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As a tropical island, the DR is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change; extreme climatic events have the potential to severely disrupt the path of social and economic development in the country. In this...

The objective of this grant is to enhance country ownership and climate finance access during the early stages of the operationalisation of the Green Climate Fund in Rwanda. In particular, it aims to develop the...

Liberia is a Least Developed Country that is severely vulnerable to climate change impacts (extreme weather events, increased pest and disease outbreaks, sea-level rise and sealevel erosion etc.). The government tried...

The government has started to place climate change at the core of its development plans, and in addition to putting in place adaptation measures. At national level, process is in place to implement plans and programmes...

The project’s objective is to enhance Guyana’s readiness to access and deliver international climate finance through targeted institutional strengthening. This will be achieved through the following two outcomes, (i)...

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 change consequences that negatively affect lives and livelihoods of its...

CAR, as a party to the UN Convention on Climate Change, has opted to submit this readiness proposal to the Green Climate Fund (the Fund) to access the readiness resources required for the country’s NDA to launch the...

Djibouti appointed its Focal Point only recently and the team is small with limited experience on climate finance issues. Moreover, the country has received climate-related support from its development partners to...

As a Least Developed Country (LDC), a Small-Island Developing State and the newest country to the Asia-Pacific region, Timor-Leste faces a number of development challenges, which are exacerbated by climate change and...

The objective of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Programme is to support the Government of Haiti through its GCF Focal Point in strengthening their national capacities to effectively and efficiently plan for,...

The readiness support will assist the NDA in building the necessary capacity needed to handle large cross sectoral projects involving multiple stakeholders and interest groups. The development of a Country Programme...

In 2015, the 30th Council of Ministers of IOC requested that the Secretariat seeks accreditation to the GCF (decision 21b) and reiterate the request in February 2016 at the 31th Council of Minister (decision 10)....

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 the...

Over the past few years, Cambodia has put a lot of emphasis on integrating climate change in the development planning process, at the national, sectoral and sub-national level, as well as piloting potential approaches,...

Egypt set up its own mechanism to engage all concerned stakeholders through forming a national committee composed of representatives of all ministries and relevant academia on GCF-related issues to identify priority...

The requested Readiness Programme aims at strengthening the recently nominated Focal Point (or NDA) of Burkina Faso, in order to enable engagement with the Fund. National climate change strategies, plans, and priorities...

Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) has been designated as the NDA for the GCF given its mandate to manage and channel all developmental grants in the country. However, there is limited capacity to provide...

The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an Economic Union established under the Treaty of Basseterre. The OECS is now a ten-member grouping comprising the full Member States of Antigua and Barbuda,...

Antigua and Barbuda is currently implementing its initial Readiness support request for NDA Strengthening, development of the Country Programme, and No-Objection procedure. These activities are underway and will be...

In the last years, Uruguay has increased its political commitment in relation to climate change aspects. The institutional framework has evolved towards a deeper involvement of relevant stakeholders and early actions...

The objective of the present readiness and preparatory support is to strengthen Argentina’s accredited national direct access entity to the Fund and to develop a robust pipeline of programs and projects to submit to the...

Senegal’s economy depends heavily on climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture, fishing and tourism, which generate over 60% of employment positions in the country. Despite its huge potential for renewable energy (e...

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 Specialized fiduciary standards and micro project...

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...

The Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning is appointed Focal Point to the Green Climate Fund (GCF); To adequately fulfil its roles and responsibilities the Focal Point requests support on the...

The NDA will develop the following activities to ensure development of a sound country programme: Review and understanding of Bangladesh’s ‘low carbon and climate resilient development’-relevant plans and frameworks...

SANBI is seeking readiness support from the GCF to: i) strengthen SANBI’s financial management and project management systems, noting the need to improve systems to deal with the anticipated GCF programme of work, and...

In 2013, Viet Nam was officially chosen as one of the ten pilot countries to receive support from the GIZ Climate Finance Readiness Programme and MPI was the official partner for CF Ready. In 2014, this effort was...

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 “grant award” and the environmental and social risk...

As stated in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), Panama is fully committed to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and is currently implementing concrete actions to transition toward a low emissions...