. long distances, and domestic operations that could support responsibilities; production and generate cash for ■ Lack of access to nance or other farmers (e.g., biofuel production constraints (such as social norms, from oil seeds, farm/ sh waste, etc.) may make it dif cult for women biogas, etc.). Consider to participate in non-traditional opportunities/barriers for both income-generating activities; women and men; ■ Rural households more affected by ■ Support the inclusion of women in the lack of affordability and supply decision-making positions of of household fuels and technologies. organizations in charge of forest management, biomass charcoal and wood re production/collection, conditioning, transportation and retailing. Source: Briefing Note: Integrating SMALL SCALE Gender POWERConsiderations GENERATION: into Energy Operations, OFF-GRID/MINI-GRID https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17479 Evaluate approach of selling to ■ ■ Off grid power (LED battery ■ Improved social services women—signi cant decision operated lights, multifunction (for men and women) making market segment; platforms) business can be led by due to availability of on how to develop a successful ■ Gather CoP lessons from were explored,women or women’sAdditionally, successful groups; electricity; were introduced to the participants including the importance of members improved household energyproviding and Collaboration ■ Consider preparation for Development of installations ■ Number of micro (C4D) and platform which having sales/adoption; technology receiving attention, a regular meeting rhythm for productive uses other hosts the than gender andsmall enterprises energy practitioners online lighting only; space (see Figure 4). developed by both and clear areas of Assess market outreach and This online space is currently ■ responsibility, and focusing on quality women and men. nancial services for gender ■ Support distribution chain through being utilized for information sharing and knowledge rather than quantity to stimulate balance member’s and potential banking cohesion and micro and pico PV solar solutions exchange by the participants who attended the Thus, a CoP new partnerships.alternatives could (mobile be instrumental banking, microcredit/ nance with opportuni- women’s funds/group the lending). workshop. ties for women and men. in retaining and further developing rich experience developed during the workshop. 10  AFREA Gender and Energy Workshop | Senegal, April 2014 Figure 3 | Country Teams M&E Exercise Template Filled Out by Tanzania Risks and Assumptions | Targets and Indicators Development Goal I Increased equitable access to affordable modern energy services for rural development I Improved systematic gender mainstreaming; increased economic opportunities; institutional Outcome and community empowerment Intermediate I Improved data collection; engaged REA management and staff; increased capacity of project Outcome developers; increased gender equality in LRTC; improved documentation and communication I Gender assessment; Action plan; Training and capacity building of staff and project developers; Outputs gender informed LRTC; Knowledge projects (case studies and video) Inputs I AFREA Gender and Energy Support; REA staff and the Gender experts Source: Action Planning Exercise Tanzania (http://www.esmap.org/sites/esmap.org/files/DocumentLibrary/ESMAP_TANZANIA_Gender%20Energy_Senegal.pdf) Figure 4 | Overview Page of the Gender and Energy Practitioners Online Space Africa Renewable Energy Access Program (AFREA)  11 3 | CONCLUSION 3.1 Session 7 | Action Planning Maps which country teams drafted to develop next steps to Achieve Results and aspirations for the second phase of the program (AFREA 2). Follow-up dialogue with each pilot country The closing remarks were made by Mrs. Rokhaya will be conducted in order to assess how to set priorities Gueye representing Mr. Antou Gueye Samba Director and develop country actions under AFREA 2 for the General of the Senegalese Agency for Rural Development next three years. In addition, work will need to continue (ASER). She emphasized that the workshop highlighted by the AFREA Gender and Energy program team to two important points: Firstly that there are strong support the increased adoption of gender sensitive proven links between gender and energy and secondly, approaches across energy projects in existing and new that the integration of gender into energy policy and countries in the Africa region through technical support, programs is essential. In addition, she emphasized building internal