Renewable Energy Program #1 - Solar
Category: MCF
Document Type: Gender Action Plan
Summary of the 28 September 2017 Financing for a 10MW Solar Power Plant in Mongolia Supporting Renewable Energy Transition and Gender Equity.
This project involves financing the development, construction, commissioning, and operation of a 10MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Mongolia. The initiative supports Mongolia's commitment under its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) targets to source 30% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. The project aims to overcome financial barriers to renewable energy investment in Mongolia, such as high interest rates and short tenors, which currently make renewable projects less competitive than coal-fired power plants. This 10MW plant will be the second large-scale solar PV facility in the country. The project has an estimated lifespan of 10 years. A key component is a Gender Action Plan, which includes obligations for project developers and contractors to implement gender-balanced employment practices, emphasizing local hiring (at least 30% local hires) and hiring women across various roles (at least 40% women hired). It requires wide posting of job availability to recruit female applicants and encourages contractors to employ local labor, including women. The plan mandates technical training for local workers of all genders (with a target of 40% women attendees) during the first four years of operation to improve long-term employability. Furthermore, it requires community outreach programs and communication lines to include all genders, consulting both men and women on information needs and concerns during construction and operation (targeting 50/50 gender balance in focus groups). It also ensures access and equal participation in discussions for female-headed households and other vulnerable groups living below the poverty line. Compliance with GCF conditions regarding gender mainstreaming is also noted as an obligation during discussions with developers.
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FP046: Renewable Energy Program #1 - Solar Mongolia | XacBank | B.18/04 28 September 2017 XacBank Mongolia: Renewable Energy Program #1 - Solar Gender Action Plan Activities Indicators: Targets Timeline* Responsibilities Program Impact Statement: Improved use of clean energy services by all households, including the poor and vulnerable female – headed households. Outcome Statement: Increased capacity of clean energy power generation, resulting in regular access to power supply in urban and rural areas Gender balanced employment practices Emphasize local hiring, as well as hiring women in various departments (e.g. Number of positons offered: different on After completion of Project developers construction, engineers, office) and not just in one department/specialty (e.g. project to project basis temporary and administrative) permanent hiring Number of local positions offered: at least 30% local hires to benefit rural, vulnerable communities Number of women and men employed through jobs created from the project: at least 40% women hired Post job availability widely and in multi-gendered settings so as to recruit Number of job ads placed: based on At each hiring Project developers, female applicants discretion of project development HR juncture contractors with emphasis on diverse locations of posting Encourage contractors to employ local labor including women Number of contacts and meetings During discussions of Project developers, AE with project developers where GCF conditions with gender mainstreaming is on the developers agenda and discussed: 2 per project, with follow-ups Provide technical training to improve long-term employability of local workers Frequency and quality of training Every year of first 4 Project developers, of all genders. provision: at the discretion of the project years of project contractors, training entities, developer, with encouragement from operation, as well as AE XacBank. additional trainings for temporary staff Gender disaggregated data to be collected, training attendees to be 40% women, reflecting the hiring targets of the projects, allowing equal access to capacity building Ensure community outreach program and project communication lines include all genders in the project locality Consult both men and women on type of information needs during project Number of women and men who Pre-project Project developers relevant construction and operation e.g. what kinds of updates are important to them, participated in focus group meetings: construction outreach coordinators what issues they are concerned about 50/50 gender balance Provide access and include female-headed households and other vulnerable Number of women's group involved in Pre-project Project developers relevant groups such people living below the poverty line in conversations and ensure community outreach programs: Any such construction outreach coordinators, that they have equal participation in project discussions groups that exist in the localities should community groups be contacted Ensure ability of all genders to access information sharing sessions e.g. Number of women and men who At each information Project developers,
Tags: Climate Change, Climate Finance, Compliance, Deadline, Development, Electricity, Energy, Energy Supply, Energy Transition, Equity, Finance, Funding, Gender, Green Investments, Infrastructure, Investment, Jobs, Mitigation, Policy, Power Plant, Pv, Regulation, Renewable Energy, Skills, Social Justice, Solar
Sector: Private