CAPI–UNDP Advanced Training Program on Gender-Responsive Policymaking
Program participants with Ms. Anne Kang, BC Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport
The CAPI-UNDP Advanced Training Program took place in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada from 5-10 October 2025.
Organized by the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives (CAPI) at the University of Victoria (UVic), in collaboration with UNDP, the program brought together a delegation from Viet Nam, including representatives from the National Assembly, Ho Chi Minh National Academy, and the Viet Nam Fatherland Front. Three interlocking themes, namely gender mainstreaming, digital transformation, and just energy transition, served as connective tissue across all modules. Rather than treating these as isolated topics, the design wove them into a single analytic fabric, allowing participants to trace how gender lenses amplify digital inclusion and shape just energy transition practices.
Participants (and organisers Dr. Jessica Li and Dr. Victor V. Ramraj) with specialists Dr. Tamara Krawchenko and Professor Deborah Curran (centre) at the Diana M. Priestly Law Library