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Scaling up policy and investment for gender inclusive, subnational green growth in Mexico The proposed project addresses i.) Lack of investment in priority projects in the state of Sonora ii.) Lack of capacity to develop, design and finance green growth projects iii.) Lack of integration of gender priorities in project development in Sonora iv.) Replication and knowledge sharing in other subnational entities. Additionally, the proposed project responds to the primary objectives and themes that have been identified in the Sonora green growth strategy which was developed by GGGI with the Government of Sonora. The project objective is to reduce GHG emissions and increase the number of green jobs through inclusive green growth in Mexico’s subnational entities. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks, IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
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Supporting Sustainable Landscape and scaling up of Ecovillages development model Burkina Faso is a landlocked country, with low levels of human development. The Human Development Index (HDI) stood at 0.4 in 2018, ranking the country at 183 out of 189 countries. Its economy remains agricultural and focused on food crops and cotton production. Over the last twenty years, the country has experienced average annual GDP growth of around 2%. However, poverty rates have remained unchanged during the period. To support the rural area the GoBF launched an initiative called "creation of 2,000 ecovillages" which aspired to implement inclusive growth in rural areas and preservation of the environment. Its intervention framework integrates the contribution of the government and other actors in national development i.)State, ii.)Local Authorities, iii.)Private Sector, and iv.)technical and v.)financial partners to the realization of the basic infrastructures (such as the socio-economic infrastructures) and the creation of a framework encouraging the development of sustainable investment models in rural areas. The overall objective of the project is to support the development of the Sustainable Landscape and scaling up of Ecovillages development model by focusing on ‘climate smart’ agriculture practices, including agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture for the production of cotton, fruit and rice and the provision of renewable energy (RE) for productive uses by rural communities residing at Ecovillages. The project is aligned with IO1 to strengthen national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks and implementation of these actions will produce a set of best practices; ones that will support stronger and inclusive social and economic rural development, while ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources.
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Rwanda Climate Resilient Green Cities (1) The government of Rwanda, in its national plan, the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDRPS2), has identified urbanization as a key element to grow the economy. The challenge with this ambition is that Rwanda is approximately 18% urbanized, which is one of the lowest in Africa. However, the current average growth rate of the urban population is 4.5%, which is far above the global average of 1.8%. This growth is largely concentrated in the capital city of Kigali, with an annual population growth rate of 9%. In order to better distribute economic growth across the country and accomplish the national urbanization target of 35% by 2020, the Government of Rwanda has identified six secondary cities (Huye, Muhanga, Nyagatare, Rubavu, Musanze and Rusizi) that would serve as green growth poles. GGGI, in 2015, developed a National Roadmap for Developing Green Secondary Cities which was endorsed and adopted by the government in 2016. The next stage of the National Roadmap has started with assistance to the government to develop the enablers of green urbanization through policy guidelines and actions to support implementation. Contribute to green urbanization implementation through integrated planning, financing of pilot projects, and institutional strengthening.
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Advancing ASEAN-Korean cooperation in Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management (IMSWM) for Environmentally Sustainable Cities This proposed project will support ASEAN Member States (AMS) in moving towards a model of resource efficient, circular society with enhanced national and local capacity to implement integrated solid waste management (ISWM) practices and catalytic waste investment projects by 2025. Through adapting experiences and learning of the Republic of Korea in integrated municipal solid waste management (IMSWM) at national and local level, the project will help AMS and Korea to jointly find appropriate solutions for the regional challenge of IMSWM.
It will help realize the vision of ASEAN Community 2025 and implement ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025 towards environmentally sustainable cities through (i) enhanced participatory and integrated approaches for sustainable urban planning and management; and (ii) strengthened coordination among relevant sectors for access to clean environment; as well as capacity enhancement to implement sound waste management and energy efficiency for sustainable consumption and production. It supports the AMS’ commitment to SDG 11, making cities sustainable through IMSWM and provide green jobs in the waste and associated sectors. This also supports the ASEAN Vision 2040’s ambition to “embrace new technologies and best-practice policies to achieve a resilient and energy-secure Sustainable ASEAN”. The project supports ASEAN Member States (AMS) in adopting a more sustainable waste management models in line with the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025 (ASCB 2025) and identify the key strategic interventions required towards achieving the ASEAN Vision 2040 for Sustainable Urban Development.
The project will directly contribute to the ASEAN Vision 2040 and the ASCC Blueprint 2025 in particular to the SCP objective by enhancing the capacity of relevant stakeholders to implement sound waste management. The project will help realize the objectives of responding effectively to the negative effects of the rapid urbanization of the region and provide adequate and sustainable urban infrastructure under the ASEAN Sustainable Urbanization Strategy. This project facilitates AMS to move towards a model of resource efficient and circular society. It facilitates enhanced national and local capacity to implement integrated solid waste management (ISWM) practices and develop catalytic waste investment projects by 2025. The ISWM projects being developed under the project would contribute to reduced / avoided carbon and methane emissions (about 6 mtCO2eq), creating green jobs (about 1300) and roughly 4 million citizens of AMS eventually benefitting from improved access to solid waste management services.
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Low carbon vehicles for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The BRT B2 network is developing along a North/South axis crossing Addis Ababa. The BRT line breaks down into five main sequences defined according to their specificities and the types of work on the section. It is proposed that in addition to the basic BRT service which will operate wholly within the exclusive busway, there should be three direct services that will operate partly on the busway and partly in mixed traffic on ordinary roads. It is important that the services are properly integrated, with regular headways on both individual services and on the combined service on each section of the busway, and with compatibility of vehicle types. According to AFD’s Operation Plan Note for the BRT B2 line, it is shown that there are two type of bus operation plans. Based on two possible operation scenarios, GGGI and AFD agreed that GGGI would undertake a pre-feasibility study to assess the financial and environmental opportunity of shifting the baseline choice of vehicles from diesel Euro IV emissions standard to electric buses. The overall objective of this project is to inform the GoE on the opportunity of greening the domestic public transport sector through introducing low carbon buses in the upcoming Bus Rapid Transit system. The scope of work encompasses stakeholders’ engagement activities, data collection, the design of a pre-feasibility study and the restitution of the study to stakeholders. The study will mainly consist of an investment comparison of the incremental costs and benefits of different low carbon vehicles options with the purpose of assessing their financial and economic attractiveness compared to the baseline choice, namely diesel fuelled 18-meter articulated buses. Attractiveness will be measured through indicators such as Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return. Financial assessment will focus on capital and operating expenses/savings. Economic assessment will take into account environmental and social costs and benefits
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WGEO - Smart City Investment Project This project is aligned with IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies, IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
The project will focus on the production of up to 20 bankable grant proposals per year (project concepts, offering two stages – entry point level that is easy to join, and follow up level that is longer term) for innovative green economy and green growth projects to be jointly implemented through the WGEO-GGGI networks at the national level, with each project starting with the requested budget of USD 300,000 (Three hundred thousand USD).
This portfolio of proposals will then be systematically promoted by the WGEO, through ongoing resource mobilization campaigns, organization of regular pledging conferences, introduction of innovative approaches to resource mobilization such as wealthy individuals clubs, green economy innovation labs, etc., with a view of mobilizing resources from its external partners, including IFIs, technical cooperation agencies of the participating countries, ESG-compliant corporate entities, other bilateral and multilateral donors, to be contributed through the WGEO trust funds towards the implementation of these grant-supported projects. The ultimate goal of these grant-supported projects will be to pave the way for the promotion of green investment in the most strategically promising smart green city infrastructure development projects from within the portfolio developed by GGGI. In doing so, priority will be given to projects that already possess the majority of required feasibility studies, that are endorsed by respective national governments and are enshrined in national development plans, and thus could be qualified as solid project pipelines. Third party investors will be invited to join the projects in response to inviting/attractive conditions created in potential host countries, including various types of concessions, tax vacations, investment guarantee schemes, and local-co-investors.
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MRV projects An accurate and precise Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas emissions system is fundamental to the post-2020 transparency. This is especially the case since all countries – both developed and developing - are expected to regularly report on their GHG inventories and NDC implementation and achievement progress under the new climate regime based on the Paris Agreement. Strong emphasis to realize transparency in tackling climate change at a global scale presents a daunting challenge especially to most of the non-Annex 1 countries with limited experience in carbon measurement and reporting. Planning and operationalizing a full MRV scheme requires not only political commitment but also technical expertise, sufficient time and financial resources. GGGI’s MRV program is designed to support national and/or city level MRV scheme establishment and strengthen the MRV capacities of at least eight countries during the 2017-2018 biennium. GGGI will also develop a sector-specific MRV guideline for the implementation of a transparency mechanism. Governments are better informed on how to establish effective MRV systems and practices to plan and track NDC progress.
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UKPACT IV: Accelerating development of new bioeconomy businesses Since 2019, the Colombian Government and GGGI have been supporting the development of Colombia's bioeconomy and implementation of the long-term Green Growth Policy (Conpes 3934 of 2018). This has been achieved via interventions such as on-demand policy advisory, bioeconomy business acceleration and open innovation challenges, an embedded bioeconomy task force, capacity building for green jobs promotion, and reinforcement of GGP tracking, reporting and integration with 2030 Agenda.
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Minciencias) has become a key national ally for the implementation of bioeconomy programs, projects, and actions. Together, GGGI and Minciencias have joined efforts in the implementation of projects CO04, CO12 and CO20. A particular highlight of this work has been:
- The development of the Bioeconomy Mission “For a living and diverse Colombia Power: towards a Knowledge-driven Society”,
- The launch and scale-up for the Bioeconomy Projects Acceleration Mechanism -MAPBIO,
- The development of bioeconomy open innovation challenges with iNNpulsa that seek solutions through science, technology and innovation to business and/or sectoral problems that can be addressed by biotechnology.
- The set up of an interinstitutional bioeconomy taskforce that includes the ministries of Commerce, Tourism and Industry; Science, Technology and Innovation; and Environment and Sustainable Development
A new phase of support was approved for 2023, and GGGI has been asked by UKPACT to continue assistance in similar areas of intervention including:
- Developing and implementing a sustainability plan for MAPBIO, to set the basis for a long-term acceleration mechanism within Ministry of Science MinCiencias, involving key stakeholders
- An updated strategy for the Private sector challenges in partnership with iNNpulsa.
- The continuation and update effort under the Green Growth Policy/Bioeconomy Taskforce. The proposed extension complements the previous phase by acting on the supply side of new bioproducts, working with INNpulsa and Minciencias to accelerate these products into the commercial phase. This will help the national Government accomplish the 500 bioproducts by 2030 goal established in the Green Growth Policy and the Bioeconomy Strategy. Similarly, a second round of the bioeconomy open innovation challenges that, after initial scoping with Minagricultura, could be focused on biopesticides, is directly complementary to the first round of challenges focused on biofertilizers. Lastly, the enhancement of the bioeconomy taskforce complements the flow of bioeconomy information between related institutions in terms of national information available for decision makers, researchers and citizens about the behaviour of Bioeconomy indicators such as contribution to GDP, job creation, social inclusion, among others.
In addition, it improves and expands on the results from the previous phase by focalizing the resources on bioeconomy mechanisms like MAPBIO, the Open Innovation Challenges, and the Bioeconomy Taskforce. It also expands on the knowledge-sharing approach by supporting the creation of a knowledge exchange network among the companies that have been part of the three cohorts of the MAPBIO mechanism, organizing a business fair with possible investors as a kick-off event for the sustainability strategy and with the beneficiaries of the three cohorts of MAPBIO, among others.
The proposed extension secures results from the previous phase by integrating lessons learned into the new government officials while reinforcing key institutions through knowledge sharing and a focused engagement with bioeconomy issues.
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Redesign of the scrapping and renewal premium program for the vehicle fleet in Morocco Recognizing that the dilapidated fleet hinders the improvement of the road transport sector, the Moroccan government started the vehicle renewal program in 2006 to modernize vehicles. The program provides incentives to encourage vehicle owners to replace their old vehicles with new ones. After the initial trial period of two years, the program was renewed in 2008, 2011, and 2014, targeting mainly freight vehicles. Incentives for scrapping old vehicles were added to the program in 2014.
For the 2018-2020 period, the coverage of the program is extended to include group transport vehicles (excluding taxis and public buses), transport vehicles in rural areas, breakdown and rescue vehicles, and vehicles for driving school. However, it should be noted that the Ministry of Interior and METLE are currently in discussions over the potential inclusion of taxis for this program. The program now targets the renewal of 8,927 vehicles among 29,757 vehicles over 20 years old with an annual budget ceiling of 150 million dirhams.
Not surprisingly the continuation of the 2018-2020 phase was put on hold until the program could be fully redesigned to ensure its effectiveness and sustainability by balancing stakeholder, economic, social, and environmental interests, despite a vested buy-in of the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, and Logistics and Water (METLE) for the program. At the request of the Department of Road Transport and Road Security (DTRSR) of METLE, GGGI aims to support the redesign of the vehicle renewal and scrapping program through:
· A detailed study on the program’s scope and outcomes from its inception in 2006 to the current phase;
· Assessment of why previous program phases did not produce better results (e.g. insufficient incentives, inefficient process, target beneficiary’s lack of access to capital, lack of awareness) based on documentation from a series of ongoing discussions between the target beneficiaries and METLE;
· Recommendations on how to adjust the program to facilitate implementation by improving alignment between the government’s objectives and target beneficiaries’ interests;
· Identification of options to sustainably finance the program including improvement of target beneficiaries’ access to financing operators in order to accelerate program implementation.
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BioCNG Programme - Thailand GGGI’s Biological Compressed Natural Gas (BioCNG) program will support target countries/ governments to develop a vibrant BioCNG market (robust demand and supply) with an ecosystem of service and technology providers. The program will focus on three waste streams namely, organic municipal solid waste, wastewater/sewage, and agricultural waste. This will be achieved through technical assistance to create an enabling business environment for the BioCNG market, reduce barriers to the recovery and use of BioCNG, and support environmentally-sustainable and commercially-scalable business models that are targeted for the local conditions. The program will focus on Indonesia, India, and Thailand, each with high BioCNG potential and rapidly growing markets to utilize BioCNG as fuel with an initial duration of two years (2021-2022). The proposed multi country intervention on BioCNG will enable inclusive development with indigenous clean energy development with opportunities for learning across three countries.
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Integrating Conflict Sensitivity in GGGI Environmental organisations (such as GGGI) grapple with conflict issues and face risks to their staff, partners and communities with which they work. In a world where biodiversity and fragility hotspots increasingly overlap, conflict-sensitive approaches can be a game-changer to achieve environmental objectives in conflict contexts. They can help organisations pursue their mission while not inadvertently fuelling tensions and can also strengthen contributions to social cohesion and peace.
Selected applicants will receive our process accompaniment and a small grant of up to 45,000 CHF to cover external expertise and process costs (for example for meetings, travel, communication). Support may cover various aspects of conflict sensitivity integration, including but not limited to: building staff and partners’ skills on dealing with conflict; piloting new approaches at programme level, notably on stakeholders’ engagement or how to conduct and use conflict analysis; bringing a conflict lens into organisational policies and frameworks, such as environmental and social safeguards; developing guidance and support mechanisms for field teams dealing with conflict; securing resources for environmental peacebuilding work. One phase of support lasts about one year. We typically provide our partners with up to two follow-on phases, pending progress.
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Mobilizing the Vanuatu Private Sector Towards Climate Change Action Initiated by the VBRC of the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Climate Change, aims to support the enabling of private sector participation in pursuit of Vanuatu’s long-term CCDRR and climate finance goals. Moreover, the GCF-Vanuatu Country Programme includes private sector as a vital group which will enable a paradigm shift and Vanuatu aims to engage strongly with the private sector on climate change, leverage private sector expertise and resources as well as develop strong public private partnerships. To improve VBRC's institutional capacity, enhance access to climate finance through information dissemination, provide trainings for project preparation, development of project pipeline and facilitation of resilience building trainings for local business and industry. A focus will be placed on fostering an enabling environment for increased private sector investment, such as promoting opportunities for new Public-Private Partnerships with a particular focus on tourism and agriculture but also including other sectors which need to adapt or could contribute to mitigation (e.g. water, forestry, infrastructure).
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Ecosystem-based approach for cliamte change adaptation and community resilience through NbS GGGI will deliver a climate smart agriculture-focused component in Kiribati's outer-islands as part of an IUCN program funded by GEF.
IUCN is developing a GEF proposal titled Securing Kiribati’s Natural Heritage: Protected Areas for Community, Atoll and Island Climate Resilience. The proposal is for a 5-year, USD 11,000,000 project to be delivered in 5 outer-islands. The proposal consists of 4 core components; IUCN has approached GGGI to deliver Component 3, "Ecosystem-based approach for climate change adaptation (CCA) and community resilience through Nature-based Solutions (NbS)". IUCN has indicated the GGGI could be allocated up to USD 2,000,000 to deliver component 3, which was developed with inputs from GGGI. Outputs to be delivered include:
- Island-level Nature-based Solutions sustainability plans developed and implemented
- Ecosystem-based adaptation and climate-SMART agriculture and aquaculture livelihood options are identified and adopted
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Women in Sustainable Tourism Entrepreneurship Programm There is an EOI currently out from SPC/Pacific Women Lead with a deadline for EOI of 6th December 2022. https://hrsd.spc.int/node/1022 The grant is maximum of 500k AUD.
Many women are involved in tourism in the Pacific but few feel confident and have access to the training needed to increase their income and become leaders and entrepreneurs in the tourism industry. GGGI would partner with YGAP - the Pacific program lead. See YGAP’s experience in this area here: https://ygap.org/pacificislands/
YHER with Fiji Duavata Collective on Sustainable Tourism already launched a first activity here in Fiji on an accelerator for women in sustainable tourism, and we would build on that to replicate in Fiji and expand to Vanuatu and PNG. The YGAP experience complements our own experience with PGEN very well. The project would cover:
Hiring coordinator in each country
Curriculum development
Residential bootcamp
Leadership training
Entrepreneurship training
tailored mentorship/connections.
Cohort masterclasses/webinars.
Showcase – networking event
We will try to run 2 cohorts in these 3 countries over the project period training 90 entrepreneurs in total.
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Readiness Support for Strategic Climate Finance in Guyana The proposed Readiness project aims to increase the capacity of Guyana to strategically manage climate finance flow from international and national sources including from the private sector, by supporting: - the development of a National Climate Finance Strategy for an effective and efficient climate finance architecture to support NDC, GSDS and National Climate Change Policy implementation; - the building capacity in financial instruments for NDA, National Climate Change Committee, potential national DAEs, banking institutions, government agencies as well as private sector; - the improvement of National GHGs monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system under the enhanced transparency framework of the Paris Agreement to increase the capacity and coordination between ministries and agencies to gather emission activity data and achieve and track NDC targets in line with implementation of GSDS and National Climate Change Policy; - the development of project pipeline and project/program concept notes for submission to GCF for the Municipality of Bartica and selected cities/towns using the findings of the energy audit implemented by the OCC and the assessments on project potential in consultations with OCC and key stakeholders. The main objective is that the Government of Guyana and relevant stakeholders have the capacity to plan, develop, finance and implement climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, and ultimately will be on track to achieve its revised NDC targets.
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Mobilizing Finance for Green Energy Projects in Vanuatu Vanuatu is a Small Island Developing State, consisting of more than 80 remote islands and highly vulnerable to climate change. Its remoteness, small market size and limited institutional capacity remain key barriers to green growth. Over 2015-2016, in collaboration with the World Bank, GGGI provided technical assistance to the Department of Energy for the revision of the National Energy Road Map (NERM). The revised NERM has identified five strategic areas for policy intervention in the energy sector: accessible energy, affordable energy, secure and reliable energy, sustainable energy and green growth. In addition, a financing gap of at least USD 20 million was identified to achieve national energy access targets. 73% of Vanuatu’s population does not have access to electricity. The Project aims to implement the objectives of the NERM to achieve 100% rural electrification, while also supporting the 100% renewable energy target also set out in the NERM. It will do so by helping to mobilize financial resources to help fill the USD 20 million financing gap for Vanuatu. The NGEF was included in the NERM as one of the tools for its implementation. The Program also aims to provide green employment opportunities in rural areas through use of renewable energies. To support the Government of Vanuatu’s establishment and operationalization of the National Green Energy Fund and to mobilize financing for a green energy projects.
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NDC Partnership Economic Advisory Support - CIV This project aims to mainstream green growth into projects and programs in Côte d'Ivoire. More specifically, the project consisted of carrying out two studies. In one hand, the impacts of covid19 on the economy and more particularly on agriculture to provide green recovery plan and recommendation. The project also aimed to formulate recommendation on mainstreaming green growth in Côte d'Ivoire's strategic document such as the National Development Plan. Sixty-five green indicators have been developed with the Directorate of Investment Programming (Ministry of Planning and Development) and the Planning Directors. These indicators will be included as evaluation criteria by line ministries during the development of the projects pipeline. Subsequently, a call for green projects has been launched to allow ministries to submit project ideas. Fifteen projects have been submitted by seven ministries for global amount of about USD 290 million. The overall objective was to support the government in the formulation and implementation of development programs and policies taking into account its climate ambitions.
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Establishment and operationalization of a National Financing Vehicle in Dominica Dominica has asked us for assistance in preparing a readiness proposal in which GGGI would assist them with creation and operationalization of an NFV. The NFV would support project associated with their geothermal-powered industrial park project, as well as transport and renewable energy projects. The Government of Dominica wants to establish a National Financing Vehicle to provide financial and technical support to RE EE and low carbon projects, including geothermal industrial parks (GEIPs)and transport projects, in Dominica. The NFV will be capitalized by multiple providers of international climate finance, including GCF and EIB.
The objectives of the NFV are to increase:
· The use of viable RE and EE technologies in Dominica, in order to decrease energy costs of the population.
· The country’s energy security by reducing its dependency on imported fossil fuels.
· Climate change mitigation by reducing GHG emissions.
· Climate resilience by providing a pathway toward financing distributed energy generation projects.
· Dominica’s transition to Low Carbon pathway as articulated in Low Carbon Climate Resilience Development Strategy.
· Facilitation of Investment Opportunities in Dominica’s Blue Economy Master plan designed to address the Climate Resilient Development Pathway of the Low Carbon Climate Resilient Development Strategy.
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Promoting green finance for the people and environment of the Mexico-US border The North American Development Bank (NADB) is a binational financial institution established by the Govts. of the United States and Mexico to provide financing to support the development and implementation of infrastructure projects, as well as to provide technical and other assistance for projects and actions that preserve, protect or enhance the environment and well-being of the people living in the border region between the countries (pop. ~23 million people). NADB has US$ 6 billion in total capital subscribed equally by the United States and Mexico. To date, NADB has financed 262 projects, helping more than 17.5 million vulnerable people.
NADB was an early-comer in the financing of green projects, but it has fallen behind other financial institutions in the adoption of better operational and strategic standards in line with current environmental and social challenges. NADB´s financing is key for the achievement of SDGs, NDCs and environmental targets by local stakeholders.
NADB is seeking to develop a partnership with GGGI to improve its green finance standards and green projects’ cycle. For this, the development of an MOU is being discussed and initial activities for GGGI to support with NADB funding have been identified:
1. Development of a 2025 roadmap to enhance NADB’s green banking.
2. Development and implementation of a Gender Policy to mainstream gender into the bank´s policy, systems and loan disbursement processes.
3. Development and implementation of an Environmental and Social Management System to screen and categorize the E&S risks of transactions and develop appropriate E&S risk mitigation strategies.
4. Development of a Green Loan Framework to enter into on-lending agreements with Mexican financial institutions for the disbursement of credit earmarked to low-carbon projects. The project targets to sign, commit and disburse at least US$ 25 million in green finance by end of 2021. This is expected to grow to three digits during the course of 2022. The North American Development Bank (NADB) is a binational financial institution established by the Govts. of the United States and Mexico to provide financing to support the development and implementation of infrastructure projects, as well as to provide technical and other assistance for projects and actions that preserve, protect or enhance the environment and well-being of the people living in the border region between the countries (pop. ~23 million people). NADB has US$ 6 billion in total capital subscribed equally by the United States and Mexico. To date, NADB has financed 262 projects, helping more than 17.5 million vulnerable people.
NADB was an early-comer in the financing of green projects, but it has fallen behind other financial institutions in the adoption of better operational and strategic standards in line with current environmental and social challenges. NADB´s financing is key for the achievement of SDGs, NDCs and environmental targets by local stakeholders.
NADB is seeking to develop a partnership with GGGI to improve its green finance standards and green projects’ cycle. For this, the development of an MOU is being discussed and initial activities for GGGI to support with NADB funding have been identified:
1. Development of a 2025 roadmap to enhance NADB’s green banking.
2. Development and implementation of a Gender Policy to mainstream gender into the bank´s policy, systems and loan disbursement processes.
3. Development and implementation of an Environmental and Social Management System to screen and categorize the E&S risks of transactions and develop appropriate E&S risk mitigation strategies.
4. Development of a Green Loan Framework to enter into on-lending agreements with Mexican financial institutions for the disbursement of credit earmarked to low-carbon projects. The project targets to sign, commit and disburse at least US$ 25 million in green finance by end of 2021. This is expected to grow to three digits during the course of 2022.
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Development of Provincial Green Growth Action Plans The Prime Minister approved Vietnam Green Growth Strategy at the Decision No 1658/QD-TTG dated October 1st, 2021 and the National Green Growth Action Plan for the period 2021-2030 at the Decision No 882/QĐ-TTg dated July 22, 2022. According to the National Green Growth Action Plan, all provinces must develop their Provincial Green Growth Action Plan (PGGAP).
Some development partners have committed to provide support to PGGAP. For example, KOICA project supports the development of 10 PGGAPs. ADB and GIZ agree to support 6 provinces. Vietnam has 63 provinces, so further support from development partners are needed.
In the last meeting with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Director General requests GGGI to support the development of 2 provincial Green Growth Action Plans. Adoption of Provincial Green Growth Action Plans (PGGAP) contribute to these provinces’ GHG emissions reduction, environmental sustainability, and social equality toward green and carbon-neutral economy through green investment projects.
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Green Innovation as part of EU support to Green Economy in Response to the Syrian crisis in Jordan The magnitude and impact of organic waste matter in Jordan is a major environmental challenge, and its management a major circular economy opportunity. Green innovation is needed in the management of organic waste in the MSW stream and agriculture and food processing sector. Technology investments, policies and circular economy business models can reduce the sector’s environmental impact, improve the productivity of soil, reduce energy costs in agro-processing, and enhance and diversify the revenue sources of the sector. To effectively implement these solutions, technical assistance and investment in required in government and private sector.
The overall objective of this project is to implement large-scale circular economy transformation in the management of organic waste in Jordan through policies and investments. This will be delivered through three interlinked workstreams: 1) policy recommendations for addressing organic waste; 2) investment preparation in circular economy solutions; and 3) capacity building for municipal authorities and public awareness activities about organic waste and circular economy.
The proposed project aims to enhance access to new, innovative and scalable livelihood options related to waste management for vulnerable men and women in Za’atari Refugee Camp and Host Communities.
The project will directly create green jobs for Jordanians and Syrians and will support cash for work graduation and livelihood businesses, and MSME’s within the project period by providing grants and access to business development services, with anticipated long-term impacts on innovation, green enterprise development and job creation.
The idea is to double up/co-fund the KOICA project. On the funding/target beneficiaries, compared to KOICA 50/50, EU indicated 30% for host communities and 70% Syrian refugees.
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NDC PAF: Dominican Republic The proposed project delivers demand-led technical assistance to the National Council on Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism (CNCCMDL) to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Government of the Dominican Republic to implement the NDC Action Plan 2022-2025 on adaptation by addressing critical gaps and barriers. This is achieved through these workstreams:
-Development and delivery of awareness raising and capacity building workshops and handbooks to enable the implementation of NDC RD 2020 and the Action Plan on adaptation / mitigation with cross-cutting elements implementation monitored carefully.
-Propose mechanisms for improved data collection, monitoring and reporting on the implementation of adaptation measures of the NDC Action Plan in accordance with the NDC Partnership Plan Online Tool: this is achieved through i) the development of a methodological approach to track costs, needs, progress on the implementation of adaptation measures, ii) production of quarterly progress reports on the adaptation/mitigation component of the 2021 – 2025 NDC Action Plan.
-Development of a Climate Finance Roadmap identifying i) funding needs, ii) sources of domestic/international climate finance, iii) recommendations for increased private sector investments in adaptation iii) long-list of adaptation projects, iv) investment briefs and decks for 2 priority adaptation and mitigation projects
- Formalization of a governance structure responsible for the implementation and monitoring of progress of the NDC Action Plan: The Project Team will support the CNCCMDL to establish and operationalize three Technical Committees responsible for incentivizing the operationalization of the NDC Action Plan through the development of actionable recommendations, targeted awareness raising, capacity building, monitoring and tracking progress and preparing and reporting results on a quarterly basis. Facilitate the implementation of the NDC-DR 2022-2025 Action Plan and preparation for the NDC-DR 2025 review.
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Support for the Research Plan -G20 Background Paper “Green Growth to Achieve the Paris Agreement” GGGI was commissioned a work by MoFA Japan for background paper and participation in a consultative workshop to feed into the 2019 G20 Osaka, Japan. The work was to articulate the importance and value of green growth as a critical approach for transforming developing countries’ aims on poverty reduction and prosperity while simultaneously achieving other UN Sustainable Development Goals and the climate pledges set out in the Paris Agreement. The report and advisory should bring about practical examples and best practices. GGGI will describe and analyze these experiences in GGGI member countries in the G20 background paper, which will give rise to actionable recommendations for the G20 countries related to green growth as an effective approach to maintain sustainable economic growth while achieving the Paris Agreement. This project is aligned with IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
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Scaling Roof-top Solar Generation in Oriental Mindoro The main purpose of the project is to create policy and regulatory environment for rooftop solar PV projects, establish institutional capacity to manage distributed generation and make RE generation affordable and realistic solution in the Province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.
The proposed project will produce a sector-specific policy work in the Province of Oriental Mindoro, that promotes installation of rooftop solar PV in government buildings, in compliance with Republic Act 9153, the Renewable Energy Law of 2008, which aims to accelerate the exploration and development of renewable energy resources to reduce the country's dependence on fossil fuel. It will provide governance mechanism encouraging the use of rooftop solar in government buildings through government funding, grants and/or public-private partnership modalities. This proposed project will focus on developing a Policy advisory report that will provide the enabling environment and mechanisms for a provincial ordinance encouraging the “promotion, fund sourcing, installation and operation of Roof-Mounted Solar PVs” in all government buildings in the Province. This is in compliance with Republic Act 9153 (Renewable Energy Act of 2008), which aims to “accelerate the exploration and development of renewable energy resources, such as solar roofing, to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuel”, and in support of the National Renewable Energy Roadmap and the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Targets of the country.
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Green growth governance - Long-term capacity-building to support climate change dev. Initiatives The activities developed under this PIN will allow the implementation of capacity building and knowledge sharing to government agencies in i.) the preparation and management of climate projects through the development of concept notes for mitigation and/or adaptation actions, ii.) the promotion of green growth best practices. Part of the activities will include the identification of private sector stakeholders and the organization of a workshop to inform about Green finance opportunities, to better understand the challenges towards enhanced private capital involvement in climate projects, and to discuss innovative solutions to overcome investment barriers, including the introduction of the GCF’s Private Sector Facility. The objective of the project is to support the capacity building of national key stakeholders on activities that reinforce green governance in Burkina Faso and increase their opportunity to have access to climate finance. The project is aligned with IO3 and aims to promote capacity building for the government and key stakeholders (alternatively it can be: the project is aligned with IO1 to enable the development of green growth policy and regulatory framework or the project is aligned with IO2 to catalyze green investments.
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Market Preparation for Industrial Energy Efficiency in Lao PDR The project deliverables comprise:
• An effective stakeholder coordination mechanism
• Lao PDR’s industrial energy efficiency policy guidelines and action plan.
• A training program for the development of local energy services companies (ESCOs) and auditing skills.
• At least 25 energy audits, technology options assessment and financial models completed across the industrial sectors.
• An Information Memorandum and an investor forum which will highlight identified energy efficiency investment opportunities and match private and public enterprises in the industrial sector with investors and financiers.
• A GCF concept note on industrial energy efficiency investment through ESCO delivery model As a result of this Readiness project, policy gaps for an energy efficient industrial sector will be addressed, an action plan for private investments in industrial energy sector will be developed, sectoral expertise will be improved, and stakeholders including the private sector will be engaged and effectively coordinated. In the medium term it is expected that the project will have contributed to scale-up private sector investments in industrial energy efficiency. Longer-term impacts include lower energy intensity of industries, reduced emissions from industries, and a shift of the industry sector to a low emission sustainable development pathway.
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Green Growth Pathways in Senegal Senegal’s situation has been characterized by successive years of underperformance in key sectors of the economy including inadequate access as well as high cost of electricity, low agricultural productivity, weak urbanization. Combined with the economy’s vulnerability to exogenous shocks (climatic shocks, energy crisis, low value-added of exports, etc.), the result is persistent poverty, unemployment and social inequality both in rural and urban areas. Senegal has recognized the need to diversify its energy mix and attract private sector investments to ensure a competitive supply of electricity in the industrial zones and agricultural areas that have strong economic potential. The agriculture sector is highly vulnerable to climate change, high costs of inputs such as fertilizers, declines in harvests, etc., resulting into more unemployment, high food prices and extensive imports. Ineffective urban development planning without growth has also led to consistent environmental and urban challenges that exacerbate the social inequalities and urban poverty. Assist appropriate government agencies to apply and use green city guidelines and implementation roadmap and inform future national planning. Support Senegal to map out national policy priorities that will allow the country to achieve objectives laid out in its INDCs/NDC. Support market assessments that contribute to building Senegal’s readiness to scale up RE4PU and alternative fuels for the household energy sector and other potential industries. Assist in the development of innovative financing vehicle for increased access to climate finance for private sector. Support Senegal in developing its inclusive Green Growth Governance with the formulation of the National Green Growth Strategy and undertaking long-term capacity building initiatives.
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Support the Forest Sector Transformation Unit, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission Ethiopia has encountered multifaceted challenges that includes climate change effects such as temperature increase, rainfall variability, frequent drought and extreme events. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute significantly to the country's carbon emission and rural poor depending on forest resources are losing livelihood and income opportunities. As part of the Danish Country Program for Ethiopia (2018-2022), Danish has supported a Thematic Climate Resilient Forest livelihoods program to achieve "Improved and climate resilient livelihoods, while maintaining and enhancing carbon stocks and other ecosystem services". Both the Danish Embassy and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC) have expressed interest to collaborate with GGGI as technical implementing partner to catalyze this program, particularly in addressing social inclusiveness on planning and implementation process. Therefore, GGGI has recruited National Social inclusion Advisor, based in EFCCC’s Forest Sector Transformation Unit (FSTU) to ensure that key social inclusion aspects are addressed by EFCCC in relation to forest management, and in relation to the promotion of participatory forest management. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing, and institutional frameworks and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments. The objective of the projects is:
To support the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC) through the Forest Sector Transformation Unit to ensure that activities, policies and enterprise development take into consideration inclusion of disadvantaged groups including women and other social groups.
To ensure full inclusion of all segments of communities in participatory forest management and enterprise development, and to avoid exclusion, which has critical roles for the long-term conservation of forests and related livelihoods opportunities and ecosystem services in Ethiopia.
To enable EFCCC to fully integrate these social inclusiveness concerns in the implementation process through identifying barriers, technical support, monitoring, capacity building, guideline or extension material development for national and sub national partners on PFM and livelihood implementation.
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Supporting financial sector regulators in Asia on measuring the impact of sustainable finance flows Background: Growing consolidation of reporting standards in sustainable finance
- In recent years, we have seen numerous initiatives/alliances/coalitions established in sustainable finance.
- These entities can be categorized into two groups based on what they seek to achieve: (1) those that develop standards or frameworks and (2) those that develop disclosure rules. Both aim to improve the state of sustainable finance reporting by firms, governments, etc.
- The large number of entities offering standards, frameworks, and disclosure rules is not without its advantages, but starting 2022, there has been an effort to consolidate and harmonize everything through a global top-down approach.
- The consolidation is led by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation. The Foundation - which set accounting standards - established the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). The ISSB will develop international standards for sustainability reporting. The ISSB is comprised of the following entities: CDP, SASB, IR, CDSB, and VRF.
Project idea: Impact measurement as an important element of sustainability reporting
- Against this backdrop, there is a growing need for developing countries in Asia and elsewhere to develop a robust methodology for measuring the impact of their sustainable finance flows, i.e., the impact of sustainable bonds, funds, projects, etc.
- This project is therefore aimed at building the capacity of Asian financial regulators regarding the implications of ISSB standards (particularly the importance of impact measurement) and provide a report that maps and analyzes existing impact measurement methodologies in sustainable finance.
- This project would be an excellent complement to the ASEAN Green Map (ROA24) since it helps financial regulators address the ex post transparency, reliability, and robustness issues associated with sustainable finance.
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Mobilizing Climate Finance for Electric Public Transport in Rwanda and Increasing Market Access in the Kivu Belt Region The project has three objectives: 1) develop an ITMO Concept Note to mobilize climate finance to introduce electric buses in Rwanda, 2) pre-feasibility study for areas of investment in e-mobility in DRC, and 3) strengthening the policy-enabling environment by promoting harmonization and cooperation of e-mobility uptake and expansion between Rwanda and DRC. To facilitate the transition of public transport to e-mobility, the transfer of ITMOs has been identified as a potential source of climate finance. The Government of Rwanda has already successfully implemented carbon credit projects under the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol and is keen to transition to ITMOs under Article 6. The updated Rwanda NDC Report identified e-mobility as a key mitigation target with an estimated requirement of 900M USD for the total costs including electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. The Government of Rwanda is also in the process of drafting a comprehensive e-mobility strategy and roadmap that will complement the e-mobility incentives that were specified in the Strategy Paper on Electric Mobility Adaptation in Rwanda. These include a preferential corporate income tax rate of 15% for investors operating in e-mobility, rent free land acquisition for charging infrastructure, and industrial level tariff on electricity for e-mobility companies. The project is in alignment with the following Government of Rwanda strategy documents:
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Mongolia Green Finance Corporation In its first stage, MGFC will target households living in peri-urban (Ger) areas of Ulaanbaatar (216,000 households), businesses transitioning to low-carbon and energy efficient practices (at least 127 designated entities) which are large energy users having the highest potential to reduce emissions and the Mongolian Financial Institutions (11 commercial banks), with a product pipeline that is complementary to existing GCF credit lines in Mongolia and positions the institution well, to build upon early successes to attract larger amounts of financing and extend the market impact. MGFC’s direct beneficiaries are expected to reach 104,602 people who will benefit from affordable and inclusive financial products. Once operational, MGFC will have the capacity to target additional markets in relationship with Mongolia’s climate change and green development commitments. The objective of the MGFC is to mainstream green finance for low-carbon, climate-resilient development through dedicated financing to large energy consumers and households in partnership with local financial institutions. Specifically, the financial products of the MGFC will directly support the following INDC target: implementing advanced technology in energy production through the provision of affordable financing for i.) Thermo-retrofitting solutions of existing houses ii.) Energy efficiency measures of large energy users iii.) Green mortgages for EE housing. This project is aligned with IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies.
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Capital Enhancement for Sustainable Development through the Environmental Bank Foundation (FUNBAM) Costa Rica recognizes agriculture as a key source of emissions,
but the question is on how to increase necessary capital for the
associated AFOLU (agriculture, forestry, and other land uses) sector
to implement NDC strategies and achieve targets, given the fiscal
deficit of the government. In this context, the Government intends
to transform FUNBAM into a specialized financing entity for
ecosystem management and has requested GGGI to utilize its skills
in designing, restructuring and scaling up the vehicle. The overall
problems that the project is seeking to address are as follows: Lack of capital for the government to achieve the targets in
their NDCs. Lagged local market for sustainably produced agriculture/
forestry products (e.g. timber) distorted by scattered and
skewed information without a central governing body and
the system. Reluctance to change current land-use practices due to
financial instability during the conversion period caused by
upfront capital, lack of knowledge/technical assistance; and
limited access to markets with price premiums Support FUNBAM increase capital to USD 5 million by 2018,
and USD 10 million by 2021. Contribute to Costa Rica NDC’s mitigation and adaptation
targets by channeling capital towards agroforestry projects,
forest conservation activities, ecosystem-based adaptation,
and other relevant activities. Contribute to the empowerment of farmers and
entrepreneurs operating in green growth sectors in Costa
Rica by providing sustainable livelihoods and a better
standard of living.
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Green Growth Mainstreaming As the 8th National Socio-Economic Development Plan (NSEDP) 2016 – 2020 is approaching its’ end, support will be required to follow through in continuing to push towards mainstreaming green growth in its developmental efforts by integrating the National Green Growth Strategy (NGGS) succinctly into the 9th NSEDP (2021 – 2025). Continuing to support the implementation of NGGS and mainstream green growth into sub-national, sector and sub-sector is very critical in order to effectively deliver the green growth outputs and outcomes.
Government of Laos has set an ambitious goal toward achieving its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) goals to its Paris Agreement. GoL previously submitted its 1st and 2nd National Communication (NCs) to the UNFCCC. However, the work has been done in an ad-hoc basis and there is no concrete system in place including the Measuring, Verification and Reporting of greenhouse gases. At current operations, this data is somewhat readily available; however, not well-synchronized. Creating a systematic and unified approach towards compiling GHG inventory across all sectors is integral to beginning the creation of an efficient and sustainable towards quality and time-efficient data collection. The project objective is to provide technical support to the development of the 9th National Socio-Economic Development Plan (NSEDP), Monitoring Reporting & Verification (MRV) and Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
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Strengthening Sustainability of the Tea Industry in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal Approached from a multi-country (India, Sri Lanka and Nepal) perspective in the sub-region, the initiative will look into the tea industry which is a common vital sub-sector in all these 3 GGGI-member countries’ economy and this project can bring transformational impacts to the industry. It aims to strengthen the sustainability (building climate resilience and greening investments) of the tea industry in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal through the conduct of a Sustainability Needs Assessment and development of an investment pipeline to support uptake of green investments and raise awareness of stakeholders in the sub-region’s tea industry. To strengthen the sustainability (building climate resilience and greening investments) of the tea industry in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal through the conduct of a Sustainability Needs Assessment and development of an investment pipeline to support uptake of green investments and raise awareness of stakeholders and facilitate knowledge exchange in the sub-region’s tea industry.
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Building Climate-resilient coffee value chain with diversification of production – NUCAFE A blend of grant and lending is provided to increase smallholder coffee farmers’ incomes in Uganda through improved farming practices and resilience measures as well as an increased amount of processing of coffee beans before export to enhance value. Financing is sought for two aspects of coffee farming in Uganda. Firstly, to build smallholder farmers’ resiliency by facilitating access to climate change adaptation and mitigation techniques and technologies via training and access to equipment. Secondly, lending is required to upgrade facilities at the National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE; see below) coffee processing plant, along with a working capital facility for the purchase of further raw coffee from farmers for processing. The Project is intended to provide smallholders with means to sustainably improve their earnings in the face of climate change, by both improving their yields and increasing the value of their product through the NUCAFE co-operative. The Project will contribute to poverty reduction by creating green jobs in coffee production and processing and to environmental sustainability by, among others, effective land management. Responsible for; project management; liaison with NUCAFE and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.; Conducting policy analysis and recommendations; and, the provision of inputs for the project proposal and investment documentation Responsible for stakeholder engagement and all local inputs, and support proposal development
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Dominican Republic multi-year GCF Readiness: Mobilizing international climate finance and private investments for low-carbon development in the Dominican Republic The proposed Readiness grant aims to enhance the institutional capacity, strategic frameworks, and project pipeline of the Government of the Dominican Republic to increase the mobilization of climate finance and private investments for NDC implementation and low carbon development.
The Readiness grant will promote the achievement of the Government of the Dominican Republic’s NDC targets by enabling the establishment and operationalization of mechanisms and tools to facilitate the mobilization of climate finance towards priority climate change objectives. These efforts will be guided by an overarching National Climate Finance Strategy to guide, enable and plan the access and use of domestic and international climate finance.
The Readiness grant will promote increased private sector engagement and contribution to the country’s climate change plans. It will do so by promoting the integration of environmental, social and governance standards into financial regulations, PPP policies and vocational training. The proposed Readiness will support Ministries and financial regulators take advantage of the financial sector’s leverage to drive increase flow of financial to sustainable resilient projects by increasing environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards integration into local financial institutions’ policies and loan disbursement processes. The proposed Readiness grant plays a pivotal role in the government’s climate change strategy and is posed to shape the country´s climate finance landscape for the coming decades by:
1.Increasing the Dominican Republic´s institutional capacity to access international climate finance by supporting the accreditation of two candidate Direct Access Entities and the establishment, operationalization and capitalization of a National Financing Vehicle tasked with receiving, holding and distributing climate finance from international sources to national priority projects.
2.Developing the Dominican Republic´s National Climate Finance Strategy to plan, enable and guide the access and use of domestic and international climate finance as mandated by the country´s NDC.
3.Supporting the Dominican Republic´s capital market´s readiness assessment and advancing go-to-market activities for a sovereign green bond issuance and debt for climate swap transactions to raise affordable long-term finance earmarked to climate change adaptation and mitigation projects and programs.
4.Greening the Dominican Republic´s banking sector by providing technical assistance to local financial institutions to integrate environmental and social standards into their processes, procedures, and instruments to increase the availability of green finance for private sector-led low carbon projects.
5.Increasing the Government of the Dominican Republic’s institutional capacity to integrate environmental, social and climate change considerations into PPP processes and projects.
6.Supporting the expansion and realization of the country’s ecotourism potential and its contribution to post-COVID economic recovery and nature conservation.
7. Providing strategic guidance to close the growing mismatch between educational services and the job market, with focus on green job creation and green entrepreneurship by developing and implementing the country´s first Green Vocational Education and Training Strategy
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Stage 1 Accreditation support of Direct Access Entities for on-lending and/or blending fiduciary functions This Readiness proposal aims to nominate one private bank and one state-owned commercial bank to submit accreditation to GCF; strengthening institutional capacity, improving or upgrading standards and procedures to comply with GCF requirements and accreditation standards. The accreditation process is taking place for on-lending and blending fiduciary functions, which will support Lao PDR’s climate ambitions and targets by 2030.
This Outcome is expected to:
Facilitated a national process in identifying and selecting one state-owned commercial bank for GCF accreditation through a Call for Expressions of Interest.
Institutional capacity of one state-owned commercial bank and one private bank were strengthened to achieve GCF accreditation.
These Outputs are expected to identify, select, engage and nominate the potential state-owned commercial banks and private banks to be DAEs, through 1) the development of pre-screening criteria based on GCF Accreditation Self-Assessment Tool, Country Programming, NDC, and other country strategies and action plans; 2) improvement in institutional capacities, guidelines and manuals based on GCF standards, procedures and requirements.
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Greening of commodity value chains GGGI will undertake the carbon footprint analysis and support the adaptation analysis led by GIZ to arrive at adaptation and mitigation measures as well as manage the design of an integrated and climate resilient and inclusive business model for the tea value chain and the tea growing regions. Together, GGGI and GIZ show enough evidence to mainstream climate into Tea Board’s Tea Sector Climate Change Action Plan. The findings of the analysis and consultations are expected to strengthen governments at different levels and help them mainstream specific measures in their plans and policies. The project objective is to help shape the enabling policy and investment framework needed to develop financially viable and bankable climate resilient and sustainable tea cultivation business models, which could be integrated into the lending portfolio of financial institutions. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing, and institutional frameworks, IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies, and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
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Promoting Solar Irrigation Pumping Systems, Mini grid, and Ecosystems Services for improved Climate Smart Agriculture The project aims to create an Enabling environment (policy, business model, technology, investment mobilisation and knowledge sharing) for solar-based irrigation systems and mini grid systems in the selected target locations coupled with reduction of the need for fossil-fuel and associated based energy supply which is on of the main contributing factors for deforestation, with Renewable Energy (RE) based off-grid systems, particularly mini-grids which, in turn, positively affecting and adding value in access to electricity, socio-economic and environmental co-benefits. As most water-related ecosystems in Ethiopia (including those under irrigation practices) are severely encroached and their surrounding highly degraded, there is need to address sustainable and low carbon interventions, to create buffer zone between water bodies and cover this buffer zone with vegetation. The project will engage local communities and NGO through capacity building and working on land restoration. The objective of the project is to support Ethiopia having a more climate resilient rural communities, accessed to modern energy, a more stable productivity and food supply, clean and energy efficient alternative to diesel-run irrigation pumps, efficient use of water through landscape rehabilitation, thus contributing to poverty alleviation, green jobs, improved energy access, improved nutrition, and health, as well as reduced GHG emissions.
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Guyana NDC progress and MRV The Guyana government, through its Office of Climate Change in Ministry of Presidency, has requested GGGI to support implementation of Green State Development Strategy (GSDS). One of the country's priority sectors, both in terms of GHG emissions and potential for mitigation measures is its Transport Sector. While the country has progressed in developing a measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) system, through the initial and second national communications it has submitted, it needs further capacity support built-into its own ability to transparently, accurately, completely and consistently measure its GHG emissions from this sector. Furthermore, the capacity must be expanded to include both Government and non-government actors. The overall objective is to enable Guyana to transparently, accurately, consistently and completely measure its GHG emissions from the transport sector. This will enable the country to create a comparable time-series of emissions data that it can then use to set appropriate targets in its nationally determined contributions (NDC), and then identify measures and the corresponding climate finance needed, whether mobilized internally or through external support, to implement the measures. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks.
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Implementing the NDCs to Promote Low-Carbon Growth in Mozambique The capacity to access climate and private sector finance will be a key determinant of the success of the Government of Mozambique's inclusive green growth and climate agenda. In this context, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Mozambique's National Designated Authority (NDA), has requested the support of the GCF to: 1) Support national planning and coordination for implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and the National Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy (NCCAMS); and 2) Support development of a project pipeline assisting FNDS to create project proposals ready for successful submission by them to GCF and/or other public or private financiers. The capacity to access climate and private sector finance will be a key determinant of the success of the Government of Mozambique's inclusive green growth and climate agenda. In this context, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Mozambique's National Designated Authority (NDA), has requested the support of the GCF to: 1) Support national planning and coordination for implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and the National Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy (NCCAMS); and 2) Support development of a project pipeline assisting FNDS to create project proposals ready for successful submission by them to GCF and/or other public or private financiers.
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Readiness Support Program for Enhancing the Access to Green Finance in Mongolia Mongolia has made commitments to increase renewable energy generation and improve urban planning and resilience in its National Green Development Policy (NGDP) and Action Plan, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Sustainable Development Vision 2030. While the supporting policy environment has improved, implementation and financing to address these challenges remain well below the levels needed to transition to inclusive green growth. Mongolia’s energy sector is highly dependent on fossil fuels with over 90% of heating and electricity derived from coal. The resulting soil and air pollution is particularly acute in the peri-urban areas of Ulaanbaatar and other secondary cities, where poverty exceeds the national average. Given the current impacts of weak commodities prices and low investment, a stretched government budget reduces the ability to introduce many of the intended green development measures. Seeks co-funding GCF Readiness Programme to: (i) prepare investment projects/programs within the scope of three high impact sub-sectors (ii) undertake market and technical assessments to ensure the investment potential of MGFC programme to scale up and enabling the development of bankable funding proposals. Potential impact of MGFC includes: small-scale renewable and alternative electricity and heating solutions for peri-urban areas; green and affordable residential buildings; waste management and sanitation technologies and services in peri-urban areas; energy efficiency measures for buildings, SMEs, and industrial markets.
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IMELS-GGGI Contribution Agreement - Phase 2 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of Climate Change Vulnerability, Risk Assessment, Adaptation and Mitigation was signed on November 15th 2016 between the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea (IMELS) and the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Republic of Rwanda (now Ministry of Environment (MoE) with clear areas of common interest. The project concentrates on priority areas identified under the MoU between IMELS and MoE, where several join areas of interest to GGGI were singled out. This project centers on supporting the implementation of the MoU signed on 15th November 2016 between IMELS and Rwanda Ministry of Environment, in the field of vulnerability to climate change, risk assessment, adaptation and mitigation. The MoU is being implemented by Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA). GGGI signed the first contributing agreement with IMELS 15th January 2018, which was renewed for additional two years, starting from May 2019 to April 2021. The overall objectives of the projects are i.) To Build capacity of institutions, sector experts, CSOs, NGOs involved in Environment and Natural resources management, considering the IMELS/MoE workplan ii.) To support development of (bankable) projects in the field of climate change vulnerability, mitigation and adaptation iii.) To facilitate the engagement Private sector aiming at green technology transfers between Italian and Rwandan companies. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks, IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
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Mangrove Restoration Program in Myanmar Myanmar has the highest annual rates (~1%) of mangrove deforestation in the world and may have the third highest potential annual CO2 emissions (784 Gg CO2e yr-1) and would contribute to 18% of the total potential CO2 emission due to mangrove deforestation (Atwood et al. 2017). The Ayeyarwady Delta mangroves shrank by 64.2% between 1978 and 2011, from 262,300 to just 93,800 hectares (MONREC/REDD+ MYANMAR/UN-REDD, 2017). In 2017, the GoM endorsed GGGI’s support for a Coastal Landscape Restoration Program.
GGGI’s early baseline assessment has identified that the establishment of community forests is seen as a useful avenue to attain coastal landscape restoration. Local communities recognize the value of conserving forests surrounding their dwellings both for protection against extreme weather events and as source of sustenance given the importance of habitat conditions for crab and fish populations. These were also identified as mangrove compatible value chains in the bioeconomy scoping assessment conducted in 2018. It is recognized that in the absence of these shelter-belts the exposure to extreme events is increased, therefore the local communities understand the value of restoring mangrove forests near their dwellings.
Lack of clear and transparent rules for allocation of forest-carbon rights to local communities and project developers prevent the implementation of forest carbon projects for the voluntary or regulatory markets.
International climate finance such as REDD+ phase III (results-based payments), CORSIA and Paris Agreement’s Article 6 -ITMOs and -ERs are foreseen as potential sources of climate finance that could allow to expand the initial progress attained by mangrove restoration projects/initiatives, based on verified compliance at the jurisdictional scale (at least). For this to materialize, several governance decisions (including carbon rights allocation and benefits sharing mechanisms), and technical capacity improvements are required. On the other hand, the absence of financial mechanisms to channel climate finance resources hampers to adoption of sustainable management and restorative practices based on community forestry. The objective of the project is to develop the investment case for coastal landscape mangrove restoration in Myanmar, with an initial entry point in Ayeyarwady Region, through support for enabling policy environment, analyses of potential natural capital value-chain returns, assessment of potential benefit-sharing considerations and financing needs.
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The Social Housing Energy Efficiency Cooling Program As the climate warms across the Sahel region, households increasingly turn to mechanical air conditioning for cooling. In Burkina Faso, low-cost and inefficient air conditioning units are commonly sold and installed to provide a much-needed respite from the heat. The demand for mechanical cooling is growing in the country, linked to increasing urbanization: 32% in 2018, forecast to reach 35% by 2026,1 and real estate sector development (7.5% per year). Complemented by the increasing coverage of the electricity grid, the number of households with air-conditioners is increasing.
The Government of Burkina Faso is committed to reduce energy demand and enhance energy efficiency in the housing sector. Through this project, the Government aims to reduce GHG emissions from the cooling of the residential housing sector. This will be achieved through the implementation of architectural and structural solutions in the National Housing Program for 40,000 Housing Units, with the potential to scale up the solutions in housing developments across the country. Ultimately the project will serve as a reference for the Sahel region, with other countries in the region sharing a similar context and experience common challenges. Reduce energy demand and increase energy efficiency in the housing sector in Burkina Faso.
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Morocco Green Cities and Territories The Kingdom of Morocco is acutely vulnerable to climate change and is prone to environmental constraints
(water scarcity, land degradation, energy dependence, pollution, natural resource depletion). These increasing
pressures are a catalyst for rural migration, as the rural economy largely depends on subsistence farming,
further straining urban areas and their limited capacities and resources. The Government of Morocco has been
cultivating an inclusive green economy for a number of years in collaboration with international development
partners. Additionally, in the NSDS, urban development issues are emphasized, with a focus on conceptualizing
territories as sustainable ecosystems, and improving design, coordination and implementation of urban
interventions and rural-urban linkages. Such examples provide a strong foundation for GGGI’s Morocco country
program, which encompasses green territorial development, the circular and social solidarity economy, and implementing the NSDS on a sub-national level. Support Morocco to adopt the methodologies, action plans and tools to implement green city and
territorial development projects, develop two green city and territory project proposals to leverage
financing.
Provide technical support to Morocco to implement its NSDS and its NDC n°9 commitment to develop a
model framework for low-carbon green territories including optimized energy, transport and waste
management, in alignment with its ongoing advanced regionalization transition.
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Qatar Green Growth Pathway This project plans to outline the national green growth pathways and action plans for Qatar that synergize economic diversification and climate action. It will assess green growth opportunities in Qatar and identify priority intervention areas to seize such opportunities and manage trade-offs. It will also outline a set of green economy indicators and alternative green growth scenarios tailored to the Qatari context. To support implementation of a transition to a lower carbon and green economy, sustainable finance framework and tools, such as green taxonomy and climate risk disclosures, will be pursued as well. The project seeks to enhance the enabling environment for low-carbon and climate resilient pathways over the next decades, facilitate the effective implementation of the NDC, and build the strong foundation for attracting financing for green, low-carbon projects over the near and long term. Specifically, it aims to achieve the following goals:
a. Present emissions reduction pathways to policy makers to enable Qatar to become a knowledge-based economy that relies less on fossil fuel through green economic diversification and innovation, that doesn’t jeopardize economic growth and social well-being.
b. Improve the system of tracking progress in achieving key green economy areas through the use of indicators covering the key dimensions of green growth and considering the unique challenges and opportunities for the green economy transition in Qatar.
c. Explore way forward for promoting sustainable finance in Qatar to facilitate the flow of climate finance and prevent greenwashing.
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Waste energy recovery program at industrial facilities Ambitious policies, innovative business models and financial mechanisms combined with existing cost-effective technologies could improve energy intensity globally at a rate of 3% per year (IEA, 2019). However, most recent data available indicates that the primary energy intensity level in Lao PDR regressed by 72.3% between 2010 and 2015 due to, among others, limited information on energy consumption patterns, lack of public or private sector capacity for energy efficiency planning and implementation, limited regulatory framework, and low level of understanding of the benefits of energy efficiency.
The Lao Government is implementing its National Green Growth Strategy (NGGS) approved in January 2019 by the PM, and the industrial sector was selected as a priority because of its importance for local economic & social development and environmental sustainability. Specifically, “the design and implementation of financial mechanisms that provide industrial entrepreneurs access to efficient, environmentally friendly, energy and raw material-saving modern technologies” is one of the focus areas. The project objective is to catalyze investments in the deployment of energy efficiency measures in large, medium and small industrial enterprises, and is to be expanded to the buildings sector. The project endeavors to remove market barriers for the deployment of finance into energy efficiency through the identification of bankable project opportunities, the preparation of associated technical and financial studies and information memorandum, and the organization of an investors’ forum. This project is aligned with IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies
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Support for the Operationalization of the People's Survival Fund The PSF was legislated through Republic Act 10174 amending the Climate Change Act of 2009. The PSF was established as a special fund under the National Treasury dedicated to finance local climate change adaptation interventions that aim to respond to the National Framework Strategy on Climate Change (NFSCC) and the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) with a minimum allocation of approximately USD 25 million annually. The PSF is mainly designed for the local government units (LGUs) and government-accredited local community organizations (LCOs), specifically to address the funding gaps for the local climate adaptation projects that are aligned with the national/ local climate change adaptation-disaster risk reduction plans and/ or national/local climate change action plans. The Climate Change Commission (CCC) as one of the PSF Board member requires assistance to operationalize the Fund, as well as in delivering its mandate and function to mainstream climate change policies in the national and local development plans and projects. Particularly assisting those poorer LGUs who are relatively behind in terms of capacity to satisfy the technical conditions and requirements of PSF and other similar climate financing facilities. Improve and strengthen the operational capacity of the PSF Board members, particularly the Secretariat’s ability to manage, deploy and track progress of the Fund’s utilization.
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Kyrgyz Republic - National Financing Vehicle This project aims to establish a National Financing Vehicels (NFV) in Kyrgyz Republic which will be alinged to Green economic alignment inititives Ouput 1. Stakehoder Engagement
1.1 Establishment of Working Group with representatives from the government and private sector
1.2 Consultation of business plan with government counterparts, local banks and stakeholders
Output 2: Developement of Business Plan
2.1 Preliminary market assessment: Conduct an assessment of the country’s economic market needs and opportunities in order to make appropriate recommendations on the NFV design, specifying the highest potential end user market segments and including proposed financial products and suggestions of areas for technical assistance
2.2 Development of a conceptual business plan based on the preliminary market assessment, including new green financial products and pipeline projects. The business plan will focus on design of applicable financial mechanisms and corresponding TA that will enable green growth in the Kyrgyz Republic
2.3 Study of regulatory framework and institutional arrangement; overview of Mongolia’s economic conditions, legal and regulatory framework and the context in which the MGCF will be implemented
Output 3: Concept Note for GCF Readiness
3.1 Concept Note development for GCF Readiness Program bases on Output 1.1 and Output 2.
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Strengthening Institutional and Technical Capacity to Support NDC Implementation and Mainstreaming Climate Change into Subnational Development Planning in Mongolia The energy sector alone contributes 50% of total emissions. Therefore, GOM has a strong commitment to reduce GHG emissions through increasing the share of renewable energy in total installed capacity to 30 percent by 2030 and other energy efficiency measures such reducing loss of transmission lines.
Mongolia is experiencing more intense warming than the global average temperature. These climate changes are exacerbating social, environmental and economic challenges due to the sensitivity of Mongolia’s ecosystems and dependence of key economic sectors on weather and climate conditions. According to the National Statistics Office (NSO), the country’s poverty rate reached 28.4% as of 2018. Climate-related disasters are one main drivers for poverty in Mongolia. Due to the dzud and drought occurred in the past (1999-2002 and 2009-2010), many rural families lost their livestock - livelihood sources, and had to migrate to larger urban settlements with no other choice to survive. The goal of the project is to Contribute to the implementation of Mongolia's NDC targets by removing barriers to scale up investment and building institutional capabilities to develop, implement and monitor climate change policies and plans to address urgent needs.
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Guyana Urban Sector Solar Energy Program (USSEP) Guyana’s energy sector is dominated by the public sector and
heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels. Development of
renewable energy is still at a very early stage. This project targets
the commercial and manufacturing sectors to reduce their reliance
on expensive and polluting diesel-based self-generation and save
costs associated with damages to equipment and appliances
resulting from voltage fluctuations.
As a result, this project is expected to catalyze the transformation
of the sector through private sector participation in the solar
market. Since the solar market is at a very early stage in Guyana,
awareness building combined with technical and business
development support for the private sector are included as key
components of the project. The aim of this project is to support the Government of Guyana in meeting its policy target of 100.00% renewable energy with private sector
participation as outlined in the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).
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Air quality and sustainable mobility program in Cambodia The project is a technical assistance program to support the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Ministry of Environment with the below outputs/activities under the Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) of the AFD.
Output 1: Program Management and transversal Technical Advisory
Output 2: Support to develop activities led by MoE with TA for a comprehensive data management system for air quality and data; collection on emissions from the transport sector; Capacity-building on emissions inventory use for policy-making
Output 3: Support to develop activities led by MPWT with TA for regulatory and policy-making for vehicle emissions control; development of sustainable mobility projects in Siem Reap. Output 3 will be complementary to the F/S for introducing e-bus systems in Siem Reap funded by ADB/CDIA (pre-F/S conducted by GGGI in 2021). This output will contribute to mobilizing finance for e-bus systems by providing TA for the governance, institutional, and operation arrangements of public transport services in Siem Reap.
This TA is part of AFD’s regional AQIP initiative which aims to support partner countries and cities in Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand) in their engagement and efforts to develop public policies and projects in order to improve air quality and develop effective policy/investment measures. The project seek to contribute to (i) a greater awareness of air quality issues, (ii) a better knowledge and monitoring of air quality, (iii) to strengthen capacity, and (iv) to the preparation of projects, programs, of loans of public policies that should lead to a reduction of air pollution in Cambodia.
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Project preparation to join Climate Technopreneurship Pogram Adding Vietnam to ROA10- Collaborative R&DB Program for Promoting the Innovation of Climate Technopreneurship.
ROA10 includes an accelerator program and setting-up a fund (up to USD 130m) providing funding to early-stage companies offering technology-enabled solutions to address challenges caused by climate change. The program will support start-ups across the entire lifecycle to overcome the technical valley of death through R&D and collaborations and the commercialization valley of death to ensure that technology-enabled climate solutions are implemented at scale.
The current concept note approved by KDB and GCF targets 4 countries (Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines). Vietnam as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change globally shall be added to the geographic scope of the fund.
To add Vietnam, a pre-F/S study must be prepared to assess the local market for start-ups and entrepreneurs and engage with all relevant stakeholders. Further, the potential for climate tech solutions in the Vietnamese context needs to be assessed in more detail.
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Development of an Environmental Innovation and Investment ecosystem Support the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD) to develop an innovation and investment ecosystem in Abu Dhabi that will encourage and support the development of an Environmental Goods and Service Sector (EGSS) in Abu Dhabi and the UAE.
The first part of this project involves clarifying/defining what the EGSS in the UAE context is and how the development of the sector might be measured (how to measure the EGSS in the Abu Dhabi/UAE context).
The second part of the project involves identifying what the current Abu Dhabi and UAE innovation and investment ecosystem looks like and to scope out (through extensive stakeholder engagement) what an EGSS-friendly innovation and investment ecosystem would look like in the Abu Dhabi/UAE context (where relevant taking into account the specific innovation and investment needs of specific EGS sectors that have good growth potential in the UAE).
The project may also be widened to explore the innovation and investment ecosystem necessary to support climate change adaptation and other "green" sectors which are not normally considered an EGS. (EGS is generally accepted to consist only of goods and services whose primary purpose is either for environmental protection (EP) or resource management (RM).
Similarly, the project could also support gender equality by ensuring that the proposed innovation and investment ecosystem explicitly takes into account gender impacts and seeks to promote gender equality in the system.
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Readiness Support to Capacitate Rwanda’s Sub-National Level Actors in Green Growth and Climate Resilience This project seeks to increase the capacity of Rwanda Government’s Environment and Natural Resources (ENR)Thematic Sector Working Groups (TSWGs) with a focus on strengthening their functions and activities to inform sub-national level actors on green growth and climate resilience that will lead to the delivery of climate actions in their respective sectors, subsectors, and communities. The overall results will lead to successful implementation of key national strategies and plans including the Seven Year Government Programme: National Strategy for Transformation (NST1, 2017/2024), Sector Strategic Plans (SSPs, 2018/2024), District Development Strategies (DDS, 2018/2024) and the Green City Development Master Plans (2019-2050). These strategies and plans are aligned with the Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy (GGCRS) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to stimulate green economic development and green investment in Rwanda’s secondary cities and others emerging urban centers.
The focus on capacitating sector platforms and thematic areas is also aimed at reaching out to different groups, associations and institutions at the sub-national level in the thirty (30) Districts of Rwanda. In addition, guidance, tools and modules that will ensure readiness and awareness to design, implement and monitor green growth and climate resilient projects will be at the heart of this project. This includes the upgrading of the existing Rwanda Climate Portal and establishment of portal user’s forum from environment sector development partners and stakeholders, to serve as main source of climate data and information in Rwanda. The proposed project presents an opportunity towards building stronger linkages and collaboration amongst the different sector stakeholders whose role is to implement government plans and policies. Capacitate Rwanda’s Subnational Level Actors in Green Growth and Climate Resilience
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Pacific Green Entrepreneur Network The regional Pacific Green Entrepreneurs Network (PGEN) is a 3-year project funded by the Qatar Fund for Development. The Network will offer annual incubation and accelerator programs targeted at green and sustainable businesses whose business models include solutions aimed at contributing to their country’s climate and sustainable development goals in 6 Pacific Island countries – Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu via localized virtual and physical workshops and builds on GGGI’s recent international and regional ‘Greenpreneurs’ incubator work. Successful entrepreneurs will be offered grant seed fund capital in years 2 and 3 of the program, while qualifying companies will be provided with zero-interest growth financing in year 3. The program will prioritize women entrepreneurs and green jobs for women and youth and aims to facilitate the creation of 3,130 green jobs, impacting the lives of over 12,000 Pacific Islanders. PGEN aims to build the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Pacific to create and sustain green jobs and develop local green industries that enhance economic resilience and opportunities and tackle challenges from climate change in the region.
The program will prioritize women entrepreneurs and green jobs for women and youth and aims to facilitate the creation of 3,130 green jobs, impacting the lives of over 12,000 Pacific Islanders.
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Building Open Sustainable Carbon Markets in Lao PDR This is a new partnership with the Australian Embassy/DFAT in Lao PDR. Initial areas of potential collaboration include:
1. Developing policy, regulation and frameworks for open, sustainable carbon markets in Lao PDR, including an Article 6 Strategy, Article 6 Project Guidelines Regulation, etc
2. Developing tools, systems and infrastructure for carbon markets, including a carbon registry for Lao PDR
3. Supporting capacity building on both Article 6.2 and voluntary carbon markets, with a likely focus on the role of the government in authorization, corresponding adjustments etc
4. Developing 1-2 underlying projects for carbon transaction, perhaps in the industrial energy efficiency and/or forestry sectors - this would include all the project documentation
5. Potentially also undertaking NDC enhancement under this partnership, depending on funding volume finalized, and cost of carbon activities
6. Holding 'Carbon Forum' in Lao PDR to showcase, exchange information, move the market forward etc
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Climate Action Enhancement Package: Antigua and Barbuda Project focuses on enhancing the country's NDC and fast-tracking NDC implementation. GGGI is working together with partners including OECS and Climate Analytics. The Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP) assists developing countries, member of the NDC Partnership, in achieving two overarching objectives:
Objective 1: Enhancing NDCs which includesincluding raising ambition, as part of the Paris Agreement’s NDC update process;
Objective 2: Fast-track implementation of NDCs which includes providing in-country technical expertise and capacity building.
The present terms of reference are intended to guide institutional and associate members, as well as developed country members (through their national development agencies) of the NDC Partnership, hereby referred to as the ‘implementing partners’, in the delivery of support to the recipient country. The terms of reference are developed by the NDC Partnership Support Unit, in coordination and consultation with implementing partners and relevant authorities of the recipient country. The terms and delivery of support by implementing partners are contingent on the approval from the recipient country.
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Promoting Energy Efficiency and ESCO development in Mongolia The project will focus on policy advisory outputs and accelerate EE market development in the country by implementing following activities i.) Study of international examples for the design of Energy Efficiency Incentive Mechanisms ii.) Development of Building Energy Efficiency Roadmap iii.) Development of calculation methodologies for energy performance of electric space heaters within the framework the implementation of the Energy Standards and Labelling regulation iv.) Design and Improve standard Energy Performance Contract Requirements v.) Design and deliver a capacity building program to the government and designated entities at the national and subnational level to implement the NEEAP vi.) Design and deliver a capacity building and public awareness programme to the national and subnational stakeholders on Energy Tariff Policy Reform vii.) Strengthened cooperation dialogue between national stakeholders ESCO companies and associations in China and Slovakia. The project objectives are i.) Strengthening human resource capacity of the energy sector ii.) Increasing public awareness of energy conservation and information outreach, incorporation of energy efficient and cost-effective solutions in construction drawings, and comprehensive steps to reduce building heat loss are fundamentals for improving efficiency of the energy sector. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks and IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies, IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
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Increased resilience of small-holder farmers in Rwanda through Agrivoltaics Agrivoltaics systems integrate solar panels mounted on elevated structures above crops in order to maximize the use of scarce arable land. The co-location of solar power generation and agriculture offers practical solutions to tackle the vulnerabilities of the food, water and energy systems in rural areas. Whilst Agrivoltaics is a new concept in Rwanda, evidence from successful pilots implemented globally suggests that the productivity of crops grown beneath these elevated solar panels can be significantly improved because the shade from the panels creates a more favorable growing environment characterized by reduced heat stress and water loss. This more favorable growing environment means the range of crops can be extended to higher-value ones (commercial crops), which can improve farmer incomes in disadvantaged rural communities. Crops may also be grown in locations previously unsuitable, further increasing food supplies and revenue sources. Moreover, the energy generated can be used in multiple ways, including water pumping for irrigation purposes on farms, powering farm-based cold storage systems, and supplying electricity to the surrounding villages/communities or even feed into the grid where possible. The solar PV module surfaces can also be used to collect and store rainwater which could become an alternative water source for the farm during the dry season.
This is a 8-month project that seeks to: 1) carry out a pre-feasibility study of agrivoltaic systems in Rwanda, particularly in the country’s drought-prone Eastern Province, 2) Develop a business and financial model for replicability and scalability of the agrivoltaic concept in Rwanda, and 3) Develop and submit a concept note to a potential donor for resource mobilization and implementation of a demonstration project in Rwanda. The project aims to promote efficient use of agricultural land for farmers by increasing agricultural productivity, water availability, access to affordable and clean energy for productive uses such as solar irrigation and post-harvesting facilities by co-locating arable farming with solar PV thereby boosting farmers incomes and reducing poverty.
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Sustainable Agriculture Program in Tumbes-Piura Equatorial Dry Forest The project consists of 4 pillars:
1. Protection of priority sites through the establishment of environmental and social safeguard and monitoring mechanisms
2. Capacity building to smallholder farmers and finance providers to implement and finance sustainable agriculture practices
3. Development of demonstration projects to encourage the use of sustainable practices and technologies, and
4. Technical assistance to local finance providers to increase funding for sustainable agriculture practices
The project will lead to the conservation of 5,000 hectares of forest, the restoration of 4,058 hectares, 149,883 hectares under sustainable practices and a total of 24,300 small and medium farmer beneficiaries (with 52,200 indirect beneficiaries). Support Peru´s and Ecuador´s national development banks to issue green bonds to raise capital (at least USD 50 million) earmarked to the conservation of the Tumbes-Piura Equatorial Dry Forest ecosystem.
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Pacific NDC Hub PAC06 is the project code for the second phase of the Pacific NDC Hub. (The first phase was under PR1-E1.)
GGGI is a delivery partner of the Pacific NDC Hub. The NDC Hub supports Pacific Island Country States (PICS) to enhance and successfully implement their NDCs:
- The first phase of the Pacific NDC Hub started in October 2019 and ended in March 2020 (project code: PR1-E1).
- The second phase started in April 2020 and will end in November 2021 (this project code: PAC06).
The NDC Hub provides supports to PICS:
- For NDC Enhancement or MRV systems establishment or enhancement;
- To prepare NDC Investment Roadmaps, NDC Investment Plans and NDC project pipelines.
- It also provides trainings and knowledge sharing through guides and a monthly newsletter. PAC06 is the project code for the second phase of the Pacific NDC Hub. It supports Pacific Island Country States (PICS) to enhance and successfully implement their NDCs. To do so it provides a large range of services to its Country members to review and enhance their NDCs, implement their NDCs and generate and share knowledge in the Pacific.
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Towards a Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy for Ethiopia Ethiopia is vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change and variability due to the unpredictability of climate change, country’s low adaptive capacity and limited livelihood options for most of the population. In line with this, the country is taking concrete action to better manage adverse impacts and risks of climate change and climate variability. Ethiopia’s mitigation efforts are rooted in its Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy which aims to keep greenhouse gas emissions low and build climate resilience, while achieving middle-income status by 2025. The country has signed the Paris agreement and is amongst the first few Least Developed Countries that has submitted the most ambitious nationally determined contributions (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The objective of the proposed work is to support the Government of Ethiopia to develop a LT-LEDS (2050 horizon) document for submission to the UNFCCC.
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Research Study on Climate Finance Opportunities in South-South and North-South-South context This study aims to look into China's current South-South climate actions in three developing countries under existing climate finance aid fund including both SSCCF and SSACF. To identify key opportunities and constraints in support of the climate mitigation and adaptation efforts in those countries, bring the EU angle in terms of using international climate finance including development finance in leveraging sources in developing countries to support their climate actions, promote exchanges of knowledge and experience, and propose recommendations to enhance cooperation in the China's South-South climate cooperation and explore opportunities in a trilateral context involving the EU, China and 3rd countries in Asia. The project objective is to identify policy options to deepen China’s existing South-South Climate Cooperation in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Lao PDR with a focus on the energy sector, and explore potential and added-value of trilateral cooperation involving the EU through innovative climate finance modalities. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks.
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World Bank - WAVES - 3Returns in Western Ayeyarwady WB has offered GGGI limited funding through single-source contracting ($80,000) to replicate the 3 Returns investment analysis for green growth scenarios that we conducted with the University of Queensland on the Ayeyarwady lower delta forest (mangrove) reserve, to the entire mangrove areas in Ayeyarwady Region. This analysis covers all mangroves within forest reserves or protected\ areas (managed by the forestry department), roughly 40,000ha, and the mangroves that are found outside of the forest reserves and that are managed by small-holder farmers, roughly 40,000ha. This study covers 10 townships in both the Ayeyarwady Delta and the Western Ayeyarwady Coasline. $40,000 of the project budget has been allocatd to UQ as an implementing partner, leaving roughly $40,000 to GGGI, mainly to cover our staff time. Support the project “Myanmar Forest Restoration, Development and Investment Project,” through the analysis of mangrove ecosystem services in the Ayeyarwady Region. . Under this overall goal, the specific objectives are:
a) To identify potential monetary and non-monetary benefits of mangrove restoration projects;
b) To evaluate the cost effectiveness of restoration projects over a range of enhanced government-led and community forestry scenarios;
c) To inform how different forestry and value chain management practices may help with mangrove restoration; and
d) To inform policy development options that supports mangrove restoration in view of their importance for provision of ecosystem services.
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Support the Development of Viet Nam Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) During a technical workshop held by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in September 2022, the MOF has expressed its keen interest to seek for technical support in development of ETS for Viet Nam domestic market. In particular, MOF wants to learn the experience of the Republic of Korea (ROK).
This request has been reemphasized during a meeting between Vice Minister of MOF and DDG Helena McLeod in November 2022, as well as during a meeting between the CR Jason Lee and DDG of MOF in December 2022. Particularly, MOF seeks support on:
(1) Strengthening the knowledge and capacity of MOF's officers on carbon trading platform and ETS.
(2) Knowledge sharing on lessons learned from ROK in setting up ETS and carbon trading platform.
Based on these specific requests, this project with financial support from KGNDF will implement the capacity building activities for MOF related to the development of domestic ETS market in Viet Nam. This project aims to support the Government of Viet Nam (GoV) in developing the domestic carbon trading platform through setting up a roadmap on implementing financial mechanisms to Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and capacity-building activities for the Viet Nam Ministry of Finance (MOF) officers, creating synergies and collaboration between Governments of Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea (ROK) on the ETS and Article 6.
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Business Case for Electric Vehicle Dissemination in Vientiane, Lao PDR The project team will work towards the components of i.) Business case development based on detailed assessment of technical/economic/financial/ environmental/social feasibility of EV dissemination ii.) Policy and regulatory gap analysis and recommendations iii.) Design of a financial mechanism - EV lending/subsidy program, GCF, carbon finance, etc. iv.) Identification of potential private and public funding sources v.) Development of Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) Strategies. The project team will work towards the components of i.) Business case development based on detailed assessment of technical/economic/financial/ environmental/social feasibility of EV dissemination ii.) Policy and regulatory gap analysis and recommendations iii.) Design of a financial mechanism - EV lending/subsidy program, GCF, carbon finance, etc. iv.) Identification of potential private and public funding sources v.) Development of Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) Strategies.
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Vietnam Distributed Solar - Solar Rooftop Leasing Finance Facility Vietnam has over 328 industrial zones, with over 96,300 ha that represented a strong potential for solar rooftop installation in commercial & industrial (C&I) sector. However, the development of solar rooftop in C&I sector has not achieved its potential yet due to certain barriers that C&I companies experienced: i.) high up-front CAPEX, ii.) commercial feasibility, iii.) high collateral requirements and high transaction costs, iv.) no experience in solar business, v.) lack of standardization and scalable business models. Considering these obstacles, the GGGI, in partnership with the Clean Energy Investment Accelerator, acting as financial arranger and accelerator to form a C&I Solar Finance Facility (SFF) in Viet Nam, playing a crucial role in mobilizing multi-layered blended financing, unlocking domestic capital to green investments and enabling proven solar companies to get access to non-recourse project finance. Through the SFF, the Solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) receive non-recourse debt financing at relatively low costs and get relatively quick access to working capital, removing the main barriers in C&I Solar in Viet Nam. The SFF is expected to raise US$ 20 million by the end of 2020, aiming to support the development of over 25 MW solar rooftop projects.
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Accelerating Solar Mini-grid Deployment in Fiji The project will leverage USTDA and KGNDF funding to identify mini-grid sites, conduct feasibility assessments, complete preliminary technical designs and power engineering, provide geospatial mapping, compare ownership and operation models, and assess financial viability of sites in Fiji, all of which are powered by diesel mini-grids that are chronically underloaded or in disrepair. Funding will result in geospatial databases of 50-75 sites in Fiji, with detailed evaluation of mini-grid design and business models for 50-75 priority sites that meet technical, financial, legal, ownership, and climate risk requirements. Preparation of 50-75 sites will result in tender documents for competitive bidding and acquisition by development grants or investment financing.
The project will be delivered in partnership with Arizona State University leveraging GGGI’s in-country capacity and partnerships to create tenders designed to general USD 40-50M in investments including solar and storage components, back-up generators, inverters, controllers, metering infrastructure, demand side management, and distribution network equipment.
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Strengthening Paraguay’s capacity to access climate finance through DAEs nomination, Sub-national Climate Finance Roadmap development and pipeline strengthening This proposal will support the development of a National Climate Finance Strategy for an effective and efficient climate finance architecture to support NDC implementation; development of investment plans for prioritized sectors aligned with national priorities, including the National Development Plan-2030, NDC, and other related mitigation and adaptation policies and plans; development of project concept notes based on prioritized sectors? investment plans for submission to the GCF; support the country?s national direct access to the GCF through potential DAE nomination and gap assessment for GCF accreditation; and strengthen capacity to develop green investment projects and access international climate finance. This will be achieved through the following GCF Objectives: (A) Objective 1: Capacity building for climate finance coordination; (B) Objective 2: Strategic frameworks for low-emission investment; and (C) Objective 4: Paradigm-shifting pipeline development.
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Developing a project proposal on building urban resilience with nature-based solutions The project will facilitate and mobilize investment to build urban resilience from flood risks in selected critical sub-catchments of the city, through mainly urban forests restoration, nature-based stormwater drainage systems (swales) and detention basins, inter alia. GGGI will design a project to build urban resilience to flood risks and demonstrate green growth solutions through (1) integrated urban flood management with nature-based solutions (NBS) like (urban forests restoration, swales, detention basins and other solutions that brings more diverse nature and natural features and processes into the CoK.; (2) livelihood protection of small and medium businesses in flood prone areas such as brick making, ornamental tree nursery beds, sand extraction (3) enabling policy and capacity development. These solutions will be locally adapted to benefit biodiversity and the delivery of a range of ecosystem services, and resilient urban infrastructure to the people
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Secondary City Capacity Building Support for Green Buildings - Soroti, Uganda The project has been designed to enhance business models, plans, and guidelines for addressing the pressures of African development, urbanization, and climatic change, notably in the building sector, to create climate resilient cities to showcase regional projects drive by Greenpreneurs and municipalities. Innovative solutions and bold entrepreneurs are needed to respond to the challenges of green buildings. The proposed project is a continued effort to increase adoption of the green growth model among SMEs/MSMEs in the green building sector, as well as enhance the capacity of entrepreneurs to develop and sustain eco businesses, thereby contributing to the local economic development while addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation.
At the same time, there is a need for policy support to ensure that guidelines on green buildings are available and adhered to. Well-designed buildings that follow green building codes make efficient use of water and energy, reduce GHG emissions and improve indoor air quality, thereby providing overall health benefits, whether for urban inhabitants or for industrial workers.
the project will build upon the current project that GGGI is implementing with the European Union (EU) “Greening Uganda’s Urbanization and Industrialization” (2020-2023). One of its findings is that while Uganda has planning and building guidelines available, these are only applied to 30% of construction. Capacity building at municipal level is necessary to address the gaps in the application of the building guidelines. The planning guidelines and the building guidelines have been recently reviewed in partnership with the National Building Review Board, with the recommendation to revise them to achieve the green development imperatives and are now being submitted to the applicable ministry for subsequent government adoptions. This provides momentum for building the capacity of the city council on the guidelines. To improve the entrepreneurial, business practices and policies environment to support green buildings development in African secondary cities with focus on Uganda, Soroti City, where a green urbanization and industrialization project is taking place.
Specific Objectives include:
1. Green entrepreneurship: create a sustainable entrepreneur base in the green building sector at local level.
2. Financial support to Greenpreneurs: SMEs and entrepreneurs in the green building sector have access to finance.
3. Secondary city level capacity strengthening: the city council/ municipalities have improved green urban planning and green building policies in place.
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Enhancing NDA Capacity and Access to the GCF in Lao PDR In the first GCF readiness project for NDA strengthening delivered by UNDP the institutional arrangements for the NDA were agreed, however the work of the NDA hasn’t yet been fully integrated into these existing institutional mechanisms. Therefore, this readiness proposal seeks to provide information and training as needed to the 3 levels agreed in the institutional arrangements, NDA Secretariat, the GEF-GCF Committee and the sub-sector working group and National Environmental Committee and work on integrating the GCF-related responsibilities into these existing mechanisms. It was decided to use existing mechanisms in order to help promote sustainability of coordination efforts. The national environment committee, for example, holds meetings twice a year. The readiness project will focus on making sure the committee members have the information they need to perform their roles and document the roles, procedures, processes, and decisions, so that the function can be maintained even if committee membership changes.
The first CP the outlines of several key country programming processes where agreed with the Minister. Thus, this readiness proposal aims to implement the country programming and stakeholder engagement processes that were agreed in the CP and adapt them, as needed. The agreed processes include:
- Annual GCF stakeholder consultation and update event
- Annual update to the GCF Country Programme, with a more substantive update happening every other year (these updates will incorporate the substance of the sector-focused readiness projects)
- Communicating with stakeholders via newsletter In 2019, Lao PDR completed its first Country Programme for the GCF. In this next phase of readiness for the NDA, support is being requested for the following:
1) To operationalize the agreed institutional arrangements and build the awareness and capacity of the NDA to deliver on its mandate;
2) Continuing to refine the GCF Country Programme and engage stakeholders and AEs to complete the annual updates to the CP that were specified in the CP, building on the results of other readiness project in specific sectors/sub-sectors and mobilize GCF investments; and
3) Engage the private sector and banks to help deliver on the Lao PDR’s climate change ambitions.
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MRV System Development As the GGGI Qatar Office scales up its activities to deliver a multi-year cooperation program with the Qatar Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC), one of the major work streams of GGGI Qatar Program is MRV System Development. It aims to provide the State of Qatar with operational MRV systems in accordance with the Paris Agreement ETF. The overall objectives of the project are to:
· Prepare Qatar for more stringent reporting requirements of the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement, thereby helping Qatar fulfill its global commitment to climate action and strengthening its soft power in climate negotiations.
· Achieve a systematic, integrated, and robust GHG data management system that can help facilitate effective reporting, planning, financing, and implementation of climate actions.
· Develop a system to track mitigation and adaptation and climate support (financial and technical) flows.
· Strengthen the local capacity of stakeholders in managing and implementing MRV processes.
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Strategic Outcomes GGGI recognizes that inclusive and green growth interventions
must be the means to realize the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
set out under the Agenda 2030 and Paris Climate Agreement
respectively. Similarly, well-designed and interlinked climate action
and SDG implementation programs should be the drivers of green
and inclusive growth in the countries we operate in. This warrants
that the link between green growth, NDCs and SDGs is articulated
clearly to effectively design and deliver green growth programs. In
this context, GGGI outlined six long-term Strategic Outcomes (SOs)
representing long-term development outcomes which GGGI strives
to achieve in the member and partner countries. To this end, it is
necessary to understand the readiness for green growth transition
in the context of achievement the SOs, SDGs and NDGs.
This project aims to articulate the narrative and scope of the SOs
and provide guidelines to identify country-level targets and put
forward methods to estimate impacts from GGGI’s activities. In order
to do this, the new programs focused on green jobs and air quality
assessments in a number of target countries. To develop analytical
frameworks and assess green growth readiness from a SDG and NDC
perspective, GGGI joined forces with AfDB’s Climate Change and
Green Growth department. The outputs are expected to strengthen
GGGI’s thought leadership around NDC and SDG implementation,
green growth and employment, air quality, as well as development
impact assessment and monitoring. Better articulate green growth impacts in countries and in context of NDC and SDG implementation; promote and generate ideas, frameworks,
methodology, and evidence for mainstreaming green growth.
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AFD-Uzb Support a pilot strategic environmental assessment (SEA) Background: Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) are internationally recognized as a key instrument for integrating environmental and health considerations into strategic planning. Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) are internationally recognized as a key instrument for integrating environmental and health considerations into strategic planning. Uzbekistan is not a party to the Espoo Convention and the Protocol on SE, however SCEEP has already taken some steps to pilot SEAs in Uzbekistan.
AFD/EU Priority for Support: In support to the GoU’s green growth strategic framework, AFD and the EU have mobilized funds to finance technical assistance to SCEEP and relevant institutions (e.g. Ministry of Health, line ministries in charge of the strategy to be assessed).
Objectives: To support the GoU in piloting a first SEA with a view to generalize the practice later on.
To do so, the technical assistance will seek to:
a. Support the GoU in identifying a relevant strategy / investment plan, at the right stage of preparation to be the object of a SEA ;
b. Mainstream capacities on SEA among all parties of the GoU involved ;
c. Finance the first pilot SEA ;
d. Support the authorities in taking stock of this first experience.
While the specific policy framework to be assessed will be confirmed through a formal consultation process, the initial consultation between AFD, SCEEP and Ministry of Tourism have prioritized the Decrees of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures to accelerate the development of tourism by introducing a special management procedure in the Bostanlyk region” and “On the creation of a free tourist and recreational zone Charvak”.
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Greening Uganda’s Urbanization and Industrialization To address urbanization, industrialization and waste management challenges in the country, the proposed project will support Uganda's (1) green city development by preparing the urban development guidelines and the preparation of the masterplans for two secondary cities and infrastructure investment plans for these cities to include pipeline of priority project, develop local area plans and Neighborhood Plans and establishing a knowledge and stakeholder engagement platform to rally support, build capacity and raise awareness of relevant stakeholders; (2) green industrialization by developing the green free zone and industrial park guidelines and the green industrialization masterplan, designing model green free zone, green free zone policy and green industrial park and providing financing and investments options including one bankable project concept note for possible funding to facilitate industrial park development; (3) efficient waste management by developing the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Authority (GKMA) waste management strategy, designing two waste sorting and diversion centers in GKMA, assessing oil and petroleum waste and e-waste recycling potential and designing an SME fund for waste management value chain actors and an accelerator to facilitate SME access to the fund by providing business development support; and (4) integration of green growth into planning and budgeting system and effective communication of UGGDS. Throughout the project implementation, stakeholder engagement is an integral part of project to address gender equality and social inclusiveness and garner support from stakeholders. Capacity building activities will be conducted to ensure government staff, relevant private sector partners and subnational stakeholders understand and are empowered to adapt and implement the guidelines and master plans developed. FOCAL SECTOR 3:Planned Green Cities: improve urbanization in Kampala and secondary cities
GOAL: Greening Uganda’s Urbanization and Industrialisation
IMPACT OBJECTIVE:Achieve strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth
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Viet Nam Green Bond Readiness Program This project will be delivered through 3 outputs:
Enhanced regulatory framework for green bond development for both corporate and government/municipal bonds: supporting MOF, incollaboration with MONRE and MPI to assess and develop policies to enable green bond market development for corporate, government and municipal bonds.
Improved capacity and knowledge of Viet Nam government officials and market participants in green bond issuance and the global green capital market: global experience (with a focus on the experience of green bond issuance through LGX and green bond label by LuxFLAG) will be shared and knowledge products developed.
Increased green investments through 2 pilot green bond issuances: 2 provinces/cities and corporates will be selected for piloting the issuance of green bonds to finance their green investment projects. This proposal aims to support Viet Nam in capitalizing the tremendous potential of green bonds through a partnership with GGGI and Luxembourg – bringing together expertise in green finance, to enhance institutional capacity and the regulatory framework, combined with practical experience in piloting of green bond issuance.
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Cambodia solid waste In Cambodia improving waste management is a key challenge for Battambang (population: 160,000). The issue includes waste collection service, uncontrolled disposal (resulting in accumulation of household waste in waterways, drainage systems, community streets, as well as open burning), limited waste separation at source, and open burning in sub-standard landfills. These cause negative impacts on public health, particularly because of the release of toxic gases during burning, and reduce the overall livability, resilience and competitiveness of the cities.
As part of the Green Urban Development Program Phase 2, GGGI Cambodia has been developing a Secondary City Strategic Plan in collaboration with national and sub-national government. The Strategic Plan focuses on 7 selected secondary cities and is articulated around 4 themes: i.)Integrated urban planning and green infrastructure development; ii.)Green local economy; iii.)Social Inclusion; and iv.)City governance. The Strategic Plan will guide government and development stakeholders from these cities in city planning and management to ensure sustainable local development, balancing economic growth and social and environmental development. The green development of these cities will promote a more balanced and sustainable urbanization in Cambodia.
The plan is currently being finalized and GGGI is initiating the implementation phase. In collaboration with city officials, suitable investment projects which align with the Strategic Plan have been identified. One of the more advanced project ideas put forward by the secondary cities, providing an opportunity for swift action by GGGI, is focused on solid waste management in the city of Battambang. As the second largest city in Cambodia and with existing or planned waste management infrastructure, Battambang is an ideal candidate to investigate and demonstrate the financial viability of recycling opportunities which can then be replicated in other Cambodian cities. The objective of the project is to develop detailed options to establish a reliable supply chain (segregation, collection, transport and on-sell of products) for recyclable waste in Battambang, with a focus on plastic and organic waste and this project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks.
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Waste to Energy in Phnom Penh The project will support government counterparts in assessing technical feasibility of the RDF plant, and in designing a suitable procurement and contractual set-up for a PPP through an auction mechanism for a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) contract.
As the biggest city in Cambodia, Phnom Penh is the ideal candidate for such a project as it generates enough volume of municipal and industrial solid waste, within a relatively small area. There is no large-scale recycling facility in Phnom Penh and no source segregation of waste, apart from informal collection of some recyclables. Therefore, WtE represents a suitable option to deal with such mixed waste streams in large scale. The model is potentially replicable in larger cities in GGGI member countries. The project objective is to facilitate investment in a Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) plant in Phnom Penh and subsequently replace coal with RDF at the cement manufacturing in Cambodia and this project is aligned with IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies.
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GGKP 2021-2022 Development and Gender Working Group This project is a continuation of collaboration between GGGI and UNEP on the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership Project, with the most recently completed phase being Project CAI02.
The GGKP's knowledge platforms - the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, the Green Industry Platform, and the Green Finance Platform - offer quick and easy access to the latest research, case studies, toolkits, learning products, and protocols to empower policymakers and advisors, SMEs, and banks, and insurance, and investment firms to make evidence-based decisions about how to green operations.
In addition, GGKP has recently launched in February 2021 a new online interactive community space called the Green Forum, which enables professionals to share and discuss insights from specific sectors, themes, and issues in the pursuit of a sustainable economic transformation. This project is a continuation of collaboration between GGGI and UNEP on the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership Project, with the most recently completed phase being Project CAI02.
In addition, GGKP has recently launched in February 2021 a new online interactive community space called the Green Forum, which enables professionals to share and discuss insights from specific sectors, themes, and issues in the pursuit of a sustainable economic transformation.
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Support for a Renewable Energy Transition in OECS Countries Support to NURC, Saint Lucia's energy regulator, to provide capacity building to allow for reforms that would help in reducing barriers to renewable energy in the country. Specifically they have requested training, and attachment of an energy regulatory expert to be embedded in NURC. We are planning to provide an expert for 3 days a week for 6 months, and to facilitate 2-3 virtual training lectures from the Centre for Energy Regulation through Nishant's contact there (no cost).
The project will also support OECS in the implementation of the regional Sustainable Energy Framework and facilitate resource mobilization for related follow-on work This project will:
(1) support NURC, Saint Lucia's energy regulator, by providing capacity building and an embedded expert to facilitate reforms that reduce barriers to expanded use of renewable energy in the country, including direct technical support in developing a process for setting of self-generation limits, technical review of the draft Electricity Services Act, and modification of rate regulations to more effectively support adoption of renewables.
(2) support OECS in the implementation of the regional Sustainable Energy Framework through the development of regional guidance and capacity building on electricity regulation, and
(3) develop a concept and solicit donor interest for a regional project supporting OECS countries in replicating the work done in Saint Lucia and further developing enabling regulatory environments to facilitate expanded adoption of renewable energy
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Enabling Blue Carbon in Indonesia The Government of Indonesia, through the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) as a national focal point to UNFCCC, is currently developing measurable steps to increase the NDC targets by incorporating and implementing the blue carbon. Indonesia has not included blue carbon ecosystems in the country’s NDCs, either in the mitigation or adaptation strategies. The key challenges associated with incorporating and implementing blue carbon into the NDCs include limited technical capacity and coordination between government agencies who lead the sector and sub-sectors, a lack of data and standard methodology, and the increasing degradation of coastal wetland ecosystems; as well as funding constraints for developing and implementing policies and practices in programs focusing on the conservation of blue carbon ecosystems. This program will focus on supporting national level policy development, coordination, and technical capacity for blue carbon. It will also improve understanding of blue carbon by filling key research gaps and through tool and software development.
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KOICA MDCP 2022 - Building Climate Resilience and Reintegrating Economically Displaced Workers through Climate Smart Agriculture in the Terai Flood Plain, Nepal A project to build agricultural resilience and community livelihoos in the terai, one of Nepal's hardest hit and most climate vulnerable regions.The region suffers from frequent and extreme floods and draughts, which are worsening due to climate change. This region is also the hardest hit by COVID-19, generating massive health and humanitarian challenges.
1) Building community and local government emergency management capacity and systems
2) Building resilient agriculture and livelihoods/employment development plans, investment planning and demonstration projects for resilient agriculture value chains
3) Operationalizing a challenge fund and enterprise development for resilient agriculture and livelihoods Widespread adoption of climate smart agriculture reduces vulnerability and improves food and job security, especially for women and returned migrant workers.
Outcome 1: Local governments are adaptive to climate emergencies.
Outcome 2: Local communities adopt market-oriented CSA.
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Enhancing Direct Access to Climate Finance in Fiji - Phase 2 Building on the first GCF Readiness Project on Enhancing Direct Access to Climate Finance, this project (Phase 2) will take the next steps necessary to support the Ministry of Economy in its accreditation to the GCF, including Stage 2 submission, development of a project pipeline and concept notes. It will also include continued support to the other DAE in Fiji, the Fiji Development Bank to upgrade their accreditation to Cat B, Small Size projects and also to the NDA, to fully utilise its stakeholder engagement platform, including digital engagement and improve and refine its procedures. Building on the first GCF Readiness Project on Enhancing Direct Access to Climate Finance, this project (Phase 2) will take the next steps necessary to support the Ministry of Economy in its accreditation to the GCF, including Stage 2 submission, development of a project pipeline and concept notes. It will also include continued support to the other DAE in Fiji, the Fiji Development Bank to upgrade their accreditation to Cat B, Small Size projects and also to the NDA, to fully utilise its stakeholder engagement platform, including digital engagement and improve and refine its procedures.
