ENERGIANet No.3 April 2001

The E-Newsletter of ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy

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Table of Contents

• ENERGIA Announcements
• Conference Information
• Training
• Reports on Conferences
• Publications
• Videos and CD-Roms
• Internet Resources
• Call for Contributions
• Vacancies/Fellowships
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ENERGIA Announcements

Revised ENERGIA Website Expected Online in June 2001
Over the past months, Harry Oosterveen, a consultant from IRC (International Water and Sanitation Centre), together with Anja Panjwani-Koerhuis, ENERGIA's information officer, has been updating ENERGIA's website. ENERGIA is therefore pleased to announce that we are expecting the new site to go online in June 2001.
For more information, please contact Anja.

ENERGIA News
Issue 4.1 of ENERGIA News was published in March 2001. This is a special issue on gender and energy policy for CSD 9. It includes:

• Gender and Energy: A Northern perspective by Joy Clancy;
• CoP6: The gender issue forgotten? by Njeri Wamukonya and Margaret Skutsch
• International Programmes: Focus on: Energy at CSD9 and the Role of the Women's Caucus by Minu Hemmati;
• Climate Change, LULUCF and Gender Dynamics by Jens Mackensen; and
• Youth and Climate Change: A statement from the WYOCC by Yvonne Khamati.

Forthcoming issues of ENERGIA News will be devoted to:

• Issue 4.2 (July 2001): Gender in the Supply-side of Energy. Revised deadline for submissions: 4 May 2001.
• Issue 4.3 (September 2001): Gender, Energy and Health. Deadline for submissions: 4 May 2001.
• Issue 4.4 (December 2001): Gender, Energy and Social Development. Deadline for submissions: 17 September 2001.

For more information, or to submit articles, please contact the ENERGIA News Secretariat.

Special Issue of ENERGIANet on ENERGIA's Activities in Africa
ENERGIA is going to issue a special edition of ENERGIANet, which will focus on the activities that ENERGIA has been, and is, undertaking in Africa. This special edition can be expected in the second week of May.
For more information, please contact the ENERGIA Secretariat.

Conference Information

Global Women Petroleum and Energy Forum: 24 and 25 May 2001 in London, UK
The forum is organised by Global Pacific and Partners.
This is a new global initiative and is already attracting a lot of interest from all over the world. The forum will consider such issues as: The Role of Women in Energy, Corporate Expansion Policies, International Negotiations, Technical Training and Development, Strategic and Competitor Analysis, and Investor Relationships.
For more information, please contact: babette@glopac.com,
or visit the website at: http://www.glopac.com

ISES 2001 Solar World Congress, 25 November to 2 December, 2001 in Adelaide, Australia
Organised jointly by the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) and the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES).
The overall theme of the Congress is “Bringing Solar Down to Earth”. The themes include:

• Business opportunities arising from the implementation of renewable energy technologies;
• Community awareness of the benefits of using renewable energy; and
• Striking the balance between developed and developing regions.

ENERGIA members are planning to organise a special session on Gender and Sustainable Energy at the Congress.
For further information about this special session, please contact Judy Johnson, or Donella Bryce
For further information about the ISES 2001 Solar World Congress, please email: ises2001@hartleymgt.com.au, or visit the website at: http://www.unisa.edu.au/ises2001congress

18th Congress of the World Energy Council (WEC), 21-25 October 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Congress will be centred around the theme “Energy Markets: The Challenges of the New Millennium” and will be the first WEC Congress to be held in Latin America, a region with expanding and dynamic energy markets. It will include sessions on the following three topics: “World Energy Market Challenges”, “Regional Energy Market Challenges”, and “Are Market Mechanisms Efficient Enough for Energy Resource Allocation?”
A Round Table session will be devoted to Environmental and Socio-Cultural Concerns.
For more information, contact: info@worldenergy.org,
or visit: http://www.mbendi.co.za/wec/congress.htm

