B.43/09: Consideration of accreditation proposals

The Board, having considered document GCF/B.43/03 titled “Consideration of accreditation proposals”:

  1. Takes note with appreciation of the assessments conducted by the Secretariat and the Accreditation Panel contained within the relevant documents for the following applicants for accreditation:
    1. Applicant 158 (APL158), Agence de Promotion des Investissements Agricoles (APIA), based in Tunisia, as contained in document GCF/B.43/03/Add.01;
    2. Applicant 159 (APL159), the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), based in Viet Nam, as contained in document GCF/B.43/03/Add.02;
    3. Applicant 160 (APL160), the Joint Stock Company “Development Bank of Kazakhstan” (DBK), based in Kazakhstan, as contained in document GCF/B.43/03/Add.03;
    4. Applicant 161 (APL161), the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), based in Trinidad and Tobago, as contained in document GCF/B.43/03/Add.04; and
    5. Applicant 162 (APL162), the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management of the Government of Vanuatu (MFEM Vanuatu), based in Vanuatu, as contained in document GCF/B.43/03/Add.05;

    pursuant to paragraph 45 of the Governing Instrument for the GCF, subject to, and in accordance with, the recommendation of the Accreditation Panel contained in the relevant addendum for each of the applicants, and subject to the completion of Stage III of the accreditation process by having an effective accreditation master agreement, in accordance with decision B.23/11;

  2. Approves, pursuant to paragraph 45 of the Governing Instrument for the GCF, the accreditation of APL158, Agence de Promotion des Investissements Agricoles (APIA), based in Tunisia, subject to, and in accordance with, the recommendation on accreditation of the Accreditation Panel contained in section 4.2 of document GCF/B.43/03/Add.01, and subject to the completion of Stage III of the accreditation process by having an effective accreditation master agreement, in accordance with decision B.23/11;
  3. Also approves, pursuant to paragraph 45 of the Governing Instrument for the GCF, the accreditation of APL159, the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), based in Viet Nam, subject to, and in accordance with, the recommendation on accreditation of the Accreditation Panel contained in section 4.2 of document GCF/B.43/03/Add.02, and subject to the completion of Stage III of the accreditation process by having an effective accreditation master agreement, in accordance with decision B.23/11;
  4. Further approves, pursuant to paragraph 45 of the Governing Instrument for the GCF, the accreditation of APL160, the Joint Stock Company “Development Bank of Kazakhstan” (DBK), based in Kazakhstan, subject to, and in accordance with, the recommendation on accreditation of the Accreditation Panel contained in section 4.2 of document GCF/B.43/03/Add.03, and subject to the completion of Stage III of the accreditation process by having an effective accreditation master agreement, in accordance with decision B.23/11;
  5. Approves, pursuant to paragraph 45 of the Governing Instrument for the GCF, the accreditation of APL161, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), based in Trinidad and Tobago, subject to, and in accordance with, the recommendation on accreditation of the Accreditation Panel contained in section 4.2 of document GCF/B.43/03/Add.04, and subject to the completion of Stage III of the accreditation process by having an effective accreditation master agreement, in accordance with decision B.23/11;
  6. Also approves, pursuant to paragraph 45 of the Governing Instrument for the GCF, the accreditation of APL162, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management of the Government of Vanuatu (MFEM Vanuatu), based in Vanuatu, subject to, and in accordance with, the recommendation on accreditation of the Accreditation Panel contained in section 4.2 of document GCF/B.43/03/Add.05, and subject to the completion of Stage III of the accreditation process by having an effective accreditation master agreement, in accordance with decision B.23/11;
  7. Takes note with appreciation of the assessment conducted by the Secretariat and the Accreditation Panel contained within the relevant document for the following applicant seeking to upgrade their accreditation type:
    1. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), based in Japan, as contained in document GCF/B.43/03/Add.06;
  8. Agrees to upgrade the accreditation type of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), based in Japan, as contained in decision B.17/13, paragraph (b), subject to, and in accordance with, the recommendation on accreditation of the Accreditation Panel contained in section 4.2 of document GCF/B.43/03/Add.06; and
  9. Takes note of the status of the fulfilment by accredited entities of accreditation conditions as assessed by the Accreditation Panel and summarized in the document GCF/B.43/Inf.10 titled “Status of the GCF resources, portfolio and pipeline”.