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Mongolia Australia Scholarships Program II (MC) The Mongolia Australian Scholarships Program II (MASP II) aims to improve human capacity in Mongolia in targeted sectors and contribute to Mongolian Development. MASP II provides over 190 aid funded long-term Australia Awards to Mongolian Government and Private sector professionals to undertake master and PhD degrees in Australia. MASP II begins in July 2013 and is being implemented by a Managing Contractor that is responsible for candidate selection and preparation including in-country language training, International English Language Testing Scheme assessment and visa application. MASP I was highly regarded by the Government of Mongolia and has been evaluated by returned scholars as very relevant to their professional work. MASP I scholarship recipients had a high completion rate, with many returning to Mongolia to occupy important positions in parliament and the public and private sectors where they are contributing to Mongolia's economic and social development. MASP II is set to co
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Mongolia Scholarships Program The Mongolia Australian Scholarships Program (MASP) is targeted at human resource development in Mongolia's public and private sectors. It continues the work of the Mongolia-Australia Targeted Capacity Building and Small Activities Facility (CaBSAF), which finished in August 2008. Running for five years until June 2013, MASP administers Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) and Australian Leadership Awards Scholarships (ALAS). Approximately 45 scholarships will be offered on an annual basis to Mongolian nationals through MASP. MASP is being implemented by a Managing Contractor that is responsible for candidate selection and preparation including in-country language training, International English Language Testing Scheme assessment and visa application. MASP is highly regarded by the Government of Mongolia and has been evaluated by returned scholars as very relevant to their professional work. MASP/CaBSAF scholarship recipients have a high completion rate, with many returning to Mon
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Development Cooperation Activities 2010-11/2013-14 Funding under this initiative provides support for development cooperation activities in Mongolia through United nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the areas of water and sanitation, disability and partner government capacity building. Funds to UNICEF will support an upgrade to water and sanitation facilities at 3 schools and 3 kindergartens in Dornod aimag and 2 sub-units of Ulaanbaater and provide training of medical professionals at the capital, provincial and district levels to assess children's disability and assemble a technical review team to conduct a comprehensive analysis of children with disability. Funds to UNDP will support a project which aims to improve access to safe drinking water in rural areas of Mongolia through community based natural resource management plans, restoration of water resources, rehabilitation of water source, protection of head springs, water quality monitoring training and provision of monitoring to
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Strengthen Ground Water Management Funding under this initiative helps to support the Strengthening of Ground Water Management in Southern Mongolia and will improve the Government of Mongolia's capacity to sustainably manage its natural resources in the context of rapid economic growth. This initiative aims to improve the understanding of groundwater resources in southern Mongolia and devising appropriate policy to ensure its sustainable use and mitigate any negative environment and social impacts as a result of mining activities. Principal deliverables include: pilot institutional structure for ground water management; development of policy relevant data on ground water in southern Mongolia; installation and operation of monitoring equipment; and establishment of an Information and Communication System with technical, socio-economic and institutional information that is linked to the existing database and public awareness system. The institutional structure will be piloted at three Aimags in the regions Dornogovi, Omni
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Increasing access to justice for rural women in Sierra Leone The project will seek to increase rural women’s access to justice by protecting and promoting the welfare and rights of women and girls who suffer as a result of violence perpetrated against them. The objective is to support individual women survivors of violence to access justice; change attitudes in communities towards violence against women; and ensure that all women understand their rights and how claim them and that those who have a responsibility to protect and promote those rights do so. This will be done by using a number of strategies including specific awareness raising activities with different community stakeholders (traditional/opinion leaders, CBOs such as women’s and youth groups, etc) on basic human rights principles ,providing legal, medical and other support to survivors while they access justice. This project is co-unded by Womankind (through the DFID PPA) and The Sigrid Rausing Trust and the costs published represent only the Womankind PPA component.;
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Participation and Opportunities for Women Economic Rights (POWER) The Project by the end of 24 months POWER will strengthen the eco-feminist movement to promote and protect the economic rights of marginalised women affected by compulsory land acquisition in four districts in Northern (Nwoya, Amaru) and Western (Hoima and Buliisa) Uganda at a critical time when 300,000 women have been displaced and an additional one million women are at risk of displacement. The project will contribute to the SDG target that all women enjoy equal rights to “economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property and natural resources”. As primary beneficiaries 1,000 women will receive legal support and training and awareness raising in women’s rights and alternative livelihoods. These women will share their learning with 6,000 secondary beneficiaries ensuring in excess of 5,380 women are inputting into decision-making affecting their land ownership and livelihoods at local, national and international levels to advocate for policy change and improve access to justice.
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Agricultural Development: Ardahan-Kars-Artvin Development Project The overall goal is to reduce rural poverty in the Provinces of Ardahan, Kars and Artvin. The objectives of the project are: (i) to increase the assets and incomes of poor women and men smallholders, who have the practical potential and personal willingness to move towards more commercial agriculture; (ii) to improve poor rural people's access to rural infrastructure that gives direct and indirect support to move primary agricultural producers into more commercial agriculture; and (iii) to strengthen institutional advisory services and capacitate project management. IFAD's policy dialogue in Turkey seeks to reinforce ands support Governments efforts to reduce the significant prevailing regional economic and social disparities within the country through investments in the rural and agricultural sectors. An institutional objective is to strengthen provincial agricultural directorates to effectively deliver services in the context of a market-based agriculture environment.
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PROG2017-2021_Plaider, informer et éduquer pour atteindre chaque enfant d’ici 2030 au sein des ODD La Convention des droits de l’enfant est le premier traité de défense des droits de l’Homme universellement ratifié à confier sa mise en oeuvre à une institution spécialisée des Nations Unies, en l’occurrence, l’UNICEF. Ce mandat, poursuivi par UNICEF Belgique dans ses programmes subsidiés dans le domaine de la coopération belge au développement, est donc ciblé spécifiquement sur un appui aux autorités pour institutionnaliser « la prise en compte des droits de l’enfant de manière transversale dans les programmes de coopération bilatérale », tel que le recommandent les Observations finales du Comité adressées à la Belgique. Ce programme vise à contribuer au respect des droits de CHAQUE enfant au sein des Objectifs de Développement Durable .Il se situe dans la continuité du programme précédent en déployant des activités de plaidoyer politique, d’éducation au développement, et de sensibilisation/mobilisation du grand public. L’objectif principal reste que les politiques belges du développement y compris l’aide humanitaire, de l’éducation, de la migration, et le secteur privé belge actif dans le sud, contribuent davantage à la réalisation des droits de chaque enfant, en particulier les plus vulnérables : « a fair chance for every child ». La participation des enfants et l’innovation seront deux aspects mis en valeur, comme vecteurs privilégiés de l’inclusion sociale de tous les enfants, et d’équité.
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JOR: Security Governance Fund (SGF) The Security Governance Fund (SGF) in Jordan, a new programme that aims to complement the UK and Jordan’s long-standing security partnership by supporting wider accountability stakeholders to play a stronger role in line with Jordan's political modernisation agenda. The programme will design and implement a selection of catalytic interventions aimed at supporting a small number of influential institutions or organisations in the governance and accountability space to contribute to Jordan’s political modernisation by building their capacity, capability and resilience to support and protect democratic governance in Jordan. The Security Governance Fund’s primary objective is to complement the UK-Jordan security partnership by supporting wider accountability stakeholders to play a stronger role in line with Jordan's political modernisation. The wider
accountability stakeholders in this instance are a range of government and non-
government organisations whose constructive engagement can help Jordan and its security institutions adapt to the challenges of political modernisation
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EUR: Illicit Finance cooperation scoping in Armenia and Azerbaijan Adam Smith International (ASI) was contracted by the Foreign Development and Commonwealth Office (FCDO) to undertake a scoping assignment that delivered analysis and generated recommendations for how UK supported interventions could increase Armenia and Azerbaijan’s ability to work jointly with UK counterparts to identify and recover stolen assets, enhancing UK cooperation with both jurisdictions. Specifically, the initial Statement of Requirements (SOR) referenced the use of formal cooperation channels, such as Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA’s) and Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) proceedings to facilitate closer interoperability between the UK, Armenia, and Azerbaijan respectively.
As a result of ASI scoping across both jurisdictions ASI has produced two reports that present a separate analysis and recommendations for Armenia and Azerbaijan respectively. The objective of this project is to deliver analysis and generate recommendations for how UK supported interventions could increase Armenia and Azerbaijan’s ability to work jointly with UK counterparts to identify and recover stolen assets, enhancing UK cooperation with both Armenia and Azerbaijan against illicit finance.
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Public Resource Management in Somalia Phase 2 (PREMIS2) Public Resource Management in Somalia Phase 2 (PREMIS2) is a three-year FCDO-funded programme implemented by Adam Smith International. PREMIS 2 aims to provide technical assistance to the Somali government at both Federal and State level, with the aim of strengthening Domestic Revenue Mobilisation (DRM), with a focus on customs modernisation, and enhancing Public Financial Management (PFM). The programme also supports civil service reforms, with particular emphasis on supporting women in government Impact - PREMIS2 aims to positively impact on the development of a more effective and trusted federated public administration in Somalia, that contributes to the conditions necessary for building greater legitimacy, stability and a resilient economy.
Outcomes - More equitable revenue sharing agreements and sustainable Inter-Governmental Fiscal Transfers. Enhanced harmonisation and transparency of public resource management in Somalia Public Administration strengthened to improve inclusive capacity and performance of MDAs.
Outputs - Progress achieved on fiscal federalism priorities.DRM policies, systems and capacity formalised in FGS and FMS. Core PFM policies, systems and capacity sustained in FMS. Public Administration strengthened to improve inclusive capacity and performance of MDAs
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Strengthening Action Against Corruption (STAAC) in Ghana 2019/20 Strengthening Action Against Corruption (STAAC) is a five-year programme that commenced in January 2016. It was designed to address concerns that increasing levels of corruption were a key risk to development progress in Ghana. The programme aims to increase the risks for those engaged in corrupt activities, resulting in a reduction in the incidence of corruption at all levels. The programme seeks to support both the supply and demand sides. It seeks to improve the performance of all aspects of the anti-corruption chain – deterrence, detection and sanctioning, including asset tracing and recovery. It provides support to key agencies, including the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), Registrar-General’s Department (RGD), Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Economic and Financial Crime Courts (EFCC), Ghana Audit Service (GAS) among others, to work more effectively together on the identification and handling of corruption risks and cases. On the demand-side, the programme provides technical assistance and financial support to expand work undertaken by think tanks, CSOs and the media to monitor and report on the extent and modalities of corruption in Ghana and Government performance in relation to preventing and addressing corruption. Support to selected civil society partners seek to ensure that interventions are based on robust analysis and strategic vision and are followed through to a logical conclusion. Finally, the programme seeks to increase national and international incentives for the Government of Ghana to take action against corruption, by strengthening dialogue on the subject between the Government and civil society, the private sector and donors. The objective of the Supplier is to maximise the effectiveness of DFID programme funds in reducing corruption in Ghana. The principal recipients of this programme are DFID Ghana and the Government of Ghana working through Anti-Corruption agencies such as but not limited to the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), Registrar-General’s Department (RGD), Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Economic and Financial Crime Courts (EFCC), Ghana Audit Service (GAS). From the demand side, the programme will deliver through leading civil society organisations like but not limited to the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Penplusbytes, Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), UK Ghana Chamber of Commerce/ Private Sector Anti-Corruption Group.
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Private Sector Development Programme: Market Systems Development – ELAN 1.2 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has huge economic potential. There are 80m hectares of uncultivated arable land, vast mineral resources and over half of Africa’s water. This is countered by a very difficult business environment with very little industry. DRC ranks 184 out of 190 on the World Bank’s Doing Business survey. It performs particularly badly on contract enforcement, getting electricity, paying taxes and trading across borders. Recovery of the private sector in DRC is vital; for job creation and poverty alleviation. DRC is a young and rapidly growing country, with an estimated population of 84m in 2018. Median age has remained steady since 2000 at 16.8 years old. Rapid population growth has implications for inclusive growth as DRC’s GDP growth rate of around 3.7% and the population growth rate of 3.3% per annum resulting in only meagre improvements in per capita income. The youth ‘bulge’ in DRC will require the economy to create around 18 million jobs in the next 15 years. DFID in DRC has been supporting economic development through a Private Sector Development (PSD) Programme in DRC. It is a £120 million programme running from 2015 to 2023. The PSD programme has three distinct components ELAN, ESSOR and DSU. ELAN is the market systems development (MSD) component, worth £50m and has been operating in agriculture, renewable energy, access to finance and transportation. Supporting market actors, ELAN generates market insights, demonstrates innovation and builds capacity to improve the functioning of markets for poor people, leading to over one million poor people realising cumulative income increase of nearly £100 million. ELAN is an adaptive programme with the scope of expanding performing interventions while reducing or closing interventions that do not perform. The current management contract of ELAN will come to an end in July 2019. The ‘bridging’ contract is required to continue the momentum of ELAN and take it to the end of the programme period. This bridging contract, ELAN 1.2, is the subject of this Terms of Reference and will deliver DFID DRC’s market systems development intervention for up to 3 years, from June 2019. DFID has contracted a suitably qualified service provider to deliver the ELAN 1.2 programme. The Impact of this programme is “to reduce poverty in DRC by improving the income of poor women and men in selected market systems.” The purpose of these Terms of Reference is to set out the details and delivery expectations for a Service Provider to apply MSD approaches that will change market systems and improve the livelihoods of the poor in DRC by consolidating and expanding on the gains of the current ELAN programme whilst also widening the scope to include new intervention areas and approaches which will inform design of a larger, forthcoming Private Sector Development (PSD) programme. The Outcome of this programme will be “the performance and position of poor people within selected market systems is substantially improved”. This outcome may be measured by: The number of partner market actors successfully taking‐up pro‐poor innovations and investing to sustain their business independently, ensuring long‐term sustainability. The number of other market actors (e.g. competitors to those that the Service Provider works with) copying the pro‐poor changes or offering variations of it, including changes affecting women and the most vulnerable (e.g. Internally Displaced Persons / IDPs). % increase to the number of poor women and men accessing and using improved goods or services. % of interventions which benefit the poorest and most vulnerable women and men, including IDPs, men and women in the lowest wealth quintile, men and women living with disabilities, and adolescent/young women and men. The number of non‐competing market players who adjust their own practices in reaction to the pro‐poor market system change (i.e. those responding to the overall systems change). The number of young women and adolescent girls with access to economic opportunities. The recipient of this support will be private sector, financial institutions and not‐for profit organisations or partnerships thereof. The ultimate beneficiaries of the services are poor, vulnerable and excluded people of DRC, especially women and adolescent girls, in the agriculture, renewable energy and financial sectors, in up to 5 provinces of the DRC.
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PAN: Improving Ability to Trace & Tackle Illicit Financial Flows Panama is a hub for foreign and domestic illicit revenue streams where criminal networks are able to launder and conceal proceeds of criminal activities with ease primarily through the use of opaque legal entities. An industry has been built around the promise of secrecy and anonymity requiring strong action by the Panamanian government to empower regulators to compel actors within the DNFBP sector to disclose information about their clients. The project aims to assist Panama’s “Superintendencia for Non-Financial Services” (SSNF) to enhance capacity to superintend non-financial services across various areas of deficiencies. Through a detailed diagnostic assessment completed by ASI, we reviewed the SSNF’s organisational mandate, processes, capacity, and relationships to prioritise and develop tailored technical interventions to build organisational effectiveness. Thus, ASI with its partners has provided technical assistance to the SSNF to enhance and strengthen its operations specifically around its ability to conduct Sectoral Risk Assessments; design a comprehensive Beneficial Ownership process which includes focusing on data intake and validation, data verification, and data management and dissemination; and support the SSNF with its outreach and strategic communications. In addition, the project worked with the Panamanian Judicial Collage, in collaboration with our sub-contractor, Ergo Group, to virtualise a financial crime training course (already designed).
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