B.22/07: Consideration of funding proposals

The Board, having considered document GCF/B.22/10/Rev.01 titled “Consideration of funding proposals”:

  1. Takes note of the following funding proposals:
    1. Funding proposal 100 titled “REDD-PLUS results-based payments for results achieved by Brazil in the Amazon biome in 2014 and 2015”, by the United Nations Development Programme, as contained in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.02 and Add.17/Rev.02;
    2. Funding proposal 101 titled “Resilient Rural Belize (Be-Resilient)”, by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, as contained in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.03 and Add.17/Rev.02;
    3. Funding proposal 102 titled “Mali solar rural electrification project”, by the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement, as contained in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.04 and Add.17/Rev.02;
    4. Funding proposal 103 titled “Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal”, by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, as contained in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.05, Add.07 and Add.17/Rev.02;
    5. Funding proposal 104 titled “Nigeria Solar IPP Support Program”, by the Africa Finance Corporation, as contained in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.11;
    6. Funding proposal 105 titled “BOAD Climate Finance Facility to Scale Up Solar Energy Investments in Francophone West Africa LDCs”, by the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement, as contained in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.12;
    7. Funding proposal 106 titled “Embedded Generation Investment Programme (EGIP)”, by the Development Bank of Southern Africa, as contained in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.13/Rev.01;
    8. Simplified approval process (SAP) funding proposal 005 titled “Enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in forest and agricultural landscapes”, by the United Nations Environment Programme, as contained in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.14 and Add.17/Rev.02; and
    9. Simplified approval process (SAP) funding proposal 006 titled “Building resilience of communities living in landscapes threatened under climate change through an ecosystems-based adaptation approach”, by the Environmental Investment Fund, as contained in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.15 and Add.17/Rev.02;
  2. Approves funding proposal 100 for the amount of USD 96,452,228, submitted by the United Nations Development Programme, subject to the conditions set out in annex III and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.17/Rev.02;
  3. Endorses the recommendations of the independent Technical Advisory Panel relating to funding proposal 100 referred to in annex III;
  4. Approves funding proposal 101 for the amount of USD 8,000,000, submitted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, subject to the conditions set out in annex III and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.17/Rev.02;
  5. Also approves funding proposal 102 for the amount of EUR 25,968,612, submitted by the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement, subject to the conditions set out in annex III and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.17/Rev.02;
  6. Decides in respect of funding proposal 102 that the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement may seek further approval of the Board at meetings of the Board or through decisions without a Board meeting of commitment of further funding in an amount, when aggregated with the amounts previously approved by the Board, no greater than EUR 35,341,699, subject to the conditions set out in annex III;
  7. Approves funding proposal 103 for the amount of EUR 16,509,000, submitted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, as described in the addendum to the funding proposal set out in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.07, subject to the conditions set out in annex III and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.17/Rev.02;
  8. Decides in respect of funding proposal 103 that the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH may seek further approval of the Board at meetings of the Board or through decisions without a Board meeting of commitment of further funding in an amount, when aggregated with the amounts previously approved by the Board, no greater than EUR 38,360,000, subject to the conditions set out in annex III;
  9. Approves funding proposal 104 for the amount of USD 100,000,000, submitted by the Africa Finance Corporation, subject to the conditions set out in annex III and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.11;
  10. Also approves funding proposal 105 for the amount of EUR 61,000,000, submitted by Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement, subject to the conditions set out in annex III and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.12;
  11. Further approves funding proposal 106 for the amount of USD 100,000,000, submitted by the Development Bank of Southern Africa, subject to the conditions set out in annex III and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.13/Rev.01;
  12. Approves simplified approval process (SAP) funding proposal 005 for the amount of USD 9,000,000, submitted by the United Nations Environment Programme, subject to the conditions set out in annex III and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.17/Rev.02;
  13. Also approves simplified approval process (SAP) funding proposal 006 for the amount of USD 8,904,000, submitted by the Environmental Investment Fund, subject to the conditions set out in annex III and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.22/10/Add.17/Rev.02;
  14. Reaffirms that, pursuant to annex IV to decision B.17/09, the Executive Director or his designee is authorized to negotiate and enter into legal agreements on behalf of the GCF with accredited entities and other parties involved in respect of funding proposals approved by the Board, taking into account any condition approved by the Board in this decision and in the decision accrediting the relevant accredited entity; and
  15. Authorizes the Secretariat to disburse fees for each funded project/programme approved by the Board as per the disbursement schedule to be agreed in the funded activity agreement in accordance with the policy on fees and the general principles and indicative list of eligible costs covered under GCF fees and project management costs adopted by the Board pursuant to decision B.19/09.