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09 January 2019 | Strategic Frameworks

Programme title: Readiness Support to Access Finance for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Area 4)

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

National designated authority: Ministère de l'Environnement et Développement Durable/CN-MDP-FVC

Implementing Institution: Food and Agriculture Organization

Date of first submission: 30 April 2018

Date of current submission / version number

20/12/2018 V.3

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How to complete this document?

- Please visit the Empowering Countries page of the GCF website to download the Readiness Guidebook

and learn how to access funding under the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme.

- This document should be completed by National Designated Authorities (NDA) or focal points with

support from their Delivery Partners where relevant. Once completed, this document should be

submitted to the GCF by the NDA or focal point to [email protected].

- Please be concise. If you need to include any additional information, please attach it to the proposal.

- If the Delivery Partner implementing the Readiness support is not a GCF Accredited Entity for project

Funding Proposals, please complete the Financial Management Capacity Assessment (FMCA)

questionnaire and submit it prior to or with this Readiness proposal. The FMCA is available for download

at the Library page of the GCF website.

Where to get support?

- If you are not sure how to complete this document, or require support, please send an e-mail to

[email protected].

- You can also complete as much of this document as you can and then send it to [email protected],

copying both the Readiness Delivery Partner and the relevant GCF Country Dialogue Specialist and

Regional Advisor. Please refer to the Country Profiles page of the GCF website to identify the relevant

GCF Country Dialogue Specialist and Regional Advisor.

- We will get back to you within five (5) working days to acknowledge receipt of your submission and

discuss the way forward.

Please submit the completed form to:

[email protected]

Please use the following naming convention for the file name:

“GCF Readiness Proposal-Finance Access-Democratic Republic of Congo-18-11-27”

Note: Environmental and Social Safeguards and Gender

Throughout this document, when answering questions and providing details, please make sure to pay

special attention to environmental, social and gender issues, particularly to the situation of vulnerable

populations, including women and men. Please be specific about proposed actions to address these

issues. Consult Annex IV of the Readiness Guidebook for more information.

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1. SUMMARY

Country submitting the proposal

Country name: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Name of institution representing NDA or Focal Point:

Ministère de l'Environnement et Développement Durable/CN-MDP-FVC

Name of contact person: Mr. Hans Andre Lohayo Djamba

Contact person’s position: Green Climate Fund NDA Coordinator

Telephone number: +243822541031 DRC

/+12172812498 USA

Email: [email protected]

Full office address: Avenue Papa Iléo (ex-des Cliniques) n°15, Kinshasa/Gombe, BP 12348, Kinshasa 1

Additional email addresses that need to be copied on correspondences:

Date of initial submission

30 April 2018

Last date of resubmission

December 2018 Version number V.3

Which institution will implement the Readiness and Preparatory Support project?

☐ National designated authority

☒ Accredited entity

☒ Delivery partner

Please provide contact information if the implementing partner is not the NDA/focal point

Name of institution: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Name of official: Mr. Aristide Ongone

Position: FAO Representative

Telephone number: +243813330143

Email: : [email protected]

Full office address: Boulevard du 30 Juin, Gombe, Kinshasa/Democratic Republic of the Congo

Additional email addresses that need to be copied on correspondences:

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Title of the Readiness support proposal

Readiness Support to Access Finance for the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Type of Readiness support sought

Please select the relevant GCF Readiness activity area below (click on the box):

☐ I. Country capacity for engagement with GCF

☐ II. Country programming process

☐ III. Direct access to climate finance

☒ IV. Climate finance accessed

☐ V. Formulation of national adaptation planning and/or other adaptation planning

processes







Brief summary of the request

As a result of COP21, the Democratic Republic of the Congo committed to reduce its Greenhouse

Gas (GHG) emissions by 17 percent from 2021 to 2030 in its Nationally Determined Contributions

(NDC). In order to achieve this result, and to also target the adaptation needs of the country, the

Democratic Republic of the Congo indicated in its NDC the need to mobilize USD 21 billions of

global climate finance for adaptation and mitigation. To better cope with climate change impacts

(temperature variabilities, increasing sea level, increasing evapotranspiration), the Democratic

Republic of the Congo needs to better coordinate its access to climate finance. This Readiness

proposal will help tackle: i) no adequate M&E system to track climate finance flows; ii) absence

of a climate finance strategy and planning to implement the priority interventions identified in the

country programme at national level iii) absence planning to scale up interventions, in particular

on climate resilience agriculture. This Readiness proposal will help also start building capacity on

climate finance access and best financial instruments available.

Total requested amount and currency

USD 299,718 Anticipated duration 18 months

Has the country received or is expecting to receive other Readiness and Preparatory Support funding allocations (including adaptation planning) from GCF or other donors?

☒ Yes

☐ No

If yes, please describe the scope of work and the scope of

support provided or expected to be provided by the GCF

and/or other institutions (100 words).

The Democratic Republic of the Congo started engaging with

GCF in 2016 through a first Readiness project that aimed

strengthening the capacity of the NDA (Outcome 1) and

strategic framework (Outcome 2) through country

programming development. The “Centre de Suivi Écologique”

(CSE) is jointly implementing with the NDA Areas 1 and 2

under the First Readiness project (Strengthening of the NDA

and strategic frameworks for engagement with the Fund,

including the preparation of country programs).

In February 2018, the second Readiness got approved under

the Second Readiness sub-window (adaptation plans),

focused on National Adaption Plan and supports the

Democratic Republic of the Congo in planning and data

collecting to develop a long-term climate change resilient plan

in the country.

DRC is also developing, with FAO as delivery partner, a

Readiness proposal targeting private sector engagement.

2. BACKGROUND

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is located within the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), which

affects the magnitude and timing of the dry and rainy seasons, creating extreme climate variability within the

country, including increasing sea level and provoking hard droughts. Rising temperatures are expected to


impact the main economic sectors, such as agriculture, drastically, through crop disease and droughts, thereby

intensifying food insecurity and poverty.

According to the World Bank (2016), simulations conducted in Central Congo Basin indicated that the heavy

rains of this region will intensify further leading to destruction through floods, landslides, and soil erosion.

This was evident during the flooding in 2015 and 2016, which affected approximately 550 000 people, and led

to an outbreak of cholera. However, rainfall is likely to lessen in the South, where the dry savannah region

hosts 80 percent of the rural population.

Most of the economic sectors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are highly climate sensitive (such as

agriculture, trade, hydro-power, etc.). Agriculture is the main source of income for 90 percent of the

population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and continues to be almost exclusively rain-fed. With

the change in rainfall, especially through shorter rainy seasons, and variability during the rainy seasons, or

with the increase in average soil tem-premature (affecting crop growth), harvests will be unreliable, and

people, who depend on rain-fed agriculture, will be extremely vulnerable. This increasing uncertainty

threatens food security and social development among the poor and vulnerable communities. Many studies

show that the country is very vulnerable and bears the brunt of the adverse effects of climate change,

although it has a small contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

In 2016, with the support of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Ministry of the

Environment, Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development has developed the National Policy and

Strategy on Climate Change (2016 - 2020) which is based on all achievements of DRCC in the field of climate

change, including the NDC, National Communications (NC), NAPA, REDD + strategy, etc. Climate Change

Policy, Strategy and Action Plan (PSPA-CC) 2016-2020. The Policy is developed to align with the Democratic

Republic of the Congo’s vision of cutting emissions by 17 percent by the year 2030, with a focus on both

mitigation and adaptation priorities. It is structured around four pillars – a climate change resilient economy,

realizing adaptation and mitigation efforts, strengthening innovative technologies, and a financing strategy.

The pillars constitute a solid foundation for the NAP process for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and a

significant contribution towards adaptation planning. As it contains a list of possible adaptation options that


have already been appraised and financially estimated, this strategy will enable the government to reassess

the adaptation options at their disposal, in light of the studies and information available.

This Readiness project is building on and following the efforts made from CSE with the previous Readiness

proposal which aimed at ‘’ see the capacity of its NDA strengthened to carry out GCF-related tasks and a

smooth engagement with the GCF arising from the implementation of the country programme to be

developed as a result of this support. As such, this proposal aims at supporting the NDA in accessing the

finance needed to successfully implement the priorities identified in the country programme.

This Readiness project aims to gather all the conditions to prepare the country to access Climate Finance

(through outcomes 1, 2 and 4) and implement the priority interventions identified in the country programme.

In fact, the Democratic Republic of the Congo still lacks an efficient information system and strategy on climate

finance opportunities. Moreover, the country has identified the need to set a system to measure climate

finance flows and in some cases their prioritizations. This project will, therefore, contribute to the creation of

an enabling environment to achieve the targets of the country’s NDC by 2020, to support the implementation

of adaptation and mitigation priorities of the country.