capacity for gender mainstreaming that the collaborations, projects, plans of actions and in energy operations, knowledge development and activities created and identified at the workshop will improved monitoring and evaluation. hopefully be able to materialize with the provision of funding and technical assistance by various partners ESMAP and the World Bank Institute (WBI) jointly and through the AFREA Gender and Energy program prepared content for the Gender and Energy e-learning (complete speech available in Annex 2). modules to be launched in 2015. In addition, an online space has been developed through the C4D platform to connect gender and energy practitioners. All participants 3.2 Critical Next Steps have been invited to join to continue engaging with the Africa regional colleagues at the workshop and join the Key outputs of the workshop included Country Notes broader global discussions on gender and energy. that capture the approaches, results and lessons learned under the various country initiatives and Country Road 12  AFREA Gender and Energy Workshop | Senegal, April 2014 ANNEXES ANNEX 1 |Agenda Day 1 | Monday, April 7 8:00–8:30am REGISTRATION 8:30–9:00 Welcome Remarks | Minister of Energy | Minister of Women, Family and Youth | WB Country Director 9:00–9:15 Introduction | Objectives, Expected Outputs and Outcomes Facilitators – Objectives | Share experiences; build capacity; plan ahead – Expected Outputs | Road map; country notes – Expected Outcomes | Increased mainstreaming of gender issues; enhanced capacity; stronger      “Gender and Energy” network 9:15–9:30 Participants’ Introduction By Camilla Gandini – Icebreaker exercise to introduce participants SESSION 1 | SHARING COUNTRY EXPERIENCES THROUGH STORY TELLING 9:30–9:45 The Art of Story Telling and Experience Sharing By Waafas Ofosu-Amaah – Key elements of story telling – Organizing ourselves into groups to tell our stories 9:45–10:45 Group Work to Capture the Essence of our Stories for Presentation By Country Teams and Partners – Country group preparation of their stories 10:45–11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00–11:45 Plenary Session | Disseminating and Sharing our Experiences By Country Teams and Partners – Theme 1 | Gender Assessments and Actions Plans – Theme 2 | Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Completion SESSION 2 | GENDER AND ENERGY TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING 11:45–13:00 Gender and Energy Training By Waafas Ofosu-Amaah and Joy Clancy – Topic 1 | Overview on Gender and Energy – Topic 2 | Gender and Energy Access 13:00–14:00 LUNCH 14:00–14:15 Team Building Energizing Activity By Camilla Gandini 14:15–15:30 Beyond Energy Access | Gender Across Energy Topics By Vanessa Lopes Janik – Electricity Infrastructure, Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Energy Policy 15:30–15:45 COFFEE BREAK 14   Day 1 Continued | Monday, April 7 SESSION 3 | MAINSTREAMING GENDER ISSUES IN PRACTICE 15:45–16:30 Strategies of Women Leaders Implementing AFREA Projects By Senegal Project Delegation – Theme 1 | Women’s Leadership – Theme 2 | Capacity Building for Women – Theme 3 | Emergence of Women Charcoal Producers – Theme 4 | Women in Income-Generating Activities 16:30–17:30 Reflections By Facilitators – Wrap-Up and Q&A – Introduction and expectations for Day 2 – Select team to present main highlights of Day 1 19:00 WELCOME DINNER Day 2 | Tuesday, April 8 8:30–9:00am Recap of Day 1 and Introduction Day 2 By Group Representatives and Facilitators 9:00–9:45 Hearing from our Development Partners By Denmark, UN Women, ENERGIA, SNV, ECREE SESSION 4 | PROJECT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS 9:45–10:45 Demystifying Monitoring and Evaluation By Facilitators – Understanding gender indicators, targets, outputs, and outcomes within energy programs 10:45–11:00 COFFEE BREAK SESSION 5 | LOOKING AHEAD AND DEVELOPING OUR ROAD MAP 11:00–12:00 Main Lessons from AFREA Phase I By Country Teams and Partners – What are the main successes and success factors? – What were the challenges? – What do we want to replicate? – What do we want to scale up? – Country Notes | Gender and Energy Approaches 12:00–13:00 Breakout Groups By Country Teams and Partners – Roadmap: Where do we want to go? – Capacity Building: What do we need to learn in order to get there, and how will we learn? 13:00–14:00 LUNCH   15 Day 2 Continued | Tuesday, April 8 14:00–14:15 Energizing Session By Camilla Gandini 14:15–15:30 Continuation Breakout Groups By Country Teams and Partners – Roadmap: Where do we want to go? – Capacity Building: What do we need to learn in order to get there, and how will we learn? 