Gender Action Plan SAP064: “Building Eco-system for Accelerating Contribution to NDC through Climate Innovation Incubation for India (“BEACON INDIA”)”

The Gender Action Plan for the BEACON INDIA programme aims to integrate gender-transformative initiatives into the climate innovation ecosystem in India. Central to this is the 'Gender Inclusion Track,' which provides customized capacity building, mentorship, and pre-incubation services for women entrepreneurs, including those from vulnerable rural communities. The plan establishes specific targets for women-led ventures, such as aiming for 15-20% of incubated startups to be women-led and 10-15% of those receiving early-stage funding. To ensure implementation, the programme employs a dual oversight structure consisting of a Gender Oversight Team of external experts and a dedicated female Senior staff member as the Gender Focal Point within the Project Management Unit. The plan also emphasizes the prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (SEAH), targeting 100% orientation for all startups.

• The programme features a dedicated 'Gender Inclusion Track' to address structural barriers and the pipeline gap for women-led climate innovations through mechanisms such as ring-fenced 'Inclusion Windows', venture readiness support, and seed grants.
• The project sets specific quantitative targets for women's participation, aiming for 20-30% of total applications to come from women and for 15-20% of selected climate startups for green incubation to be women-led.
• The screening process for incubation is designed to be flexible and gender-sensitive, providing additional weightage for ventures that prioritize women in leadership and recognizing non-traditional experience from informal sectors like Self-Help Groups (SHGs).
• The programme implements a dual governance structure for gender oversight, combining an external Gender Oversight Team (GOT) of specialists with an internal female Senior staff member serving as the Gender Focal Point in the Project Management Unit.
• A critical cross-cutting objective is the prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (SEAH), with a target of 100% of startups receiving orientation and 60-80% of scale-up stage startups adopting SEAH commitment statements.
• The plan targets the training of 100-150 potential women entrepreneurs in climate entrepreneurship and sector skills, with a goal that 15-20% of the total 100 incubatee ventures be women co-founded and recommended for scale-up funding.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2025). Gender Action Plan SAP064: “Building Eco-system for Accelerating Contribution to NDC through Climate Innovation Incubation for India (“BEACON INDIA”)”. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap064-gender-action-plan.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Gender Action Plan SAP064: “Building Eco-system for Accelerating Contribution to NDC through Climate Innovation Incubation for India (“BEACON INDIA”)”. 2025. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap064-gender-action-plan.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2025gender, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Gender Action Plan SAP064: “Building Eco-system for Accelerating Contribution to NDC through Climate Innovation Incubation for India (“BEACON INDIA”)”}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap064-gender-action-plan.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }