Adaptation Fund: South South Cooperation Grants for Climate Adaptation in Developing Countries

Last date : September 28, 2015

  The Adaptation Fund Climate Finance Readiness Programme includes a component aimed at increasing South-South cooperation among accredited National Implementing Entities (NIEs) and those seeking accreditation. Under this activity, developing countries that are Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and do not yet have an accredited NIE may receive support from an accredited NIE in one or more of the following areas: (i) identifying potential NIE candidates; (ii) assisting NIE candidates in the preparation of applications to be submitted to the Fund; (iii) providing support and advice during the application process. It is expected that such peer support will effectively help build national capacity and sustainability.

Eligibility and selection criteria

NIEs eligible to provide support will be those entities that have tangible achievements with the Fund. The selection will be based on the entity’s experience with the Adaptation Fund, including in project preparation and implementation, and in supporting other countries at different stages of their application processes. Eligible NIEs must meet ALL of the following criteria:

• Have been accredited by the Board,
• Have an Adaptation Fund project or programme under implementation, hence demonstrating effective compliance with the AF fiduciary standards, and
• Have experience advising, participating in, or organizing support to other NIE

The  NIEs that currently have projects and programmes under implementation include

• Argentina: Unidad para el Cambio Rural (UCAR)
• Costa Rica: Fundecooperacion
• India: National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD)
• Jamaica: Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)
• Jordan: Ministry of Planning and Int. Cooperation (MOPIC)
• Kenya: National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)
• Morocco: Agency for Agricultural Development (ADA)
• Rwanda: Ministry of Natural Resources (MINIRENA)
• Senegal: Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE)
• South Africa: South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
• Uruguay: Agencia Nacional de Investigacion e Innovacion (ANII), the.

Demonstration of experience participating in, organizing support to, or advising other NIE candidates

In completing the attached grant application to support accreditation, applicants should describe the type of support relevant to the accreditation process they have already provided to other national institutions or governments, specifying the outcomes of such support. Types of support include providing advice to governments or effective in-country support in the identification of potential NIE candidates, or support of an NIE candidate in preparing an accreditation application.

Proposed activities to support NIE accreditation

Applicants should describe the activities to be undertaken to support the accreditation of NIE candidate(s) in the target country(ies) and provide the estimated budget to implement such activities. The recipient country(ies) may be those the NIE is already supporting. The maximum grant is US$ 50,000 per applicant.The types of activities that may be funded include:

• In-country technical support to an NIE candidate for the preparation of an accreditation This includes travel of NIE staff to the candidate country and on-site support.
• Support for the identification of an NIE candidate within a This includes stakeholder engagement, organization of workshops, facilitation of meetings and advising the relevant focal points within the country for the final selection of NIE candidate. Applicants can also develop and/or apply decision-making tools for the selection of such entities.
• Organization of “regional” consultations/workshops to assist in the preparation of NIE candidate applications from several Already-identified candidate institutions or potential candidates from countries in the vicinity of the NIE applicant can be supported through the organization of a workshop in the NIE’s country, to help them put in place an application for NIE accreditation. The costs incurred include travel and accommodation costs for the participants and workshop costs.

Record of request for support on behalf of the government

When applying for the grant, the NIE applicants should provide a letter on behalf of the government requesting support for accreditation, signed by the Designated Authority of the Adaptation Fund of the country.

Deadline for submission of request

Interested applicants should submit their requests no later than 28 September 2015.

Implementation arrangements

The grants will be implemented by the selected NIEs. The secretariat will vet the applications taking into account the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposal and submit a recommendation to the Project and Programme Review Committee (PPRC) for approval of funding to the Adaptation Fund Board, in session.

For more details : https://www.adaptation-fund.org/projects-programmes/south-south-cooperation-grants-2/

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