By: Nana
Appiah Acquaye
The Ministry of
Telecommunications and Digital Affairs (MTN) has organised a three-day
capacity-building workshop on gender-responsive budgeting to strengthen the
integration of gender considerations into planning and budgeting across
Senegal’s telecommunications and digital sector.
Held at the Administrative
Building, the workshop was organised through the Ministry’s Gender and Equity
Unit (GEU) under the chairmanship of the Directorate of Equity and Gender
Equality of the Ministry of Family, Social Action and Solidarity.
The programme brought
together members of the Ministry’s Gender Equality Committee (CGE) and gender
focal points from the Ministry and its supervised structures. Participants were
trained on concepts, approaches and practical tools for gender-responsive budgeting
within the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPBSE)
chain.
The initiative forms part of
the implementation of the Ministry’s Gender Institutionalization Plan and
supports the objectives of Senegal’s New Deal Technologique, which places
inclusion and equity at the centre of the country’s digital transformation agenda.
The workshop sought to
strengthen participants’ ability to integrate gender equality into the design
and implementation of policies, programmes and projects within the
telecommunications and digital sector.
The training was supported
by GIZ through its Going Digital programme as part of its assistance to the
Ministry in implementing the Gender Institutionalization Plan.
The Ministry said the
initiative reinforces its commitment to ensuring that Senegal’s digital
transformation is inclusive and equitable, while aligning with the ambitions of
the New Deal Technologique and national priorities on gender equality and
equity.
