Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados)

FP060: Water Sector Resilience Nexus for
Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados)
| | GCF/B.19/22/Rev.02
Barbados CCCCC
30 April 2018

Gender Action Plan
Table 1. Activities for mainstreaming gender into the proposed project.
Activities Indicators and Targets Timeline Responsibilities Costs USD
Impact Statement: This project mainstreams gender into all activities – fostering of utility/university/community/private sector partnerships, , promotion of stakeholder
engagement, exchanging of knowledge, building of workforce, and supporting of entrepreneurship opportunities – to increase resilience of people and the water sector of
Barbados to climatic natural disasters like droughts, tropical storms and hurricanes. As managers of homes, caregivers, service workers in the tourism industry, and heads of
62.2 % of poor households, women in Barbados are more vulnerable to water disruptions. They, however, make up a smaller percentage of the students or workforce aligned
with water infrastructure services at a time when Barbados and the Caribbean region should make major investments in this infrastructure.1 While this project provides
benefits that cut across several industries, sectors, communities, and vulnerable groups, it also increases participation of women in water sector resilience both within the
Barbados Water Authority (BWA) and across Barbados. It establishes a gender and certificate program to increase understanding and exchange knowledge on gender and
infrastructure (all BWA employees and contractors will take). It builds capacity and increases awareness of women and vulnerable persons for water sector resilience. It
benefits Barbados’ only public hospital and all of its polyclinics, community centers, schools, farms, and households, especially those with differently abled persons, welfare
recipients, pensioners, and the economically disadvantaged.
Outcome 1: Improved/Increased Resilience to Storm Events and BWA’s Carbon Footprint Reduced. Increased capacity of population to understand, monitor, and operate
Renewable Energy (RE) systems, and improved understanding of gender barriers associated with RE industry in Barbados.
Output 1.1: Photovoltaic Renewable Energy (RE) Systems and Natural Gas Microturbines Installed and Integrated. 54% of the Barbadian population benefits immediately from
resilience in water provision from BWA, including vulnerable communities, most densely populated areas, the capital Bridgetown, and several rural communities, setting an
example for countrywide adoption of RE-water integration. Workshop and analysis to understand how gender intersects with RE in Barbados completed. Workshops and
trainings on RE systems completed with particular attention paid to recruitment of women.
1. RE at Belle, Bowmanston and Hampton Pumping Indicator: List of RE participants in stakeholder By 2020 BWA, USF, UWI Included in budget
Stations that benefit ~54% of population. UWI/USF will consultation. Target: 50% female participation. for knowledge
work with DREAM project2 to hold stakeholder Indicator: Project reports. Target: Baseline gender By 2020 management,
meeting on gender in PV/natural gas sector in analysis of renewable energy sector in Barbados Outreach, &
Barbados, identify opportunities for overcoming produced, including recommendations for integrating Capacity Building
gender disparities in field and at BWA, and gender into RE sector.
disseminate report. Indicator: List of workshop participants. Target: 50% By 2020
2. Conduct workshop with entrepreneurs and other female participation
relevant stakeholders, including training programs, for Indicator: Evaluations of workshop. Target: >Average By 2020
addressing gender integration in RE sector in Indicator: # BWA staff or interns trained through project. By 2023
Barbados. Target: Above baseline of 0 to at least 20% of persons
3. Train BWA employees on RE systems, operation & trained being female.
maintenance.
1 Caribbean Development Bank (2014) Public-Private Partnerships in the Caribbean: Building on Early Lessons. http://www.caribank.org/uploads/2014/05/Booklet-Public-
Private-Partnerships-in-the-Caribbean-Building-on-Early-Lessons.pdf
2 Disaster Risk & Energy Access Management (DREAM): Promoting Solar Photovoltaic Systems in Public Buildings for Clean Energy Access, Increased Climate Resilience and
Disaster Risk Management was funded in 2015 in Barbados. An activity listed is a survey of homeowners for rooftop solar with disaggregated sex data.
https://www.thegef.org/project/disaster-risk-energy-access-management-dreampromoting-solar-photovoltaic-systems-public

Activities Indicators and Targets Timeline Responsibilities Costs USD
Outcome 2: Adaptation and Mitigation Initiatives Expanded through a Revolving Fund. Both men and women access fund equally to make their homes and businesses resilient
to climate change.
Output 2.1: Revolving Adaptation Fund Facility (RAFF) established. RAFF has guidelines that consider gender mainstreaming, PR materials and pathways that reach equal
numbers of men and women, and accessed by at least 25 persons, 50% female.
1. Create RAFF fund with guidelines that address gender Indicator: RAFF guidelines. Target: Gender addressed in By 2023 BWA in partnership $100,000 plus