(OECS) Commission for Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia 29 December 2019 | Entity Support & Strategic Frameworks
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with Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission for Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia 29 December 2019 | Entity Support & Strategic Frameworks Programme title: Improving Eastern Caribbean Engagement with the Green Climate Fund OECS Member States Party to the UNFCC and the Paris Agreement: Country: Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NDAs of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, National designated authority: Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis Implementing Institution: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission Date of first submission: 31 October 2017 Date of current submission / 5th December 2019 version number Readiness and Preparatory Support Page 2 of 18 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. 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. Please submit the completed form to: [email protected] Please use the following naming convention for the file name: “GCF Readiness Proposal-[OECS]-[190530]” Readiness and Preparatory Support Page 3 of 18 SUMMARY Country name: Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Grenada and Saint Lucia Readiness and Preparatory Support Page 4 of 18 Name of institution representing NDA or Focal Point: ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Mrs. Dianne Black-Layne Director Department of Environment Ministry of Health & the Environment Botanical Gardens, Factory Road St. John's, Antigua Tel. +1.268.462.4625 or +1.268.562.2568 E-mail: [email protected] SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS Ms. Lavern Queeley Senior Director Department of Economic Affairs and PSIP Ministry of Sustainable Development Bladen's Commercial Development Wellington Road Tel: 869-467-1255 Country Fax: 869-466-7398 submitting the proposal Email: [email protected] DOMINICA Mr. Samuel Carrette Chief Development Planner Ministry of Finance E-mail: [email protected] GRENADA Ms. Isha Abraham Deputy Permanent Secretary Department of Economic & Technical Cooperation Ministry of Finance, Planning, Economic Development & Physical Development Financial Complex, Carenage St. Georges, Grenada E-mail: [email protected] SAINT LUCIA Mr. Claudius Emmanuel Permanent Secretary Department of Economic Development, Transport and Civil Aviation Readiness and Preparatory Support Page 5 of 18 Finance Administrative Centre Pointe Seraphine, Castries Saint Lucia E-mail: [email protected] Date of initial 31 October 2017 submission Last date of 12 November 2019 Version number V.## resubmission ☐ National designated authority ☐ Accredited entity ☒ Delivery partner Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Mr. Chamberlain Emmanuel Which institution Head, Environmental Sustainability will implement the Cluster Readiness and Telephone number: 758-455-6300/6327 Preparatory Support project? Email: [email protected] Full office address: P. O. Box 179 Morne Fortune Castries SAINT LUCIA Title of the Readiness Improving Eastern Caribbean engagement with the Green Climate Fund support proposal Please select the relevant GCF Readiness activity area below (click on the box): ☒ I. Country capacity for engagement with GCF Type of ☐ II. Country programming process Readiness ☒ III. Direct access to climate finance support sought ☐ IV. Climate finance accessed ☐ V. Formulation of national adaptation planning and/or other adaptation planning processes Readiness and Preparatory Support Page 6 of 18 The six Member States of the OECS which are party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (PA) are at various stages in their GCF respective readiness processes. Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada and Dominica have already secured GCF funding for concrete project activities through the project “Integrated physical adaptation and community resilience through an enhanced direct access pilot in the public, private, and civil society sectors of three Eastern Caribbean small island developing states”. Nevertheless, the Member States face some common challenges, including with regard to project development, data and information and public-private engagement as well as inclusion of women. The OECS Commission is seeking to support all of these Member States in accessing the Green Climate Fund, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and St, Vincent and the Grenadines. This request will begin to address some of the issues pertaining to project development; data and information Brief summary of gaps; public-private engagement; facilitate and support the participation of non-state the request stakeholders in project identification and development and address previously-identified fiduciary and related gaps within the Commission. We will therefore be working with entities including government ministries, non-governmental organisations, private sector, among others. This request is particularly timely, given that countries are in the process of trying to mobilise resources to implement their respective NDCs and have recognised the need to engage the private sector and civil society. Member States are also in the process of reviewing and updating their NDCs and this initiative is well timed to realise synergies with the updated NDCs. Successfully realising the key deliverables under this request will enable Member States to more effectively identify and include private sector considerations and adaptation synergies into their GCF proposals thereby making these proposals more robust, while also laying the groundwork for enhanced implementation, monitoring and reporting. Total requested USD $493,880 Anticipated duration 18 months amount and currency Readiness and Preparatory Support Page 7 of 18 ☒ Yes ☐ No The OECS Commission has previously received readiness support, through the governments of Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada and Saint Lucia to pursue accreditation as an accredited entity. The Commission has also received additional funding from these governments to identify gaps Environmental and Social Safeguards and Gender policies Has the country received or is expecting to (ESS and Gender). The OECS Member States who will receive other Readiness and Preparatory benefit from this readiness, have also received national level Support funding allocations (including adaptation planning) from GCF or other readiness support to commence the process of addressing donors? some of the barriers to successful implementation of GCF funded activities. Specifically, for Saint Lucia, its initial readiness seeks to strengthen the institutional arrangements in Saint Lucia to ensure the efficient, effective and transparent use of climate finance leading to concrete adaptation and mitigation interventions that can lead to transformative and impactful results. This readiness will also build on the readiness work in Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In all the countries, this readiness will also build on the work currently being undertaken by Jamaica laying the foundation for engaging the private sector in adaptation and mitigation activities and accessing climate finance. BACKGROUND The OECS Commission is endeavouring to support Member States in their efforts to access GCF finance by strengthening the ability of the OECS Commission to support countries. The 4th Council of Ministers on Environmental Sustainability (COMES4, 2017), inter alia: “encouraged Member States, in collaboration with the OECS Commission, to explore opportunities for formulating an integrated OECS climate finance strategy and the establishment of a regional framework for Climate financing...”