Consideration of accreditation proposals

The report details the GCF's accreditation pipeline, the status of existing accredited entities, and specific assessments for 17 applicants seeking accreditation or upgrades. It highlights the implementation of a prioritization approach to increase the diversity and coverage of direct access entities.

• Between 17 November 2014 and 31 August 2018, 59 entities were accredited, while 115 entities submitted applications out of a pipeline of 223 entities with Online Accreditation System accounts.
• The average time from opening an Online Accreditation System account to Board approval for the 59 accredited entities was 13.1 months, with a range between 2.3 and 32.6 months.
• The Board's prioritization approach, active from 14 October 2016 to 4 July 2018, resulted in 74% of entities completing Stage I being direct access entities and 78% of entities recommended after Stage II (Step 1) being direct access entities.
• Readiness support for gap assessment and action plans was approved for 30 direct access entities nominated by 34 countries, with a total funding of USD 1,054,416.
• As of 31 August 2018, 45 signed Accreditation Master Agreements (AMAs) were available on the GCF website.
• The Secretariat is currently staffed with a ratio of one specialist to 15 Accredited Entities (AEs), and one associate professional to 30 AEs, which is higher than the 1:10 ratio previously identified by the Accreditation Committee.
• Nine international access AEs reported providing support to a total of 129 direct access entities to strengthen capacities in areas such as good governance, fiduciary standards, and gender policy.
• The Accreditation Panel recommended 16 new applicants (APL061 to APL076) for accreditation, with varying scales from micro to large and risk categories from minimal to high.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2018). Consideration of accreditation proposals. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b21-17.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Consideration of accreditation proposals. 2018. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b21-17.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2018consideration, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Consideration of accreditation proposals}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2018}, month = sep, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b21-17.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }