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31 October 2019 | NDA Strengthening & Country Programming

Programme title: Strengthening of the Collegiate Body on Climate Finance and Enhancement of the Country Programming Process in Colombia

Country: Colombia

National designated authority: National Planning Department (DNP)

Implementing Institution: Fondo para la Acción Ambiental y la Niñez (Fondo Acción)

Date of first submission: 31 May 2019

Date of current submission / version number

22 October 2019 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-[Colombia]-[20190527]”

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: Colombia

Name of institution representing NDA or Focal Point:

National Planning Department (DNP)

Name of contact person: Amparo García Montaña

Contact person’s position: Territorial Deputy General Director

Telephone number: + 57 1 381 50 00 x 13101 / 18031

Email: [email protected]

Full office address: Calle 26 #13-19, Bogotá - Colombia

Additional email addresses that need to be copied on correspondences:

[email protected] / [email protected]

Date of initial submission

31 May 2019

Last date of resubmission

16 August 2019 Version number V.2

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: Fondo para la Acción Ambiental y la Niñez (Fondo Acción)

Name of official: Natalia Arango Vélez

Position: Director

Telephone number: +57 1 2853862

Email: [email protected]

Full office address: Carrera 7 No. 32-33, Piso 27, Bogotá, Colombia

Additional email addresses that need to be copied on correspondences:

[email protected]; [email protected]

Title of the Readiness support proposal

Strengthening of the Collegiate Body on Climate Finance and Enhancement of the Country Programming Process in Colombia

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

The resources entering the country through this GCF Readiness support aim at continuing strengthening the climate finance capabilities of the NDA and other GCF Collegiate Body entities in Colombia to enhance access to GCF resources, and other international climate finance sources, while promoting mobilization of domestic climate finance. In particular this support is crucial to update the Country Programme to reflect Colombia’s climate priorities better and to fostering country ownership. In that context, the main challenge to be addressed through this proposal is related to the updating for the Country Programme in a manner that it leverages three issues: i. Developing a participative process: The current version of the Country Programme

was developed at a national scale involving the Collegiate Body members, but not considering other relevant stakeholders (including private sector and subnational agencies).

ii. Establishing a regular reviewing and updating process: Currently, there is no procedure established for guiding the updating of the Country Programme. It is needed in order to define how often, who is involved and how it should be done.

iii. Updating the no-objection procedure according to the guidelines established through the Country Programme: The no-objection procedure for Colombia was developed under a mechanism in which Accredited Entities would present concept notes to the Collegiate Body through a call for proposals, with specific evaluating criteria. That procedure and evaluation criteria must now accommodate to the national priorities that will be stated through the Country Programme.

In Colombia, the previous challenge involves different activities: i) the definition and implementation of a participatory mechanism for its reviewing and updating, ii) the development of stakeholder’s engagement frameworks, iii) the updating of the no-objection procedure and the National Climate Finance Strategy, iv) the definition of guidelines to mainstream the gender approach throughout the climate projects cycle in the country. Such activities will build on and strengthen the processes initiated under previous readiness support, including the readiness project under implementation by the Colombian Presidential Agency of International Cooperation (APC). This APC project has its main goal set up in strengthening the NDAs and Collegiate Body Capacities, focusing on four main areas: i) establishing and strengthening NDA, ii) preparation of a country programme, iii) support for accreditation of direct access entities iv) developing initial pipelines of projects. This readiness proposal will build on the results of the ongoing readiness project, as the NDA and Collegiate Body will be able to present a first version of its Country Programme in order to involve other stakeholders in its updating process. The implementation map subsection of this proposal includes a summary of current and future activities under the readiness projects (Table 1). Both the NDA and the GCF Collegiate Body entities will be responsible for the custody and transfer of the information generated in this project in a free and accessible way. The beneficiaries of the project results are: Direct beneficiaries: Entities of the collegiate body; Accredited entities; Project implementing partners Indirect beneficiaries: Financial management committee; Sectorial ministries seeking to finance/implement projects; Territories seeking to finance/implement projects; Private sector Additionally, all the results generated under this readiness project will be available for the public on Colombia's Climate Finance web portal (https://finanzasdelclima.dnp.gov.co/).