Women's Worlds 2002, the 8th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, 21-26 July 2002 in Kampala, Uganda
Organised by the Department of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, Uganda
The central theme of the Congress will be ‘Gendered Worlds: Gains and Challenges’ and it will assess progress over the past few decades in the status of women and gender equity. The goal of the meeting is to promote cross-cultural discussion between professionals working in organisations concerned with women/gender issues and academics from many fields. The proposed programme themes are still being discussed and suggestions are welcomed. The Congress has made a call for proposals for contributions to the congress.
For more information about submitting proposals and the Congress, please contact the Coordinator.

Training

UNEP Seminar for Women Leaders on Uptake of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs), from 27 June to 6 July 2001, in Perth, Australia

To be held in conjunction with the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Renewable Energy (ACRE)
This seminar aims to familiarise women from developing nations with reliable and proven renewable energy technologies, suitable for use in tropical and sub-tropical regions. The seminar will be held back-to-back with a two-day conference on ‘Community Technology for Sustainable Development’.
Participants should be women leaders from Governments or the private and educational sectors, who are already active in this field, and who have a great multiplier and extension potential to disseminate knowledge and skills acquired during the global seminar through follow-up activities at the sub-regional, national and local levels.
For further information, please contact Christian Holger Strohmann, or visit: http://www.unep.org/training/link.htm

Women's Workshops organised by Solar Energy International (SEI)
SEI is organising women-only workshops on Photovoltaic Design and Installation, and Wind Power. These workshops are intended to provide women with a supportive learning atmosphere which may help overcome the social, political and economic barriers that keep women from entering these fields.
The first PV Design and Installation Workshop will be held from June 15-20 in Carbondale, USA. The subsequent Women's Wind Power Workshop will be held from 22-27 October in Matfield Green, Kansas, USA. The costs involved amount to $550.
For more information and to register, please go to: http://www.solarenergy.org/womens.html

Renewable Energy Training Programme for Rural Women at IECAIM
The Ecuadorian Institute for the Research and Training of Women (IECAIM) has initiated a training programme for rural women, designed to provide a practical solution to the deforestation in Ecuador's rural areas. In collaboration with INSTRAW (International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women) and INE (National Institute of Energy), IECAIM conducts training for rural women in the utilisation of renewable energy sources in their agricultural and household activities.
To date, 300 rural women have participated in the training programme. As a result they now have access to solar cookers and to grain dryers (using both solar and wind energy). IECAIM is presently looking to cooperate with other organisations, in order to spread the activities.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Fabiola Cuvi Ortiz, Director IECAIM-INSTRAW, 6 de Diciembre 2817 Y Republica, Quito, Ecuador. Phone: 525-517/563-232; Fax: 563-232

Reports on Conferences

Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy and Sustainable Development (IGEESD), held from 23 February to 3 March 2001 in New York.
ENERGIA participated in the meeting with the objective of lobbying for the inclusion of specific language on women/gender concerns in the outcome document of the meeting, and to raise awareness about women/gender issues among delegates, NGOs and other participants of the meeting. ENERGIA was also representing the CSD NGO Women Caucus at this meeting.
ENERGIA is happy to report that our advocacy activities were successful to the extent that, whereas text on women/gender only appeared once in the original draft negotiating text (DNT), text on women/gender was added to four sections of the IGEESD outcome document (OCD).
A full report on ENERGIA activities at the IGEESD, and the OCD, will be made available on the ENERGIA website: http://www.energia.org
For more information, please contact Sheila Oparaocha

