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Niger

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Timeframe 

2015-2030 (2000 base year)

Relevant context 

Niger is a non-Annex I Sahelian country, three-fourths of the area of which is situated in the desert zone, which makes it highly exposed to climate risks, with rainfall that is highly variable during the year in terms of both space and time.

Process for developing NDC 

The preparation of the NDC has included the following steps: designation of an NDC focal point; establishment of the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) made up of the stakeholders; the scoping mission and kick-off workshop; the collection of data and documentary research; the workshop on capacity development and validation of options and analytical results; the national validation workshop on the draft NDC; the adoption of the NDC by the government of Niger; and the submission of the NDC to COP21 in Paris on December 15.

Description of Monitoring and/or Implementation Mechanism 

The NDC states that the implementation process includes:

  • Enhancement of institutional, technical, financial and telecommunications capabilities and technology transfer.
  • Development of standard files, Strategic Environmental and Social Assessments (SESA) and Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA), Measurement, Notification and Verification (MVN) procedures, project registration
  • Inclusive participation (private sector, NGO’s, civil society).
  • Niger has also created a “Country monitoring and evaluation system” which takes into account gender, measurement, notification and verification (MNV) procedures, and a register of NDC projects.
Summary of gender reference 

Women mentioned as beneficiaries of projects (B): the co-benefits in the energy sector relate to improvement in the people’s living conditions as a result of increased income through social welfare, access to potable water, education and health, as well as access to new information and communication technologies (NICT) and energy equipment, development of local entrepreneurship, alleviation of women’s domestic duties and reduction of the rural exodus through job creation.

Women mentioned in the mitigation context whereby Niger has adopted the Regional White Book of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which recognizes that access to modern energy services makes a major contribution to freeing women from chores such as gathering wood and water and shelling peas and beans.

Niger has also created a “Country monitoring and evaluation system” which takes into account gender, measurement, notification and verification (MNV) procedures, and a register of NDC projects.

Gender Analysis Summary
Submitted NDC
Submitted language
Submitted translation
NDC commitments
Mitigation
Adaptation
Type of support
Conditional
Unconditional
Participatory process for NDC development mentioned
Yes
Monitoring and/or implementation
Monitoring
Implementation
Reference to women/gender
Yes
Gender Tags
Context of gender reference
Mitigation

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