15:00–15:30 Community of Practice (CoP) By Camilla Gandini – What is a CoP and examples of effective CoPs 15:30–16:00 COFFEE BREAK 16:00 Continuation of Breakout Groups 17:45–18:00 Reflections By Facilitators – Wrap-Up and Q&A – Introduction and expectations for Day 3 – Select team to present main highlights of Day 2 Day 3 | Wednesday, April 9 9:00–9:30am Recap of Day 2 and Introduction to Day 3 By Group Representatives and Facilitators SESSION 6 | NETWORKING APPROACHES: CoPs, TIPS and TRICKS 9:30–10:00 Community of Practice By Camilla Gandini – What is a COP and examples of effective CoPs SESSION 7 | ACTION PLANNING TO ACHIEVE RESULTS 10:00–10:45 Workshop Wrap-Up By Facilitators working with Country Teams and Partners – Preparing to tell our story of the past two days to policymakers 10:45–11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00–12:30 Report Back to Policymakers By Country Team Representatives – Road Map – Country Notes | Gender and Energy Approaches – AFREA Gender and Energy CoP 12:30–13:00 Concluding Remarks By Senegalese Agency for Rural Electrification (ASER), Director General, Mrs. Rokhaya Gueye      representing Mr. Antou Gueye Samba 13:00–14:00 CLOSING LUNCH 16   ANNEX 2 | Opening and Closing Speeches SPEAKING NOTES FOR WORLD BANK ACTING COUNTRY DIRECTOR, Mr. DEMETRIOS PAPATHANASIOU Mr. Chief of Staff, representing his Excellency, the Minister of Women, Family and Youth; Mrs. the Director of Petroleum, representing his Excellency, the Minister of Energy Good morning: I also wish to thank Government representatives from all countries; My thanks also go to representatives of our partners, embassies, donors, international organizations as well as all other institutions joining us here today; I would like to thank all the participants by having responded to the invitation of the World Bank to this important capacity building and experience sharing workshop on gender and energy. Let me especially thank the Chief of Staff of his Excellency, Minister of Women, Family and Youth whose presence at this ceremony reflects the commitment of the Ministry to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. It is a great pleasure for me to speak to you this morning on matters of such great importance and at the heart of debates on development. Research from around the world has shown that gender inequality tends to slow down economic growth and hamper poverty alleviation. Reducing inequalities between men and women can allow significant progress in terms of development and it is important to narrow gender gaps by not just looking at the symptoms but by tackling the root causes of these inequalities. In every society, men and women tend to play different social and economic roles, are assigned differing responsibilities, and may have unequal access to economic opportunities and productive resources. Women and men may have different capabilities, needs, interests and priorities, and may bring different contributions to development initiatives. That is why for the World Bank, the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women are viewed as an integral and necessary elements to reduce poverty and enhance economic growth. Enhancing the Bank’s inclusive growth agenda is possible through increasing women’s access to economic opportunities and productive resources. Increasingly, gender responsive approaches to development are mainstreamed into project planning and implementation within the Bank’s lending projects and knowledge programs. Following the release of the World Development Report 2012 which emphasized that greater gender equality can enhance productivity, make institutions more representatives, and improve development outcomes for the next generation; the World Bank has made gender mainstreaming a corporate priority. In practice, this translates into integrating a gender perspective throughout the operational cycle to improve gender equity in project participation, benefits and opportunities. It can improve the participation of women in policy making, sectoral planning, delivery of services in various sectors, and more equitable sharing of short and long-term benefits from development. Several instruments and tools have been set up to include gender in policy dialogue, with countries analysis, and in the various reforms. As you know, the reason for this workshop is to exchange ideas and share experiences and provide capacity building on gender mainstreaming in the energy sector. Improving gender equality and social inclusion remains critical to fully realizing the development impact of energy programs. As a result, WB is committed to empower women as users of energy, as well as enabling women to become providers of energy services or make productive use of energy for income generation.   