Publications

Clancy, J. and Redeby, L.: Electricity in Households and Micro-Enterprises – Energy and Environment Technology Source Book. 2000, ITDG Publishing. ISBN: 1853395013. Format: 80pp. Published price: £9.95.
The majority of the world's population have either no access to electricity or a poor and unreliable supply, yet the importance of access to electricity cannot be overstated. This source book aims to provide practical help in gaining access to electricity for those living in remote or rural communities and also for individual homeowners and small businesses. The book begins with a brief introduction to the national grid concept and then focuses on some of the possibilities for independent production of electricity in quantities used by households, micro-enterprises and small communities: diesel generators; micro-hydro; wind energy; solar photovoltaics (PV); gasifiers; biogas; steam, and batteries. Descriptions of the technologies and their costs are given, as well as their differing requirements in terms of inputs and skill requirements for installation and operation. Information and advice on using electricity is given; indications on how to calculate the technology size needed; and how to choose appropriate appliances. Case studies from developing countries that highlight successful women's initiatives using these technologies are included. The book is intended to provide resource material appropriate for use by extension workers, trainers and project staff working with women, who consider that access to electricity can play a significant role in their projects. Women's groups, active in promoting women's enterprises and education, can also use it for self-study or discussion.
For more information and to order the publication, visit: http://www.itdgpublishing.org.uk/

TEDDY 2000/2001: TERI Energy Data Directory and Yearbook
The Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) provides an annual compendium on Indian energy data giving the latest figures on energy supply and demand, costs and prices, consumption, etc. It provides an overview of the implications of the government's policies for the Indian economy. It also includes sections on the latest technological developments, environmental implications of energy use, and energy economy linkages.
For more information, please visit: http://www.teriin.org/pub/books/teddy.htm

UNDP: Generating Opportunities: Case Studies on Energy and Women. April 2001.
UNDP's Bureau for Development Policy is pleased to announce a new publication entitled “Generating Opportunities: Case Studies on Energy and Women”. This book of case studies has been prepared as part of the Energy and Women project managed by UNDP's Sustainable Energy Programme. Many of the case studies were identified through national and regional consultations held in Africa over the previous two years, and several ENERGIA members have been involved in the preparation of the book both as case study authors and members of the technical advisory group.
The publication will be launched in New York on April 19 during a meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, which is focusing on sustainable energy and transportation issues. After the launch, the entire publication will be posted electronically on UNDP's website at: www.undp.org.
For more information, please contact Michael Pedersen

UNDP: UNDP Initiative for Sustainable Energy (UNISE) – Sustainable Energy Strategies: Materials for decision-makers. 2000.
One of the primary purposes of these materials is to provide UNDP with the capacity for sustainable energy programme and policy development at the country level. Specifically, the goal is to support the building of national, institutional and human capacity on:

• Cross-sectoral approaches to energy issues;
• Evaluation of alternatives to deliver energy services to the population; and
• Design of sustainable energy policies and programmes.

One of the special topics dealt with by these materials is ‘Gender and Energy: How is gender relevant to sustainable energy policies?’
For more information about this publication, please contact: referenceunit@undp.org
The Chapter ‘Gender and Energy: How is gender relevant to sustainable energy policies?’ is available online as a discussion paper in PDF format (296k). To view the chapter, please visit: http://www.undp.org/seed/eap/Projects/Gender_and_energy.pdf

The World Bank: Engendering Development – Through gender equality in rights, resources, and voice. 2001.
This Policy Research Paper focuses on gender issues and their broad economic and social implications in developing and transitional countries. The report examines the empirical links between gender, public policy, and development outcomes, and demonstrates the value of applying a gender perspective in the design of development policies. To promote gender equality, the report proposes a three-start strategy emphasising: institutional reforms, based on a foundation of equal rights for women and men; policies for sustained economic development; and active measures to redress persistent gender disparities.
The paper is intended as a tool for policy makers, development specialists, and members of civil society who are promoting, designing, and implementing development strategies.
For a summary of the report and for background information, go to: http://www.worldbank.org/gender/prr/newsummary.htm

Videos and CD-Roms

ProBEC

• Keep the Hearth Burning and the Forests Green
• Household Energy: Contributions to a Sustainable Future

