Green Climate Fund Readiness Support Accreditation GEF GCF

Green Climate Fund Readiness Support & Accreditation GEF – GCF National Dialogue Vientiane, Lao PDR | 13 February 2019

Engaging with GCF Establish and maintain a National Designated Authority (NDA) or focal point Strategic engagement through country programmes Identify and seek accreditation of entities to access resources from the Fund Develop projects and programmes to bring forward funding proposals through accredited entities

Programming Overview INDCs NAPs TNAs Country and Entity Programmes READINESS (including GCF NAP support) PPF FP GCF pipelines

Country Programme and Entity Work Programme

Programming continuum The programming process aims to yield high quality pipelines that the GCF can support Country Programming § § § Evidence-based Objectively-driven Prioritization criteria developed Entity Work Programming Project Development (Pipeline Development) § § § Linked The GCF provides Readiness and Project Preparatory support along this continuum to assist countries in achieving impactful climate outcomes. Rooted in country programming process Entity strengths/interests identified Co-financing opportunities identified § § § Supported by climate rationale Paradigm shift potential identified Aligned to GCF Investment Criteria Impactful Climate Outcomes Implementation & Results and Learning § § § Transformation realized Lessons captured Capacity built Descriptions in lower boxes are not collectively exhaustive; Illustrative only.

Iterative process Country programme Results & learning Entity programme Project implementation Pipeline development Funding proposals

Readiness Programme

Readiness: Four areas of support 1. NDA strengthening 2. Strategic frameworks Up to USD 1 M per country per year 3. Support for direct access entities 4. Adaptation planning processes Up to USD 3 M per country (not per year)

Readiness support to Asia Pacific USD 31. 1 million committed to 32 countries Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Indonesia Iraq Jordan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao PDR Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nauru Nepal Niue Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Papua New Guinea Republic of Marshall Islands Tajikistan Thailand Timor Leste Tonga Vanuatu Viet Nam 17 countries accessing directly 32 received disbursements (USD 14. 4 million)

Adaptation Planning Processes: A golden opportunity to increase impact and scale of adaptation finance Outcomes 1. Adaptation governance and coordination 2. Impact and investment information Evidence base for climate rationale 3. Knowledge, information & communication 4. Policy & strategy development/integration 5. Financing strategy 6. Monitoring & learning Private sector engagement Design of adaptation solutions Project concept design Design and prioritization of project ideas Stakeholder engagement Impact monitoring

Adaptation Planning Good Practices and Review Criteria 1. Focus strategically within a national vision 2. Address specific climate impacts and vulnerabilities 3. Develop financing strategy for each adaptation priority 4. Articulate theory of change 5. Avoid duplication of effort 6. Engage stakeholders proactively 7. Build gender considerations 8. Cultivate private sector investment 9. Monitor and report systematically 10. Coherence and complementarity with other funds

Accreditation

Accreditation Process

Building Global Partnerships accredited entities Private Sector 75 China Direct Access A Diverse Network of Partners International Access

Synergies across climate landscape

Making sense of the landscape • GCF mandated to pursue “complementarity & coherence” • GCF Board approved operational framework to focus cooperation with AF, GEF, and CIFs Enhance complementarity at the activity level: Promote coherence at the national programming level: o Readiness & capacity building o Project development and appraisal (pipeline) o Country & entity work programmes o NAP implementation o Accreditation o Funding proposals o Policies and procedures

Supporting Laos NDA in the promotion of synergies NDAs are the linchpin of GCF engagement in-country: • Convening national discussions on climate finance • Addressing national climate & development priorities in light of mitigation & adaptation challenges • Coordinating stakeholders across public, private and international sectors & monitoring actions • Identifying & nominating national entities for accreditation to the GCF • Monitoring GCF-funded activities within the country

Building greater strategic national coherence Strengthening country engagement through country level coordination and communications between focal points and entities Complementarity of support for policy frameworks, including NDCs and NAPs Coordinating programming and identification of financing priorities, including opportunities for readiness support, scaling up and replication

GCF supporting countries efforts in promoting coherence at the national programming level Readiness and programming • GCF country programmes as tool to engage climate finance landscape, implement country’s strategies • GEF/GCF Coordinated Engagement initiative • Readiness support available for institutional capacity and coordination mechanisms to govern and coordinate climate action and finance, develop climate finance strategies Policies and procedures • Harmonization and synergies in accreditation and work with AEs • Benchmarking in policy development, including adaptation approach • Harmonization in M&E policies and procedures Funding proposals and Concept notes • Proactive identification of interaction of funding, including scaling-up experiences from other Funds • Revisions to readiness programme