This Readiness fund will also help develop a strategy to identify options to leverage the financial resources

needed to reach the 21 billion USD for climate change adaptation and mitigation priorities, as planned in the

country NDC, through the following outcomes:

1. Adequate monitoring system to assess GCF finance flows of the Democratic Republic of the Congo established

2. Climate finance strategy to implement the priority interventions identified in the country programme and the NAP developed;

3. Action plan to implement and scale up interventions on climate resilience agriculture financing with focus on vulnerable groups, in alignment with priorities identified in the country programme and experience sharing developed


3. LOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE

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Anticipated duration: Specify duration in multiples of six months

Monthly implementation plan of activities3

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Outcome 1 Institutional capacity and coordination mechanisms in place to govern and coordinate climate action and finance

Sub-outcome 1.4: Monitoring and verification systems for climate finance flows

1 2 Activity 1.4.1: review of existing M&E system readjustment to identification of progress of GCF activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a tailored M&E system with disaggregated indicators by gender [Completed between the 1st and the 18th months]. This activity will include: a)Engage a dialogue through a three-day workshop at the national level with NDA, accredited entities, relevant delivery partners and

X X X X

1 For baselines rated at 1 or 2, please shortly elaborate on current baselines on which the proposed activities can be built on, processes that are in place that the current Readiness proposal can strengthen, or any gaps that the proposed activities would fill in. If more space is needed, please elaborate this in Section 2.

2 Please include tangible and specific deliverables for each activity proposed, and the timeframe (month number) in which it will be delivered to GCF. Please note that during implementation all deliverables should be included within the implementation reports for GCF consideration.

3 If the duration of the proposal is longer than 24 months, please change the monthly columns to indicate 2 or 3 months each (e.g. change month “1” to month “1-2’ or “1-3”).


GCF Secretariat; to discuss GCF flow of funds monitoring in relation to the existing M&E system, gaps and challenges (Within the 6th Month) b) Tailor the existing M&E system to the GCF finance flows of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assess the GCF climate finance progress (Between the 1st and 5th months of the implementation]. This stock taking exercise will include 3 consultations in Kinshasa, Haut-Katanga, Province -Orientale, as well as a compilation exercise to tailor one unique M&E system Deliverable 1.4.1.1 dialogue and 1 associated report Deliverable 1.4.1.2: 3 consultations and 3 associated


reports; M&E system strengthened and associated documents

Outcome 2: Country Programming process

Sub-Outcome 2.3: Stakeholder engagement consultative processes

1 2 Activity 2.3.1: Based on the results of the climate finance strategy, strengthen the existing coordination platform4 by reinforcing the dialogue among the different stakeholders of the platform on access to finance for country programme implementation with 2 stakeholder dialogues [Completed between the 6st month and the 14th month]: Deliverable 2.3.1: Stakeholder dialogues’ reports targeting access to finance (2) and guidelines on

X X

4 The platform refers to the inter-ministerial committee (see section 6.1)


inter-ministerial committee’s functioning developed Deliverable 2.3.2: Country programming plan readjusted to reflect access to finance strategy (with 14 month)

Outcome 4 Climate finance strategies and project pipeline strengthened

Sub-outcome 4.1: Climate finance strategy defines the potential use of a combination of funding options from public resources; tariffs, and international cooperation; financing instruments such as loans, bonds, equity and others,

0 1 Activity 4.1.1: Definition of a climate finance strategy through the assessment of different financial instruments available to implement and scale up climate investments, in particular in the agriculture sector, at national and local level. a) Session to build capacity5 on and identify best financial instruments for future GCF full-proposals related to priority sectors and for projects sustainability, at national and

X X X

5 Beneficiaries of this activity involve Government entities and Non-State Actors (please refer to section 6.1)


private investment; and or the blending of financial instruments

local level (Between the 7th and 12th months) b) Organize 1 media conference to identify the most adapted communication channels to ensure sharing climate finance access best practices among agriculture actors and women to scale up climate investments (Within the 5th Month) c) Launch an advertising campaign, based on the media conference results, including website restructuration and flyers distribution among the different relevant stake-holders and ministries on existing funding opportunities (Between the 6th and 8th Month) Deliverable 4.1.1.1 1 climate finance


strategy developed [within month 12] Deliverable 4.1.1.2: Media conference Report (1) Deliverable 4.1.1.3: advertising campaign Report (1), website restructured (1), Flyers distributed, including census of people outreached

Sub-outcome 4.3 Project Concept Notes development

Activity 4.3.1 Project ideas aligned with the priority intervention identified in the country programme and with the appropriate financial instruments Deliverable 4.3.1: 2 project ideas developed [by month 18]

