Progress Report on the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) reports progress on its Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme, which aims to assist developing countries in accessing Fund resources. 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.

• 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.
• The total number of readiness requests received reached 74, with new requests coming from Bhutan, Liberia, Samoa, and Ukraine during the reporting period.
• 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 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. At least 50 per cent of this support is targeted for particularly vulnerable countries, including African States, least developed countries, and small island developing States.
• The readiness programme is structured around five activity areas: strengthening NDAs/focal points, developing strategic frameworks and country programmes, supporting accreditation for intermediaries and implementing entities, developing project pipelines, and facilitating information sharing and learning.
• To support accreditation, the GCF provided in-kind support to 24 entities via the Online Accreditation System (OAS); three have been accredited and six are currently under Board consideration.
• The Secretariat is implementing a regional workshop strategy, having held events in San Salvador, El Salvador, and Songdo, Republic of Korea, with plans to institutionalize annual regional workshops across all developing country regions by 2016.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2015). Progress Report on the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b10-inf06.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Progress Report on the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. 2015. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b10-inf06.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2015progress, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Progress Report on the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2015}, month = jun, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b10-inf06.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }