Duration
Phase I (2009 – 2013)
Phase II (2013 – 2016)
Areas of Intervention
National quality infrastructure system, market access, business environment, trade, poverty reduction, export performance enhancement, capacity building
Funding
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Gender Dimensions
- Sex-disaggregated data collection
- Gender mainstreaming activities
- Connection with existing gender-relevant counterparts
- Gender research in early stages (interviews & internal assessment), pushed gender policy and action plan
- Workshops, emphasis on role models (female leaders) and development of women workers technical skills
UNIDO’s Approach
- Gender mainstreaming guides for project managers
- Projects take gender into account at the design phase (prior to approval & implementation)
- Projects pair efforts with the gender initiatives in the national and / or regional context