BCI – Business Consulting Institute

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Sustainable and climate-resilient communities through women's empowerment

Implementation period: August 2020 – April 2021

Funder: Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)

Purpose: Develop inclusive, sustainable, and resilient communities while creating an enabling environment for the economic, social, and educational empowerment of women.

Objectives:

  • Define sustainable, environmentally friendly, and climate-resilient livelihoods, and strengthen capacities and knowledge in the fields of environment, climate change, and gender.
  • Enhance the capacity of NGOs to provide expertise to local public authorities (LPA) and women in the areas of climate resilience, sustainable development, and gender integration.
  • Implement environmentally friendly and climate-resilient practices and projects by women-led households, agricultural producers, and communities.
  • Promote and widely replicate sustainable and climate-resilient practices and business models.

Results:

  • Development of four knowledge products (guides) for LPAs:
    1. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) applied at the LPA level.
    2. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of LPA development policies.
    3. Implementation of environmental and climate legislation in local development plans.
    4. Gender-sensitive climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in local development plans.
  • Creation of four video graphic representations of the guides.
  • Completion of climate and environmental profiles for the districts of Călărași, Nisporeni, Leova, Basarabeasca, and Dubăsari, incorporating environmental and gender dimensions.
  • Development of climate profiles for the regions of Transnistria and UTA Gagauzia.
  • Design and implementation of a capacity-building program in environmental legislation and climate change for LPAs.

Services offered:

  • Development of climate and environmental profiles for the targeted regions.
  • Design and implementation of a capacity-building program for LPAs.
  • Creation of guidance materials and graphic representations for knowledge dissemination.

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