Application Title Climate Resilient Sustainable Coastal Forestry in Bangladesh Country/ Region Bangladesh Accredited Entity Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) Approval Date 14 June 2019 Project Preparation Facility GREEN CLIMATE FUND | PAGE 1 OF 10 Version 2.0 Notes • The PPF supports the development of projects and programmes and enhance their quality at entry into the Fund’s pipeline. With a view to enhancing the balance and diversity of the project pipeline, the PPF is designed to especially support Direct Access Entities for projects in the micro-to-small size category. International Accredited Entities seeking project preparation support from the PPF are encouraged to do so especially for LDCs, SIDS and African countries where no Direct Access Entity is accredited. All Accredited Entities are encouraged to articulate counterpart support for project preparation within their requests for support from the PPF. • A PPF submission should include below documents: 1. PPF request (this form) 2. PPF No-Objection letter1 3. Concept Note • Please copy the National Designated Authority (ies) when submitting this PPF request. • Requests for support from the PPF should be submitted at the same time or following submission of a GCF Concept Note for a project or programme. • Further information on GCF PPF can be found on GCF website Project Preparation Facility Guidelines. 1Please note that the PPF No-Objection Letter is different from the Funding Proposal No-Objection Letter. PPF No-Objection Letter template can be downloaded from here. Project Preparation Facility GREEN CLIMATE FUND | PAGE 2 OF 10 Version 2.0 A. Executive Summary Name: M.Mosleh Uddin Position: Unit Head-GCF Accredited Entity Email: [email protected]:+8801615973097 & +880-996-6743265 (EXT 295) (AE) Full Office address:UTC Building, 16th Floor,8 Panthapath, Kawran Bazar, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh Yes ☒ No ☐ Has a Concept Note2 If yes, please indicate Has a No-Objection ☒ ☐ been submitted in Project/Programme title: Letter3 been submitted for Yes No association with this Climate Resilient this request for support request for support Sustainable Coastal from the PPF? (Please note that a PPF No- Objection Letter is a from the PPF? Forestry in Bangladesh requirement for the submission of this request) Total cost of Project Preparation activities: US 353,040.00 $ Total Cost Amount requested from the PPF: US 337,740.00 $ Counterpart funding from the AE: US 15,300.00 $ Anticipated Duration Number of months to implement the Project Preparation activities:06 Months (Please provide a maximum 200 words brief description of the Project Preparation activities to develop the Concept Note into a Funding Proposal with support from the GCF’s Project Preparation Facility.) The objective of the Project entitled, “Climate Resilient Sustainable Coastal Forestry in Bangladesh” is to reduce forest degradation and increase forest coverage through participatory planning/monitoring to contribute in building the long-term climate resilience of selected communities in coastal areas of Bangladesh. The coast of Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters like cyclones, storm surges, tidal floods, river erosion and salinity intrusion. The project will promote climate resilient livelihood activities in targeted areas by following a conservation-linked value chain approach. This is expected to improve and diversify non-forest-based livelihood opportunities of poor forest-dependent households in selected communities and thus safeguard the forest and ensure sustainability of the project. Summary of the PPF support from GCF is needed to conduct the following studies, which will help identify request for Project available information and fill information gaps to develop a full funding proposal. The results Preparation support will be included in the final proposal which will then be sent to the Board for funding. 1. Feasibility studies: A thorough and comprehensive feasibility assessment and analysis must be undertaken to ensure a successful implementation of potential investments. The main proposed activities include: collection of baseline data, identification of specific target areas, stakeholder consultation, studying the proposed project outcomes and outputs to address the baseline situation, and market and value chain identification for economic analysis. These activities are essential to identify potential risks and ensure financial viability of investments in the context of man-made mangrove forests and coastal areas in Bangladesh. 2. Environmental, Social and Gender studies: An Environmental, Social and Gender assessment will be developed to ensure that the programme is implemented in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner and in full compliance with the environmental and social policies and regulations of both the GCF and the Bangladesh Government. This will include preparing the environmental and social impact assessment for the project and establishing an overall social and environmental management 2 See here to download the Concept Note template. 3Template for PPF No-Objection Letter can be downloaded here. Project Preparation Facility GREEN CLIMATE FUND | PAGE 3 OF 10 Version 2.0 framework. A gender analysis and action plan will also be developed to mainstream gender consideration into the funding proposal and into overall project implementation. The objective is to ensure that women, children and the most vulnerable populations duly benefit from the implementation of this project both in short- and long- run. These activities are needed to determine the project strategy, priorities, key partners, and key barriers to success. 3. Risk assessments: This task will undertake a risk assessment for the project and how these can be mitigated and managed. The assessment will include social, environmental, operational, financial risk assessment and suggestion of risk mitigation measures. It is needed to define all relevant aspects of the project justification and conduct risk analysis. The risk assessment will quantify hazard, exposure and vulnerability and propose different measures to achieve predefined objective in terms of risk reduction, with respect to their costs. 4. Identification of project-level indicators: This task will include identification & measurement of GCF core indicators relevant to the project, and formulation of a methodology to be used for calculating this core indicators. The indicators will be manageable and realistic bearing in mind the scope and timeframe for the project and associated data collection. This is needed to clearly identify project interventions boundaries and scope, justify project duration and size, to clearly access paradigm/transformational shift potential, sustainable development potential, and efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed project. These activities will help collection of information and data which will help to appraise the project in a better way. The above-mentioned studies and cross-checking of information with the authorities of the country is essential for the successful implementation of proposed project. B. Description of Project Preparation Activities Month (Please shade the implementation period from the starting month of Outputs and Activities the Output and Activity in the schedule. Please also indicate the (Please select Activity Areas4, activities, and deliverables month of completion of each deliverable with “X” in the as needed) corresponding cell) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Activity and deliverable 1: PPF activity area: Pre-feasibility, feasibility studies and project design The following activities, minimum but not limited to, will be taken under Activity & deliverables 01: a. Feasibility study, where a range of problems will be identified through investigation and rapid risk assessment exercises in the coastal zone and a wide range of options will be identified for solution. Existing plan, national policy documents, guidelines and data from ongoing and previous projects, studies, feasibility 4The PPF can provide support within the following project preparation activity areas: i. Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies ii. Environmental, social and gender studies iii. Risk Assessments iv. Identification of programme and project level indicators Other activities of direct relevance for Direct Access Entities that the PPF can support are as follows: v. Pre-contract services, including the revision of tender documents vi. Advisory services and/or other services to financially structure a proposed activity vii. Other project preparation activities, where necessary, and with sufficient justification Project Preparation Facility GREEN CLIMATE FUND | PAGE 4 OF 10 Version 2.0 assessments, etc. relevant to the assignment will be collected and catalogued during the background study to establish a comprehensive baseline. b. Stakeholder consultations at national and project level implementation including coastal communities. Develop the multi-stakeholder engagement plan and the consultations that will be conducted. Key stakeholders who need to be consulted during feasibility study should include : Communities or populations who will be directed impacted from the programme, community leaders, government organizations (national and local, government organizations), private sectors, civil society organizations (CSOs), academics or researchers, NGOs, employees, workers, subcontractors, LFIs, suppliers, consultants, Ministry of Environment