Progress and outlook report of the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme GCF/B.15/Inf.08 9 December 2016 Meeting of the Board 13 – 15 December 2016 Apia, Samoa Provisional agenda item 12(a) Summary The progress and outlook report of the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme gives an overview of progress made by the programme since its inception, with a focus on progress made since the fourteenth meeting of the Board. The Board is requested to take note of the information provided in this document and to adopt the draft decision contained in annex I.
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Progress and outlook report of the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme
GCF/B.15/Inf.08
9 December 2016
Meeting of the Board 13 – 15 December 2016 Apia, Samoa Provisional agenda item 12(a)
Summary
The progress and outlook report of the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme
gives an overview of progress made by the programme since its inception, with a focus on
progress made since the fourteenth meeting of the Board.
The Board is requested to take note of the information provided in this document and to
adopt the draft decision contained in annex I.
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction 1
II. State of play 1
III. Status of implementation of approved readiness activities 2
3.1 Support to national designated authorities/focal points, including the preparation of country programmes 2
3.2 Support for accreditation and accredited direct access entities 3
3.3 Support for adaptation planning processes, including national adaptation plans 3
3.4 Support for pipeline development 4
3.5 Knowledge-sharing and learning 4
3.6 Working with partner initiatives to deliver GCF readiness support 5
IV. Portfolio commitments, projections and resource needs 5
4.1 Cumulative commitments in the 2014-2016 period 5
4.2 Estimated demand and projections for 2017 6
4.3 Resource needs 7
Annex I: Readiness and preparatory support approved and under implementation as at November 2016 8
A1.1 Readiness and preparatory support under implementation as at November 2016 8
A1.2 Readiness support approved as at November 2016 10
A1.3 Readiness and preparatory support pipeline as at November 2016 12
Annex II: Expected results from the readiness resources disbursed under activity areas 1 and 2 16
Annex III: Countries whose national designated authorities/focal points nominated entities that are receiving in-kind accreditation support as at November 2016 18
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I. Introduction
1. The Board approved the operationalization of the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme through decision B.08/11 and requested the Secretariat to report biannually to the Board on the progress of the programme. Given the interest in the early progress of the programme, the Secretariat has been reporting on it to the Board at each meeting. This report builds on the last one presented to the Board at its fourteenth meeting, and provides updates on the cumulative progress achieved since the launch of the programme up to October 2016.
II. State of play
2. As at November 2016, the GCF has approved 74 readiness and preparatory supportrequests covering 61 countries totalling USD 21.9 million, and 38 of the requests covering 32 countries have received disbursements and are under implementation (see figure 1 below for a summary and annex I for details). Forty-one of the 61 countries are small island developing States, least developed countries or African States.
Figure 1: Number of readiness requests as at November 2016
Abbreviation: NDA = national designated authority.
Type of activity Interested Approved Disbursed
NDA strengthening,
incl. country programmes
89 53 22
Support for direct access
entities23 17 15
Adaptation planning
processes20 2 0
Pipeline development 2 2 1
Strategic Frameworks 5 0 0
All activities 139 74 38
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3. Some of the highlights since the last report include:
(a) With GCF readiness support, the first direct access entity, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) is under consideration by the Board at its fifteenth meeting;
(b) Readiness requests for new types of activities, including national adaptation plans and enhancing direct access, were approved;
(c) The first GCF structured dialogue for the African region was organized from 24 to 26 November in Cape Town, South Africa, bringing together 48 countries, 24 accredited entities and several regional partners resulting in a road map for the region; and
(d) The fourth readiness framework agreement was signed with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
III. Status of implementation of approved readiness activities
3.1 Support to national designated authorities/focal points, including the preparation of country programmes
4. As at November 2016, the Secretariat has approved 53 requests from 51 countries for USD 14.9 million to strengthen the institutional capacity of their national designated authorities (NDAs) or focal points and to develop country programmes.1
3.1.1 Countries accessing support directly through local or regional delivery partners
5. For 30 requests, countries are directly accessing support for NDA/focal point strengthening, including the preparation of country programmes, through national or regional delivery partners for a total of USD 8.4 million. The financial management capacity of such delivery partners, if not accredited with the GCF, have been assessed and deemed sufficient. For 23 requests, grant agreements have been signed, and 14 of them have received disbursements to start their activities. Further details on the requests under implementation are summarized in annex II, while progress in one country, the Cook Islands, is highlighted box 1 below.
Box 1: National designated authority strengthening for the Cook Islands
Abbreviation: NDA = national designated authority.
1 The proposals and inception reports have been published on the GCF website at <http://www.greenclimate.fund/ventures/readiness/fine-print>.
COOK ISLANDS
NDA strengthening | USD 150,000 | March 2016 – February 2017
To supplement the country’s efforts to build its national systems to manage climate finance
NDA supplemented with 50 per centadditional capacity (person time)
Multi-stakeholder consultations held
National climate change policy and strategies being improved
Accredited entities aligning with countrypriorities as the NDA strengthens itsinstitutional processes
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3.1.2 Countries accessing support through international delivery partners
6. For 23 requests, countries are accessing support for NDA/focal point strengthening, including the preparation of country programmes, through international delivery partners for a total of USD 6.5 million. These partners include Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and FAO. Framework arrangements for readiness and preparatory support have been concluded with each of these international delivery partners, and the first disbursement of USD 1.35 million was also made to UNDP to start the implementation of activities in 8 countries.
3.2 Support for accreditation and accredited direct access entities
7. The Secretariat has provided in-kind accreditation support to 70 entities nominated by the NDAs/focal points of 40 countries in all three regions (see the list of countries in annex IV). Among them, 15 entities nominated by 12 countries have been receiving technical assistance totally USD 555,000 for in-depth assessments of their institutional capacity, and fiduciary, environmental and social safeguards and gender standards to meet GCF accreditation requirements (see annex I for details).
8. With the technical assistance provided, the first entity, CABEI, is now under consideration by the Board for accreditation at its fifteenth meeting. Furthermore, 2 entities are at stage I of the accreditation process, 9 have completed both an assessment and action plan, and 3 have completed an assessment only. The institutional gap assessments reduces the time taken for reviews undertaken at Stage I and Stage II and helps entities accelerate the accreditation process.
9. In order to accelerate the accreditation of more direct access entities, support for institutional gap assessments is being expanded to further support at least 15 entities. In addition, the process of creating a roster of institutions to support direct access entities on strengthening their environmental and social safeguards, and gender policy and capacities has almost been completed and will shortly be available for countries to request such support for their direct access entities.
10. Furthermore, more than 300 users, including NDAs/focal points considering nominatingentities and entities themselves, have completed the online GCF accreditation self-assessment tool, developed with GIZ and the World Resources Institute.2 The tool provides stakeholders interested in accreditation insights into the fit-for-purpose accreditation requirements of the GCF. Based on feedback from users and lessons learned, a more user-friendly version of the tool was developed and is now available on the GCF website.
3.3 Support for adaptation planning processes, including national adaptation plans
11. Following decision B.13/09 on adaptation planning processes, 20 countries haveexpressed an interest in obtaining support for the process of formulating national adaptation plans (NAPs). The Secretariat has processed and approved the two proposals from Liberia (UNDP) and Nepal (UNEP). Some highlights of the NAP proposal submitted by Liberia (UNDP) are presented in box 2 below. Two more countries – Colombia and Niger – have shared draft proposals for feedback and the Secretariat is working with these countries to finalize them.
Box 2: Highlights of the national adaptation plan proposal for Liberia
Abbreviation: NDA = national designated authority.