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Sub-Outcome 4.4: market preparation and business planning for deployment and

Activity 4.4.1: Following the development of a climate finance strategy, create a national strategic team from the existing inter-

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scale-up of prioritized climate technology solutions

ministerial committee6 to enhance and share climate finance related knowledge and conduct strategic thinking on DRC’s climate finance investments, including ways to move forward the implementation of the climate finance strategy and the use of the platform (under 2.3.1). This activity will support the draft of the action plan and will inform the first stakeholder consultation platform of activity 2.3.1. This will be conducted through: a) The consultation via the existing platform to exchange on the lessons learned on access to finance to implement national priorities and private sector engagement to feed into the country programme

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(8th Month, 11th Month). In particular, exchanges will focus on learning more about: NDC implementation, carbon related activities and REDD+, finance Access to implement the NAP. b) the identification of focal points that will be part of the national strategic team; c) the development of TORs and road map for future actions of the national strategic team Deliverable 4.4.1.1: consultation and associated report on best practices, opportunities and lessons leant for accessing climate finance report Deliverable 4.4.1.2: national strategic team created, including TORs and road map developed


Activity 4.4.2: based on the climate finance strategy and via the national strategic team created, develop and action plan to implement and scale up interventions on climate resilience agriculture financing with focus on vulnerable groups, in alignment with priorities identified in the country programme and experience sharing [To be completed between the 11th and 18th months] The action plan will include: a) Climate finance options with particular attention to the agriculture sector and climate change , and including activities related to the use of resilient crops, the use of irrigation, soil protection and soil recovery options and other identified


climate change resilient practices in light of climate change impacts and increased climatic stresses. b) A description of specific funding concern for activities with impacts of climate change on women, youth, vulnerable groups, and the private sector and will recommend the appropriate financial instrument for climate change resilient activities that respond to the vulnerable groups’ specific needs. c) Best practices and lessons learnt from past initiatives. Results from the discussion of the stakeholder platform of activity 2.3.1 will be taken into consideration when devolving the action plan. Deliverable 4.4.1.2:


produced action plan (1) (within the 14th months)


4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (ONLY FOR ADAPTATION PLANNING SUPPORT)

N/A


5. BUDGET, PROCUREMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND DISBURSEMENT

5.1 Budget plan

Please complete the Budget Plan in Excel using the template available in the Library page of the GCF website.

5.2 Procurement plan

Please complete the Procurement Plan in Excel using the template available in the Library page of the GCF

website. For goods, services, and consultancies to be procured, please list the items, descriptions in relation to

the activities in section 2, estimated cost, procurement method, relevant threshold, and the estimated dates.

Please include the procurement plan for at least the first tranche of disbursement requested below and provide a

full procurement plan for the entire duration of the implementation period if available at this stage.

5.3 Disbursement schedule

Please specify the proposed schedule for requesting disbursements from the GCF. For periodicity, specify

whether it’s quarterly, bi-annually or annually only.

Please choose one option among the two below and delete the one that does not apply to you. Please fill in

information under brackets:

☒ Readiness Proposal that falls within a Framework Agreement with the GCF

Disbursements will be made in accordance to Clause 4 “Disbursement of Grants” and Clause 5 “Use of Grant Proceeds by the Delivery Partner” of the Amended and Restated Agreement in the respect of the Framework Readiness and Preparatory Support Grant Agreement entered into between GCF and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 17 May 2017. The Delivery Partner is entitled to submit 2 requests for disbursement each year.

☐ Readiness Proposal that requires a bilateral Grant Agreement to be signed with the GCF (please add

more disbursement as needed)

• The first disbursement amounting [Choose Currency] will be transferred upon approval of the

readiness request and effectiveness of the Grant Agreement;

• The second disbursement amounting [Choose Currency] will be transferred upon submission of an

interim progress report [and audited financial report]7, in form and substance acceptable to the Fund,

[including an audited expenditure statement]; and

• The third disbursement amounting [Choose Currency] will be made upon submission of a completion

report and financial report, in form and substance acceptable to the Fund, including an audited

expenditure statement.

Please include an indicative disbursement table showing the expected amounts to be requested and keep to

multiples of USD 5,000.

7 For second disbursement, audited financial report and audited expenditure statement are only required for readiness and preparatory support proposals expected to last over 12 months.




Institutional framework and coordination

FAO has been nominated by the Democratic Republic of Congo as delivery partner for this specific readiness and preparatory support. The GCF Readiness Programme will be implemented by the FAO, with the NDA agreement. As Delivery Partner, FAO will manage the Readiness funding and will be responsible for providing and contracting the services contained in this proposal, as well as reporting on the progress of this implementation in closed coordination with the NDA.

FAO provides Project Assurances services under the following activities, oversight and quality assurance role involving FAO staff in Country Offices and at regional and headquarters levels. Project Assurance must be totally independent. This project oversight and quality assurance role are covered by the delivery partner fee provided by the GCF.

The activities of the project will be implemented by a Project Coordination Unit that will be under FAO Country Office supervision and will be guided by a Steering Committee. The PCU will be in charge of day-to-day implementation tasks and consultants will be assigned to the appropriate institutions based on their mandate and roles predefined. Technical advisors will be under the direct supervision of the Budget Holder (BH), and the technical supervision of the Lead Technical Officer (LTO).

The Steering Committee, that will guide the PCU, will be composed of a representative of FAO and representatives of Ministry of Environment (NDA), Ministry of finance, Ministry of agriculture, Ministry of livestock, representatives of smallholder farmers groups and financial institutions such as World Bank. The Steering committee will ensure the governance of the GCF project, specifically discuss and validating the annual workplan and budget, monitor its implementation, review and adopt the technical reports, identify challenges in implementation and identify solutions, evaluate overall performance of project implementation. This Committee has a more political role, and assisted by the technical inter-ministerial committee (existing national), which has a more technical role and that will be strengthened via this Readiness proposal.

The technical inter-ministerial committee is set up by the Ministry of Environment (NDA) and benefits from participation of the Ministry of: Agriculture, Finance, rural development, foreign affairs, International and Regional cooperation, Fisheries, Livestock, Planning, Budget, Prime Minister, Central Bank of Congo, Presidency); and


representatives of non-state actors, in particular involving one representative of private sector and one representative of famers organization. This committee has a technical role and will advise the PCU.

The inter-ministerial committee will also benefit from the activities of the project as being part of the existing platform as described in activity 2.3.1. Furthermore, the strategic team put in place in activity 4.4.1 will be composed of a few selected technical experts that are part of the inter-ministerial committee.

Strategy, management and operational support

The project will be led by the Government of DRC (including the Ministry of Environment and other relevant

ministries), with the technical and operational support of FAO, acting as delivery partner, through FAO’s

Representation in the country (FAO national office in DRC), FAO Regional office (Accra) and FAO headquarters

(Rome). FAO Country Office will implement the readiness activities according to the planning that the NDA will

provide, though the organization of a Project Coordination Unit in FAO DRC. FAO HQ will follow up and monitor on

activities progress. The progress report as required by the GCF on readiness for the next disbursement is

mandatory. FAO HQ, through its Assurance Unit will provide support during the implementation oversight, quality

assurance and troubleshooting support will be provided by the Regional Technical Office.

The PCU will be hosted by FAO Kinshasa, composed of 2 staff including a National Project Coordinator, who will

liaise closely with FAO LTO for technical support. As it is put in place with other project units at FAO CD level, the

project coordination team will address all questions related to the project implementation, including elaborating the

work plan of the project and ensure its implementation. This unit will also be responsible of following all

financial/administrative matters in relation with the administration unit in the Office. The unit will be in charge of the

completion of the progress reports to the GCF before clearance by the LTO and HQ.

Stakeholders and beneficiaries

Under the NDA coordination, relevant stakeholders such as sectorial Ministries and representatives of private sector

organization will be benefit of the activities. Consultation and activities will involve particularly financial entities such

as The National Coordination of Micro-finance, National Coordination of REDD+, and the National Funds of REDD+

(FONAREDD) and smallholder farmers groups.

The project will be implemented through a transparent, participatory and inclusive approach, involving the relevant

stake-holders and communities. The beneficiaries will be the relevant national stakeholders, including women and

youth.