17 In this regard, the first phase of AFREA has supported gender mainstreaming approaches in policies and projects for access to energy in your countries and the second phase which is approved will expand the scope of activities beyond energy access to include electricity infrastructure, projects supporting national utilities, and policy and reform projects. To conclude, you are here today because you have a keen sense of these gender issues—you are addressing the challenge of gender mainstreaming in your work and you have valuable lessons to share with each other. I want to commend each of you for your commitment and work on promoting gender equality. It is the lessons from the ground—from fieldwork, dialogue with communities and women and men—that allow us to improve programs to be more inclusive and responsive to the needs of women, men and the communities we serve. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION      Ministry of Energy-Senegal (No translation available) Monsieur le Directeur de Cabinet, Représentant Madame le Ministre de la Femme, de la Famille et de l’Enfance ; Monsieur le Représentant de la Banque Mondiale ; Mesdames, Messieurs les Représentants des corps diplomatiques ; Mesdames, Messieurs les Représentants des organisations internationales ; Mesdames, Messieurs les Partenaires techniques et financiers ; Mesdames, Messieurs les Participants des pays pilote ; Chers invités. C’est avec un réel plaisir que je viens représenter ici, Madame Maïmouna NDOYE SECK, Ministre de l’Energie, empêchée, à l’ouverture de l’atelier sur le renforcement des capacités en genre et énergie organisé par les équipes de la Banque Mondiale (AFREA, ESMAP, l’institut de la Banque Mondiale). Je voudrais, à l’entame de mon propos, saluer l’ensemble des décideurs, experts, partenaires, communautés et acteurs de développement ici présents, et souhaiter la bienvenue à tous les participants venus de l’étranger pour partager leur expertise, expériences et préoccupations sur la prise en compte dans les programmes d’énergie, de la dimension genre qui est transversale et incontournable pour un développement durable. C’est également pour moi, l’occasion de magnifier, l’ambition de la Banque mondiale d’appuyer la prise en compte du genre dans tous les processus relatifs à l’accès à l’énergie. Cette démarche est louable, car, pendant longtemps, les questions de genre n’ont pas été bien mises en exergue dans l’élaboration des politiques et programmes énergétiques. (Comme l’ont montré les audits de genre dans les politiques énergétiques de 5 pays africains1 dont le Sénégal menés en 2007). Chers participants, La Nouvelle Lettre de Politique de Développement du Secteur de l’Energie du Sénégal (LPDSE) 2012/2017, assoit une nouvelle vision stratégique du Sénégal pour le secteur de l’Energie, tournée vers: « Un secteur énergétique performant et assurant une parfaite disponibilité de l’énergie au moindre coût possible et garantissant un accès universel aux services énergétiques modernes dans le respect des principes d’acceptabilité sociale et environnementale.» 18   Vous l’aurez constaté, les préoccupations liées à l’équité et à l’accès universel à l’énergie, sont au coeur de cette nouvelle vision du Sénégal pour le secteur énergétique. Cela se passe dans un contexte mondial ou de plus en plus, les préoccupations liées à la prise en compte du genre dans les politiques et programmes pour un développement durable gagnent en intensité, notamment en cette période de revue des objectifs du millénaire pour le développement. Permettez-moi d’évoquer la déclaration des Ministres du Genre et de la Condition Féminine des pays membres de l’Union africaine, relative au programme de développement pour l’après 2015. Adoptée le 08 février 2014, elle met en évidence que même si des progrès ont été accomplis au cours des 15 dernières années dans l’atteinte de l’OMD3 relatif à l’égalité des sexes et à l’autonomisation des femmes, des efforts restent à faire dans certains domaines. La Déclaration souligne expressément l’importance de mettre davantage l’accent sur « les questions systémiques sous-jacentes, telles que la discrimination et le manque d’accès et de contrôle des ressources ». L’on ne peut manquer de souligner à cet égard, l’importance de concevoir et d’élaborer des stratégies pour une