19 December 2017 - A workshop was held in Bogota, Colombia from 30 November to 01 December to begin the process of incorporating gender analysis into the national adaptation planning process for the agriculture sectors in the country. The workshop was organized with the objective to identify opportunities to promote gender-responsive adaptation in the agriculture sectors. 

The event was attended by 47 people representing the Ministries of Environment and Sustainable Development, Agriculture and Rural Development, agencies of the agriculture sectors, research institutes, universities, international NGOs, farmer organizations, women's organizations and members of the insurance sector.

A set of methods and tools for gender analysis that were applied to concrete cases shared by the participants. The conversation focused on finding the links between adaptation and promotion of gender equality, taking as a point of entry the country context and the existing gaps in the current gender mainstreaming activites.

In the first day, the NAP-Ag team presented the context of the NAP-Ag programme including the elements and characteristics of the planning process as according to the UNFCCC framework, and the importance of including gender analysis in adaptation planning. Subsequently, the context of the NAP-Ag programme in Colombia was presented, it was followed by an awareness-raising and application of methods and tools for gender analysis.

On day 2, the roadmap for the incorporating the gender approach in the context of the Integrating Agriculture into National Adaptation Plan programme was presented. The roadmap included the 8 steps and has been validated in the field by the FAO Gender team in Colombia.