12. In response to decision 13/09, paragraph (h), the Secretariat revised the Readiness andPreparatory Support Programme proposal template to incorporate the support that can be extended to countries for developing their NAPs and/or other adaptation planning process. Based on early feedback received and lessons learned from the early submissions, the Secretariat plans to update the template further and to develop guidelines to assist countries.
3.4 Support for pipeline development
13. The readiness requests from two countries – Senegal (International Finance Corporation)and Vanuatu (South Pacific Regional Environment Programme) – had been approved earlier for USD 600,000 and USD 137,000, respectively. Activities with the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme for Vanuatu’s readiness proposal for the project titled “Pacific climate adaptation policy and planning support through applied climate information services” has been completed and the funding proposal will be presented to the Board for its consideration at the fifteenth meeting of the Board. Senegal’s request is pending the finalization of legal arrangements with the International Finance Corporation.
3.5 Knowledge-sharing and learning
3.5.1 Events organized or planned, including regional workshops
14. Since the last report, the Secretariat has continued with the planning and implementationof a series of regional NDA workshops and structured dialogues3. A structured dialogue was
3 Structured dialogues are focused interactions with NDAs and focal points, accredited entities, readiness delivery partners, the Secretariat and other country stakeholders, including the private sector, to develop country programmes and determine which priorities identified by country strategies (INDCs, LEDS, NAPAs, NAMAs, etc.) are the best match for GCF support. Regional NDA Workshops are orientation workshops to help NDAs and focal points understand the operational modalities of the GCF.
LIBERIA
Advancing NAP process | USD 2,263,467 | December 2016 – November 2019
To advance the NAP process for medium term investment planning in climate sensitive sectors (i.e.
agriculture, energy, waste management, forestry and health) and coastal areas in Liberia
Strengthening institutional frameworksand coordination for theimplementation of the NAP process
Expansion of the knowledge base forscaling up adaptation
Building capacity for mainstreamingclimate change adaptation intoplanning, and budgeting processes and systems
Formulation of financing mechanismsfor scaling up adaptation, includingpublic, private, national and international
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organized for African countries from 24 to 26 November 2016 in Cape Town. The outcome of the dialogue was the emergence of a pipeline of around 130 initial project concepts covering access to clean energy, adaptation planning and climate information services, leveraging forest resources, resilient agriculture and livelihoods, coastal resilience, and water management.
15. A regional workshop targeting countries in Latin America was held on 28-30 December inTegucialpa, Honduras. Further opportunities for organizing similar events in other regions, including the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Asia, are being explored with countries, as well as regional and international partners. A key objective of these events will be to implement the action plan set out in the strategic plan, particularly to facilitate structured dialogues between NDAs/focal points, accredited entities and the Secretariat.
3.6 Working with partner initiatives to deliver GCF readiness support
16. The Secretariat has been facilitating the Readiness Coordination Mechanism, an initiativeto coordinate institutions independently providing readiness support to enable countries to access GCF funding.4 In April 2016, among other initiatives, the Readiness Coordination Mechanism developed or extended a few collaborative actions, which include:
(a) Developing a training programme targeting NDAs;
(b) Updating the accreditation self-assessment toolkit;
(c) Developing a project development checklist for direct access entities;
(d) Sharing rosters of experts; and
(e) Developing case studies on the experiences of NDAs and direct access entities.
17. On the margins of twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties in Marrakech,Morocco, the group reconvened on 12 November 2016 for a half-day session to exchange ideas on plans for 2017 and to agree on possible areas of collaboration. Such areas include developing a common roster of experts as well as coordination on training initiatives aimed at NDAs and direct access accredited entities.
IV. Portfolio commitments, projections and resource needs
18. From 2014-2016, the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme has committed orspent a cumulative total of around USD 24.6 million. Accelerated demand for support from countries in these areas and with new needs emerging from the country programming exercises, the projected demand for 2017 is expected to grow to over USD 120 million.
