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TRAINING WORKSHOP REPORT

GCF Policies, Processes and Procedures

11-15 December 2017, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Prepared by Climate Change Asia Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

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1. Background The training programme on “GCF Policies, Processes and Procedures” is carried out as part of the Nepal’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Programme and was delivered by the Asian Institute of Technology under its Climate Change Asia initiative aiming to build capacities of governments and other stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific to access climate finance as a means to advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. The programme also aims to contribute to building and strengthening institutional capacity of national entities in Nepal to mobilize and manage resources from the GCF, with a focus on direct access. The programme is currently offered under the umbrella of the Climate Change Asia (CCA) initiative and is jointly organised by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in partnership with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The target audience for the training programme are officials from Nepal’s National Designated Authority (NDA) and Technical Committee. It is expected that the training programme will help participants to have an improved understanding of the GCF policies, procedures, operations and accreditation process, initiate discussions on the establishment of a no-objection procedure in Nepal equip participants with tools and techniques for project evaluation share experience with a National Designated Authority of another country

2. Attendees The training workshop was held at the Conference Hall in Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand, from 11-15 December 2017. It was attended by a total of 14 participants from Nepal, as well as by observers and resource persons from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

http://www.cca.ait.asia/

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3. Opening Session Mr. Baikuntha Aryal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Contact Point for Green Climate Fund

In his opening remarks, Mr Baikuntha Aryal, Joint

Secretary and Chief of International Economic

Cooperation Coordination Division at the Ministry of

Finance shared his delight in the opportunity to be at

the Asian Institute of Technology.

Mr Aryal stated that GCF presents an excellent

opportunity for climate finance for Nepal but to do

so, there is a need to build national capacity to

ensure strong understanding of GCF. As the GCF NDA

for Nepal, the Ministry of Finance will be at the driver seat to move forward with the GCF mandate for

the country to ensure it is a country driven process. Thus, he highlighted that all the participants are

members of the Climate Finance Technical Committee setup within the Ministry of Finance. The

members include representatives from various technical and policy ministries along with private sector

and climate finance technical expert. They have been setup within the Ministry to aid in the decision-

making process on the national GCF processes including accreditation and full funding proposal

development.

In closing, Mr Aryal thanked AIT for providing their technical support to prepare this training and

requested all participants to take this opportunity to abridge knowledge gaps on GCF policies, processes

and procedures.

Dr. Surendra Shrestha, Vice President for Development (VPD), Asian Institute of Technology

Dr. Surendra Shrestha began his speech by welcoming participants to the training programme. He outlined the importance of addressing the gap of investment in the climate change adaptation and mitigation sector. He informed participants that according to a recent IFC study, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka together have an investment potential of $411.4 billion in renewables. He mentioned that however, this potential and needs cannot be met by the investment from the public sector alone, private and international financing sources are extremely needed in order to meet the gap of investment in the sector. Then he proceeded to provide valuable background information on key drivers of change, that can support

the transition toward a sustainable financial system for the implementation of the Agenda 2030 and the

Paris Agreement: i.e. (i) Market-based initiatives, (ii) National initiatives and (iii) international initiatives.1

Green Climate Fund, as one of the new international financing mechanisms, functions as a critical tool to

support developing countries to tackle climate change.

He stressed the necessity for building and strengthening capacities of national government officials and strengthening institutional capacity of national entities in Nepal to effectively mobilize and manage resources from the GCF, with a particular focus on direct access.

1 Roadmap for a Sustainable Financial System, UNEP, World Bank

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Dr. Shrestha also informed participants that this training programme on “GCF Policies, Processes and Procedures”, is offered under the umbrella of the Climate Change Asia (CCA) initiative and is financed and carried out as part of the Nepal’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Programme He concluded his speech thanking all partners and resource persons for their contribution, support and the trust they placed on RRC.AP to take this programme further.

