GENDER MAINSTRAIMING IN THE SUSTAINABLE AND PARTICIPATORY ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROJECT IN SENEGAL WORLD BANK ENERGY WEEK 2006 Presented by YOUSSOU LO PROGEDE Coordinator

SUMMARY 1. CONTEXT 2. DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES 3. SPECIFIC GENDER ELEMENTS OF PROGEDE 4. ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS 5. BENEFITS FOR WOMEN AND MEN 6. IMPACT OF GENDER APPROACH ON GENDER EFFECTIVENESS ( MAIN LESSONS LEARNED ) 7. CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE PROJECT PLANNING

CONTEXT  Gradual degradation of forest cover (30000 ha/year)  Charcoal consumption of T  Consumption in principal urban areas 76% THREE STONES FUELWOOD STOVE

CONTEXT (con’t)  Impoverishment of rural areas with acceleration of exodus  Inequity of forestry exploitations and patterns: women are confined to roadside retailers and men to production site and large scale retailers in urban sector.

CONTEXT (con’t) The situation of women in the project area needs special attention:  Women account for 50.9% of total population  High level of poverty among women  Illiteracy stands at 75% for women  Lack of political voice

CONTEXT (con’t)  Weak access in the area of micro- credit  More time devoted to domestic work such as collection of fuelwood and water, household maintenance and cooking which deprive them from undertaking income generating activities

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES From the outset, the project focuses on a nexus approach to the sector, recognizing that the development of the traditional energy sector can lead to tangible results to environmental sustainability, rural poverty alleviation, energy and economic efficiency and gender equity From the outset, the project focuses on a nexus approach to the sector, recognizing that the development of the traditional energy sector can lead to tangible results to environmental sustainability, rural poverty alleviation, energy and economic efficiency and gender equity

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES Biodiversity reserves GIS/DB ON Ha Sustainable management of Ha of NR FOREST INVENTORY

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES  Institutional development  Modernization of charcoal trade  Economic diversification of charcoal traders  Charcoal improved stove Energy shop Improved stove Charcoal bagMillenium Gelfuel

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES  Meeting an important part of the rapidly growing urban demand for household fuels  Arresting further loss of forest cover and ecosystem’s carbon sequestration potentials and biodiversity in MA Charcoal trucks Biodiversity & CO2 Sequestration

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES  Management of ha of NF  Creating a protection zone around the NKNP (biodiversity reserve)

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES  Providing private sector inter- fuel substitution; Improved stoves initiatives  Capacity building activities

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES PROGEDE focuses on:  Poverty alleviation rather than objectives target  Social equity  Income redistribution  NR tenure rights  Economic and social structure

SPECIFIC GENDER ELEMENTS OF PROGEDE  Consultative approach to involve key stakeholders  Series of national and regional project preparation workshop on gender inclusion and traditional energy  Series of participatory rural appraisals to obtain demographic, socio- economic and cultural information for the preparation of management plans

SPECIFIC GENDER ELEMENTS OF PROGEDE  Identification of relevant women’s development issues, specific training and capacity building  Series of meetings with women’s group, NGOs for better understanding the needs of rural women and best methods of implementation

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS  Vegetation GIS and DB for monitoring and evaluation of sector intervention  Sustainable management system: Ha  Production of sustainable Woodfuel : T/yr  Production of Charcoal: T/yr  Net CO2 reduction: T/yr in managed area

BENEFITS FOR WOMEN AND MEN  Participating villages: 317(including families; representing 21 % of the two regions)  Incremental revenues from Charcoal sale, poultry, apiculture, gardening and non wood forest products: US $12,5 Million/yr (approx.30% go to women)  Empowerment of rural associations (including women as group leader)

BENEFITS FOR WOMEN AND MEN  Poverty alleviation ($40000 annual income per village)  Rural community empowerment and social change  Generation of rural employment and incomes  Gender development (diversified production system)  Improved stoves benefit: families in urban area

IMPACTS OF GENDER APPROACH ON PROJECT EFFECTIVENESS (MAIN LESSONS LEARNED)  Recognition, valuation and mobilization of gender potentials can be a entry points on project effectiveness  Investigation in specific gender investment (special management activities for women and children) is relevant to gender participation and motivation  Capacity development in organization and education of beneficiaries are driving force in project success and sustainability

IMPACTS OF GENDER APPROACH ON PROJECT EFFECTIVENESS (MAIN LESSONS LEARNED)  Special attention to health, water access, household energy access and women’s work alleviation can help gender beneficiaries to focus on more income generating activities  Micro-credit line is necessary to support gender participation approach

CHALLENGE FOR FUTURE PROJECT PLANNING  Mainstreaming gender in the national environmental policies and programs (instead of added on women)  Extending sustainable forest and NRM to the rest of the fuelwood supply zones of the country and including women as full partners in decision- making and in program inception and implementation  Straightening the dialogue, integrated approach and links between NRM and other sectors (transport, agriculture, water, sanitation )

Woman at work Milk production Healthy Gender Community Forest Protein Diet