The Role of Technical Assistance in Mobilizing Climate Finance – Insights From GIZ Programs

The document examines the role of technical assistance (TA) in mobilizing climate finance, arguing that TA can be as valuable as financial assistance by addressing knowledge, policy, and risk gaps. Through case studies of GIZ programs in Chile, Mexico, Vietnam, and the Pacific Islands, it identifies five key TA pathways: policy advice, project development support, data provision, program coordination, and institutional capacity building. The analysis estimates that GIZ-managed TA funding of €43 million mobilized between €37-233 million in public finance and up to €412 million in private finance, though it notes high uncertainty in quantifying indirect mobilization due to time lags and complex causality.

• Technical assistance mobilizes climate finance through both direct means, such as attracting co-financing for programs, and indirect means, such as creating policy environments and markets conducive to low-carbon investment by addressing knowledge, policy/regulatory, risk, and viability gaps.
• The analysis identifies five specific types of technical assistance that successfully mobilize finance: policy advice, support for project development and funding applications, provision of data and information, program coordination, and institutional capacity-building.
• Critical success factors for mobilizing finance through technical assistance include GIZ's long-term in-country presence, technical expertise, use of existing institutions, extensive outreach to government stakeholders, and facilitating access to financial assistance.
• To more directly target private investment, technical assistance providers should consider supporting private project developers to create bankable projects, assisting start-ups with business development, supporting standardization and ratings, and providing capacity to 'aggregator' organizations like cooperatives or lenders.
• Quantifying the indirect mobilization effect of technical assistance is highly uncertain due to substantial time lags between interventions and actual finance flows, as well as interactions with other investment drivers.

APA

Stadelmann, M., & Falconer, A. (2015). The Role of Technical Assistance in Mobilizing Climate Finance – Insights From GIZ Programs. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/The-Role-of-Technical-Assistance-in-Mobilizing-Climate-Finance-–-Insights-From-GIZ-Programs.pdf

Chicago

Stadelmann, Martin, and Angela Falconer. The Role of Technical Assistance in Mobilizing Climate Finance – Insights From GIZ Programs. Climate Policy Initiative, 2015. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/The-Role-of-Technical-Assistance-in-Mobilizing-Climate-Finance-–-Insights-From-GIZ-Programs.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stadelmann2015role, author = {Stadelmann, Martin and Falconer, Angela}, title = {{The Role of Technical Assistance in Mobilizing Climate Finance – Insights From GIZ Programs}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2015}, month = oct, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/The-Role-of-Technical-Assistance-in-Mobilizing-Climate-Finance-–-Insights-From-GIZ-Programs.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }