International climate finance governance: role play

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What you can expect to learn from this exercise

Getting an overview of funding opportunities for the implementation of climate change measures

Understand the selection criteria of international donors and the modalities for accessing Climate Finance resources

Ultimately, to know the requirements for accessing climate funds and to increase the chances of receiving them. This is what it means to be CLIF Ready.

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IntroductionShort reminder of the Landscape of International Climate FundsRole play exercise

Agenda

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The Landscape of International Climate Funds

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GCCA(EU)

Role Play Exercise – Selected Funds/Donors

Adaptation Fund

We established to finance concrete

adaptation projects in developing country Parties to the Kyoto

Protocol that are particularly vulnerable to

the adverse effects of climate change.

ICI (Germany)

We support the poorest and most vulnerable

countries with respect to their capacity to adapt to

the effects of climate change.

PPCR

We put a strong focus on increasing the capacity of selected countries to mainstream climate resilience into strategic development planning.

We strengthen cooperation between the German Government and developing and transition countries and emerging

economies.

Focus

Focus

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Role Play Exercise

Now it is your turn to do the exercise!

Setting

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has invited the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) and the International Climate Initiative – ICI (Germany) to find out what other climate finance donors are doing and what parties and projects they fund.

The GEF has also invited the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of CLIFland, representing the perspective of the applicants’ side. The Ministries (the applicants) seeks funding for a project which it will present to the donors. Each donor (fund) needs to decide whether to finance the projects or not.

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Role Play Exercise

Role Description: the group of donors

In order to make the decision of whether to fund the project of the Ministry or not, each donor has to consider:

• The focus of the fund which you present.• The (country) eligibility criteria.• The modalities for accessing resources of the fund.• Whether the applicant (the Ministry) and the project proposal meet all the

criteria of your fund. This will be the major requirement for granting the fund to the applicant!

• Whether financing this project would be a priority according to the fund‘s mandate.

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Role Play Exercise

Role Description: the applicants

The Ministry of Environment of CLIFland is looking for a donor to finance its latest adaptation project. The Ministry of Tourism and Culture is looking for a donor to finance its latest mitigation project.

The Ministries will have to present to the donors:• Project title and target region• Project goals and planned activities, including target group and responsible

institution/unit• Time frame for implementation • Monitoring & Evaluation framework, including output and outcome indicators• Description of how the project is in line with national or sub-national

development strategies

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Role Play Exercise

Instructions Break up into groups of 4-5 people Divide the roles among the groups for the following characters:

1. The applicants – two groups of 4 people are representatives of the– Ministry of Environment– Ministry of Tourism and Culture

2. Donor group – groups of 4 people represent the following funds:– Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) – ICI (International Climate Initiative – Germany)

For further details on your role, please review the role description handed out to you!

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Role Play Exercise

Duration Task30 minutes Discussion of roles10 minutes Donors present their key

criteria to applicants5 minutes Getting ready to present10 minutes 1st round: applicants present

projects to donors10 minutes 2nd round: applicants present

projects to donors10 minutes Debriefing phase: presentation

of findings and discussions

Time schedule

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Role Play Exercise – Reflections

Getting CLIF Ready

• What was your experience of the role play? from the perspective of the climate funds

from the perspective of the applicant

• What did you find challenging?

• What did you learn from the exercise?

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Role Play Exercise – Next Steps

Checklist to get CLIF Ready

According to what you learnt from this exercise you could …

Check with your institution as to which funds could be relevant for climate funding in your country

Discuss in your institution what you could do to enhance your eligibility criteria for certain funds, which would be interesting in view of your country’s needs

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Role Play Exercise

References and resources

• Website of the International Climate Initiative: http://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/

• Website of the Adaptation Fund: http://www.adaptation-fund.org/

• GEF website: http://www.thegef.org/gef/SCCF

• Website of the EU Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA): http://www.gcca.eu/

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Role Play Exercise

Thank you for your attention!!!