This call for proposals is based on the potential of increasing access to sustainable energy as well as on the past and current efforts at addressing gender imbalances that women are facing with regard to access to resources, including energy.

Energy and Gender are recognized as key drivers for development and economic growth. Economic empowerment of women is one of the four pillars of the EU Gender Action Plan. Women's entrepreneurship is seen as an important source of growth, prosperity and poverty reduction with the positive impact on families and children, health and nutrition, communities and the national economy at large. Combining energy and gender will also contribute to the fifth and seventh Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls and SDG 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all).

This call is meant to promote the role of women both within the energy value chain and as an end user of energy services for productive activities. Expected results will comprise increased access to affordable finance and to sustainable energy services; improved women's entrepreneurship; increased women's technical and business skills; improved general environment for women's entrepreneurship through political advocacy and awareness campaigns.

This gender initiative under component "Delivering access to affordable, sustainable, reliable and modern energy" of the EU flagship Programme "Global Public Good and Challenges (GPGC)" is supported with € 20 million. The call for proposal deadline extended from May 5, 2017 to 17/05/2017 at 16:00 (Brussels date and time). Please, note that the call is not exclusive for Mozambique but open to several countries as per guidelines.

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