Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Infrastructure Projects: Asia and Pacific Regional Meeting

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1 Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Infrastructure Projects: Asia and Pacific Regional Meeting ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines: November 2008 Day 1: Monday, November 10, 2008 Program 8:00-8:30 Registration and Light Breakfast Opening Session Chaired by: Shireen Lateef, Chair, MDB Gender Working Group, and Director, Southeast Asia Social Sectors Division, ADB 8:30-9:00 Welcoming Remarks: Rajat Nag, Managing Director General, ADB Videotaped Opening Remarks by Jim Adams, Vice President East Asia, World Bank Videotaped Welcome Address by Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Vice President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, ADB Setting the Context: Gender and Infrastructure Chaired by: Maryse Gautier, Acting Country Director for the Philippines, World Bank 9:00-9:45 Introductory Presentations: Mayra Buvinic, Director, Gender and Development Group, World Bank; Maddalena Pezzotti, Chief, Gender and Diversity Unit, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Does Gender Matter? What does research tell us? Nistha Sinha, Economist, Gender and Development Group, World Bank Short Q and A The structure of the Workshop: Dominique Lallement, Gender and Infrastructure Consultant Adviser, World Bank. Module 1: Learning from Success and Getting Results 9:45-12:00 The objective of this module is to illustrate through successful case studies that (i) it is possible to engender infrastructure policies and projects, and (ii) projects which have been engendered throughout design and implementation lead to greater development effectiveness and sustainability. The case studies will illustrate how to mobilize stakeholders, how to sequence interventions, what tools and resources were used, and what various groups of stakeholders

2 can contribute: central and local government, private sector, NGOs. Chair: WooChong Um, Director, Energy, Transport and Water Division, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Plenary: Case Studies Presentation (10mn each) Speaker 1: Bangladesh- Third Rural Infrastructure Development Project Ferdousi Sultana, Social Development Officer, ADB Bangladesh Speaker 2: China. Liaoning Urban Transport: Changing Project Design Shomik Raj Mehndiratta, Senior Transportation Specialist, World Bank Speaker 3: Telebanking in the Middle East: Gender Mainstreaming in Private sector investments Lina Hediah, Chief Information Officer, EastNets, Dubai Q and A 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break Small Group Discussion: Getting Results 11:00-12:00 Participants will be asked to reflect on the successful cases presented and identify (i) how to concretely integrate gender dimensions into projects they are currently working on; (ii) what needs to be done to ensure success; and (iii) what results would be expected as a result of integrating gender into their projects. Plenary Reports from Group Discussion on Getting Results 12:00-12:30 Open Discussion Concluding remarks by Session Chair 12:30-13:30 Lunch (Executive Dining Room Coffee Lounge) Module 2: Listening to Women's and Men's Needs for Infrastructure and Infrastructure Services. 13:30-16:30 Chair: Maddalena Pezzotti, Chief, Gender and Diversity Unit, IDB The objective of this module is to share experience from projects in which the needs of women and men have successfully been integrated into project design or redesign. Plenary: Case Studies Presentation (10mn each) 13:30-14:15 Speaker 1: Laos-Rural Electrification: Do Government and Financiers listen to men and women?

3 Jie Tang, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank Speaker 2: Philippines: Rural Energy: Gender Mainstreaming in partnerships local government-ngos Feri Lumampao, Director, APROTECH, the Philippines Speaker 3: Peru- Rural Roads (World Bank and IDB financed) Nicolas Peltier, Senior Infrastructure Economist, World Bank Q and A Small Group Discussion: Listening to Women and Men: How to make it happen 14:15-15:15 Participants will be asked to share concrete experience in processes within their respective organizations and on the ground to identify (i) processes and tools that work well, (ii) constraints and areas of improvement, in order to mainstream gender in infrastructure projects. Participants will be grouped mixing country delegations (which will include MDB staff working on programs in the relevant country) to enable less experienced countries to learn from more experienced ones. Plenary: Reporting From Working Groups 15:15-16:00 Open Discussion Concluding Remarks by Session Chair 16:00-16:30 Tea break - video showing on Sri Lanka Third Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (ADB) at tea area Moderated Panel: Gender, Infrastructure, and Social Risk Mitigation Moderator: Robert J. Dobias, Director, Gender and Social Development Division, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB 16:30-17:30 Panel Members: Monawar Sultana, Social Development Specialist, Southeast Asia Infrastructure Division, ADB, on gender and resettlement in the Mekong Region; Claude Bodart, Health Specialist, East Asia Social Sector Division, ADB, on HIV prevention in transport project in Yunnan, PRC ; and Nilufar Ahmad, Senior Social Scientist, Social Development Policy Unit, World Bank, on Sierra Leone, Hydropower Project. Open Discussion Summary by Panel Chair 17:30-18:30 Open Session (optional): Gender and Climate Change Mitigation in Infrastructure Projects. Short video on impact of Climate Change. Open discussion moderated by World Bank 18:30 Cocktail Reception (Courtyard in front of Auditorium)