pleine jouissance du droit à l’énergie, vu comme un droit fondamental pour l’accès aux ressources énergétiques tout en préservant l’environnement. Chers participants, « Garantir la sécurité énergétique et l’accès à l’énergie pour tous afin d’impulser une croissance économique et un développement équitable » est le tout 1er axe stratégique de la nouvelle politique de développement du secteur de l’énergie au Sénégal (Lpdse) 2012/2017. Il s’en suit donc que les projets et programmes du secteur doivent de manière transversale, prendre en compte toutes les composantes de la société. L’accès aux services énergétiques modernes, doit impérativement tenir compte des spécificités et des besoins différenciés des hommes, des femmes, des jeunes, des personnes âgées, des personnes en situation de handicap. A cet égard, l’approche genre s’avère être un outil nécessaire pour aider à prendre en considération le fait que les rôles, droits et responsabilités assignés à chaque sexe dans la société, au-delà d’être différents, tendent à induire des inégalités dans des sphères essentielles de la vie, dont l’accès aux ressources énergétiques notamment. L’analyse genre doit donc nécessairement inspirer la configuration de la chaîne d’approvisionnement, la priorisation des formes d’énergies et le choix des technologies. C’est ce qu’ambitionnent de faire des programmes comme le PROGEDE 2, le PERACOD ou le PNB-SN, partant des besoins spécifiques des populations pour remonter la chaine et proposer des technologies et des approches qui favorisent une implication active des femmes. De telles démarches ont l’avantage d’impacter réellement sur les communautés, dès lors qu’il y a une préoccupation pour un accès renforcé à des services énergétiques adaptés aux priorités de développement local durable. C’est aussi ce qui a guidé le Programme d’électrification rurale du Sénégal, conduit par l’ASER qui vient de boucler une évaluation sur la prise en compte du genre, grâce à l’appui du Programme AFREA de la Banque Mondiale. Chers participants Une attention particulière mérite toutefois, d’être portée sur la situation des femmes, surtout celles vivant en milieu rural, où, elles parcourent chaque jour plusieurs kilomètres pour la collecte de bois2 à des fins de cuisson. L’on ne mesure pas toujours à sa juste valeur, tout l’investissement que cela requiert en termes de charge et de temps de travail.   19 Il s’y ajoute que le calendrier journalier des femmes est surchargé par des activités liées à la gestion de la famille, qu’elles effectuent durant 15 à 17 h de temps par jour. L’allègement des tâches par une juste appréciation des besoins des femmes en énergie, est une préoccupation centrale dans la nouvelle vision de l’Etat pour le secteur de l’Energie avec l’objectif stratégique d’ « élargir l’accès des populations aux services modernes de l’Energie en veillant à une répartition plus équitable des efforts, privilégiant les régions défavorisées et les couches vulnérables. » Ainsi, un taux de 60% d’électrification rurale est visé à l’horizon 2017 contre 24% en 2013. Aussi, au-delà de la sphère reproductive, les femmes ont des besoins en énergie dans la sphère productive où, par rapport aux hommes, elles ont moins accès aux ressources productives (accès à la terre et aux technologies), aux financements et aux investissements. 2 Par exemple : 2,79 km dans la région de Fatick pour la collecte et qu’environ 61,74% du bois de feu consommé en milieu rural est collecté. L›accès à des services énergétiques modernes et abordables est une condition essentielle pour arriver à une croissance économique et à la réduction de la pauvreté. Les femmes y ont droit, en tant qu’actrices à part entière du développement. La nouvelle vision de l’accès à l’énergie mesure pleinement le rôle des femmes en tant qu’actrices du développement ainsi que les difficultés qui se présentent à elles dans le développement d’activités génératrices de revenu. Chers participants C’est dire que le terrain est bien balisé et la volonté politique réelle, à travers la nouvelle lettre de politique de développent du secteur de l’Energie au Sénégal , qui entre en droite ligne des objectifs de la CEDEAO dont l’objectif global est de faire accéder au moins la moitié de la population périurbaine et rurale aux services énergétiques modernes en 2015 en vue de l’atteinte des OMD. Il s’y ajoute autant d’initiatives favorables à l’intégration du « genre » dans les projets et programmes relatifs à l’Energie , comme c’est la cas avec AFREA et ESMAP dévelopés par la Banque mondiale. Avant de finir, je voudrais relever que, c’est