Dr. Jonathan Shaw, Deputy Director, RRC.AP, Asian Institute of Technology Dr. Jonathan Shaw began by claiming that With US$10.3 billion currently pledged, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the world’s largest fund dedicated to fight against climate change issues and that responding to

climate change challenges requires collective action from all countries, including national

governments, cities, communities, businesses and private citizens. He informed participants that being designed to be the main financial instrument to mobilise US$100 billion per year by 2020 from both public and private sources, the GCF is the centrepiece to address the pressing mitigation and adaptation needs of developing countries. In response to which, the Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP), Asian Institute of Technology, has launched Climate Change Asia (CCA) initiative that was established in early 2016 at the AIT in collaboration with international organizations such as UNDP, UN Environment and USAID aiming to support especially governments in Asia and the Pacific to formulate acceptable project proposals for the Climate Change Funds such as GCF. Mr. Shaw in his speech mentioned that over 300 government officers, decision makers and other stakeholders, from about 30 countries, including Least Developed Countries participated in Capacity Building Trainings and Programmes convened under the umbrella of CCA. He concluded his speech expressing his hope that participants will use this opportunity to obtain new knowledge and experiences to effectively formulate funding proposals for GCF in Nepal in the context of “Sustainable Development” & “Paradigm Shift”.

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4. Daily Summary

Day 1: Introduction to the Green Climate Fund Policies: Investment, Results Management and Performance Measurement Frameworks. The first session of the day provided participants information on the Green Climate Fund (GCF) operation model and introduced GCF 8 Strategic Mitigation and Adaptation Results Areas that focus on i.) Impacts; ii.) Paradigm-shift potential; iii.) Crosscutting adaptation-mitigation benefits; and iv.) Sustainable development co-benefits. It provided participants with information on the new GCF Country Ownership Guidelines (adopted by the Board at its seventeenth meeting in July 2017) that eemphasize the importance of the country programming process in defining long-term engagement with GCF; Underscore the centrality of country ownership as a core principle of GCF; Reaffirm countries’ role in driving forward its relationship with the Fund, together with relevant stakeholders; and Include suggestions for countries to consider when engaging with the Fund across all GCF operational modalities, e.g. accreditation, Readiness. The second session of the day equipped participants with some useful knowledge regarding the GCF Results Chain and the GCF’s Results Management Framework that includes: the logic model and the Performance Management Model. It also provided participants information about the GCF Logframe Matrix that focus on fformulating project impacts, outcomes, outputs and activities. The afternoon included introduction of methodology of using problems and objectives tree model that will help to identify key causes of the issues identified, uunderstanding the project opportunity and structuring a Logframe Matrix. It was followed up with group work exercise where participants work in group to practice introduced approach, tools and methodology.

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Day 2: Engaging with the GCF, GCF Project Approval Process and No-objection procedure in Nepal The workshop began with a review of the key takeaways of the previous day and participants group work presentations. It was followed up with session focused on GCF approach on responding to requests for proposals. Participants were informed that 1. Micro- Small-, and Medium-Sized Enterprises Pilot Programme approved by the Board in 2016 as part of the Private Sector Facility (MSME RFP programme). 2. Enhancing Direct Access, GCF Board approved an initial allocation of USD 200 million for 10 pilots funding proposal adopting Enhance Direct Access implementation modalities. 3. Mobilising Funding at Scale Pilot Programme, The GCF Board has allocated up to USD 500 million to identify innovative, high-impact projects and programmes that mobilize private sector investment in climate change activity, details will be forthcoming once the modalities for the Programme have been approved. Session also introduced the GCF Approval Process focusing on developing the Concept Note and full GCF proposal. It was highlighted, that ssubmission of a concept note is optional but highly recommended, because it enables the GCF to provide feedback before you have spent a lot of money on project preparation. Board approved concepts will enable direct access entities to obtain project preparation grants. Compared to the Concept Note the full Funding Proposal is an extensive document that requires a lot of information and is a serious investment and includes some elements more commonly found bank documents, such as a term sheet and Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA). At the session participants were informed that funding proposal can be submitted only by accredited entities and must fit with the submitting entity’s accreditation level. It must also contribute towards achieving at least one of the eight strategic impacts of the GCF and be considered against the GCF’s investment framework. They stressed that proposal must obtain “no-objection” from the NDA and should show project objectives are achieved with “minimum concessionally” necessary to make the project viable. They also highlighted the importance for funding proposal to request GCF funding using financial instruments appropriate to the type of entity and aligned with the terms and conditions set by the GCF. There was also a continued discussion on the Investment Criteria stating that all ffunding proposals are evaluated against the GCF’s investment criteria and that they must describe how the project fulfils all six of the investment criteria. Proposals can select which sub-criteria and indicative assessment factors are relevant to the project. Later session shifted its focus on exploring country ownership issues and participants were informed that two of the investment criteria are directly related to this namely: Needs of the recipient; and Country ownership, where a no-objection letter must be obtained from the NDA. The GCF aims for a country driven approach in which the NDA can identify the strategy by which it will address climate change. Countries may develop such a strategy –which projects will then need to take into account The second part of the morning session explored the GCF Environmental and Social Safeguards, stressing that Proposals need to have an environmental and social management Plan, based on an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), Gender-sensitive development. They also highlighted ned for proposals to describe how the gender aspect is considered and that this is in accordance with the GCF’s gender policy. It was also very important to explain country ownership. The no-objection is essential, but

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continuing engagement with the NDA should also be demonstrated. They must also explain the stakeholder engagement process, and pay particular attention to vulnerable groups such as local communities and indigenous peoples and management of investment risk The afternoon was used to focus on No Objection Procedures. They also look at the content of the government non-objection letter to the funding proposal, that should have following key components: 1. The government has no-objection to the funding proposal; 2. The proposal is in conformity with the country’s national priorities, strategies and plans; and 3. The proposal is in conformity with relevant national laws and regulations, in accordance with the Fund’s environmental and social safeguards. The session mentioned that the no-objection letter will be publishing on the GCF website and that the NDAs are highly encouraged to publish the procedure. The rest of the afternoon was used for group work exercise to practice the above approach and methodology.

Day 3: Interaction with the Thai NDA and GCF Accreditation Process and

Requirements

The first discussion of the day addressed the topic of Accessing to GCF funds and look at all 4 opportunities

that the GCF Fund provides to help developing countries respond to climate change.

In particular session look at GCF activities directed to empower applicant countries through the GCF

Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme, that is a funding programme to enhance country

ownership and access to the Fund. Then the session explored in details the process of accreditation that

provide opportunity for entities to submit funding proposals through GCF’s Accredited Entities, or go

through accreditation itself. All entities, including public and private, can apply for accreditation via the:

(1) Direct access modality (2) International access modality. Next the session focused on GCF proposals

funding process, learning how the Project Preparation Facility (PPF) supports Accredited Entities (AEs) in

project and programme preparation process and providing project funding. The session also explored the

stage that comes after a funding proposal is approved, where the Fund puts in place the necessary legal

arrangements. This allows resources to be disbursed to Accredited Entities so that the project can be

implemented.

The session payed particular attention and explored in details the stage where GCF engage in empowering

applicant countries through its readiness programme. Participants learned that the GCF Readiness

Programme is a funding programme to enhance country ownership and access to the Fund, that is

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provides resources for strengthening the institutional capacities of National Designated Authorities (NDA)

or Focal Points and direct access entities to efficiently engage with the Fund. Resources may be provided

in the form of grants or technical assistance. The Readiness Programme provides up to USD 1 million per

country per year. Of this amount, NDAs or Focal Points may request up to USD 300,000 per year to help

establish or strengthen a NDA or focal point to deliver on the Fund’s requirements. Readiness programme

also provide up to USD 3 million per country for the formulation of adaptation plans. To access Readiness

fund countries may propose only following activities to be supported by the readiness fund: 1. Establishing

and strengthening national designated authorities or focal points; 2. Strategic frameworks, including the

preparation of country programmes; 3. Support for accreditation and accredited direct access entities;

and 4. Formulation of national adaptation plans and/or other adaptation planning processes.

The next session focus on GCF Accreditation process explaining that the accreditation process was

designed to assess whether applicant entities have the ability to manage GCF's resources in line with the

Fund's Fiduciary standards for the scale and type of funding sought, as well as the ability to manage

Environmental and social risks (ESS) that may arise at the project level. It was stressed that entities seeking

accreditation to access GCF resources will also be assessed against the Fund’s Gender Policy. At the

session participants learned that all entities, including international, regional, national and subnational

and public and private entities, can apply for accreditation through one of two modes of access: 1. Direct

access modality: for regional, national and sub-national entities; and 2. International access modality: for

international entities, including United Nations agencies, multilateral development banks, international

financial institutions and regional institutions.

Afternoon sessions were designed to provide opportunity to participants to interact with Thailand NDA

and receive practical information through sharing Thai NDA experience and lessons learned in preparing

GCF project proposal and implementing GCF grant. The session was led by Dr. Jarunee Nugranad,

Environmentalist, Climate Change Management and Coordination Division, Office of Natural Resources

and Environmental Policy and Planning from Thai NDA. During the session the Nepalese and Thai NDAs

were provided with opportunity to share and exchange information about each other’s experiences with

the GCF.

Day 4: Stakeholder engagement

The fourth day of the training workshop began with a discussion on how to effectively engage key stakeholders in GCF project proposal preparation process. It explores the importance and methodology for conducting a Stakeholder Analysis that help to provide an overview of all persons, groups, organizations and institutions connected with the project in any way and help to describe the interests

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and expectations of persons and groups significant to the project. Thai s usually done by writing down all persons and groups that are influenced by organisation work, categorizing, characterising and analysing them and identifying consequences for the organisation work.

Next morning session focused on engaging stakeholders in country strategic framework preparation process namely in development of National climate change strategies, plans and priorities that include: 1. Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs); National adaptation plans (NAPs); and National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs). The session also stressed the importance of designing a consultative process with stakeholders for the elaboration of project proposals, defining priorities and strategies, stressing that these consultative processes should be inclusive and seek to engage all relevant actors within the government, the private sector, academia, civil society and other relevant stakeholder groups or sectors Finally, the afternoon session provided detailed explanation of successful approaches and methodologies on how to effectively engage key stakeholders in the process of development of GCF project proposals. Proposed approach focused on following key steps: 1. Facilitating forums, meetings, or workshops to

review progress against results frameworks, discuss best practices; 2. Establishing an environmental and

social management system (ESMS) to facilitate a process of stakeholder engagement and disclosure; 3.

Identifying challenges, opportunities for enhancing coherence, and integrate lessons learned into relevant

plans and priorities; and 4. Providing guidance in the application and use of the Fund’s environmental and

social safeguards.

Day 5: Lessons Learned from current GCF Project Pipeline

The last day of the programme focused on sharing and allaying the lessons learned from current GCF pipeline projects. The session particularly focused on exploring the readiness program and the needs of the recipient countries, focusing on identifying the gap between this two. Following results were highlighted: 1. The readiness program does not provide sufficient support for actual mobilization when a major concern in developing countries is the mobilization of finance for climate change action; and 2. The readiness program mainly focuses on public institutions rather than private sector even though the role of private sector is important in climate change action; 3. The experiences and lessons learned by recipient countries in receiving financial assistance for their development projects are not fully reflected in the readiness program; 4. The problem of absorptive capacity of the LDCs and SIDs is not taken into full account GCF’s fiduciary standards are more stringent in comparison to other climate funds, which may requires additional support for developing countries to meet the standards.

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Next morning Session continued the topic and outlined that A vertical programmatic approach is successful in mobilizing various stakeholders around shared goals and tangible results in a given sector and put an emphasis on the fact that Country-ownership needed to create a demand-driven process is key. Projects/programmes need to be integrated in national strategies as there is no one-size-fits-all in a programmatic approach. Participants also stated that Road-mapping the missing technology and implementing a co-financing strategy will help to build the national industries and transfer the technologies. They also emphasized the need for creating a synergy with existing structures, that is essential to ensure efficiency. Session also stressed the importance of ensuring that climate programmes/projects should try to capitalize on existing agencies and seek synergies in the deployment of GCF funding with the existing capabilities of accredited entities. In the afternoon sessions participants discussed and recommended to closely cooperation with GCF. They also stated that however, the structure of GCF has to improve. Other outlined suggestions on proposal preparation include recommendations about the importance of making sure the financial resources for the development of the proposal are available and emphasizing the importance of Co-financing by the public sector and/or private sector as GCF wants to see “action”. Last but not least participants agreed to ensure linking the GCF proposal with the SDGs.

5. Next Steps AT the last session participants outlined the importance and need for more training workshops on these particular topics for other Nepal government officials who did not have a chance to participate the training workshop. Participants proposed to contact and explore with AIR RRC.AP in early 2018 possibility of follow up workshops either in Bangkok, Thailand or in Nepal.

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Training Evaluation

The training workshop was evaluated by a questionnaire in a Likert scale format. All the open ended items

in the evaluation form were analyzed using simple content analyses techniques.

A pre-training, daily and post-training evaluation surveys were used to assess changes in the trainees’

level of knowledge, rating survey questions on a scale of 1 to 7 (where 1 is no knowledge on context topics

and 7 is very familiar).

The training programme was highly rated by participants as very practical and interactive, and generated

high level of satisfaction among all participants and observers. “The resource person was very much

efficient in delivering the contents of the training. The way of teaching was found good and effective as it

was based on lecture, group discussion and exercise”. “It is precious training for present context”.

The overall rating of the workshop and evaluation results showed that there is a 44.16 % (percent)

improvement in the participants’ knowledge level on the training programme content with total average

mark of 3.8 as compared to 6.1 out of 7. Participants in the post-training evaluation confirmed that all key

projected outcomes of the training programme were achieved and have rated the overall organization of

the event and the content of the event with total average score of 6.1 out of 7 (Very knowledgeable on

the content).

The most useful parts of the workshop according to participants were identified as following: The training

effectively provided a theoretical and practical aspects on GCF policies, process and procedures;

Practicality of group exercises and discussions; Opportunity to share own country experience and

establishment of personal contacts. Proposed areas for improvement include: Adding a field trip in

Thailand to the agenda; Provide more materials and approaches on effective engagement of private sector

in the GCF projects.

Overall the training was found to be very useful, efficient and effective as participants indicated in their comments: “Really enjoyed the training and became knowledgeable on the subject “; “l highly appreciates and extend my sincere gratitude to all resource persons and facilitators”; “The training provided a theoretical and practical aspects on GCF policies, process and procedures. Thank you”. The AIT RRC.AP staff will follow up with participants to learn about the progress they made in finalizing the draft proposals and if they need any technical support in this process.

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Annex 1. Agenda

Training Programme on GCF Policies, Processes and Procedures

Day 1: 11th December 2017:

09:00-09:30 Opening session

1. Mr. Surendra Shrestha, Vice President for Development (VPD), Asian Institute of Technology

2. Mr. Jonathan Shaw, Deputy Director, RRC.AP, Asian Institute of Technology

09:30-10:00 Description of the Training Programme objective and expected outcomes, pre-training evaluation by Dr. Gajanana Hegde (Team Lead, Regulatory Development Unit, Sustainable Development Mechanism, UNFCCC Secretariat, Bonn, Germany)

(Photo Session – K.Luck)

10:00-10:15 Coffee break and group picture

10:15-12:00 Session 1: Introduction to the Green Climate Fund by Dr. Gajanana Hegde (Team Lead, Regulatory Development Unit, Sustainable Development Mechanism, UNFCCC Secretariat, Bonn, Germany)

Modality: Exercise and trainer presentation

Establishment of the GCF

Key features of the GCF

GCF architecture

Financial instruments

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-15:00 Session 2: GCF policies: Investment framework


15:00-15:15 Coffee break

15:15-16:45 Session 3: GCF policies: Results management and performance measurement frameworks


16:45-17:00 Wrap-up of Day 1

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Day2: 12th December 2017:

09:00-09:15 Recap of Day 1

Presentation

09:15-10:15 Session 3, cont’d: GCF policies: Results management and performance measurement frameworks



10:30-12:15 Session 4: Engaging with the GCF


Roles of the National Designated Authority

Roles of Accredited Entities

GCF Readiness Programme in Nepal

12:15-13:15 Lunch

13:15-15:00 Session 5: GCF Project Approval Process

Modality: Trainer presentation and moderated discussion


15:15-16:45 Session 6: No-objection procedure in Nepal by Mr. Roland Treitler, Project Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Modality: Moderated brainstorming and group work

Examples of no-objection procedures established by other countries, if available, may be used for group work

16:45-17:00 Wrap-up of Day 2


09:00-09:15 Recap of Day 2

Presentation

09:15-10:30 Session 6, cont’d: No-objection procedure in Nepal

Modality: Moderated brainstorming and group work

Examples of no-objection procedures established by other countries, if available, may be used for group work


10:45-12:15 Session 7: Interaction with the Thai NDA (Dr. Jarunee Nugranad, Environmentalist, Climate Change Management and Coordination Division

Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning from Thai NDA)

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Modality: Interactive discussions

The purpose of this session is to provide an opportunity to the Nepalese and Thai NDAs to share and exchange information about each other’s experiences with the GCF.

12:15-13:15 Lunch

13:15-14:45 Session 7, cont’d: Interaction with the Thai NDA

Modality: Interactive discussions

The purpose of this session is to provide an opportunity to the Nepalese and Thai NDAs to share and exchange information about each other’s experiences with the GCF.


15:00-16:45 Session 8: GCF Accreditation process and requirements


Stages and steps of the accreditation process

Fit-for-purpose accreditation

Basic fiduciary standards

Specialized fiduciary standards

16:45-17:00 Wrap-up of Day 3


09:00-09:15 Recap of Day 3

Presentation

09:15-10:30 Session 8, cont’d: GCF Accreditation process and requirements


Environmental and social safeguards

Gender policy

Role of the NDA in the accreditation process

Introduction to GCF’s online accreditation system


10:45-12:15 Session 9: Interactive discussions with the GCF Secretariat (remotely through video conferencing, (skype ID; rrc.ap (AIT side), *** (GCF side))

12:15-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:15 Session 10: Stakeholder engagement

Modality: Presentations and discussion

GCF initial best-practice options for country coordination and multi-stakeholder engagement

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Good practices in stakeholder engagement from other processes and agreements


15:30-16:45 Session 10, cont’d: Stakeholder engagement

Modality: Brainstorming for modalities to improve stakeholder engagement

16:45-17:00 Wrap-up of Day 4


09:00-09:15 Recap of Day 4

Presentation

09:15-10:30 Session 11: Evaluating project proposals


This session will elaborate on the range of techniques that can be used to evaluate project proposals received from project proponents


10:45-12:00 Session 11, cont’d: Evaluating project proposals

Modality: Exercise in using tools and techniques for project evaluation

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Session 12: Lessons Learned from current GCF Project Pipeline


This session will highlight key features of typical GCF projects already approved or currently in the GCF’s project pipeline


14:45-16:00 Session 13: GCF assistance for funding proposal development

Modality: Presentation and discussion

Voluntary submission of concept notes for feedback

Project preparation facility

16:00-16:45 Wrap-up of Day 5

Closing remarks

Training evaluation

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Annex # 2: List of Participants Training Programme on GCF Policies, Processes and Procedures

# Name Position Organisation

1 Mr Baikuntha Aryal Joint Secretary International Economic Cooperation Coordination Division, Ministry of Finance

2 Mr Shiva Sharma Under Secretary / National Project Director

International Economic Cooperation Coordination Division, Ministry of Finance

3 Mr Yugjatan Humagain

Under Secretary Programme & Budget Division, Ministry of Finance

4 Mr Krishna Chandra Kafley

Section Officer International Economic Cooperation Coordination Division, Ministry of Finance

5 Ms Shushila Bhatta Pandit

Section Officer Ministry of Finance

6 Mr Umesh Dhakal Under Secretary Disaster Risk Reduction Section, Ministry of Home Affairs

7 Dr Chakra Pani Acharya

Under Secretary Economy Management Division, National Planning Commission

8 Ms Manita Karki Section Officer Climate Change Management Division, Ministry of Population & Environment

9 Mr Binod Singh Under Secretary Ministry of Forests & Soil Conservation

10 Mr Jagadish Kumar Representative Nepal Rastra Bank

11 Mr Raju Pandit Technical Expert (Climate Finance)

NDA Technical Committee

12 Dr Uttam Kumar Kunwar

Chief of Energy & Environment Unit

Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries

13 Mr Pragyajan Yalamber Rai

National Coordinator GCF Readiness Programme

14 Mr Apar Paudyal CC Policy Analyst ECCDRM

15 Gajanana Hegde

(Trainer) Team Lead,

Regulatory Development Unit, Sustainable Development Mechanism

UNFCCC Secretariat, Bonn, Germany

16 Roland Treitler (Trainer) Project Director

Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

17 Jaruwan Ngamsing Assistant Trainer Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

18 Armen Rostomyan AIT Senior Programme Specialist: Climate Change and DRR, AIT. RRC.AP

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