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Between 28 April and 18 June 2015, the total number of nominated national designated authorities (NDAs) or focal points rose to 127, and the total number of readiness requests reached 74. The Secretariat finalized grant agreements totaling US$ 1.9 million for seven countries: Comoros, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Rwanda, Thailand, and Togo. The programme operates across five activity areas, including NDA strengthening, strategic framework development, accreditation support, project pipeline creation, and information sharing. Capacity-building efforts include regional workshops in El Salvador and South Korea, with future events planned for Fiji and Egypt, as well as headquarters visits for delegations from Mongolia and Fiji. The GCF is also coordinating with partners such as UNDP, UNEP, and the African Development Bank to ensure complementarity in readiness support.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005467#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"As of 18 June 2015, the total number of nominations for national designated authorities (NDAs) or focal points reached 127, following new nominations from Botswana, Costa Rica, Guinea-Bissau, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005467#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The total number of readiness requests received reached 74, with new requests coming from Bhutan, Liberia, Samoa, and Ukraine during the reporting period.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005467#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Secretariat finalized grant agreements totaling US$ 1.9 million for seven countries: Comoros, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Rwanda, Thailand, and Togo.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005467#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Fund provides up to US$ 300,000 of direct support to each country for readiness, with a total annual cap of US$ 1 million per country. 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