4.1 Cumulative commitments in the 2014-2016 period
19. Of the USD 24.6 million, USD 21.9 million has been committed or spent in the form ofgrants or technical assistance on 74 requests in 60 countries, and USD 2.7 million has been spent on regional workshops and other readiness events, NDA visits and in-kind support to countries and direct access entities over the 2014-2016 period.
4 The institutions participating in this group include the African Development Bank, the Climate Technology Centre and Network, the Commonwealth Secretariat, FAO, GIZ, KfW(Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau), UNEP, UNDP and the World Resources Institute. Other bilateral and multilateral agencies also participate occasionally in meetings in an observer capacity.
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20. More than 50 per cent of the approved readiness requests have entered theimplementation stage and this ratio is projected to increase to around 80 per cent by the end of the first quarter of 2017. In order to effectively manage this portfolio, the Secretariat will need to strengthen its capacity to receive and process progress reports as well as subsequent disbursements, while accelerating the processing of a growing number of new requests in 2017.
4.2 Estimated demand and projections for 2017
21. With around 60 countries having accessed readiness as of end of 2016, a similar numberof countries are expected to access such support in 2017. While countries have requested readiness support so far to strengthen their NDAs, develop country programmes and support direct access, going forward, they are increasingly focusing their new requests on strategic frameworks for the identification of programmes and projects that advance national priorities and align with the results management framework of the GCF.
22. Further, at least 20 countries have expressed an interest in accessing support for NAPs orother adaptation planning processes, and other countries are still in the early stages of exploring the scope of support available in response to the B14 mandates on REDD-plus and technology. Lastly, countries from six regions or sub-regions (Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central Asia & Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific) are interested in hosting structured dialogues in 2017. An indicative pipeline of countries that have expressed an interested in accessing the readiness programmes are included in annex I.
23. Based on the projected needs of and emerging demand from countries, the table belowpresents an estimate of the Readiness Programme’s resource requirements for 2017.
Table 1: Indicative projections of readiness requests in 2017 by type of activity
National designated authority support, including the development of country programmes
50 300,000 15,000,000
Strategic frameworks for GCF programming 20 500,000 10,000,000
B14 mandates on REDD-plus and technology
10 500,000 5,000,000
Capacity-building support to accredited direct access entities
10 400,000 4,000,000
Accreditation support to potential direct access entities
40 100,000 4,000,000
Structured dialogues and other knowledge-sharing/learning activities
10 200,000 2,000,000
Total 160 625,000 100,000,000
24. As countries and direct access entities develop their respective country programmes andentity work programmes, some priorities identified by countries may require readiness support in the form of different programming, planning and scoping activities at the thematic, sectoral or ecosystem-level. Such activities under the readiness activity area “strategic frameworks for engaging with the GCF” have emerged from the structured dialogues organized in 2016 and are
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4.3 Resource needs
25. The anticipated scaling up of the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme willrequire the transfer by theTrustee of amounts as projected in Table 1.
26. Adequate staffing of the Secretariat and the efficient use of external capacity will enablethe Secretariat to manage both the growing portfolio as well as the processing of a higher number of readiness requests. A Readiness Programme Manager with the support of an Associate Professional would provide the core capacity needed to manage the readiness processes and develop guidance materials, closely liaise with specialists managing the relations with countries and direct access entities, as well as technical specialists. Lastly, the Secretariat is in the final stages of procuring external grant administration capacity to expedite and manage the monitoring and other post-approval processes of readiness grants particularly for those countries accessing readiness support directly.
explained in further detail in document GCF/B.15/09. The provision of readiness support to such activities will contribute to strengthening the quality and impact of GCF programming in the relevant countries.
