Annex X: Accreditation assessment of Applicant 039 (APL039)

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accreditation Panel recommends the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) for accreditation as a national direct access entity. SANBI is approved for 'small' project sizes, medium environmental and social risk (Category B/I-2), and specific fiduciary functions, including project management and grant award mechanisms. While the panel found SANBI's grant award mechanisms to be 'mature and well-established', it noted a lack of monitoring reports under a newly established process manual. Consequently, accreditation is conditional upon SANBI submitting periodic monitoring reports for two Adaptation Fund (AF) projects: 'Building resilience in the Greater uMngeni Catchment' and 'Taking adaptation to the ground: a small grants facility for enabling local level responses to climate change in South Africa'.

• The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is recommended for GCF accreditation with a maximum individual project size categorized as 'small', which is defined as costs above USD 10 million and up to USD 50 million.
• SANBI is approved for a maximum environmental and social risk category of medium risk (Category B/Intermediation 2), which covers activities with potential mild adverse impacts that are generally site-specific and reversible.
• The applicant's grant award mechanisms are considered 'mature and well-established', though SANBI only 'partially meets' the specialized fiduciary standard for grant award and/or funding allocation mechanisms because it has not yet provided monitoring reports based on its new process manual.
• Accreditation is subject to a condition prior to the first GCF disbursement: SANBI must submit at least one periodic monitoring report for two specific AF-approved projects: 'Building resilience in the Greater uMngeni Catchment' and 'Taking adaptation to the ground: a small grants facility for enabling local level responses to climate change in South Africa'.
• SANBI has demonstrated a track record of implementing climate-related projects in South Africa, including a USD 59 million project for 'Mainstreaming biodiversity into land use regulation and management at the municipal scale'.
• The applicant's gender policy was endorsed in November 2015 and is found to be consistent with the GCF gender policy, supported by staff expertise and experience with Adaptation Fund projects.

APA

Green Climate Fund (n.d.). Annex X: Accreditation assessment of Applicant 039 (APL039). https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/decision/b14/decision-b14-11-b14-a10.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Annex X: Accreditation assessment of Applicant 039 (APL039). n.d. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/decision/b14/decision-b14-11-b14-a10.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefundndannex, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Annex X: Accreditation assessment of Applicant 039 (APL039)}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/decision/b14/decision-b14-11-b14-a10.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }