Accredited Entities
Guided by country priorities and GCF's investment framework. Accredited entities turn project concepts into action
Accredited Entities partner with GCF to implement projects. Guided by our investment framework and the priorities of developing country governments, Accredited Entities convert concepts into action. They work alongside countries to come up with project ideas, and submit funding proposals for the GCF Board to approve.
Accredited Entities can be private or public, non-governmental, sub-national, national, regional or international, as long as they meet the standards of the Fund. Accredited Entities carry out a range of activities that usually include the development of funding proposals and the management and monitoring of projects and programmes. Countries may access GCF resources through multiple entities simultaneously.
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Approved for accreditation 168
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Legal arrangements signed 138
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Accreditation process completed 120
Accessing funding through accreditation
Access to GCF resources is through entities accredited by the GCF Board (Accredited Entities or AEs). To access funding, these institutions will go through a process of “accreditation,” designed to assess whether they are capable of strong financial management and of safeguarding funded projects and programmes. Accreditation is the initial part of the entire suite of GCF’s due diligence placed across an AE’s lifecycle of engagement with GCF, including accreditation screening, concept note and funding proposal review, monitoring, and project implementation and closure.
Organizations with specialized capacities in driving climate action may apply to become GCF Accredited Entities. They can be public, private, non-governmental, as well as sub-national, national, regional, or international bodies. Applicants should have clear, detailed and actionable climate change projects or programmes to present to GCF for mitigation and/or adaptation. They must also meet GCF fiduciary standards, environmental and social safeguards, and gender requirements.
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The Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme supports country-driven initiatives to strengthen their institutional capacities, governance mechanisms, and planning and programming frameworks towards a transformational long-term climate action agenda.
One of the funding windows of the programme is dedicated to strengthening Direct Access Entities.