assurément à travers une approche holistique, c’est-à-dire multisectorielle et inclusive que nous réussirons l’intégration des questions de genre dans les politiques et programmes du secteur de l’Energie, au niveau africain notamment. Enfin , permettez-moi de relever l’attention particulière que le Ministre de l’Energie accorde aux échanges d’expériences sur les activités menées dans les pays couverts3 au cours de la première phase du programme AFREA , car constituant un cadre d’apprentissage pour renforcer la dynamique du partenariat Sud-sud dans le domaine du Genre et Energie. Aussi, le profil des participants et la mobilisation des partenaires nous permettent d’espérer des conclusions bien exploitables, ainsi qu’un accompagnement dans leur mise en oeuvre. 3 Sénégal, Mali, Bénin, Tanzanie, Kenya et Zambie Mesdames, Messieurs, Je nous souhaite de fructueux travaux et vous remercie de votre aimable attention      20   Ministry of Women, Family and Youth-Senegal (No translation available) Chers compatriotes, chers invités Je voudrais au nom de Madame Anta Sarr, Ministre de la Femme, de la Famille et de l’Enfance, qui vous exprime tout son regret de ne pouvoir être avec vous ce matin, souhaiter la bienvenue à toutes les délégations venues des pays frères. Je voudrais également remercier la Banque Mondiale pour le choix porté sur le Sénégal, pays d’hospitalité légendaire, pour abriter cette importante rencontre. A ce titre, je voudrais vous dire, comme il est de coutume au pays de la Téranga, Dallène ak Diam. Mesdames et Messieurs ; La rencontre de ce matin revêt à nos yeux une importance capitale, d’autant plus que les problèmes de genre se posent avec acuité dans le secteur de l’énergie et se présentent de manière presque uniforme dans l’ensemble de nos pays. En effet, dans nos pays en voie de développement, les femmes consacrent un quart de leur temps à satisfaire les besoins énergétiques du foyer et sont les plus touchées par les problèmes de santé que génèrent les énergies généralement utilisées (par exemple : les problèmes respiratoires dûs aux émissions des lampes à pétrole, la pollution de l’air dans leur maison résultant de la cuisson au bois énergie etc.). Les femmes sont également affectées par le manque d’accès à l’énergie et aux services énergétiques appropriés dans leurs domaines d’activité, ce qui fait qu’elles sont contraintes d’utiliser leur énergie métabolique. Par contre, plusieurs études démontrent que les femmes sont aussi des leaders dans le domaine de l’énergie, et qu’elles peuvent contribuer de manière très efficace au développement des services énergétiques dans leur communauté. Il est dès lors heureux de voir que le programme AFREA travaille pour contribuer à l’égalité des sexes dans le secteur de l’énergie à partir d’études, d’enquêtes, de documents, et expériences du terrain pour garantir l’accès à l’énergie, à travers la prise en compte effective des préoccupations des hommes et des femmes dans ce secteur stratégique. Mesdames et Messieurs ; Etant entendu que des politiques bien réfléchies en matière d’énergie sont aujourd’hui reconnues comme les créneaux porteurs qui doivent permettre à nos pays de sortir de la pauvreté, il devient dès lors urgent de réfléchir à la façon dont celles-ci doivent favoriser l’égalité de genre et le développement mais surtout l’atteinte des OMD. Car il est désormais nul besoin de démontrer que prendre en compte le genre dans les politiques énergétiques permet d’éradiquer l’extrême pauvreté et la faim ; de favoriser l’éducation primaire universelle, de réduire la mortalité maternelle et infantile, de lutter contre le VIH / sida, le Paludisme et les autres maladies, et d’assurer un environnement durable etc. C’est pourquoi, les politiques énergiques sont tenues de prêter une grande attention aux rôles différents des hommes et des femmes dans la recherche de solutions énergétiques, ainsi qu’aux caractéristiques de la différence de besoins énergétiques entre les sexes, ainsi que les opportunités économiques que peut leur procurer ce secteur. Mesdames et Messieurs, Permettez-moi de vous dire que mon département s’achemine résolument vers l’élaboration d’une nouvelle Stratégie pour l’Equité et l’Egalité de Genre (SNEEG), qui sera le nouveau cadre de référence de la politique nationale en matière de genre d’ici l’horizon 2035, arrimé aux orientations stratégiques du Plan Sénégal Emergent (PSE). La transversalité du genre, alliée au caractère multidimensionnel de l’énergie nous amène aujourd’hui à considérer cette nouvelle question émergeante comme incontournable et à lui donner