Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-12-20
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 71314000: Energy and related services
Submission deadline: 2023-01-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This Readiness project is part of an ongoing effort to further the complementarity and coherence between the Adaptation Fund (AF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) through the Community of Practice for Direct Access Entities (CPDAE).
The AF and the GCF have been promoting Direct Access Modality as a best practice approach to enhance country ownership of climate projects and ensure that developing countries remain in the driving seat of climate finance. In that regard, the AF"s National Implementing Entities (NIEs) and the GCF"s Direct Access Entities (DAEs) are important to promote country ownership and understanding national priorities and contributions towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways.
Moreover, the GCF and AF secretariats have jointly agreed to support NIEs and DAEs to increase their effectiveness in accessing climate finance resources and develop and implement adaptation and mitigation projects and programs by providing an avenue for knowledge exchange, learning and experience sharing, collaboration and peer-to-peer support through the CPDAE. As one of the key activities under the Knowledge Management & Capacity Building pillar of the 2019-2021 Climate Funds Collaboration Roadmap, the CPDAE Readiness was recognized as an important milestone delivering climate action through DAEs. Supporting the CPDAE initiative is also part of broader efforts to enhance the complementarity and coherence between the GCF and the AF.
The CPDAE, a network composed of NIEs and DAEs, led and driven by its own members with an elected committee that coordinates its work, has made significant efforts in structuring its governance framework since its creation in 2019.
These efforts include the establishment of its first elected committee; the adoption of a Charter of Governance as part of its governance framework, laying down initial ground rules and expectations, defining the purpose of the CPDAE"s existence, providing a first glance of the roles and responsibilities of different actors (CPDAE committee, CPDAE members, Funders (GCF, AF)); and the development of an Action Plan.
Nevertheless, the CPDAE is still at an early stage and there are several gaps that hinder its full operationalization and the optimal performance of its members. These include:
i. Lack of specific features in the existing governance framework and limited communication and outreach mechanisms;
ii. Absence of a strategic framework and implementation roadmaps adapted to each language group from the CPDAE (English, Spanish and French) and a M&E framework;
iii. Lack of appropriate and dedicated materials and platform for knowledge management and lessons sharing within the CPDAE and key stakeholders (NDAs, AF, GCF, other);
iv. Insufficient in-house capacities of the entities for projects design, development, implementation and evaluation, as well as for re-accreditation/accreditation upgrade process;
v. Difficulties for identifying and manage high quality experts to support project design and development.
In that sense, the aim of this Readiness is to strengthen the CPDAE at an institutional level, and the capacity of its members to perform better and access climate finance and develop and implement adaptation and mitigation projects and programs efficiently.
This will be done by strengthening the CPDAE governance framework and communication and outreach mechanisms; building the capacity of CPDAE members on various technical issues that would allow them to address the above-mentioned gaps and deliver on their mandate; and by improving the understanding of CPDAE members of the re-accreditation/accreditation upgrade processes. This Readiness will also support the preparation of a pipeline of projects for CPDAE members and/or the improvement of existing concept notes (CNs), in coordination with their respective NDAs, and the design of adequate knowledge and lesson-sharing materials for CPDAE members to better perform their duties as DAEs and NIEs.
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Adaptation Fund (AF) have been promoting Direct Access Modality as a best practice approach to enhance country ownership of climate projects and ensure that countries, which are most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, remain in the driving seat of climate finance.
In that context, the GCF and AF secretariats have jointly agreed to support Direct Access Entities (DAEs) and National Implementing Entities (NIEs) to increase their effectiveness in accessing climate finance resources and develop and implement adaptation and mitigation projects and programs by providing an avenue for knowledge exchange, learning and experience sharing, collaboration and peer-to-peer support through the Community of Practice for Direct Access Entities (CPDAE). The CPDAE, a network composed of NIEs and DAEs, led and driven by its own members with an elected committee that coordinates its work, has made significant efforts in structuring its governance framework since its creation in 2019.

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