Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are key to developing sustainable infrastructure that contributes to meeting global development goals. Well-designed PPPs can improve infrastructure service delivery and management, incentivize efficiency gains, and help increase infrastructure funding and financing—all of which can result in increased access to essential services. Including gender considerations in PPPs can help to further promote gender equality and achieve stronger socioeconomic impacts.
The panel at this UN Women CSW68 side event welcomed a discussion around what needs to be changed in the PPP industry to allow for the mainstreaming of gender in infrastructure and also introduced the PPP Gender Toolkit, developed by the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) and Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) with the aim of helping PPP practitioners prepare gender-informed PPP projects that can effectively close gender gaps. Gender-responsive PPPs incorporate design features, measures, and specific actions for reducing gender inequalities (or closing gender gaps) within the community of stakeholders that the project affects directly or indirectly.
- Overview
- EVENT AGENDA
- EXPLORE THE GENDER PPP TOOLKIT
- RELATED
Date: March 21, 2024
Time: 3:00 pm EST
Location: UN Headquarters, NYC USA, and online
Opening Remarks: Sebastian Molineus, Acting Director of the Infrastructure Finance, PPPs & Guarantees Group
Moderator: Mariana Silva Zuniga, Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist, Global Infrastructure Facility
Presenter: Luciana Guimaraes Drummond e Silva, Infrastructure Specialist, Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)
Panelists:
- Tobi Petrocelli, Director, Head of Sustainability & Transition Finance Strategy, MUFG Americas
- Alejandro Hoyos Guerrero, Senior Transport Specialist, Transport Global Practice
- Karla Dominguez Gonzalez, Senior Gender Specialist, Transport Global Practice
- Edona Paracada, Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Date: March 21, 2024
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM ET
Location: UN Headquarters, NYC USA, and Online