Stakeholders will consist of the following structural representatives:

a) Government entities: Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock, Rural Development, Plan, Finance, Budget, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Prime Minister, Central Bank of Congo, Presidency;

b) Non-State Actors: Federation of Enterprises of Congo (FEC), Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises of Congo (COPEMECO), Farmers Organizations (Confederations of Agricultural Producers of Congo (CONAPAC), Confederations of Peasants of Congo (COPACO), Union of Congo Farmers (UNAGRICO).

c) AEs and delivery partners involved in GCF activities in the country These stakeholders will be involved in the project as direct beneficiaries in the following ways:

- Participate in consultations under activity 1.4.1 to develop the flow of funds monitoring systems (NDA, accredited entities, relevant delivery partners);

- Participate actively in the platform under activity 2.3.1 to discuss access to finance (same actors already participating in the platform, i.e. government entities and representatives from non-sate actors)

- Build capacity on best financial instruments for future GCF full-proposals related to priority sector, identification of funding opportunities and best communication channel to disseminate climate finance best practices (government entities and non-state actors)

- A few selected key stakeholders involved in the inter-ministerial committee will be represented in a national strategic team developed under activity 4.4.1. The national strategic team will enhance and share climate finance related knowledge and conduct strategic thinking on DRC’s climate finance investments, including ways to move forward the implementation of the climate finance strategy and the use of the platform.


Disbursement and implementation

After approval of the Grant, a notification letter will be sent by the GCF to the recipient and delivery partner. The

date of such notification of approval by the GCF will be treated as the start date for project implementation and from

that date, the end date of implementation will be calculated considering the total duration of the project as presented

in the approved proposal. This may be revised after revision of the framework agreement concerning the starting

date.

6.2 Risks, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and other relevant information

Potential conflicts of interest

To avoid any possible conflicts of interest deriving from the Delivery Partner’s role as an Accredited Entity, the

prioritization of technologies, investments and projects in the context of this readiness grant, will be made through

a broad consultation process with relevant stakeholders, including other potential implementing entities active in

DRC. The final validation of these priorities will be carried out through the countries’ own relevant coordination

mechanism and institutional arrangements, with the participation of other government agencies, as well as

representatives from civil society and private sector as the NDA deems relevant, to ensure chosen priorities are

fully aligned with national plans, strategies and DRC’s Country Work Programme and adequately includes inputs

from consulted stakeholders.

Risk management

In order to ensure stakeholder involvement and country ownership, this proposal will link all proposed

strategies and the tools in line with the NDA operation to ensure the sustainability of activities. The strategies

the proposal will develop will also ensure to focus on some specific difficulties that women initiatives

encounter to access finance.

Another risk could be the limited capacity and reluctance/slowness by local and national institutions to actively

participate, which will be mitigated by ensuring coordination and consultation between the different

stakeholders.

The Political risk after the coming election may affect the project management. In fact, as it becomes the

turmoil of voting brings in this region; the DRC is not the exception. The after ballots period can be subject of

instability. So, monitoring the country safety and consultation from both NDA and FAO will be recommended

as mitigation measure to decide on activities.

FAO’s comparative advantage

Due to the priority sectors selected by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (NDCs) and based on climate

vulnerabilities and adaptation needs of the country, agriculture sectors have been identified as highly

vulnerable and impacted by climate change. Considering FAO’s comparative advantage in agriculture and its

recognized expertise in agriculture and food security, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has chosen FAO

as AE for developing the two Readiness proposals on access to finance and private sector.

Sustainability of the outcomes

To make the tools, strategies, and other activities implemented under the access finance readiness

sustainable, it will be very important to ensure an effective country ownership. Awareness and sensitive under


the leadership of NDA to any other entities and stakeholders with the support of FAO (Technically and

financially). It may be possible to include such activities in the NDA futures request on readiness.

The following considerations are important when completing the budget:

1. Before preparing the Readiness and PPF budget, please read the full guidance on our website

2. You can select the appropriate budget categories from the dropdown list in the budget plan:

3. To insert additional rows, right click on the row number below where you wish to insert the new row and choose INSERT.

4. Additional budget categories may be added by manually typing them on the Budget Category sheet. :

Project Management Cost: Project management costs (PMC) are the direct administrative costs incurred to execute a project. They should cover only incremental costs incurred due to the GCF contribution. In most cases, these costs are directly related to the support of a dedicated project management unit (PMU) which managesthe day to day execution related activities of the project.

General Principles for PMC costs: 1. The percentage of PMC financed by GCF should not be more than the percentage share of the overall budget financed by GCF 2. PMC budget thresholds: Up to 7.5 per cent of total activity budget. > PMC exceeding 7.5 per cent for the readiness (including NAPs) proposals, and PPF proposals, up to $ 3 million will require detailed documentation and justification supporting the entire PMC budget. > The PMC should be shown as a separate component in the project budget. A detailed breakdown of PMC should be provided by budget category. > Indicative list of eligible project management costs:

> Project staffing and consultants: Project manager, Project Assistant, Procurement personnel, Finance personnel & Support/admin. Personnel> Other direct costs: Office equipment, Mission related travel cost of the PMU, Project management systems and information technology, Office supplies, Audit cost

Contingency :1. Select the appropriate % of Contingency Budget from the dropdown list :

2. Contingency budget for unforeseen costs arising during the project implementation should not be included in the outcome budget separately.3. Contingency budget must be used for any unforeseen programme (output level) cost that is unrelated to implementation/service fee.4. Any use of contingency must be reported to and agreed by the GCF Secretariat in writing in advance provided with justifications that are acceptable to the GCF5. If you get to the end of the project and you haven’t spent Contingency, you can’t increase the scope of the project or buy some more equipment to use it up.