Total requested amount and currency

USD 299,881 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

Colombia has received the following Readiness support: -GCF readiness Scope: Capacity building and NDA strengthening in accessing GCF funding (readiness proposal) Awarded: June 2017 Amount: US$393,000 Implementation Agency: Presidential Agency for International Cooperation (APC) -NAP readiness Scope: Supporting Colombia´s adaptation planning process Awarded: December 2017 Amount: US$2,683,964 Implementation Agency: Fondo para la Acción Ambiental y Niñez (Fondo Acción) - GCF Readiness Scope: Supporting Colombia´s Integrated Solid Waste Management NAMA Awarded: December 2017 Amount: US$315,000 Implementation Agency: FINDETER (a national development bank). - GCF Readiness Scope: To support the implementation of the Financial Innovation Pilots under the Green Protocol in Colombia Awarded: December 2017 Amount: US$309,000 Implementation Agency: Colombian Banking Association - GCF Readiness Scope: Strengthening of Bancóldex capacities to scale up

climate financing in Colombia and to develop country-driven

feasibility studies for project formulation on adaptation finance. Awarded: March 2019 (with 2018 allocation) Amount: US$300.000 Implementation Agency: Bancóldex -GCF Readiness Programme Between 2016 a 2017 Colombia was part of a GCF Readiness Programme implemented by UNDP, UNEP and WRI. As a result of this program Colombia started to strengthen national capacities for climate finance access and management. Also, the country formulated a climate finance flows tracking methodology and developed a climate finance MRV system. - GCF Entities accreditation process Bancóldex and Fondo Acción received support that consisted of a site visit done by PwC in 2015 and assessment of the fiduciary standards and Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) of each entity and its conformity with GCF requirements. These grants are articulated under the supervision of the National Planning Department and the Colombian GCF Collegiate Body and each of them play a specific role in building capacities and maturing a portfolio of projects aligned with the National Determined Contribution. Therefore, the NDA is confident to express that all these readiness projects are clearly coordinated, and no overlapping will occur while implementing them.


2. BACKGROUND

Colombia´s National System on Climate Change (SISCLIMA) was first formulated in 2011 by a policy document CONPES 3700 and then formally created through a presidential decree in 2016 (Decree 298/2016). SISCLIMA is an institutional strategy to articulate actors and actions, in order to motivate sectors and territories to integrate


