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This guide makes the Green Climate Fund (GCF) funding requirements and technical terminology digestible for non-experts. It also provides a checklist on how to get started with the preparation of a funding proposal all the way through to the development of a concept note, as well as guidance on how to access GCF support for project preparation.
This guide uses a real-life example of a GCF programme to showcase elements of the funding proposal process, and covers:
- Essentials to know before developing a GCF project such as what does the GCF support?
- How much and what type of finance is available? What are the roles of different actors to access the GCF? and How can the private sector get involved?
- Key project design elements including the GCF’s results management framework, environmental and social safeguards, gender policy, indigenous peoples policy, stakeholder consultation and engagement, policy on co-financing, and independent redress mechanism.
- The latest funding proposal submission template.
- Funding proposal preparation from the elaboration of the climate rationale to the justification of your GCF funding request.
- The GCF approval process and procedures from concept note submission to project closure.
- How to get started with the development of a concept note.
- Support for proposal preparation through the GCF’s Project Preparation Facility to help with feasibility studies, risk assessments, and other preparation activities.