for Sustainable

Development

Progress Report on Green Fund

Select Committee Meeting - 7 May 2013

Green Economy focus areas & related Programs

Progress to date

Green Fund Windows

Fund eligibility criteria:

All applications were subjected to the following eligibility criteria:

•Relevance: match to the funding Window and focus areas therein

•Innovation: the project is new and unique in the green economy space. This

innovation can relate to any of the following aspects: technology, business

model, institutional arrangements, or financing approach.

•Additionality: the project cannot proceed without the Green Fund’s

financial support and a funding gap should be demonstrated.

•Ability to scale up and/or replicate: the project has the potential to be

rolled out to other sites and/ or to be implemented at a large scale.

Eligibility and approval process

Applicant to demonstrate in submission

Applicant to demonstrate during due diligence review

MANCOM to approve for due diligence / project development

MANCOM final decision

Project development

Pipeline projects Project name Disbursement to-

dateApproved Amount Jobs Created to

date

DUT: Novel rain harvesting

technologies for peri-urban and

rural communities in SA

R 220 000 R3 725 854 20

eThekwini Municipality –

Reforestation

R 899 839 R 36 940 000 80

SANDPARK R187 950 R3 360 000 30

CoCT Thermal Efficiency Low

cost Housing

R50 000 000 -

City of Tshwane –Energy

Efficient Municipal Buildings

R780 000 -

CoCT Micro Hydro Electrical

Plant

R7 200 000 -

Wildlands Conservation Trust

(Msunduzi)

R9 066 989 R62 547 929 72

Jobs in Waste for Youth R67 370 240 -

Smarter Cities for a Greener

Economy

R9 330 950 R15 000 000 -

Private sector projectsProject name Disbursement to-

dateApproved Amount Jobs Created to

date

Farming the wild greening the rural economy

R15 700 505 R22 732 416 37

Use-It R 29 600 000 -

RE-SA R25 000 000 -

Betona R7 000 000 -

Other ActivitiesResearch and Policy Development (RFP)

•Aims to contribute to effective green economy policy formulation and implementation in

SA

•Closed 0n 28 March 2013

•155 applications being received

•Selection process is underway

Sustainable Infrastructure Council

•Task Team is in place to investigate the process of establishing SACSI

Capacity Building for Green Economy Thematic areas

•. A stakeholder consultation Roundtable is scheduled for May

Green Fund Logo

•The process of developing Green Fund logo is current

Conclusion

Member of Select Committee Meeting to note Green Fund Progress

THANKS