4 20:00 Bus departs to hotel Day 2: Tuesday, November 11, :30-8:45 Coffee and Short video on Nigeria-Rural Telephony (IFC) 8:45-9:00 Brief Recap on Day 1 by Workshop Moderators, and on Day 2 Objectives Module 3- Customizing to the Sectors Chair: Michaela Bergman, EBRD 9:00-12:00 The objective of Module 3 is (i) to map issues and solutions common to all sectors; (ii) to identify gender issues specific to each sector; and (iii) to identify synergies between sectors. This module will reflect on three main questions: 1. What is specific to: Energy, ICT, Irrigation, Transport, Sanitation and Water, Urban? 2. What are the merits and constraints to sector specific versus multisector approach? 3. Within and across sectors, are different approaches needed for small versus large-scale projects, e.g. small versus large scale irrigation; power transmission project versus off-grid community based. Plenary Case Studies Speaker 1: Gender in Rural Transport Marinke van Riet, Executive Secretary, International Forum for Rural Transport and Development Speaker 2: Gender Responsive Transport Project Designs in Asia Pacific - Timor Leste Road Sector Improvement Project Francesco Tornieri, Social Development Specialist, Gender and Social Development Division, ADB 9:00-10:30 Speaker 3: Identifying Gender Specificity and Synergies in Sectors, with illustrations from projects in Slum Upgrading, ICT, and Mining (Papua & New Guinea). Dominique Lallement, Gender and Infrastructure Consultant Adviser, World Bank Speaker 4: Identifying gender Specificity and Scale Issues in Sectors, with illustrations from projects in Irrigation and Rural Water Supply. Sonomi Tanaka, Principal Social Development Specialist, Gender and Social Development Division, ADB Q and A 10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

5 10:45-12:00 Interactive Plenary: Customizing to the Sectors: How to Make it happen. Moderator: Gillian Brown, Gender Coordinator for East Asia, World Bank Practical exercise in sector groups, to enable participants to identify gender questions for their sector, and role play on how integrating gender in project activities. Debriefing in Plenary 12:00-13:30 Lunch (Executive Dining Room Coffee Lounge) Module 4: Challenge of Implementation Monitoring Results and Outcomes The objective of this module is to establish how to move from policy to project outcomes and develop a common understanding on (i) how to assess results and outcomes of engendering infrastructure portfolios, and (ii) a common platform moving forward. The Module will address four questions: 13:30-17:00 1. Taking stock of policy objectives what do we want to monitor? 2. Selectivity versus comprehensive monitoring? 3. Measuring outcomes versus research: how much money should be spent from a decision-maker perspective? 4. What do we all want to do moving forward? Chair: Nistha Sinha, Senior Economist, Gender and Development group, World Bank Plenary Case Studies 13:30-14:15 Speaker 1: Nepal Irrigation Management Transfer Shyam Rajbhandari, Department of Irrigation, Nepal Speaker 2: Monitoring Results and Evaluating Impacts and Outcomes (Examples from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Peru). Dominique Lallement, Consultant, the World Bank. Q & A Moderated Panel: Where do we stand now? Taking stock of institutional experience. 14:15-15:15 Panelists: Shireen Lateef: ADB Portfolio Review & Gender Guidelines, Nilufar Ahmad: World Bank Portfolio Review, and Maddalena Pezzotti: Gender and Infrastructure in IDB: Michaela Bergman: Gender and Infrastructure Issues in EBRD Region Respondent: Yumiko Tanaka, JICA Senior Advisor, Institute of International Cooperation, JICA: JICA is expanding its infrastructure program: what

6 lessons from the MDBs experience can be applied to new JICA? 15:15-15:30 Presentation by Mayra Buvinic, Director, Gender and Development group, World Bank: Moving Forward: Linking Policies to Project Results and Outcomes Interactive Plenary on Gender Mainstreaming: Developing a Common Platform 15:30-16:30 Participants will first work in Country delegations to outline a gender mainstreaming plan of action for their country, reflecting on priority issues and processes, as well as sectors, in order to successfully mainstream gender in the development and investment programs in infrastructure. They will also be asked to identify some results and impact indicators. 16:30-16:45 Tea break Chair: Shireen Lateef, ADB, Mayra Buvinic, World Bank 16:45-17:30 Reports and discussion from interactive plenary Feedback from participants on the workshop Final concluding remarks from two chairs 17:30 Meeting Adjourned