{"id":1310,"date":"2026-05-13T00:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T00:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astronomos.studio\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2026-05-22T06:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:07:18","slug":"gender-and-climate-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astronomos.studio\/en\/gender-and-climate-ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Finance Course in Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Challenge<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”25″ down=”0″][vc_column_text css=””]Ecuador’s Autonomous Decentralized Governments (GADs) are on the frontlines of climate change \u2014 managing water systems, urban resilience, and territorial adaptation across vastly different landscapes. But for most, the technical world of climate investment remained distant, and the integration of gender perspectives into that work more distant still.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Development Bank of Ecuador (BDE) and the GFA\/GIZ-supported Sustainable Intermediate Cities II programme recognised a critical gap: local governments needed not just access to climate finance, but the institutional capacity to ensure that finance would be gender-responsive \u2014 designed with and for the communities most affected by climate impacts, particularly women.<\/span><\/p>\n

With over 30 GADs and public enterprises working at very different levels of institutional readiness, the challenge wasn’t to deliver a standard training. It was to build a learning experience that could meet teams where they were, and move them toward genuine, lasting change in how they plan, design, and evaluate climate investment projects.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”25″ down=”0″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Services:<\/strong> Training
\nSectors:<\/strong> Gender, Climate Change
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Our Approach<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”25″ down=”0″][vc_column_text css=””]This course was developed in collaboration with Bios Sustainable Solutions, a sustainability consultancy based in Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n

Echo Collins-Egan and Claudia Gimeno designed and developed the complete framework and core content for a 40-hour virtual course \u2014 “Gender Mainstreaming in Climate Investment Projects for GADs and Public Enterprises” \u2014 as part of Ecuador’s CIS II programme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The course was grounded in David Kolb’s experiential learning model \u2014 not a passive transfer of information, but a structured journey designed to be lived, applied, and owned. Five interconnected learning units wove theoretical foundations with practical application, moving participants from understanding what gender mainstreaming means to knowing exactly how to do it within their own institutional contexts.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the heart of the course were gap analysis methodologies that enabled each GAD to honestly assess their organisational readiness for gender-responsive climate finance, and develop concrete, actionable mainstreaming plans specific to their territory and capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Content development took place in close co-creation with GFA\/GIZ gender and safeguards specialists and BDE technical teams \u2014 ensuring every tool and framework reflected Ecuador’s legal context, BDE operational requirements, and the real heterogeneity of local government capacity across the country. A blended methodology combined asynchronous learning activities with filmed masterclasses and practical tools.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”25″ down=”0″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=””][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

The Impact<\/h1>\n

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