Development of a Gender responsive SESA and ESMF for NAMA

The Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) for Suriname was developed in 2019 and uploaded onto the NAMA registry at the end of 2020. The overall purpose of the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) is to contribute in combating the effects of climate change through mitigating GHG-emissions from fossil fuel burning, as well as to contribute to sustainable development benefits such as poverty alleviation, access to clean and sustainable energy and income generation through the establishment of Renewable Energy electrification solutions.

The NAMA in Suriname will enhance the socio- economic development in the interior of the country through two (2) interventions which allow for income-generating activities which in turn create business opportunities for the population in the targeted areas and will stimulate participation of the private sector by creating a regulatory, policy and market environment that enables public-private-partnership (PPP) activities in the Renewable Energy (RE) sector.

Intervention A focuses on Snesikondre and Stoelmanseiland. It is suggested to install two (2) Rural Productivity Zones (RPZs) and two (2) hybrid mini grids of 250 kW. Intervention B focuses on the villages between Snesikondre and Stoelmanseiland. It is suggested to install four (4) solar shops and four (4) hybrid mini grids of 150 kW.

The purpose of this consultancy is to ensure that potential strategic environmental and social issues and risks are identified for these interventions,with a particular focus on gender inequalities, and appropriate environmental and social management framework is prepared at the earliest stage of the proposed Renewable Energy programme for the avoidance and mitigation of adverse effects while enhancing the positive ones during implementation of the same.

With funding from the EnGenDer project, UNDP has contracted AAE in consortium with Spiral Strategic Consulting, a local Surinamese consultancy, to carry out the following tasks:

• Review of relevant documentations and literature related to the programme including the programme intervention against set international and regional environmental, economic and social and environmental sustainability principles, goals and safeguard policies.
• Description of major social, economic and environmental features of the programme locations, considering a gender perspective.
• Carrying out public consultations with major programme stakeholders or their representatives to identify key issues of concerns, to design or recommend key measures required to avoid, mitigate, compensate for significant potential adverse effects of the programme or enhance the positive ones.
• Preparation of Strategic Gender responsiveEnvironment & Social Assessment (SESA) report, including Environmental and Social management framework (ESMF) of the programme intervention that identifies major impacts, associated management interventions, monitoring plan as well as human institutional and indicative budgetary requirements.

Main outputs:

• Gender responsive SESA Report
• Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)
• Stakeholder’s consultation and public disclosure of the ESMF