UNDP Empowers Women, Promotes Gender Equality Through Energy Management System Training

Dec 8, 2021
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In an effort to boost gender equality and female participation in the energy management sector, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held the Srikandi Energy conservation training program recently to train and certify more women as energy auditors and energy managers. The Srikandi Energy program was born of the MTRE3 Project, a collaboration between UNDP Indonesia and the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s Directorate General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). In the process of technical assistance in Energy Management Systems (EnMS) with 3 SOEs, the project found that the participation of women in EnMS training series was below 25 percent, at times even below 10 percent, despite encouragements made by consultants and the project management unit.