Coordinating programming & identification/ development of financing priorities NDAs and the funds can cooperate for coherent national programming in a variety of ways • Readiness support for Country Programmes can build a nationally-coherent approach to strategic climate finance engagement • Enhance synergies between climate finance channels and private sector for increased investment – replication, scale-up • Improve sharing of information on support requests vis-a -vis national policies by NDAs and accredited entities (AEs) including for other funds

GCF – GEF Collaboration With GEF-7 launching, the funds look to synergize at the activity and national levels to enable NDAs and OFPs to take the lead role in coordinating GCF and GEF support strategically GEF-7: CC focal area; impact programs (cities, forests, food sys) LDCF: GEF Adaptation Strategy 2018 -2022 GCF-GEF launch Coordinated Engagement pilot at GEF Assembly: Countries undertake and develop their country programming by early 2019, working closely with GCF and GEF with engagement of national stakeholders

Synergies: Examples from the ground (GEF) FP 050 – WWF: Bhutan for Life • The project applies lessons learned from earlier work financed by the GEF, including recommendations of a UNDP/GEF evaluation of Bhutan’s REDD+ program FP 051 – UNDP: Scaling-up Investment • UNDP, with co-financing from GEF, to leverage in Low-Carbon Public Buildings investment for a transformational shift towards lowcarbon urban development in Bosnia-Herzegovina to Bosnia-Herzegovina promote safer, cleaner cities; and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

GCF-CIFs Programming Board mandated at B. 20 GCF to advise NDAs on how programming opportunities may be brought to GCF Countries may bring inputs from investment plans to country programmes, PPFs, or directly as Funding Proposals. GCF reaching out to all countries who have engaged in CIFs to discuss opportunities for programming

Fit-for-Purpose Accreditation Mandate & track record • Alignment with Fund objectives • At least 3 year of operations Fiduciary functions • Basic • Specialized • Project management • Grant award • On-lending/blending (loans, equity and/or guarantees) Project size • Micro ( <10 M) • Small (10 -50 M) Environment & social risk category • Medium (50 -250 M) • A (high) • Large ( >250 M) • B (medium) • C (minimal or no)

Readiness support $115. 8 m for 115 countries EASTERN EUROPE 11 approved (USD 7. 9 m, 9 countries) 10 disbursed (USD 1. 7 m, 9 countries) LATIN AMERICA & the CARIBBEAN 63 approved (USD 39. 8 m, 30 countries) 51 disbursed (USD 12. 5 m, 27 countries) AFRICA 68 approved (USD 37 m, 44 countries) 60 disbursed (USD 15 m, 38 countries) ASIA-PACIFIC 61 approved (USD 31. 1 m, 32 countries) 58 disbursed (USD 12. 7 m, 32 countries) As of 28 November 2018

Status of support for Adaptation Planning Processes Status Submitted Approved + Endorsed 21 November 2018 65 31 (21 + 10) 1 January 2018 40 8 (3 + 5) Focus of support % of Approved or Endorsed LDCs, SIDs and Countries in Africa 71% LDCs 42% Kyrgyz Republic Tajikistan Mongolia Bosnia & Herzegovina Azerbaijan Uzbekistan Serbia Montenegro Armenia Turkmenistan Albania Bhutan Haiti Dominica Pakistan Nepal Mexico Egypt Mauritania. Chad Iraq Dominican Republic Bangladesh Mali Niger Sudan. Oman Guatemala Antigua & Barbuda Myanmar Benin El Salvador Honduras South Sudan Costa Rica Colombia Liberia. Nigeria. Ghana Uganda Somalia Cameroon Burundi Kenya Cote d’Ivoire DRC Ecuador PNG Tonga Tanzania Gabon Peru Mauritius Malawi Sao Tome Principe Zimbabwe Madagascar Uruguay Swaziland Seychelle Argentina Lesotho As of 26 November 2018

Opportunities for complementarity in CIF and GCF programming FIP Strategic Programmes for Climate Resilience VIA Opportunity A) SPCR elements can feed into different GCF programming elements Opportunity B) Driven by countries, FIP projects can be built on with GCF finance Invest ment plans Country ownership GCF Support: READINESS (including adaptation planning) PROJECT PREPAR- ATION FUNDING PROPOSALS CLIMATE IMPACT