climate change impacts on their planning process, with the vision of preparing the country to grow towards a low carbon and resilient development. The structure of SISCLIMA includes different specialized inter-institutional bodies, including the Climate Finance Committee (CFC). The CFC manages to generate guidelines of public policy to incorporate criteria of climate change into the country’s economic and financial planning. The CFC is a novel inter-institutional stage since it gathers public entities at the national and territorial level, and the private sector. One of the significant results of the CFC was the definition of the National Climate Finance Strategy in 2017. The work-lines of the CFC comprise capacity strengthening at the national, sectoral and territorial levels, as well as climate finance sources management and access, development of financial and economical tools and knowledge and information management (including the implementation of a climate finance monitoring, reporting and verification -MRV- system). The operation of the CFC is based on the action of each of its institutions and the support it has received through international climate financing. The supports listed in Section 1 of this document through GCF readiness programs have helped strengthen the capabilities of the CFC entities to fulfill their functions. Within its work-lines, the CFC created a Collegiate Body with a sub-group of entities to ensure the effectiveness and alignment of national priorities on climate finance to the developing of a Country Programme and a project portfolio for the Green Climate Fund, and to ensure a formal process to access its resources. The entities conforming the GCF Collegiate Body are: -Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS) -Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP) -Ministry of International Affairs -Presidential Agency of International Cooperation (APC) -National Planning Department (DNP) - technical secretariat and GCF NDA The Collegiate Body supports the NDA on its decision-making processes, and, as mentioned before, establishes the Country Programme. The Country Programme is a key input for the National Climate Finance Strategy (formulated by the CFC) as it defines its “Financing through International Resources” work-line. The work of the Collegiate Body first resulted in identifying national expectations in terms of impacts and benefits generated from the projects formulated to GCF and in the definition of institutional arrangements in the “Country Strategy” document. Subsequently, the Collegiate Body and CFC work resulted in a yearly-updated prioritized projects portfolio, two national entities accredited to GCF (Findeter and Fondo Acción) and one more in the process (Bancoldex), different readiness proposals approved, and a USD 39 million project approved (La Mojana). The process and achievements of Colombia in climate finance are communicated to different stakeholders through various strategies: -The web portal of climate finance in Colombia -Sectoral and territorial workshops for capacity building and climate finance information dissemination -The Annual Climate Finance Event in Colombia (fifth version held in 2018) These activities and platforms of the CFC have been useful to empower other actors such as private sector, authorities at the regional level and academia, and to involve them in the process. Within this context, DNP as the NDA and the GCF Collegiate Body entities in Colombia are confident to express that the readiness proposal presented at this moment is crucial to secure the country capabilities to enhance access to GCF resources and other international climate finance sources while promoting mobilization of domestic climate resources. It will build on the processes initiated by the readiness project under implementation by APC as the NDA and Collegiate Body will be able to present a first version of its Country Programme in order to involve other stakeholders in an updating process that reflects Colombia’s climate priorities better, while fostering country ownership. The Country Programme updating is there for the main challenge to be addressed through this proposal, in a manner that it leverages three issues: i) Developing a participative process, ii) Establishing a regular reviewing and updating process, iii) Updating the no-objection procedure according to the guidelines established through the Country Programme. As long as we expect other projects to be conducted simultaneously to the one presented here by (i.e., Indigenes People readiness), their results are also important inputs to be incorporated in the Country Programme updating process.


3. LOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE

Outcomes Baseline1 Targets

Activities2 (brief

description and deliverables)

Anticipated duration: 18 months

Monthly implementation plan of activities3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Outcome 1: Institutional capacity and coordination mechanisms strengthened

Sub-Outcome 1.1: NDA/Focal Point leads an effective coordination mechanism

2 2

Activity 1.1.1: Continuing supporting NDA and Collegiate Body entities in order to strength their climate finance management capabilities, in particular the strategic planning at the Collegiate Body entities directive level and the follow-up to Collegiate Body targets. Deliverable 1.1.1: Bi-annual progress report of the Collegiate Body strategic actions and indicators.

X X

Sub-Outcome 1.2: NDA ‘No Objection’ procedure for funding proposals and PPF applications

1 2

Activity 1.2.1: NDA no-objection procedure adjustment to be in line with the more recent policy guidelines and national climate strategies and socialization Deliverable 1.2.1: NDA no-objection procedure adjusted and socialized among

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”).


the Collegiate Body entities

Sub-Outcome 1.3: Bilateral agreements on privileges and immunities

1 2

Activity 1.3.1: Following-up the negotiation of P&I agreement Deliverable 1.3.1: Report on the status of the P&I agreement

X X

Sub-Outcome 1.5: Coordination mechanism between NDA and NDE for the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism and other climate finance focal points

0 2

Activity 1.5.1: Establish a coordination mechanism between NDA and National Designated Entity (NDE) for the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism and other climate finance focal points and formulate a work plan to align efforts to promote access to climate finance and increase resources mobilization. Deliverable 1.5.1: A coordination mechanism between NDA and focal points of different UNFCCC initiatives implemented and its work plan formulated.