une dimension certaine dans l’atteinte des objectifs que nous ne manquerons pas de nous fixer pour l’instauration d’un environnement favorable pour l’équité et l’égalité de genre dans notre pays.   21 Mesdames et messieurs, Avant de terminer, je voudrais vous signifier que je n’ai aucun doute qu’au sortir de cet atelier, le partage d’expérience aidant, vous serez assez outillés pour mieux adresser les prochaines étapes du programme. Je suis également convaincu que les discussions éclairées et engagées que vous aurez ici, déboucheront sur des recommandations pertinentes, capables de rendre les politiques, programmes et projets énergétiques de vos pays respectifs plus sensibles au genre pour l’accès des population, hommes et femmes aux services énergétiques durables et à des moyens d’existence améliorés. Je vous remercie de votre aimable attention      Présenté par Mme Rokhaya Diao GUEYE (No translation available) Directrice Administrative et Comptable de l’ASER Mesdames, messieurs, Chers Participants ! Durant ces trois derniers jours, nous avons eu droit à des échanges très fructueux axés fondamentalement sur deux points : 1.  LE LIEN FORT QUI EXISTE ENTRE GENRE ET ENERGIE : Au regard des besoins différenciés des hommes et des femmes, en particulier des femmes rurales qui sont confrontées à des tâches très pénibles telles que : ■■ l’exhaure ■■ La mouture ■■ La collecte de bois pour la cuisson ■■ les conditions sanitaires lors des accouchements, ■■ les conditions d’accès difficiles liées au manque d’éclairage qui expose les femmes à l’insécurité. Les services énergétiques pourraient donc avoir des effets très bénéfiques parmi lesquels on peut en citer quelques uns : ■■ réduire fortement la pénibilité de ces activités précitées ■■ permettre à la femme de gagner du temps pour s’occuper d’autres activités génératrices de revenus ; ce qui entraîne le bien être social quand on sait qu’elle est la pièce maîtresse, le pivot de la famille qui complète l’homme dans la construction de la famille. ■■ Accroître le pouvoir économique des femmes par la création de richesse. 2.  L’INTEGRATION DU GENRE DANS LES POLITIQUES ET PROGRAMMES D’ACCES A L’ENERGIE : Le processus d’intégration a été bien expliqué par les facilitateurs : ■■ En partant de l’évaluation pour connaître l’existant ■■ la mise en place du plan d’action validé, ■■ la mise en œuvre de ce Plan d’Action, ■■ le suivi-évaluation, ■■ l’achèvement et la capitalisation. 22   Nous avons aussi beaucoup appris des collègues venant du Mali, de la Zambie, de la Tanzanie, du Kenya, de la RDC, du Bénin et du Sénégal bien entendu. De leurs expériences très enrichissantes dans le domaine de l’implication des femmes dans la promotion de l’efficacité énergétique, le développement de l’entreprenariat féminin avec la transformation des produits locaux et bien entendu l’expérience du PROGEDE (Sénégal) en matière de capacitation des femmes dans le domaine de la filière charbon de bois. Je ne saurai terminer sans évoquer la présentation des différents partenaires : Banque Mondiale, ENERGIA, SNV, ECOWAS, Ambassade du Danemark au Mali, ONU Femme qui ont bien voulu partager avec nousleurs expertises et réalisations respectives qui suscitent beaucoup d’espoir. Nous osons espérer, qu’à travers cette collaboration, les projets, plans d’action et activités que nous avons identifiés, pourront se concrétiser avec la mise à disposition de financement et d’assistance technique, dans le cadre de partenariats durables à établir avec l’ensemble des institutions ci-dessus mentionnées. Sur cette note, je déclare, au nom du Directeur Général de l’ASER, l’atelier « Genre et Energie » , clos. Nous vous souhaitons un bon retour dans vos familles respectives et plein succès pour la continuation de vos projets. Présenté par Mme Rokhaya Diao GUEYE Directrice Administrative et Comptable de l’ASER        23 Annex 3 | Participants List AFREA GENDER AND ENERGY WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS NAME ORGANIZATION BENIN Cocou Elavagnon Herbert Kouletio Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Coffi Able Increased Access to Modern Energy Project (DAEM) Josephine Kanakin United Nations Development Program (UNDP) CAPE VERDE Monica Maduekwe ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) KENYA Agnes Mugeci Obara Kenya Power & Lighting Company Limited (KPLC) MALI Hamadoun Oumar Toure Malian Agency for Household Energy and Rural Electrification (AMADER) Traore Kaltoumi Ali Béidari AMADER Niang Emma Kourouma KAMA SA Adama Moussa UN Women Pierre Gravel SNV Netherlands Development Organization Ely Dembélé