Strengthening the Governance of Climate Change Finance to Enhance Gender Equality] UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH) supports countries in Asia-Pacific with two complementary regional programmes, the Strengthening the Governance of Climate Change Finance to Benefit the Poor and Vulnerable in Asia Pacific (2012-17) regional programme which was supported by Swedish SIDA alongside the Strengthening the Governance of Climate Change Finance to Benefit the Poor and Vulnerable in South Asia (2013-2019) funded by UK AID or DFID.
The overall objective is to improve the governance of international and domestic climate change finance, particularly for the poor and vulnerable in Asia & the Pacific by integrating and mainstreaming climate change into national planning and budgeting process. Building on success of the 1st phase, the 2nd phase of the Swedish-funded programme, the Strengthening the Governance of Climate Change Finance to Enhance Gender Equality programme (2017- 2022), expands its scope in various dimensions including substantively mainstreaming Gender Equality and Human rights into the Governance of Climate Change Finance. This programme depends and broadens the reforms around national planning and budgeting process in Asia-Pacific countries.
WOCAN will be implementing the following activities:
- Support the identification of like-minded organizations/influential institutions or associations and facilitate the creation of communities of practices (CoP) across the Asia-Pacific region to advance mainstream gender in the Governance of Climate Change Finance;
- Provide technical support to strengthen the capacity of key government officials to incorporate gender-responsive Climate Change Benefits Analysis (CCBA) in budget formulation processes within ministries in Thailand, Fiji and Tonga;
- Develop a module on the basics of ‘Gender and Climate Change Finance’ and conduct trainings for key stakeholders in Cambodia and Bangladesh.
- Facilitate policy dialogue both at the national and regional level when the need arises.