X

Outcome 2: Country Programming process

Sub-Outcome 2.2: Periodic participatory review and updating of the climate finance Country Programme

1 2

Activity 2.2.1: Formulation and implementation of a participatory review and updating process for the Country Programme to reflect Colombia’s climate priorities better and to fostering country ownership. This includes regional workshops and an especial section

X X


during the Annual Climate Finance Event in Colombia. Deliverable 2.2.1: Country Programming updated from the participatory process. Deliverable 2.2.2: Biannual report with the participatory review and updating process for the Country Programme.This includes the materials and the analysis of an assessment survey of three national-level (with private sector, academia and ministries) workshops, five regional-level workshops and an especial section during the Annual Climate Finance Event in Colombia. Note: The regional-level workshops are planned to take place in cities where the environmental/weather risks are very low and would probably not affect their development.

Sub-Outcome 2.3: Stakeholder engagement consultative processes

1 2

Activity 2.3.1: Definition of a stakeholder consultative mechanism as a formal procedure that stablish who, what and how to consult. Deliverable 2.3.1: A stakeholder consultative mechanism ready to implement.

X


Activity 2.3.2: Developing and disseminating informational and awareness-raising materials to support the stakeholder consultative mechanism implementation Deliverable 2.3.2: Quarterly Communication pieces in digital and physical format to support the stakeholder consultative mechanism implementation. Deliverable 2.3.3: Climate Finance web-portal updated and a brief report listing the updated sections and usage data/statistics of the portal.

X X X X

Sub-Outcome 2.4: Gender issues considered in climate finance programming

1 2

Activity 2.4.1: Developing a Gender Action Plan on Climate Finance processes in Colombia Deliverable 2.4.1: Gender Equity and Equality Action Plan addressing the following: 1) gender inequality manifested through various social mechanisms that value the role and importance of men and women in society; 2) invisibility of the role of women in climate change mitigation and adaptation, and their capacities related to the creation of wealth for their families and communities; 3) low participation of women

X


in decision making; and 4) guidelines to mainstream the gender approach throughout the climate project cycle. This deliverable will consider current efforts that Colombia is carrying out in gender issues. In particular, those related to the Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy and the National Adaptation Plan. Deliverable 2.4.2: Three (3) training workshops on the gender action plan on Climate Finance (dissemination and appropriation), and a report of the workshops including training materials and the analysis of an assessment survey. Note: workshops are planned to take place in cities where the environmental/weather risks are very low and would probably not affect their development.


Outcome 3: Direct access to climate finance

Sub-Outcome 3.1: Direct Access Entity’s (DAE) Work Programme alignment with Country Programme 1 2

Activity 3.1.1: Definition of a strategy to align DAE with action in Colombia with the Country Programme and to accompany AE (Fondo Accion and Findeter) in the formulation of their work plan Deliverable 3.1.1: A strategy for the alignment of DAE with action in Colombia with the Country Programme and two (2) AE (Fondo Accion and Findeter)work plans formulated.

X

Outcome 4: Climate finance strategies and project pipeline strengthened

Sub-Outcome 4.1: Climate finance strategy strengthened

2 2

Activity 4.1.1: Formalization of the working mechanism between the specialized subgroups of the CFC to update and implement the National Climate Finance Strategy work plan Deliverable 4.1.1: CFC specialized subgroups working mechanism implemented. The mechanism will define the subgroups structure and operation.

X


Activity 4.1.2: Updating the National Climate Finance Strategy in Colombia Deliverable 4.1.2: Colombia’s National Climate Finance strategy updated and officially approved by the CFC.

X

Sub-Outcome 4.2: Project Concept Notes development

1 2

Activity 4.2.1: Conducting an analysis of the sectorial progress in projects pipeline identified, and concept notes developed and submitted Deliverable 4.2.1: Biannual report with the results of the analysis presented every July and January.

X X

Sub-Outcome 4.3: Private sector engagement

Activity 4.3.1: Conducting an analysis of the implementation process of the CFC strategy for private sector engagement . This analysis will highlight good practices on the process, together with gaps and specific needs. Deliverable 4.3.1: Route map with specific recommendations to improve private sector engagement including target/indicators.

