In December 2018, with the support of the NAP Global Network, we finalized an assessment that provided recommendations for incorporating gender considerations into the NAP funding proposal submitted to the GCF. At that time, our activities suffered from a lack of gender perspective, but we had not yet considered creating these national gender advisor positions.
It is true that the Ministry had already established a Gender and Environment Focal Point, as well as a Gender and Social Inclusion Unit, and this is commendable. But the personnel lacked the necessary capacities to address the cross-cutting issue of climate change.
In February 2019, when the GCF approved the funding of Côte d’Ivoire’s proposal for the development of its NAP process over the 2019–2022 timeframe, we became aware of the key role that these advisors could play in improving our capacities and equipping us to ensure the systematic inclusion of gender issues in the process as a whole.