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Project Name Preparing and Implementing Gender-Inclusive Projects in Central and West Asia
Project Number 54111-001
Country Regional
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Project Status Active
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Technical Assistance
Source of Funding / Amount
TA 0046-REG: Preparing and Implementing Gender-Inclusive Projects in Central and West Asia
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 3.00 million
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 3.00 million
Strategic Agendas Inclusive economic growth
Drivers of Change Gender Equity and Mainstreaming
Governance and capacity development
Knowledge solutions
Sector / Subsector
Multisector / ADBs corporate management, policy and strategy development
Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Gender equity
Description
The transaction TA cluster will provide gender capacity building support and policy advice, as well as implement a gender component in each of the following ensuing projects,: (i) GEO Batumi-Sarpi Bypass Road Project, (ii) KAZ Kyzylorda-Zhezkazgan Road Project, (iii) TAJ Power Sector Development Program, (iv) AZE Improving Governance and Public Sector Efficiency Program Subprogram 2, (v) UZB Bukhara-Miskin-Urgench-Khiva Railway Electrification Project, (vi) KGZ: Mortgage Market Development Project, (vii) TKM: SME Finance Project (Phase 1), and (viii) UZB: Regional Energy Transmission and Dispatch Enhancement Project. These sectors transport, energy, and public sector management are the most challenging for gender mainstreaming, as there is little community interface and project interventions could not demonstrate direct benefits to women. The TRTA cluster will address these gender mainstreaming challenges, by supporting gender components of ensuing projects. These gender components are aligned with the gender focus areas under Strategy 2030, Operational Priority 2 Gender Mainstreaming Approaches, and Sustainable Development Goal 5 on Transformative Gender Agenda. Details of ensuing projects are in Appendix 1. Support from the TRTA cluster is envisaged to improve CWRDs gender mainstreaming performance at-entry and at-exit, and help the Department meet its gender targets.
The TRTA cluster will also provide capacity building support to executing and implementing agencies (EAs/IAs) of ongoing projects with gender mainstreaming. Most ongoing GEN/EGM projects have difficulties implementing their gender action plans due to the weak gender capacities of implementing agencies. The TRTA cluster will strengthen their gender capacities and improve the implementation and monitoring of the project gender action plans (GAPs). The ADBs Corporate Results Framework 2019-2024 includes enhanced gender targets and indicators that need to be monitored and reported on. There are 107 ongoing projects with gender targets and indicators that need to be monitored. The TRTA cluster will support the tracking of gender indicators and targets of ongoing projects. Due to its regional nature, the proposed transaction TRTA cluster is not included in the COBP. |