X


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 requires a bilateral Grant Agreement to be signed with the GCF (please add

more disbursement as needed)

• The first disbursement amounting USD 150,000 will be transferred upon approval of the readiness

request and effectiveness of the Grant Agreement;

• The second disbursement amounting USD 120,000 will be transferred upon submission of an interim

progress report [and audited financial report]4, in form and substance acceptable to the Fund,

[including an audited expenditure statement]; and

• The third disbursement amounting USD 29,881 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.

4 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.




6. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION

6.1 Implementation map

Please describe how funds will be managed by the NDA and/or the Readiness Delivery Partner.

Figure 1 shows the proposed organization chart for the project implementation. Such governance structure aims to articulate and strengthen the interactions between the relevant stakeholders regarding existing information systems and decision-making processes. A Steering Committee, integrated by DNP, MHC and MADS representatives at a directive level and Fondo Acción (Technical Secretariat), will be responsible for defining the strategic orientation and planning of the project, in order to achieve the goals and objectives. This Committee will be the highest authority for decision-making, coordination and supervision of project execution, ensuring that all funds and resources are executed in accordance with the provisions of the corresponding legal agreements. The chair for the Steering Committee will be Fondo Acción as the Delivery Partner. Government agencies (DNP, MADS and MHCP) are part of the Collegiate Body an as so, they will oversee securing the country ownership. The Steering Committee will meet at least three times a year or at any additional moment if needed. Steering Committee functions will include (but are not limited to) the following: a) Ensure compliance with the project's objectives. b) Provide strategic guidance to project activities. c) Approve the Annual Operating Plans and their modifications (subject to prior review and approval by the GCF and/or its appointed agency). d) Approve the Procurement Plan and its modifications (subject to prior review and approval by the GCF and/or its appointed agency). e) Approve project audit reports. f) Take collective decisions on the main technical and administrative issues for the execution of the project. g) Approve the minutes of the Steering Committee.

Figure 1. Project organizational chart. Fondo Acción will be the implementing partner and will have constant interaction and collaboration with DNP and the experts supporting the Collegiate Body entities. Fondo Acción as Delivery Partner will be responsible for overall implementation of the grant, including all procurement of goods and services. Fondo Acción is a key player as a delivery partner since it has supported Colombia’s national climate change policies and the development of its enabling conditions for implementation since 2010. Fondo Acción has solid experience on strengthening capacities on climate change with governmental entities (national and


subnational) regarding mitigation, adaptation and climate finance, in particular REDD+ National Strategy, Low Carbon Development Strategy, National Adaptation Plan, Green Growth Policy, and Climate Finance Strategy. Also, Fondo Acción already has experience on the development of readiness in Colombia in the adaptation window of GCF. Fondo Acción as project implementer had internally developed an Integrated System of Information (commonly known as “Data Base”). This information system is available for the employees of the different relevant areas of the organization (technical, financial and legal) through the intranet. This management system allows Fondo Acción to make a detailed follow up on the progress of the projects, look at details of execution, have historical reports on compliance, and reducing operational, information and management risk during the project execution. The proposal includes five experts accompanying the the collegiate body at DNP (three experts), MHCP (one expert) and MADS (one expert) and leading the readiness project activities and deliverables. The technical assistance of each consultant will allow continuing to strengthen climate finance capabilities in the country, resulting in an improved framework for the formulation of climate change projects and its financing. Figure 2 presents an overview of the experts and the external consultancy proposed and their relation to the activities stated in Section 3 (Logical Framework) of this document. The external consultancy will generate the Gender Equity and Equality Action Plan. According to Activity 2.4.1 the expected deliverable will address: 1) gender inequality manifested through various social mechanisms that value the role and importance of men and women in society; 2) invisibility of the role of women in climate change mitigation and adaptation, and their capacities related to the creation of wealth for their families and communities; 3) low participation of women in decision making and 4) guidelines to mainstream the gender approach throughout the climate project cycle. The results of this work will consider current efforts that Colombia is carrying out in gender issues. In particular, those related to the Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy and the National Adaptation Plan. There will a be also a set of training for the dissemination and appropriation of the gender action plan.

Figure 2. Overview of experts/consultancies, activities and project deliverables. Figure 3 shows a timeline of the project. Colombia is currently implementing a readiness program for capacity building that will be ending in May 2020. Then, we are proposing an 18 months project in which it will build on and complement the ongoing activities. For this reason, we are considering an initial three-month period for administrative procedures (starting in April 2020), in which experts’ contractual procedures will take place, avoiding dead time between the end of the existing project and the start of the new one. Experts duties at the Collegiate Body entities are planned for 12 months, and we are leaving the final three months of the project for the implementing agency to close administrative issues. In Table 1 we present a summary of the status of the main activities for both readiness projects.


Figure 3. Timeline for project implementation. Table 1. Summary of current and expected status of the main activities for both readiness projects.

Readiness project under implementation by APC This readiness proposal

Area of work Current status Expected status

Establishing and strengthening NDA

i-NDA and Collegiate Body for the GCF established and in operation. ii-Colombia's financing priorities identified.

i-NDA and Collegiate Body with strong climate finance management capabilities, and strategic planning at the Collegiate Body entities directive level. ii-CFC specialized subgroups working mechanism implemented. iii-A coordination mechanism between NDA and focal points of different UNFCCC initiatives implemented.

Preparation of a country programme

i-Country Programme formulated and appropriated. i-Country Programme update and with a participatory mechanism for its reviewing and updating in implementation.

Accreditation of direct access entities

i-Two DAE accredited and one more in progress. Ii-DAE work program formulated.

i-Strategy to align the accredited DAE with Country Programme. ii-Training process for the DAE appropriation of the Country Program.

Pipelines of projects

i-A portfolio of subnational and sectorial projects (new or under structuration). Ii-A web platform designed and in implementation for the registration of climate change projects (potentially funded through GCF).

i-Analysis of the sectorial progress in projects pipeline.


Stakeholder’s engagement frameworks

i-A set of trainings and workshops with different actors at national and subnational level. ii-Communication pieces. iii-MOOC in project design and climate finance. iv-Opportunities, strategic projects and needs identified.

i-A stakeholder consultative mechanism ready to implement. ii-Communication pieces to support the stakeholder consultative mechanism implementation. iii-A set of training for stakeholders appropriation of the Country Program. iv-A report on the implementation process of the CFC strategy for private sector engagement (including projects formulated and on implementation).

Gender approach throughout the climate projects cycle

i-Gender Action Plan on Climate Finance processes in Colombia formulated.

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

The following risks and mitigation strategies are identified regarding project implementation:

- Operation. Delay in start implementing the project (level: medium). Strategies: Establishing a realistic

schedule with achievable goals in the lifetime of the project, with and early start for administrative

arrangements

- Information. Lack of the required information, at subnational scale, to identify project portfolios (level:

medium). Strategies: Establish synergies with undergoing climate change mitigation and adaptation

subnational plans (mandatory by law). Work together with the Regional Nodes of Climate Change

under the SISCLIMA framework.

- Capacities. Limited capacities of local institutions can become a barrier for the implementation of

project activities (level: low). Strategies: Identify and develop human resource capacities as required;

encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing between entities. Work together with the Regional

Nodes of Climate Change under the SISCLIMA framework.

- Capacities: Limited NDA's capacity for overseeing the project due to Colombia's increasing readiness

portfolio. Strategies: Continue the joint work between the collegiate body entities to manage

readiness projects in Colombia.

- Environmental/weather risk. The workshops are planned to take place in cities where the

environmental/weather risks are very low and would probably not affect their development.

The project will be subject to the application of safeguards to promote positive impacts (mitigation measures

and their economic, environmental and social co-benefits) and mitigate the potential negative effects. The

project will not have interventions on the ground, but just at policy level through analyses, proposals and

recommendations that will promote positive actions to address climate change, safeguard natural habitats,

biodiversity and ecosystem services, support poverty reduction and increase economic opportunities. In

addition, actions to strengthen capacities of relevant stakeholders will respect the dignity, human rights,

economies, and cultures of local and ethnic communities, as well promote gender equality and equity.

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.

Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 1 W/Day 60 145.00 8,700.00 4,350.00 3,480.00 870.00

Office Supplies 1 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 800.00 200.00

Sub-Outcome 1.2:NDA ‘No Objection’ procedure for funding proposals and PPF applications

Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 1 W/Day 60 145.00 8,700.00 8,700.00 4,350.00 3,480.00 870.00

Sub-Outcome 1.3:Bilateral agreements on privileges and immunities Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 4 W/Day 60 145.00 8,700.00 8,700.00 4,350.00 3,480.00 870.00

Sub-Outcome 1.5:Coordination mechanism between NDA and NDE for the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism and other climate finance focal points

Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 5 W/Day 120 145.00 17,400.00 17,400.00 8,700.00 6,960.00 1,740.00

Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 1 W/Day 120 145.00 17,400.00 17,400.00 8,700.00 6,960.00 1,740.00

Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 3 W/Day 120 145.00 17,400.00 8,700.00 6,960.00 1,740.00

Workshop/Training No. Workshops 3 5,000.00 15,000.00 7,500.00 6,000.00 1,500.00

Workshop/Training subnational No. Workshops 5 4,500.00 22,500.00 11,250.00 9,000.00 2,250.00

Workshop/Training Annual Climate Finance Event No. Workshops 1 5,000.00 5,000.00 2,500.00 2,000.00 500.00


Audio Visual & Printing 1 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 4,000.00 1,000.00

Professional Services – Companies/Firm Consultancies 1 30,000.00 30,000.00 15,000.00 12,000.00 3,000.00

Workshop/Training No. Workshops 3 3,000.00 9,000.00 4,500.00 3,600.00 900.00




Sub-Outcome 3.1:Direct Access Entity’s (DAE) Work Programme alignment with Country Programme

21,750.00

OutcomesDisbursement Plan

Budget Categorieschoose from the drop-down list

Unit 6m 24mTotal Budget(per sub-outcome)

36mTotal Budget(per budget category)

Total Budget(per outcome) 12m 30m

Detailed Budget (in US$)

18mUnit Cost# of Unit

45,500.00

10,700.00

Outcome 2:Country Programming process

Sub-Outcome 2.3:Stakeholder engagement consultative processes

Outcome 3:Direct access to climate finance

Sub-Outcome 2.2:Periodic participatory review and updating of the climate finance Country Programme

Sub-Outcome 1.1:NDA/Focal Point leads an effective coordination mechanism

Outcome 1:Institutional capacity and coordination mechanisms strengthened

Sub-Outcome 2.4:Gender issues considered in climate finance programming

Sub-Outcome 4.1:Climate finance strategy

59,900.00

18,700.00

39,000.00

30 450 00

21,750.00

135,000.00


Sub-Outcome 4.2:Project Concept Notes development Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 5 W/Day 120 145.00 17,400.00 17,400.00 8,700.00 6,960.00 1,740.00

Sub-Outcome 4.3:Private sector engagement Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 2 W/Day 60 145.00 8,700.00 8,700.00 4,350.00 3,480.00 870.00

258,800.00 129,400.00 103,520.00 25,880.00 - - -

Administrative Consultant - Individual Month 18 500.00 9,000.00

Audit Fee Lumpsum 2 3,000.00 6,000.00

- do not change the formula do not change the formula

- 15,000.00 19,410.00

- 5.80% 7.50%

Total (per budget category)

