Enhancing Gender and Social Inclusion for NDC implementation and Capacity Building for Climate Change Management

SAEDI Consulting, in joint venture with AAE, has been hired by CCCCCC to enhance Saint Kitts and Nevis’ national capacity to enable a sustained and long-term implementation of NDC priorities for effective climate resilient building and low emission development. Under this assignment, both teams work on:-Enhancing gender and social inclusion mainstreaming and awareness to support a gender-sensitive approach to the implementation of the NDC.- Transferring knowledge and enhancing technical capacity across ministries, departments, CSOs, private sector, academia, and women's groups to support vulnerability assessments, adaptation and mitigation planning, ecosystem-based adaptation, and climate finance access.For this, AAE together with SAEDI Consulting, develops and conducts:

- A Climate Gender Gap Assessment and Action Plan with policy recommendations.

-A KAP assessment with climate change and NDC awareness.

-An NDC climate and gender awareness strategy for the energy, water, agriculture, health, and coastal zone developed for enhanced NDC implementation and awareness raising infographics prepared.

- Workshops on the results of the NDC Awareness Strategy.A Capacity and Training Needs Assessment of personnel.

- Capacity building workshops focused on project development, conducting vulnerability assessment, adaptation and mitigation, planning, ecosystem-based adaptation, and climate finance access for sectors under the NDC implementation Plan.