This Inception Report provides the roadmap for the execution of the assignment with the Africa Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the Technology, Climate Change, and Natural Resources Management Division (TCND) of the of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The assignment focuses on the design of a robust framework for enhancing the role and participation of women entrepreneurs in national development plans, processes in the context of Economic Social and Governance (ESG) and actions that can be replicated in all member states of Africa. The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is a centre for knowledge generation and delivery on climate change. It seeks to strengthen, influence, and enable the transition to climate-resilient, inclusive, and sustainable development through responsive policies, plans, and programmes towards transformed economies, healthy ecosystems, and human well-being. The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) has the dual mandate to provide climate policy guidance to member countries and to serve as the secretariat of the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) programme