ProBEC, the Programme for Biomass Energy Conservation in Southern Africa, is a supra-regional programme that aims to enhance the capacities and commitments of governments and development institutions/organisations to plan and implement integrated biomass energy conservation programmes. Thus it expects to contribute to improving the quality of life for the rural and urban poor by enabling them to fulfil their energy needs in a socially and environmentally sustainable way. These ProBEC videos were published with the help of the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, the Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, GTZ, and HEP.
The video ‘Keep the Hearth Burning and the Forests Green’ has been designed for use at the extension level, while the video ‘Household Energy: Contributions to a Sustainable Future’ was designed for use at the decision-maker level.
For more information, please contact ProBEC.

RWEDP Website CD-ROM, November 2000.
This CD-ROM contains the website of the Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia (RWEDP) and all the software necessary for accessing it. On this CD-ROM you will find extensive information on the subject of wood energy such as:

• More than 70 RWEDP publications and papers;
• Back Issues of RWEDP's newsletter;
• RWEDP's Wood Energy Database;
• Information on 16 member countries;
• Overview of wood energy issues; and
• The LEAP energy planning model.

For more information, please contact: rwedp@fao.org, or visit the website: http://www.rwedp.org

Internet Resources

GENES, the Mesoamerican Gender in Sustainable Energy Network is online. GENES has launched its web pages. They are in Spanish and cover background information on the Network, its mission and vision, its goals, activities, a view of the future, and contact information.
Visit the website at: http://www.geocities.com/red_genes/index.html

Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Technologies (CREST) has a comprehensive website on energy and other sustainable technologies. Links on this site lead you to electronic reports, journals, and other websites. Especially of interest is the electronic slideshow ‘Women and New and Renewable Sources of Energy’, which contains 52 slides on the subject.
Visit the website at: http://www.solstice.crest.org
For the slideshow, go to: http://www.solstice.crest.org/renewables/women-and-energy/index.html

IISD: new web pages and online searchable database: SD-Cite. The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has launched its new web pages and an online searchable database - SD-Cite. The database contains information sources, products and services. Go to: http://www.iisd.org/ic
For more information, contact: mroy@iisd.ca

Call for Contributions

The Shell Foundation - Global Review of Household Energy
The Shell Foundation's Sustainable Energy Programme has recently begun a Global Review of Household Energy and would like input from those working in household energy. Participation in the review provides an opportunity to bring the work of your organisation to the attention of the Foundation, and to have an impact on future funding opportunities. You can participate by completing the online survey about your organisation and activities. The deadline for submitting these details is 27 April 2001.
The survey is being carried out by Dr. Grant Ballard-Tremeer of HEDON and can be accessed at: http://ecoharmony.net/hedon/survey
For more information, please contact Dr. Ballard-Tremeer.

The Shell Foundation - Sustainable Energy Dialogues
The Sustainable Energy Programme (SEP) is the major grant-making programme of the Shell Foundation. The SEP is adopting a proactive approach, of which the dialogues are one element, to defining the problems it will tackle in order to develop solutions and communicate results.
The purpose of the electronic dialogue process is to tap the expertise, experience and commonsense of interested stakeholders in order to help the SEP identify those issues or problems within each theme where it can best use its resources to deliver the greatest benefit.
For the themes of the dialogues and more background information, and to register, please go to: http://www.shellfoundation.org/dialogues/index.html
For more information about the Shell Foundation and the SEP, please visit: http://www.shellfoundation.org

Boiling Point
Boiling Point is the journal of the Intermediate Technology Development Group's Energy Programme, and the Household Energy Programme (HEP) of GTZ, Germany. You are invited to send articles for the next two issues of Boiling Point, the themes of which will be:

• BP46: Household energy and the vulnerable. BP46 will look at sectors of the community, and at vulnerable communities for whom access to energy is a particular problem.
• BP47: Household energy and enterprise. This issue will look at ways in which energy and enterprise are related within the household context.

