SAGE II WePOWER Workplan for Dissemination with WePOWER Partners
The South Asia Gender and Energy Facility II (SAGE II) will support South Asia Women in Power Sector Professional Network (WePOWER) as the network’s interim-Secretariat. The Steering Committee of WePOWER and the World Bank’s South Asia Region Vice Presidency Unit have authorized SAGE II to continue it support to WePOWER. Previously, South Asia Gender and Energy Facility, had been successfully supporting WePOWER.
SAGE II will scale-up WePOWER and the work started under SAGE. SAGE II envisages expanding WePOWER to 50+ Partners; where feasible, providing support to the World Bank’s South Asia Energy Unit’s operations to include synergies with WePOWER in the projects’ design; and research and analysis on gender and energy issues. In its capacity as the interim-secretariat, the SAGE II will work to:
i) Increase the quality and quantity of gender activities – through synergy with Bank’s operations and by WePOWER Partners, and increase the number of gender activities by engaging more Partners.
ii) Expand analytic works- carry out more utility case studies on the impact of gender-diversity on utility’s performance. SAGE II will also initiate new advisory and knowledge products, including STEM education and student exchange in South Asia through a gender lens- which will inform WePOWER’s strategic planning.
iii) Continue to hold in-person and virtual convening events – the work program has been adjusted to COVID19 realities and in-person convening events are expected only from Fiscal Year 2020 (the World Bank’s Fiscal Year 2020 starts on July 1, 2019 and ends on June 30, 2020); all knowledge products and tools prepared by SAGE II will be adjusted for virtual delivery based on how COVID19 risks materialize;
iv) Standardize and scale-up of reoccurring WePOWER activities - A Resource Suite for WePOWER Partners will be developed by FY22; subject to availability of budget, SAGE II will replicate and scale-up selected activities (STEM education outreach, Jobs Outreach, Internship and Mentorship Programs, Returning Mothers Workshop, Technical Workshops, and WePOWER Award) in close collaboration with the WePOWER Partners. SAGE II may fund and implement up to 40 scale-up activities. To strengthen evidence-based research and learning by SAGE II and WePOWER Partners, rapid evaluation methods will be integrated into these Gender Activity Modules to facilitate iterative learning and design improvements.
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SAGE II WePOWER Workplan for Dissemination with WePOWER Partners
SAGE II WePOWER Workplan for Dissemination with WePOWER Partners
The South Asia Gender and Energy Facility II (SAGE II) will support South Asia Women in Power Sector Professional Network (WePOWER) as the network’s interim-Secretariat. The Steering Committee of WePOWER and the World Bank’s South Asia Region Vice Presidency Unit have authorized SAGE II to continue it support to WePOWER. Previously, South Asia Gender and Energy Facility, had been successfully supporting WePOWER.
SAGE II will scale-up WePOWER and the work started under SAGE. SAGE II envisages expanding WePOWER to 50+ Partners; where feasible, providing support to the World Bank’s South Asia Energy Unit’s operations to include synergies with WePOWER in the projects’ design; and research and analysis on gender and energy issues. In its capacity as the interim-secretariat, the SAGE II will work to:
i) Increase the quality and quantity of gender activities – through synergy with Bank’s operations and by WePOWER Partners, and increase the number of gender activities by engaging more Partners.
ii) Expand analytic works- carry out more utility case studies on the impact of gender-diversity on utility’s performance. SAGE II will also initiate new advisory and knowledge products, including STEM education and student exchange in South Asia through a gender lens- which will inform WePOWER’s strategic planning.
iii) Continue to hold in-person and virtual convening events – the work program has been adjusted to COVID19 realities and in-person convening events are expected only from Fiscal Year 2020 (the World Bank’s Fiscal Year 2020 starts on July 1, 2019 and ends on June 30, 2020); all knowledge products and tools prepared by SAGE II will be adjusted for virtual delivery based on how COVID19 risks materialize;
iv) Standardize and scale-up of reoccurring WePOWER activities - A Resource Suite for WePOWER Partners will be developed by FY22; subject to availability of budget, SAGE II will replicate and scale-up selected activities (STEM education outreach, Jobs Outreach, Internship and Mentorship Programs, Returning Mothers Workshop, Technical Workshops, and WePOWER Award) in close collaboration with the WePOWER Partners. SAGE II may fund and implement up to 40 scale-up activities. To strengthen evidence-based research and learning by SAGE II and WePOWER Partners, rapid evaluation methods will be integrated into these Gender Activity Modules to facilitate iterative learning and design improvements.
See the attached document for more details.