1.2 Who Can Benefit from this Guide?

The toolkit and resource guide is meant to provide useful information on development approaches and activities relating to gender and energy concerns to a variety of planners and practitioners involved in sustainable development programmes, including:

• Multilateral and bilateral organisations, including UNDP country office staff,
• Government officials and decision makers in the energy sector and in other ministries,
• Women’s interest groups in both the North and the South,
• Development project designers and implementers,
• Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and community groups,
• Donor organisations,
• Private sector companies involved in energy and development projects,
• Gender specialists and trainers interested in energy issues, and
• Social development specialists who recognise the role of energy in their work.