6,000.00

9,000.00

10,000.00 Project Management Cost (PMC) 5.8% requested

30,000.00 Contingency requested

Office Supplies 2,000.00

5,000.00

Workshop/Training subnational 22,500.00

Workshop/Training 24,000.00

34,800.00

26,100.00

34,800.00

34,800.00

34,800.00

273,800.00

Breakdown (per budget category)

Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 1


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

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

Total Outcome Budget + PMC

Total Outcome Budget

299,881.00$

276,388.00 Sub-Total (Total Outcome Budget + Contingency + PMC)

2,588.00

15,000.00

Actual amount and % of PMC requested:


Audio Visual & Printing

Workshop/Training Annual Climate Finance Event

FOR GREEN CLIMATE FUND SECRETARIAT'S USE ONLY

FOR GREEN CLIMATE FUND SECRETARIAT'S USE ONLY

Audit Fee

Outcome 4:Climate finance strategies and project pipeline strengthened

Maximum PMC that can be requested:

258,800.00 Total Outcome Budget

23,492.98

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



1%Professional Services – Companies/Firm

Climate finance strategystrengthened

Administrative Consultant - Individual

30,450.00

56,550.00

Budget Note Detailed Description

WorkshopsWorkshops under the Sub-Outcome 2.2 activities are related to the formulation of the participatory process for updating the country program: three national-level workshops (goverment agencies, private sector and academia), five regional workshops during the formulation process and one working session within the annual Climate Finance Event in Colombia.

Workshops/Training Three training workshops under Sub-outcome 2.4 - deliverable 2.4.2, are related to the gender action plan on Climate Finance (dissemination and appropriation).

Consultants individual-experts All experts have a daily rate of USD 145 and 240 work-days. Except for Expert 2 whom activities are estimated in 180 work-days.

Consultants individual-administrative This is a full-time administrative consultant based at Fondo Acción (funded in part with GCF resources)

Audio Visual & PrintingThis budget item refers to activity and deliverable 2.3.2. The visual materials are part of the communication pieces (such as infographics) in digital and physical format to support the stakeholder consultative mechanism implementation. Such informational and awareness-raising materials will be generated on a quarterly base.

Budget CategoriesAudit FeeAdministrative Consultant - IndividualAudio Visual & PrintingProfessional Services – Companies/FirmOffice SuppliesWorkshop/Training Annual Climate Finance EventWorkshop/Training subnationalWorkshop/Training Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 1Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 2Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 3Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 4Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 5

Indicate additional budget categories

5.2 Procurement Plan

Item Estimated Cost (US$)

Office Supplies 2,000.00

Worshop/trainning 51,500.00

Audio Visual & Printing 10,000.00

$ 63,500.00

Professional Services – Companies/Firm 30,000.00

Professional Services – Companies/Firm 10,000.00

Consultant - Individual - Local - Expert 1 34,800.00





$ 205,300.00

30-May-2021Participatory Mechanism support Open tender $30,000 - $40,000 1-Jun-2020

Consultancy Services

Gender Action Plan Formulation - Activity 2.4.1 Open tender $25,000 - $40,000 1-Oct-2020 1-Mar-2021

Open tender $30,000 - $40,000 1-Jun-2020 30-May-2021

Sub-Total (US$)

Item Description Procurement MethodThresholds

(Min-Max monetary value for which indicated procurement method must be used)

Estimated Start Date Projected Contracting Date

Goods and Non-Consulting Services

lounge room, materials and refreshments Open tender

Office Supplies Shopping

Sub-Total (US$)

Climate Change issues Technical support Open tender $30,000 - $40,000 1-Jun-2020 30-May-2021

UNFCCC initiatives focal points coordination mechanism Open tender $30,000 - $40,000 1-Jun-2020 30-May-2021

1-Jun-2020

National Climate Finance Strategy support

Communications materials Direct Procurement

30-May-2021

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.

MOOC Implementation Open tender $10,000 - $20,000 1-Jun-2020 30-May-2021

NDA and Collegiate Body support Open tender $30,000 - $40,000

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