6. The Budget Notes sheet should be used to record explanations, further details or cost breakdowns for individual lines

(https://www.greenclimate.fund/how-we-work/empowering-countries).

If you are unsure about how to complete the budget template, please send your query to: [email protected]

Readiness Grant Budget Preparation Guidelines







5.1 Budget PlanPlease add rows for Outcomes, Outputs and Cost Categories as required. Additional budget categories may be added by manually typing them on the Budget Category sheet.

5021 Travel national Trip 2 750.00 1,500.00 1,500.00

5023. Trainings & Workshp Local Workshop 3 14,746.67 44,240.00 14,746.67 29,493.33

29493.334

5013 Consultant individual local months 3 4,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 2,101.00

500

5013 Consultants - Individual - International days 60 562.50 33,750.00 20,250.00 13,500.00 700.33 15,447.00

50005013 Consultants - Individual - Local months 2 3,500.00 7,000.00 3,500.00 3,500.00 10905013 Consultants - Individual -International days 8 450.00 3,600.00 1,800.00 1,800.00 8055021 Travels - International trip 1 4,400.00 4,400.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 5023 Workshop ( plate forme/interinstitutionnel comite)

Workshop 3 6,800.00 20,400.00 6,800.00 6,800.00 6,800.00 1358.3333335014 Contracts service provider Conmmunication

translate1 6,600.00 6,600.00 3,300.00 3,300.00 16,105.00

5023 Trainings & workshops Workshop 1 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00

5013 Consultants - Individual -International months 2 4,000.00 8,000.00 8,000.00

5021 Travels - International trip 4 3,000.00 12,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00

5013 Consultants - Individual - Local months 5 4,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00

5013 Consultants - Individual - Local months 5 4,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00

5013 Consultants - Individual -International days 20 450.00 9,000.00 9,000.00

5021 Travel - Local trip 2 2,250.00 4,500.00 4,500.00

5023 Trainings & workshops Workshop 1 14,000.00 14,000.00 7,000.00 7,000.00

5013 Consultants - Individual -International months 2 15,000.00 30,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 264

5013 Consultants - Individual - Local month 1 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00

176

260,990.00 132,096.67 88,593.33 40,300.00 2,801.33 15,447.00 -

5013 Consultants - Individual - Local Month 13 27.00 351.00

5013 Consultants - Individual -International month 6 187.00 1,122.00

5021 Travel Lumpsum 54 44.00 2,376.00

5014 Contracts 1 100.00 100.00

5023 Trainings & workshops Lumpsum 8 44.00 352.00

5028 GOE- Procurement Services Lumpsum 54 44.00 2,376.00

5028 GOE- Security services Lumpsum 20 130.00 2,600.00 5028 GOE- (IT services & Financial services )

Lumpsum 20 168.00 3,360.00

Total (per budget category)

-

63,351.00

5014 Consultants- Individual-International 85,472.00

6,700.00

16,664.00

84,992.00 Project Management Cost (PMC) 4.8% requested

- Contingency requested

-

6,176.00

8,336.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

271,691.00

FOR GREEN CLIMATE FUND’S SECRETARIAT USE ONLY

12,637.00

Total Budget(per outcome) 12m

0

5014 Contracts

5021 Travels

5023 Trainings & workshops

5024 Expandable Procurement

5025 Non-expandable Procurement

5021 Travel-Local

5028 GOE

Unit Cost# of Unit

Total Project Budget (Total Activity Budget + Contingency + PMC + DP)

5013 Consultants- Individual- Local

30mOutcomes

Disbursement Plan

Budget Categorieschoose from the drop-down list

Unit 6m 24m

Detailed Budget (in US$)

18mTotal Budget(per sub-outcome)

36mTotal Budget(per budget category)

Delivery Partner Fee (DP) - Up to 8.5% of the Sub-Total

Sub-outcome 4.4 Market preparation and business planning for deployment and scale-up of proritised climate technology solutions