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Annex I: Readiness and preparatory support approved and under implementation as at November 2016
A1.1 Readiness and preparatory support under implementation as at November 2016
Country Proposal title Readiness or
PPF Delivery partner Access type Amount (USD)
Duration (months)
1 Antigua and Barbuda NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Ministry of Health and Environment
Direct 300,000 12
2 Bangladesh Country programme Readiness UNDP International 150,000 12 3 Benin Entity support Readiness PwC na 37,000 –
4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Ministry of Development Planning
Direct 300,000 24
5 Brazil Entity support Readiness PwC na 37,000 – 6 Cambodia Entity support Readiness PwC na 37,000 –
7 Central African Republic NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNDP International 300,000 12
8 Colombia (2 entities) Entity support Readiness PwC na 74,000 –
9 Cook Islands NDA strengthening Readiness Ministry of Finance and Economic Management
Direct 150,000 12
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo
NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness CSE Direct 300,000 24
11 Ethiopia NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation
Direct 300,000 24
12 Gabon NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness CDC-Gabon Direct 300,000 12
13 Guinea NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNDP International 300,000 24
14 Guyana NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre
Direct 300,000 12
15 Honduras (2 entities) Entity support Readiness PwC na 74,000 –
16 India NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNDP International 300,000 12
17 Kenya Entity support Readiness PwC na 37,000 –
18 Liberia NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNDP International 300,000 24
19 Mali country programme Readiness Sahel Eco Direct 41,165 6
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NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Sahel Eco Direct 300,000 24
20 Mexico Entity support Readiness PwC na 37,000 –
21 Micronesia (Federated States of) (2 entities)
NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Direct 300,000 24
Entity support Readiness PwC na 74,000 – 22 Niue Entity support Readiness PwC na 37,000 –
23 Pakistan NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness NRSP Direct 300,000 12
Entity support Readiness PwC na 37,000 –
24 Palau Entity support Readiness PwC na 37,000 –
25 Republic of Congo NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNDP International 300,000 24
26 Rwanda NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Environment and Climate Change Fund
Direct 300,000 12
Green villages PPF MINIRENA Direct 1,500,000
27 Seychelles Entity support Readiness PwC na 37,000 –
28 Swaziland NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNDP International 300,000 18
29 Timor-Leste NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNDP International 300,000 24
30 Togo NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness CSE Direct 300,000 24
31 Vanuatu Pipeline development Readiness Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Direct 137,000 5
32 Zambia NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Ministry of Finance Direct 300,000 24
Total 6,691,165
Abbreviations: CSE = Le Centre de Suivi Ecologique, GIZ = Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, na = not applicable, NDA = national designated authority, PwC = PricewaterhouseCoopers, UNDP = United Nations Development Programme, UNEP = United Nations Environment Programme.
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A1.2 Readiness support approved as at November 2016
4.4 Country Proposal title Readiness or PPF
Delivery partner Access type Amount (USD) Duration (months)
1 Albania NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNEP International 300,000 24
2 Bangladesh NDA strengthening Readiness GIZ International 150,000 12 3 Benin NDA strengthening Readiness UNEP International 150,000 24
4 Chad NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNDP International 300,000 24
5 Chile NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Chilean International Cooperation Agency (AGCI)
Direct 300,000 12
6 Comoros NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNEP International 300,000 24
7 Costa Rica NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNDP International 300,000 12
8 Côte d’Ivoire NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNDP International 300,000 24
9 Djibouti NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness CSE Direct 300,000 24
10 Dominican Republic NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Fundación Reservas del País
Direct 300,000 12
11 El Salvador NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Deputy Ministry for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Direct 300,000 18
12 Gambia NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
Direct 300,000 12
13 Georgia NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness GIZ International 300,000 24
14 Guatemala NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness FAO International 300,000 18
15 Honduras NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness MiAmbiente Direct 300,000 12
16 Kenya NDA strengthening Readiness Kenya National Treasury Direct 150,000 12
17 Kiribati NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
International 585,935 24
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18 Kyrgyz Republic NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness FAO International 300,000 12
19 Liberia National Adaptation Planning (NAP)
Readiness UNDP International 2,263,467 24
20 Mauritius NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
Direct 300,000 12
21 Mongolia NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Xac Bank International 300,000 12
22 Montenegro NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNEP International 300,000 12
23 Morocco NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Beya Capital Direct 300,000 12
24 Namibia Entity Support Readiness EIF Direct 391,009 12
25 Nepal National Adaptation Planning (NAP)
Readiness UNEP International 2,935,350 36
26 Philippines NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Climate Change Commission
Direct 300,000 12
27 Peru NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness GIZ International 300,000 6
Entity Support Readiness COFIDE Direct 33,415 6
28 Senegal NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness CSE Direct 300,000 18
Pipeline development Readiness IFC International 600,000 12
29 Serbia NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNEP International 300,000 24
30 Thailand NDA strengthening Readiness GIZ International 102,000 6
31 Tonga NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Ministry of Finance and National Planning
Direct 300,000 12
32 Tunisia NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness The Sahara and Sahel Observatory
Direct 300,000 24
33 United Republic of Tanzania NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
Direct 300,000 12
34 Vanuatu NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness GIZ International 300,000 24
35 Zimbabwe NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNEP International 300,000 24
Total 15,161,171
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A1.3 Readiness and preparatory support pipeline as at November 2016
Country Proposal title Readiness or
PPF Delivery partner Access type Amount (USD)
Duration (months)
1 Argentina NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness TBD TBD
Entity support Readiness UCAR Direct
2 Armenia NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness
Environmental Projects Implementation Unit State Institution, Ministry of Nature Protection
Direct 300,000 24
3 Bahamas NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre
Direct 300,000 12
4 Barbados NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
Direct 300,000
5 Belize NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness
Ministry Economic Development, Petroleum, Investment, Trade and Commerce
Direct 300,000 12
6 Brazil NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness IDB International 300,000 tbc
7 Burundi Adaptation planning - NAP
Readiness UNDP International
8 Cambodia NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Ministry of Environment Direct 275,620 20
Readiness Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Direct 77,743 6
52 Seychelles Entity support Readiness TBD TBD 700,000 Adaptation planning - NAP
Readiness UNEP International
53 Sierra Leone NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Environment Protection Agency
Direct 300,000 24
54 Solomon Islands NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology
Direct 300,000 24
55 Sri Lanka Adaptation planning - NAP
Readiness UNEP International
56 Swaziland Adaptation planning - NAP
Readiness UNEP International
57 Uganda NDA strengthening Readiness Ministry of Finance, Planning
and Economic Development Direct 150,000 24
58 Vanuatu Strategic Frameworks Readiness GGGI International
Adaptation planning - NAP
Readiness UNEP International
59 Vietnam NDA strengthening + country programme
Readiness UNDP International 300,000 12
60 Zimbabwe Adaptation planning - NAP
Readiness UNEP International
Total 21,814,992
Abbreviations: CSE = Le Centre de Suivi Ecologique, GIZ = Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, na = not applicable, NDA = national designated authority, PwC = PricewaterhouseCoopers, UNDP = United Nations Development Programme, UNEP = United Nations Environment Programme.
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Annex II: Expected results from the readiness resources disbursed under activity areas 1 and 2
Country (USD disbursed)
List of Selected Outputs Due
Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Health and Environment (USD 120,000)
Internal processes for project management, reporting
and participatory project identification improved;
Knowledge management, communication and public
awareness improved
Country programme developed
May 2017
Bangladesh UNDP (USD 150,000)
Country programme developed through a stakeholder
engagement process, and including programming
priorities and programme/project concepts.
October 2017
Bolivia Ministry of Development Planning (USD 60,000)
Strengthening of the NDA capacity on knowledge management, procedures and systems regarding GCF operations
Country Programme prepared
October 2017
Central African Republic UNDP (USD 150,000)
Multi-party training, workshops and consultations;
Assessment of mitigation and adaptation priorities;
Identification of roles of prospective public and private
sector entities that may be accredited by the Fund.
Country programme prepared.
Apri 2018
Cook Islands Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (USD 75,000)
Online materials on the nomination of direct access
entities and a no-objection procedure developed; and
Assessment of the country’s priorities in line with the principles of the GCF, identified through stakeholder consultations
Jan 2017 (Mid-term report received)
Democratic Republic of Congo Le Centre de Suivi Ecologique (USD 120,000)
Coordination process among stakeholders improved;
and
Country programme prepared
February 2018
Ethiopia Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (USD 120,000)
Coordination process among stakeholders established;
Training provided to NDA on the operations of the
GCF;
Communication plan prepared; and
Country programme prepared
September 2017
Guinea UNDP (USD 300,000)
Improved capacitv to coordinate and consult with stakeholders;
Assessment of country’s mitigation and adaptation priorities;
Identification of roles of prospective public and private sector entities that may be nominated for accreditation by the GCF;
Country programme prepared.
October 2017
Guyana Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (USD 120,000)
Capacity to coordinate across stakeholders and facilitate effective consultation and communication
Establishment of system for reviewing proposals and issuing no-objections
March 2017
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Capacity and systems to monitor, evaluate and report on the activities of the Fund
Priorities for project and concepts determined Country programme prepared
India UNDP (USD 150,000)
Designated NDA and institutional arrangements strengthened and supported for engagement with the Fund;
Country programme developed.
April 2018
Liberia UNDP (USD 150,000)
Strengthened capacities of NDA; Country programme developed.
April 2018
Federated States of Micronesia Secretariat of the Pacific Community (USD 120,000)
Coordination process among stakeholders improved;
Country programme prepared
December 2017
Mali Sahel Eco (USD 141,000)
Workshop on country programming priorities Completed April 2015
Country programme prepared; and
NDA capacity for project prioritization improved
Interim report expected by end Nov 2016
Republic of Congo UNDP (USD 150,000)
Strengthened capacities of the NDA; Incresed awareness of relevant stakeholders about the
GCF’s opportunities and procedures; Country programme developed.
April 2018
Rwanda Environment and Climate Change Fund (USD 120,000)
Country programme prepared;
Process for supporting coordination across
stakeholders established; and
A no-objection procedure established
Due December
2016
Swaziland UNDP (USD 150,000)
Establishment of an articulated framework for engagement with the Fund;
Integration of a gender perspective in the identification
of transformational investment opportunities;
Country programme developed.
April 2018
Timor Leste UNDP (USD 150,000)
Strengthened institutional capacities of the NDA; Country programme developed.
April 2018
Togo CSE (USD 100,000)
Outreach and information tools on the GCF developed; Potential implementing entities and project sponsors
encouraged and prepared to submit projects to the GCF;
Establishement of a no objection procedure. Country programme developed.
August 2018
Zambia Ministry of Finance (USD 60,000)
Country programme developed; and
NDA capacity to assess projects or programmes for GCF financing improved
October 2017
Abbreviation: NDA = national designated authority.
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Annex III: Countries whose national designated authorities/focal points nominated entities that are receiving in-kind accreditation support as at November 2016
Asia and the Pacific Africa Latin America and the
Caribbean
Bangladesh (4) Benin Argentina (2)
Cambodia Ethiopia Belize
China Kenya (3) Brazil (2)
Fiji (2) Mauritius Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
India (4) Morocco (3) Colombia (3)
Indonesia (4) Namibia (2) El Salvador
Jordan Rwanda Guatemala
Marshall Islands Seychelles (2) Haiti
Micronesia (Federated States of) (2) Senegal Honduras (2)
Mongolia South Africa (2) Mexico
Republic of Palau Tunisia (4) Panama
Niue Mali Peru (2)
Pakistan (4)
Viet Nam
Philippines
Bhutan
Note: Numbers in parentheses are the number of entities.
