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Chad is a highly vulnerable country with more than half of its territory being a desert. The country is subject to climate shifts and climate ... that negatively affect lives and livelihoods of its people. Although the country ratified all the key ...

... adaptive capacity and is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. For twenty years, it is facing serious ... activities related to strengthening the capacity of its "Designated National Authority" and the process of developing ...

... climate-related support from its development partners to implement a number of policies, programmes and projects. ... and will focus on (i) the strengthening of the National Designated Authority (NDA) / Focal Point (activity 1), and ... of the NDA/FP are built to effectively fulfill its roles and responsibilities in relation to the Fund. The ...

... the GCF. The readiness activities will be planned and implemented in line with national policies and priorities. The ... preparatory work before GCF financing will be possible at scale. The GCF Readiness Programme will focus on a ... management capacity of national entities in Haiti to seek accreditation with the GCF, with a focus on enabling direct ...

... of Ministers of IOC requested that the Secretariat seeks accreditation to the GCF (decision 21b) and reiterate the ... countries, re‐ stricting their ability to prepare and implement climate change projects. It should also be recog‐ ... countries) excluding them from certain sources of funding, despite the fact that climate vulnerability threatens to ...

The newly created Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (where the NDA is hosted) lacks both human and financial capacity. Its staffs lack relevant technical and operational skills as they are new to ... Actions (NAMA), and Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) with the GCF’s investment criteria will require ...

... process, at the national, sectoral and sub-national level, as well as piloting potential approaches, mostly in ... coming to a close, the emphasis is shifting towards full-scale implementation of the climate change response, including ...

... composed of representatives of all ministries and relevant academia on GCF-related issues to identify priority ... of the NDA, technical assistance to staff responsible for managing the GCF portfolio will be provided. ... of national context of climate change in Egypt based on desk review of the Third National Communication (TNC), ...

... Focal Point (or NDA) of Burkina Faso, in order to enable engagement with the Fund. National climate change ... NAMAs plan and National Communications in line with PNDES*. Altogether they constitute the basis for a country ... identification  and nomination of national entities for accreditation to the Fund, and engagement of stakeholders, ...

... national and sub-national entities which is an obstacle to achieve national priorities such as the “Carbon ... BTFEC lacks competent human resources to undertake NIE accreditation processes and would require additional human resource with requisite experience and capacity building. Bhutan NDA ...

... framework has evolved towards a deeper involvement of relevant stakeholders and early actions have been taken to ... the causes of climate change. Being a highly vulnerable country, Uruguay has facilitated adaptation measures in ... the Government of Uruguay seeks to strengthen the National Designated Authority (NDA) to the Fund and lay the ground ...

... and preparatory support is to strengthen Argentina’s accredited national direct access entity to the Fund and to ... the readiness will aid the dissemination of UCAR’s role as accredited entity and the opportunity of financing ...

... generate over 60% of employment positions in the country. Despite its huge potential for renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, etc.), Senegal’s economy ... fossil fuel- dependent. In order to address the above challenges and materialise its long-term aspiration to become an ...

The CSE has been accredited as Direct Access Entity with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in March 2015. CSE is accredited for basic fiduciary standards, Project Management ... resources. CSE has already a good experience in implementing simultaneously several projects/programmes ranging ...

The Palestinian Government nominated the Environment Quality Authority (EQA) to become the Country’s National Designated Authority (NDA) to the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The nomination of EQA was acknowledged by the GCF on 25 November 2016. This project ...

... to the Green Climate Fund (GCF); To adequately fulfil its roles and responsibilities the Focal Point requests support on ... point strives to support national institutions to become accredited and inform them about the Fund’s accreditation process, fiduciary standards, ESS and gender ...

... processes at the national and sub-national government level, including with community stakeholders and the private ... SANBI aims to identify through these national processes at least two opportunities which can be progressed to Concept ...

... Finance/UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance, funded by CF Ready in coordination with ... NDA operations in accordance with the GCF requirements. While the FSF assessment highlighted a number of gaps that fall ...

Profonanpe is currently the only Peruvian entity accredited by the GCF and is in the process of upgrading its accreditation category from “project management” to ... With one project already approved by the GCF and under implementation, Profonanpe seeks to strengthen its capacities ...

... mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and is currently implementing concrete actions to transition toward a low ... economy. Historically, Panama has only been responsible for approximately 0.02% of global emissions. However, despite its low levels of emissions, the Central American ...

... national social and environmental safeguards guides. Specifically, 3 proposals are presented: Support for ... the design of financial structures that assure a sustainable financing with minimal concessionality in the long term. ... allow Chile to comply with this GCF requirement for the accreditation process. This policy will also serve as a guide ...

... training sessions and specific tasks on IT, M&E of complex projects, project administration and financial ... in national processes etc. IUCN will be responsible for administering the funds using required procedures and ... Cameroon Establishing and strengthening the National Designated Authority and Focal Point, developing strategic ...

... the adverse impacts of climate change through the implementation of ambitious policies and actions enshrined in its NDCs. However, to meet the country’s desired national goals and to access climate finance will ... that the GCF Readiness Programme will help to tackle: (i) inadequate mechanisms for stakeholder engagement and ...

Bangladesh is experiencing the adverse effects of climate change, including sea level rise in coastal areas, increasing severity of tropical ... planning. In March 2017, this NAP Roadmap was re-visited in a national stocktaking and consultation meeting ...

... is expected to result in the creation of a project entitled “Tourism Adaptation Project: Increasing Climate Change ... package to Namibia’s CBNRM Programme and is therefore designed to augment the first CBNRM EDA proposal entitled “Empower to Adapt: Creating Climate Change Resilient ...

... (GCF); however, there is growing demand to get in-depth knowledge of the GCF and its procedures and operations. ... coordination mechanism that ensure all initiatives from selecting direct access entities to priority funding ...

... the field, strengthen the country’s capacities on the role of the forestry and land use sector in the national GCF ... as small and medium forestry enterprises) and in the renewable energy sector, which are important focus of the ...

The reduction of vulnerability will be achieved through implementation of adaptation actions that are packaged into ... change adaptation into existing strategies, policies, legal frameworks, and programmes. The current readiness and ... adaptation (CCA) at systemic, institutional and individual levels; and help poor and climate vulnerable communities in ...

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for accredited entities on the environmental and social screening ... Process (SAP) Pilot Scheme. The document notes that the accredited entities may have already in place their own environmental and social screening process that enables the accredited entities to achieve the similar purpose ...

... and mitigate environmental and social risks based on IFC standards; will remain in effect until the Fund develops ...