In the case of Côte d’Ivoire, our starting point was that we had no expertise on the links between gender and climate change. We learned how important it was to have national gender advisors right there as members of our team to help us create progress in this area.
We noticed that the advisors can gradually acquire knowledge of adaptation and mitigation issues through their various interactions with climate change experts. But to manage to bring about a lasting change in working methods, these advisors must be committed over the long term, in other words, for at least six months.
When gender advisors are able to participate in all processes and to support the unit in which they are involved to use new approaches and new tools, read added value is created.