Implications for Developmental Programmes and Projects

The criticality of incorporating gender considerations in any developmental or management action is well acknowledged. Taking this into consideration, the focus and coverage of an initiative is the placing of gender within the context of overall development and management. Within these areas, the coverage of the cross-cutting programme should be gender, environment and technology transfer in developing countries . There can be two complementary and supplementary objectives:

• To mainstream the principles of gender equity and responsiveness in developmental programs and projects.
• To promote gender sensitivity and responsiveness in technology transfer, and in the application, adoption and use of environmentally sound technologies.

The program can be operationalized by outlining the strategies and mechanics of implementation, expected outputs, targets and results and timetable, based on these objectives. Success of a gender initiatives will also rest on links with existing organizations/institutions (international and national) that have gender programmes in order to develop and implement a monitoring system for gender-responsiveness in technology transfer.

Source: http://www.gdrc.org/gender/gender-ests.html