Readiness Guinea-Bissau

Status

Closed

Duration of the project

18 months (August 2019 - February 2021)

Themes

Climate Finance 

Total budget

Beneficiaries
  • Ministries (Foreign Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Development, Economy and Finance, Energy, Environment, Industry, Public Health, etc.);
  • Technical services and national institutions involved in the mobilization of resources for the climate;
  • Private sector ;
  • Civil society and NGOs.
Countries concerned
Guinea-Bissau

Preparing Guinea-Bissau for Climate Finance and establishing the National Designated Authority - Readiness Program of the Green Climate Fund (GCF)

The Guinea-Bissau Readiness Project aims to provide the country with the essential tools to access climate finance more effectively. The initiative rests on two key pillars: developing a Country Program, conceived through a participatory process, which establishes a national framework for addressing the adverse impacts of climate change while aligning with the GCF requirements and establishing a National Designated Authority (NDA), tasked with coordinating relations with the Green Climate Fund and ensuring coherence in the country’s climate finance agenda.

By advancing these priorities, the project builds Guinea-Bissau’s institutional and technical capacities, enabling national institutions to meet their commitments to the GCF with greater efficiency. It also fosters deeper involvement of the stakeholders in the mobilization of climate finance and brings the private sector to the forefront, encouraging its participation in climate-smart investments and expanding its access to international resources.

The program seeks to build a stronger national system for climate finance, improved collaboration between public and private actors, and expanded access to GCF resources through accredited national entities. Collectively, these achievements provide Guinea-Bissau with a more inclusive and resilient climate finance framework, supporting both national adaptation and sustainable development goals.


 

Financial partners
  • Green Climate Fund - GCF
Technical partners
  • Ministry of the Environment and Biodiversity - Guinea-Bissau
Key Achievements
  • Establishment of a National Management Unit to support the GCF national focal point and build its capacities;
  • Establishment of the National Designated Authority (NDA) including the representatives of Ministries (Economy and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Energy, Industry, Agriculture and Rural Development, Public Health, Environment, etc.), the private sector, civil society and NGOs whose mission is to support the efforts made by the national focal point with the GCF;
  • Development of a tool for monitoring climate-related financial flows in Guinea-Bissau;
  • Development of a communication strategy and plan to ensure the dissemination of the project and GCF activities in Guinea Bissau and alert the different categories of stakeholders;
  • Development of an exchange platform;
  • Development of a country program to identify the priority sectors and projects/programs in Guinea-Bissau;
  • Establishment of a non-objection procedure for the evaluation of the submitted projects/programs;
  • Preparation of a gender study;
  • Organization of a first workshop in Bissau, for the establishment of a National Designated Authority (NDA) and for the validation of the communication strategy.
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