Gender Mainstreaming in CWRDs Operations

A challenging portfolio with potentials

Susann Roth (Gender and Development Specialist) EFG Meeting 28 June 2011

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 23 % women in international staff positions 44 % of new recruits are women in 2011 21 % of positions level 6 and above held by women 1 women country director in KYRG 25 % of promoted staff in 2010 were women

Gender balance in CWRD

Public Financial management and Finance Sector Intermediary financing facilities Program loans (supporting social service reforms and social sectors)
Urban Development and Water/Sanitation Sector Urban Development mainly of larger infrastructure (MRTs) Water sanitation of secondary cities (establishment of utility companies) Energy Sector Transmission lines Energy efficiency projects Power plants Natural resource Sector Upstream irrigation systems

Challenging Portfolio

Performance in 2010

37% significant gender mainstreaming in 2010 compared to 28% in 2009

EGM/GEN Projects 2010

Division CWPF

Program/Project 1. GEO: Georgia Economic Rec. Supp Pgm 2. PAK: Punjab MDG 2 3. PAK: Sindh Growth & Rural Revit2 4.UZB: 2nd Small& Microfinance Intermediate Facility 5. KAZ: MFF-SME Dev. Proj T1 6.GEO: MFF-Georgia Sustainable Urban Transport T1 7. UZB: MFF-Water Supply & Sanitn Svcs Inv Pgm T2 8. KYR: Emergency Public Assistance for Recovery and reconstruction

Category EGM GEN EGM EGM EGM EGM EGM EGM

CWUW

RETA Promoting Gender Inclusive Growth in Central and West * Asia DMCs

Output 1 Improve countries capacity to collect, analyze and use sex-disaggregated data (collaboration with UNESCAP, conference in 2012)

Output 2 Assess sector specific gender issues (CGAs for UZB, KYRG, KAZ, GEO, ARM)
Output 3 Pilot projects funded, which result in gender equality and which support ADBs investments Output 4 Forge and sustain strategic partnership on GAD with other donors

*RETA 7563

CWRD Gender team

CWRD Gender Team
Division GAD Focal Points GAD Team CWRD Headquarter
January 2011

+ RETA Technical Committee

CWEN Jooho Wang CWUW V. Padmanabhan CWTC- Rika Idei CWPF- Y. Elhan-Kaylar CWER- R. Takaku RM Focal Points

Senior GAD Specialist Jeremy Stickings

GAD Specialist Susann Roth

Solid gender and development team integrated in CWRD

URM NO GAD Specialist Mekhri Khudayberdiyeva

GAD Specialist Consultant Wilma Rojas

Central Asia
Dewi Utami

Caucasus

West Asia

UZB

GEO

Keta Chkheidze

Tea Papuashvili

PAK

Uzma Altaf

Ruwani Jayewardene

KYRG G. Abdullaeva TAJ

G. Tentieva ARM

Consultants F. Nuriddinov
M. Nurseitova AZB

Gohar Mausaelyn

AFG

Shaima Zakhilwal

Noriko Sato

KAZ

Faraj Huseynbeyov

TURK

Consultants

Focal Points

Consultants

Focal Points

Consultants

Focal Points

Forecast for 2011

LEVEL 3 RESULT 13 out of 28 projects can achieve significant gender mainstreaming. 43 % of all CWRD projects

Gender mainstreaming of 40% of all CWRD projects will be achieved

LEVEL 3 RESULT 5 out of 10 ADF financed project can achieve significant gender mainstreaming.

Gender mainstreaming of 50% of all ADF financed project in CWRD will be achieved

50 % of ADF financed projects

Portfolio Management

GAP implementation and monitoring is strengthened to enhance gender equality results

GS in review missions

Roundtables with EAs

GAPs status inc. in all RM Portfolio review reports

The way forward 2012-2014

Development of CWRD Gender TA and JFPR pipeline as part of our country workplans

1 JFPR 1TA

1 JFPR

1 JFPR

1 JFPR 1 TA GEN Project 1 NO

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