GREEN CLIMATE FUND (GCF) NATIONAL DESIGNATED AUTHORITY (NDA) READINESS PROJECT

GCF PROJECT PIPELINE REVIEW, AND AWARENESS RAISING OF THE COUNTRY PROGRAMME, BILATERAL
AGREEMENT AND THE NEXT GCF READINESS PROJECT PROPOSAL WORKSHOP

OVERVIEW OF THE GCF NDA READINESS PROJECT

Munashe Mukonoweshuro
Climate Change Scientist and GCF Alt. NDA NFP
Building Capacity of Zimbabwe’s NDA to engage with the GCF Project Coordinator
Climate Change Management Department (CCMD)
Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry (MECTHI)
7 December 2020, Cresta Lodge, Msasa, Harare
Building Capacity of Zimbabwe’s NDA to engage with the GCF
– NDA Readiness Project
Two year readiness project, USD300 000.00, UNEP Delivery partner

1. Country capacity strengthened

• 1.1 NDA/focal point lead effective coordination mechanism
• 1.2 No objection procedure established and implemented
• 1.3 Bilateral agreements between the country and the GCF executed
• 1.4 Monitoring, oversight and streamlining of climate finance

2. Stakeholders engaged in consultative processes

• 2.1 Stakeholders engaged in consultative processes
• 2.2 Country programmes, including adaptation priorities, developed and
continuously updated
• 2.3 Stakeholder consultations conducted with equal representation of women
• 2.4 Annual participatory review of GCF portfolio in the country organized
 1.1 NDA/focal point lead effective coordination
mechanism
• 1.1.a Assess the NDAs capacity to fulfil its roles and responsibilities, develop a
capacity building and training programme for the NDA to address gaps –
Completed!

• 1.1.b Training for the NDA on effective engagement with and requirements of the GCF
and other climate-related initiatives (e.g. GCF priorities and processes, the NDA role &
functions, stakeholder engagement and coordination, climate finance, fund
management, project development and management, M&E and reporting systems,
etc.) Completed!

• 1.1c Support to review of design of NDA-led coordination mechanism (or support to

the integration of coordination mechanism into an existing mechanism) that meets
regularly and allows for an overview of all operational sectors – Completed!

• 1.1.d Sharing information, experience and lessons learned with other countries in the
region, e.g. through workshops, exchange visits, and/or online platforms -
Completed!
1.2 No objection procedure established and implemented

• 1.2a Support to the NDA in developing a No Objection

Procedure process which allows for broad stakeholder
input through an iterative process of review of GCF
proposals - Completed!

• 1.2b Support to dissemination of No Objection Letter

process in local language, public access to procedures and
broad capacity building (of actors beyond NDA) and
awareness building on process - Completed!
(Brochure developed for information, education and communication of the Country
Programme including the No Objection Procedure)
1.3 Bilateral agreements between the country and
the GCF executed

• 1.3 Support to discussion on bi-lateral agreements

between country and GCF (includes initial meeting
on bilateral agreement on privileges and
immunities) – Completed!
1.4 Monitoring, oversight and streamlining of climate finance
• 1.4a Support to design, review and endorsement for
process of monitoring and overseeing the streamlining of
climate finance flows (including GCF flows), includes initial
data collection, review of primary sources of climate
finance funds, initial outline of expected future finance
flows, all of which supports design, review and
endorsement of oversight mechanism that will maintain
regular data, identify gaps and reduce redundancy in
climate finance flows, and – Completed!

• 1.4b Training provided to NDA to undertake the above

- Completed!
2.1 Stakeholders engaged in consultative
processes

• 2.1 Government actors, Private Sector representatives,

National Associations, Civil Society Organizations,
Academia and others are identified through both a public
call as well as a review process which includes outreach to
relevant actors, are supported to provide input into the
design, review and endorsement of such a stakeholder
engagement process, and are made members to the
endorsed process – Completed!
2.2 Country programmes, including adaptation priorities,
developed and continuously updated
• 2.2a Desktop review of existing climate change, environmental,
and sectoral plans (NAPAs, NAMAs, Climate Change Strategies,
Finance strategies, agricultural, water, economic strategies,
private sector engagement, etc.) – Completed!

• 2.2.b Stocktaking of on-going projects and programmes to

develop initial outline of current priorities, likely funding
sources, and strategy for GCF engagement/Country programme
drafted (includes comparison to Fund’s Investment Framework)
– Completed!

• 2.2c Consultative review of country programme initiated -

Completed!
 2.3 Stakeholder consultations conducted with equal
representation of women

• 2.3 Specific guidelines for gender equality measures are

developed and integrated into 2.1 (Stakeholder process) -
Completed!
(Review of the Country Programme from a gender lens and incorporation of a
Summary on Gender (Annexed to the Country Programme))
 2.4 Annual participatory review of GCF portfolio in the country
organized

• 2.4 Support to two annual participatory reviews of GCF

pipeline and portfolio with local stakeholders, including
project affected-people (current or future), women, youth,
and civil society –Completed!
PROJECT MANAGEMENT COSTS (UP TO 10%)

• Auditing costs – Ongoing

• Project Management Unit and Steering Committee
meetings - Completed!
THANK YOU