1. Country Programming & the Green Climate Fund GIZ´s Experience as a delivery partner for the GCF Readiness Programme

2. GIZ´s GCF Readiness expertise: The Climate Finance Readiness Programme
Active since 2013, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Co-financed by USAID and the Czech Minstry of Environment
Delivery partner for the GCF Readiness and Support Programme
Active in 17 countries on 4 continents
11 countries with BMZ/USAID/Czech support
7 countries with GCF support

3. CF Ready – examples for support
Georgia
Tajikistan
Morocco
Bangladesh
Laos
Pakistan
Caribbean (region)
Vietnam
Thailand
Uganda
Cambodia
Tanzania
Vanuatu
Peru
Zambia
Namibia
CF Ready Project Countries ( region)
GCF Delivery Partner (7)
South Africa

4. GIZ´s country programming support: Key facts
Support in: Georgia, Vanuatu, Bangladesh, Thailand, Peru, Uganda
Focus on:
Stakeholder consultation (local governments, NGOs, private sector)
Country evaluation and need/vunerability analysis
Raising knowledge on GCF priorities and requirements
Goal: Streamline NDCs, development targets and sector priorities into a working programme for AEs to develop proposals

5. GIZ‘s country programming support: Lessons Learned
Country Ownership is key
Build capacities of NDA to process information and coordinate stakeholder interests
A sustainable programme will be firmly anchored within and actively communicated by the NDA
Stakeholder consultations take time
To ensure a thorough and comprehensive process
Receive relevant information
Informal exchange with line ministries crucial
Awareness raising on GCF requirements and priorities
Share knowledge with parties in the process
Develop standardised processes for GCF–related requests
Facilitate peer-to-peer exchange

6. Country programming support: Lao PDR support
GIZ Focus on accreditation support to Enviromental Protection Fund (EPF)
Supporting EPF to built up a sufficient track-record – EPF as EE (Executing Entity) of the proposed GCF Project
“Implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Program through improved Governance and Sustainable Forest Landscape Management” – Department of Forestry MAF, AE GIZ with development partners ADB, BMZ, FAO, IFAD, JICA, KfW, unlocking RBP of the World Bank FCPF