4,000.00

Project Management Cost (PMC)Up to 7.5% of Total Activity Budget

Total Outcome Budget + PMC

Total Outcome Budget

5011 Profesionnal

299,718.00$

276,236.90

23,480.14

12,637.00

Sub-Total (Total Outcome Budget + Contingency + PMC)

2,609.90

260,990.00

1%

Total Outcome Budget

Breakdown (per budget category)

0

0

0

0

0

5011 Profesionnal

Percentage of PMC requested:

4.8%

Sub-outcome 2.3Stakeholder engagement consultative process

35,400.00

FOR GREEN CLIMATE FUND’S SECRETARIAT USE ONLY

35,400.00 Outcome 2Country Programming process

Outcome 4Climate finance strategies and project

pipeline strengthened

Sub-outcome 4.1 Climate finance strategy defines the potential use of a combination of funding options from public resources; tariffs, and international cooperation; financing instruments such as loeans, bonds, equity and others, private investment; and or the blending of financial instruments

Sub-outcome 4.3Project Concepts Notes development

Outcome 1. Country capacity strengthened

Sub-outcome 1.4Monitoring and verification systems for climate finance flows

91,490.00 91,490.00

134,100.00

52,600.00

77,500.00

Budget Note Detailed Description

Travel sub-outcome 1.4

This budget line includes cover travels to attend the the two Regional workshopsTravel sub-outcome 4.1 The international travels refer to the travels undertaken by the intrrnational consultant

Budget Categories5011 Profesionnal5013 Consultants- Individual- Local5014 Consultants- Individual-International5014 Contracts5021 Travels5023 Trainings & workshops5024 Expandable Procurement5025 Non-expandable Procurement5028 GOE

Indicate additional budget categories

5.2 Procurement Plan

Item Estimated Cost (US$)

Travel national 1,500.00

Contract service provider 6,600.00 Open tenderTrainings & workshop 14,000.00 Direct Procurement Trainings & workshop 6,000.00 Direct Procurement

Trainings & workshop 44,240.00

Trainings & workshop 20,400.00

Travel international 12,000.00 Trainings & workshop 5,000.00 Travel Local 4,500.00 Contract service provider 6,600.00 Travel international 4,400.00

$ 125,240.00

Local Consultant 7,000.00

International Consultant 3,600.00

International Consultant 8,000.00 International Consultant 33,750.00 Local Consultants 12,000.00

Local Consultants 20,000.00

Local Consultants 20,000.00

International Consultant 9,000.00

International Consultant 30,000.00 Open tender

$ 143,350.00

Finance climate Open tender $25,000 - $35,001 60 daysFinance climate Open tender 10,000 - 15,002 3 months

Climate finance mobilization expert Open tender $4,000 - $8,001 2 months

Privite secteur mobilization on climate change Open tender $10,000 - $13,501 5 months

$25000-$ 40001

3 Workshp ( Plate forme/ interinstitutionnel comitte) Direct Procurement

1 communication translate $5,000 - $10,000Open tender

$10000- $15000

$2,000 - $5,000Direct procurement

Consultancy Services

2 staffs travel cost Direct procurement $10,000 - $15,000

Sub-Total (US$)Trip $4,000 - $5,000

Goods and Non-Consulting Services

Item Description Procurement Method

Thresholds (Min-Max monetary value for which

indicated procurement method must be used)

Projected Contracting Date

Sub-Total (US$)

Programm & development expert on mitigation & adaptation

Open tender $4,000 - $20,002 30 days

Programm & development expert on mitigation & adaptation $15,000 - $30,001 2 months

Open tender $10,000 - $13,502

Privite secteur mobilization on climate change

5 months

Privite climate change Open tender $5,000 - $10,000 2 months

2 airplane tickets txo-way and local travel cost $2,500 - $4,5001 staff to do 1 exchange mission per year

Direct procurement

1 LOA for Communication translate $6,000 - $7,001

3 workshop flows Direct Procurement

2 Workshop $5,000 - $10,003

For goods, services, and consultancies to be procured, please list the items, descriptions in relation to the activities in Section 3, estimated cost, procurement method, relevant threshold, and the estimated dates. Please include the procurement plan for at least the first tranche of disbursement requested below and provide a full procurement plan for the entire duration of the implementation period if available at this stage.

Climate finance mobilization expert Open tender $2,500 - $4,001 8 days

11Workshop

Direct procurement

$10,000 - $15,002

Travel national for workshops (Trip)

Direct procurement

$1,500 - $1,501

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