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WePOWER Activities Agreement

Created Jan 11 2021, 2:15 PM by Tehreem Saifey

Network Activities Agreement

The World Bank’s South Asia Gender and Energy Facility (SAGE), in its capacity as the Interim-Secretariat of the WePOWER Network, is grateful to its 27 Partners for endorsing the objectives of WePOWER and officially joining the network.

Background

The objectives of WePOWER are to support workforce participation of women in energy projects and institutions, and promote normative change regarding women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Five pillars have been identified for engagement through WePOWER in years 2019 and 2020 – (a) STEM Education, (b) Recruitment, (c) Development, (d) Retention, and (e) Policy and Institutional Change.  A detailed description of the pillars is “pillars page”.

The Partners’ proposes the following activities to support the objectives of WePOWER. WePOWER will support the Partners to implement the proposed activities as the Secretariat of WePOWER. The proposed activities and targets are not legal Agreements.

The Partners will periodically report progress in implementation of these activities to the Secretariat. In turn, the Secretariat will aggregate information on the activities and progress of several Strategic and Institutional Partners and periodically disseminate information on the overall progress.

Published Master File of List of Activities by WePOWER Partners | February 2020

During the WePOWER 2nd Partnership Forum (Manila, Philippines; November 2019), all 21 WePOWER partners agreed to report their quarterly activities to the WePOWER Secretariat and showcase their achievements with all partners. As per this agreement, the Secretariat has collated the partners’ progress after the 2nd Partnership Forum, from December 2019 till February 2020. The MASTER file includes all partners' achievements from 2019 until the end of February 2020 - before the COVID-19 pandemic. The Q2 and Q3 reporting for 2020 has been postponed. We extend our special thanks to our partners who submitted the updated List of Activities File (LoAs). 


Click here To Download All Partners Master List of Activities (February 2020)