with UNEP for the Republic of Costa Rica 10 October 2018 | Adaptation Planning READINESS AND PREPARATORY SUPPORT PROPOSAL TEMPLATE PAGE 1 OF 50 | Ver. 15 June 2017 Readiness and Preparatory Support Proposal How to complete this document? - A Readiness Guidebook is available to provide information on how to access funding under the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support programme. It should be consulted to assist in the completion of this proposal template. - This document should be completed by National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or focal points with support from their delivery partners where relevant. - Please be concise. If you need to include any additional information, please attach it to the proposal. - Information on the indicative list of activities eligible for readiness and preparatory support and the process for the submission, review and approval of this proposal can be found on pages 11-13 of the guidebook. - For the final version submitted to GCF Secretariat, please delete all instructions indicated in italics in this template and provide information in regular text (not italics). 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]. We will aim to get back to you within 48 hours. - You can also complete as much of this document as you can and then send it to coun- [email protected]. We will get back to you within 5 working days to discuss your submission and the way forward. 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 page 7 of the readiness guidebook for more information. READINESS AND PREPARATORY SUPPORT PROPOSAL TEMPLATE PAGE 2 OF 50 | Ver. 15 June 2017 ACRONYMS AECID Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation AFO Administration and Finance Officer CAF Development Bank of Latin America CENIGA - MINAE National Centre for Geo-Environmental Information – National Ministry of Environment and Energy CIR Regional Intersectoral Committee CNE National Commission for Risk Prevention and Emergency Management COREDES Regional Development Council DCC - MINAE Climate Change Office - National Ministry of Environment and Energy DP Delivery Partner EE Executing Entity GCF Green Climate Fund GDP Gross Domestic Product GEF Global Environment Facility ICT Costa Rican Tourism Institute IFCMDL - UNED Institute for Municipal Capacity and Training and Local Development at Distance State University IMN National Meteorological Institute INEC National Institute of Statistics and Censuses INVU National Institute of Housing and Urbanism LDC Least Developed Country LDCF Least Developed Countries Fund MAG Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock MIDEPLAN Ministry of Planning and Economic Policy MINAE National Ministry of Environment and Energy MOPT Ministry of Public Works and Transportation NAP National Adaptation Plan NAPGSP National Adaptation Plan Global Support Programme NDA National Designated Authority PC Project Coordinator PM Technical Advisor/consultant PMC Project Management Costs PMU Project Management Unit PSC Project Steering Committee REGATTA Regional Getaway for Technology Transfer and Climate Change Action for Latin America and the Caribbean ROLAC Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, UN Environment SETENA National Environmental Technical Secretariat SINAC National System of Conservation Areas SINAMECC National System of Climate Change Metrics UN Environment United Nations Environment Programme UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNGL National Union of Local Governments VA vulnerability assessment READINESS AND PREPARATORY SUPPORT PROPOSAL TEMPLATE PAGE 3 OF 50 | Ver. 15 June 2017 SECTION 1: SUMMARY Country name: Costa Rica Name of institution representing National Designated Authority (NDA) or Focal Point: National Min- istry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) 1. Country submitting Name of NDA/Focal Point: Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Position: Minister the proposal Telephone: +506 2257 5456/2233 4533 ext. 1162 or 1163, Email: [email protected] Full office address: Edificio Vista Palace, Calle 25, Av. 8 - 10; San José, Costa Rica Name of official (secondary contact): Ms. Andrea Meza, Position: Climate Change Director Telephone: +506 2253 4298 / 2253 4295 / 2234 0076 Email: [email protected] Full office address: Blvd Barrio Dent, del restaurant Jürgens, 50 m sur, San José, Costa Rica 2. Date of initial sub- 05/07/2017 mission 3. Last date of resub- 27/08/2018 mission [GCF Secretariat received the latest draft of the proposal on 9 October 2018] National Designated Authority ⌧ Accredited Entity Delivery Partner Name of institution: United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) 4. Which entity will Name of official: Ermira Fida Position: Climate Fund Coordinator implement the Readi- Telephone: +254 (20) 76 23113 (office land line), +254 714 636329 (mobile) Email: [email protected] Full Office address: UN Complex, Nairobi, Kenya ness and Preparatory Support project? Name of official: Leo Heileman Position: Regional Director and Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean Telephone: +507 305-3133 305-3100, Email: [email protected] Full Office address: Clayton, Ciudad del Saber - Avenida Morse, Edificio 103 Corregimiento de Ancón - Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá / Apto. Postal: 0843-03590 5. Title of the Readi- Building sub-national capacities for the implementation of the National Adaptation Plan in Costa ness support pro- Rica posal □ Readiness o Establishing and strengthening national designated authorities or focal points 6. Type of Readi- o Strategic frameworks, including the preparation of country programmes ness support o Support for accreditation and accredited direct access entities sought ⌧ Adaptation Planning Costa Rica has high exposure to extreme hydro-meteorological conditions and water scarcity due to its location in the Central American Isthmus. The country has made progress in the last decade in climate change adaptation planning at the national level. These advances include the National Climate Change Strategy (2009) and its corresponding Action Plan (2012), as well as sectoral vulnerability assessments, which encompass coastal zones, water resources, agriculture and food security, infrastructure, energy, and biodiversity. Although many of these assessments identify pri- orities for adaptation, only the biodiversity sector has developed a planning process to address this objective. The country is currently finishing its National Adaptation Strategy and National Ad- aptation Plan (NAP), as part of its commitments established in the Nationally Determined Prelimi- nary Contribution (2015). The NAP will focus on six priority sectors: infrastructure, primary produc- 7. Brief summary of tive sector, water resources, tourism, health, and biodiversity. Due to country's achievements in the request mitigation, adaptation instruments will consider creating synergies between both in the context of the so-called "climatic action." Despite this progress, as detailed in section 3, Costa Rica urgently need to strengthen planning frameworks and processes at sub-national levels. Current sub-national plans define development goals and regulate productive activities, but do not identify and prioritize concrete adaptation measures and do not address conflicts between adaptation needs of different sectors (e.g., com- petition for water use). The strengthening of the planning frameworks must engage two sub-na- tional and complementary levels: the cantons (municipalities) or basic government units, and the socio-economic regions (comprised by a sets of cantons, see map in annex 3) that provide the framework for development planning. In a country that still has very centralized policy-making, READINESS AND PREPARATORY SUPPORT PROPOSAL TEMPLATE PAGE 4 OF 50 | Ver. 15 June 2017 planning, and budget allocation, the regional-level approach is a necessary bridge between the central government mandates and municipal level implementation. Their respective administrative units are: • Municipal governments (canton level) that are charged with the channeling and regulation of public and sectoral investments and the coordination of risk management actions. Cantonal level has budget. However, in spite of these responsibilities, in practice the municipal government capacities are insufficient to address these tasks properly. • Regional Development Councils (for socioeconomic regions) that link cantonal and national levels and have strong convening power. Even though these councils do not have an execu- tive role, therefore, they lack budget, they promote synergies and identify possible trade-offs and conflicts between sectors and support the definition of central government investments at the local level. The proposed GCF project aims to build sustainable country capacity in identifying, prioritizing, planning and implementing measures that address a diversity of local adaptation needs. The ulti- mate objective of the project is to reduce country´s vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and variability, by building adaptive capacity and resilience through the integration of adaptation into regional and municipal