B.34/10: Consideration of funding proposals
The Board, having considered document GCF/B.34/02/Rev.01 titled “Consideration of funding proposals”:
- Takes note of the following funding proposals:
- Funding proposal 191 titled “Enhancing Adaptation and Community Resilience by Improving Water Security in Vanuatu” by the Pacific Community (SPC) as contained in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.01 and 14;
- Funding proposal 192 titled “The R’s (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) for Climate Resilience Wastewater Systems in Barbados (3R-CReWS)” by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) as contained in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.02 and 14;
- Funding proposal 193 titled “Peruvian Amazon Eco Bio Business Facility (Amazon EBBF)” by the Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and Protected Areas (PROFONANPE), as contained in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.03 and 14;
- Funding proposal 194 titled “Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB) Cool” by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), as contained in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.04 and 14;
- Funding proposal 195 titled “E-Motion: E-Mobility and Low Carbon Transportation” by the Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), as contained in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.05 and 14;
- Funding proposal 196 titled “Supporting Innovative Mechanisms for Industrial Energy Efficiency Financing in Indonesia with Lessons for Replication in other ASEAN Member States” by Korea Development Bank (KDB), as contained in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.09;
- Funding proposal 197 titled “Green Guarantee Company ("GGC")” by MUFG Bank Ltd., as contained in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.10/Rev.01;
- Funding proposal 198 titled “CATALI.5°T Initiative: Concerted Action To Accelerate Local I.5° Technologies – Latin America and West Africa” by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, as contained in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.11; and
- Simplified funding proposal 025 titled “Adaptation of agricultural production systems in Coastal Areas of Northwest Guinea-Bissau” by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS), as contained in document GCF/B.34.02/Add.12/Rev.01 and Add.14;
- Approves funding proposal 191 for the amount of USD 23,325,033, submitted by the Pacific Community, subject to the conditions set out in annex VII and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.14;
- Also approves funding proposal 192 for the amount of USD 39,390,913.29, submitted by Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, subject to the conditions set out in annex VII and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.14;
- Further approves funding proposal 193 for the amount of USD 8,972,400, submitted by the Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and Protected Areas, subject to the conditions set out in annex VII and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.14;
- Approves funding proposal 194 for the amounts of EUR 175,000,000 and USD 45,000,000, submitted by the Agence Française de Développement, subject to the conditions set out in annex VII and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.14;
- Also approves funding proposal 195 for the amount of USD 76,616,550, submitted by the Corporación Andina de Fomento, subject to the conditions set out in annex VII and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.14;
- Further approves funding proposal 196 for the amount of USD 105,000,000, submitted by Korea Development Bank, subject to the conditions set out in annex VII and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.09;
- Approves funding proposal 197 for the amount of USD 40,500,000 submitted by MUFG Bank Ltd, subject to the conditions set out in annex VII and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.10/Rev.01;
- Decides in respect of funding proposal 197 that MUFG Bank Ltd. 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 USD 82,500,000, subject to the conditions set out in annex VII;
- Requests the Secretariat to submit to the Board for consideration and approval its assessment and recommendation with respect to the conditions to funded activity agreement execution set out in annex VII relating to funding proposal 197, following their satisfactory submission by MUFG Bank Ltd. to the Secretariat;
- Recognizes that the approval of funding proposal 197 does not set a precedent with respect to compliance with the no-objection procedures established by the Board and reaffirms that the Secretariat shall not present any funding proposals to the Board which are not fully compliant with the no-objection procedure;
- Approves funding proposal 198 for the amount of EUR 26,840,204, submitted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, subject to the conditions set out in annex VII and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.11;
- Also approves simplified approval process funding proposal 025 for the amount of USD 9,807,800, submitted by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory, subject to the conditions set out in annex VII and in the respective term sheet set out in document GCF/B.34/02/Add.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 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;
- 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; and
- Requests the independent Technical Advisory Panel to meaningfully engage and communicate with accredited entities throughout the funding proposal package assessment, including during the following phases: Endorsement: assessment finalization and clearance phase (Step 3.2.1); Non-endorsement (Step 3.2.2.1); and Re-submission (Step 3.2.2.2) of the updated independent Technical Advisory Panel review procedure adopted by the Board in decision B.28/03, paragraph (a), and its annex II.