Danish Embassy Guindo Fatoumata Sidibé Danish Embassy NETHERLANDS Joy Clancy ENERGIA, University of Twente SENEGAL Oumou Sougoufara Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management Project (PROGEDE 2) Mamadou Diop PROGEDE 2 Fatoumata Souaré Coulibaly PROGEDE 2 Asmawou Diallo PROGEDE 2 Mariama Diarra PROGEDE 2 Salimatou Konté PROGEDE 2 Agnes Daba Thiaw PROGEDE 2 Alassane Ngom PROGEDE 2 Ibrahima Niang PROGEDE 2 Rokhaya Ndiaye PROGEDE 2 Salimata Ba PROGEDE 2 Yacine Diagne Gueye Environment and Development Action in the Third World (ENDA), ENERGIA Antou Gueye Samba Senegalese Agency for Rural Electrification (ASER) Ousmane Fall Sarr ASER Malick Gaye ASER Rokhaya Diaw Gueye ASER 24   AFREA GENDER AND ENERGY WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS (Continued) NAME ORGANIZATION SENEGAL (Continued) Malick Koita ASER Khady Ndiaye ASER Mireille Afoudji Program for the promotion of renewable energy, rural electrification and sustainable supply of household fuels (PERACOD) Maïmouna Bâ Seck PERACOD Fatou Drame Ministry of Women, Family, and Youth Astou Diouf Ministry of Women, Family and Youth Souadou Dramé Ministry of Finance Fatou Thiam Sow Ministry of Energy Dienaba Wane Ndiaye UN Women Awa Seck World Bank Mademba Ndiaye World Bank Daniella Van Leggelo Padilla World Bank Fatouma Toure Ibrahima Wane World Bank Amadou Mamadou Watt World Bank Demetrios Papathanasiou World Bank Aifa Fatimata Ndoye Niane World Bank Salamata Bal World Bank Seynabou Thiaw Seye World Bank Mouhamedou Papa Demba Wade World Bank TANZANIA Mary Ngusaru Rural Energy Agency (REA) Erneus Kaijage World Bank WASHINGTON DC Vanessa Lopes Janik ESMAP Inka Schomer World Bank Waafas Ofosu-Amaah World Bank Institute Camilla Gandini World Bank Institute ZAMBIA Ngoza Nkwabilo Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (ZESCO) Racheal Mubipe ZESCO Charity Mwansa Department of Mines, Energy and Water Development Anna Banda Department of Mines, Energy and Water Development   25 Annex 4 | Press Coverage and Related Links TV Report French  |  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3djwC5ri7DA&feature=youtu.be TV Report (Wolof) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9F2jeEZ9J4&feature=youtu.be WB Eng: LES BENEFICIAIRES DU PROGRAMME AFREA PARTAGENT LES EXPERIENCES (Sudonline.com (Senegal)) Document Title: Energie : La Banque mondiale vole au secours des femmes Document Source: Liberation (Senegal) Integrating Gender and Social Inclusion into Energy Programs: Knowledge Exchange in Senegal. http://www.esmap.org/node/4470 26   ACRONYMS AFREA Africa Renewable Energy and Access C4D Collaboration for Development ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States ECOW-GEN ECOWAS Programme on Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Access ECREE Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency ESMAP Energy Sector Management Assistance Program M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MRU Mano-River Union PROGEDE II Senegal Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management Project R&D Research and Development SNV Netherlands Development Organization SE4ALL Sustainable Energy for All   27 The first phase of the Africa Renewable Energy and Access (AFREA) Program was established in 2009 to help meet the energy needs and widen access to energy services in Sub-Saharan African countries in a an environmentally responsible way. Since then, the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the World Bank’s Africa Energy Unit have managed this dedicated ESMAP program for Sub Saharan Africa. Now in its second Phase, AFREA II will continue to help find workable, scaleable solutions to Africa’s energy deficit in the following ways:  romoting increased access to energy, with an emphasis on meeting basic household energy needs, and • P developing renewable energy and other low carbon energy sources;  reating an enabling environment for regional cooperation and private sector participation in energy generation, • C transmission and distribution; and  omplementing and supporting the Africa Energy Unit’s “Energy-Driven Development” vision of poverty reduction, • C green growth and making biomass sustainable in low income and post conflict countries. Production Credits Original design Naylor Design, Inc. Adaptation and Production | Marjorie K. Araya, ESMAP AFREA Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) The World Bank The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 USA Washington, DC 20433 USA Web: www.worldbank.org/afr/energy Email: esmap@worldbank.org Web: www.esmap.org