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The technical assistance subproject will support the implementation of Tranche 4 of the multitranche financing facility (MFF) for the Second Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program in Pakistan. Specifically, it will help address the limited participation of women in technical and leadership positions in the National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NDTC) by promoting a workplace environment with equal opportunities for recruitment, skills development, and professional advancement of female personnel. It will also integrate community-based skills development for women as part of the NDTCs gender-responsive sustainable business practice.
Project Name Subproject 6: Strengthening Gender Capacity of Pakistans National Transmission Company
Project Number 54111-011
Country / Economy Regional
Pakistan
Project Status Active
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Technical Assistance
Source of Funding / Amount
TA 10073-REG: Strengthening Gender Capacity of Pakistans National Transmission Company
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 200,000.00
Strategic Agendas Inclusive economic growth
Drivers of Change Gender Equity and Mainstreaming
Governance and capacity development
Knowledge solutions
Sector / Subsector
Energy / Electricity transmission and distribution
Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Effective gender mainstreaming
Description The technical assistance subproject will support the implementation of Tranche 4 of the multitranche financing facility (MFF) for the Second Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program in Pakistan. Specifically, it will help address the limited participation of women in technical and leadership positions in the National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NDTC) by promoting a workplace environment with equal opportunities for recruitment, skills development, and professional advancement of female personnel. It will also integrate community-based skills development for women as part of the NDTCs gender-responsive sustainable business practice.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy The subproject aims to contribute to increasing the pool of potential technical and managerial women personnel for the power subsector. In the NDTC, gender policies and mechanisms will be established to promote equality in the workplace. These encompass personnel recruitment, skills development, grievance management, and staff promotion within NDTC. Gender-responsive community outreach approaches will be integrated in the NDTCs internship and scholarship programs to promote responsible investment within the NDTCs corporate practices. These will be expanded to include community-based capacity building for women to increase their access indirect employment in services related to the NDTCs operations such as food services for workers, and health and social services. Designing these actions and implementing them will require gender diagnostic, community consultations, and training for personnel, women in communities around NDTC areas of operation, and female students of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and technical and vocational education and training (TVET). |