For more information and to submit articles, please contact Elizabeth Bates.

Glow
Glow, published by the Asia Regional Cookstove Programme, is a forum for the exchange of experiences and ideas on cookstoves and related issues. Glow is interested to hear about successes, and also obstacles that are being faced. Each edition of Glow is published with a specific theme, but non-thematic contributions are also welcome.
NOTE THAT A SPECIAL ISSUE ON GENDER IS PLANNED!!
The upcoming issues of Glow, their themes and deadlines for submission are:

• Vol. 24, June 2001: Loose Biomass Residues (deadline 20 May 2001)
• Vol. 25, August 2001: Incorporation of Gender in Improved Cookstove Programmes (deadline 15 July 2001)
• Vol. 26, November 2001: Indigenous knowledge in Biomass Stoves and Fuel Conservation Practices (deadline 25 September 2001).

For more information, or to send articles, news items, books, review material, announcements and photos, please contact ARECOP

Vacancies/Fellowships

Three Academic Posts available at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST)
Applications are invited for a Chair in Renewable Energy Engineering, and also for appointments as Senior Lecturer and Lecturer in Renewable Energy Systems. These three new posts are being created as part of a major commitment by Loughborough University to expanding significantly the activities of CREST within the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
Dynamic individuals are required, with a proven research performance record, who wish to undertake leading edge research in an international context and to contribute to CREST's acclaimed MSc course and its spin-offs.
In particular, CREST is seeking those with skills in the area of Photovoltaics, Wind Power and/or the related aspects of Systems Integration and Embedded Generation, but outstanding candidates from other areas within the remit of CREST should not be discouraged from applying.
Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be addressed to the Director, Professor David Infield. For further particulars and an application form, please contact Personnel Services.
Further information about CREST can be found at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/el/crest.

Senior Project Leader with the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
NREL has a Senior Project Leader position available to lead the implementation of climate change programmes with developing countries and the donor community. The person appointed will be responsible for leading the implementation of clean energy investment and technology transfer projects with developing countries, and will direct efforts to integrate these activities with related bilateral and multilateral donor programmes. This work will support NREL's leadership of programmes for the implementation of technology transfer under the UNFCCC in collaboration with the U.S. Government, the Climate Technology Initiative, and the donor and business community. The project leader will also assist with the implementation of other NREL climate change and air pollution programmes.
Further information on this position can be found at: http://www.nrel.gov/hr/employment/jobs_files/785.html
Further information on NREL can be found at: http://www.nrel.gov

UNDP is hiring to fill a number of positions
The United Nations Development Programme's Bureau for Development Policy is seeking to fill various positions. UNDP's focus is on providing developing countries with knowledge-based consulting services and building national, regional, and global coalitions for change. It is now hiring a new generation of expert practitioners who want to contribute to such partnerships by offering strategic approaches to long-standing problems. They are seeking individuals who can communicate advice and new ideas across cultures and all strata of society, primarily in developing countries.
They are recruiting in each of UNDP's six major practice areas, including Energy and Environment.
They have a wide range of international opportunities at various levels and various locations.
For more information and to apply online, visit: http://www.undp.org/jobs

UNEP provides information on financial assistance for environmental education and training.
The United Nations Environment Programme website provides information on possible sources of financial aid for those candidates wishing to pursue environmental studies abroad. A number of these financial sources focus on women, such as:

• International Federation of University Women: fellowships and grants are offered to women who have completed a university first degree and who are studying or conducting research in a country other than their own. The awards are open to women who are members of the International Federation. For more information, visit: http://www.plantagenet.com/lmcleod/ifuw
• Third World Organisation of Women in Science (TWOWS): Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists in Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) at Centres of Excellence in the South. Contact Ms. Leena Mungapen.

For this and additional information, visit the Environmental Education and Training Opportunities page of UNEP's website at: http://www.unep.org/Training/

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