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Rwanda Climate Resilient Green Cities (1) The government of Rwanda, in its national plan, the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDRPS2), has identified urbanization as a key element to grow the economy. The challenge with this ambition is that Rwanda is approximately 18% urbanized, which is one of the lowest in Africa. However, the current average growth rate of the urban population is 4.5%, which is far above the global average of 1.8%. This growth is largely concentrated in the capital city of Kigali, with an annual population growth rate of 9%. In order to better distribute economic growth across the country and accomplish the national urbanization target of 35% by 2020, the Government of Rwanda has identified six secondary cities (Huye, Muhanga, Nyagatare, Rubavu, Musanze and Rusizi) that would serve as green growth poles. GGGI, in 2015, developed a National Roadmap for Developing Green Secondary Cities which was endorsed and adopted by the government in 2016. The next stage of the National Roadmap has started with assistance to the government to develop the enablers of green urbanization through policy guidelines and actions to support implementation. Contribute to green urbanization implementation through integrated planning, financing of pilot projects, and institutional strengthening.
Advancing ASEAN-Korean cooperation in Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management (IMSWM) for Environmentally Sustainable Cities This proposed project will support ASEAN Member States (AMS) in moving towards a model of resource efficient, circular society with enhanced national and local capacity to implement integrated solid waste management (ISWM) practices and catalytic waste investment projects by 2025. Through adapting experiences and learning of the Republic of Korea in integrated municipal solid waste management (IMSWM) at national and local level, the project will help AMS and Korea to jointly find appropriate solutions for the regional challenge of IMSWM.  

It will help realize the vision of ASEAN Community 2025 and implement ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025 towards environmentally sustainable cities through (i) enhanced participatory and integrated approaches for sustainable urban planning and management; and (ii) strengthened coordination among relevant sectors for access to clean environment; as well as capacity enhancement to implement sound waste management and energy efficiency for sustainable consumption and production. It supports the AMS’ commitment to SDG 11, making cities sustainable through IMSWM and provide green jobs in the waste and associated sectors. This also supports the ASEAN Vision 2040’s ambition to “embrace new technologies and best-practice policies to achieve a resilient and energy-secure Sustainable ASEAN”. The project supports ASEAN Member States (AMS) in adopting a more sustainable waste management models in line with the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025 (ASCB 2025) and identify the key strategic interventions required towards achieving the ASEAN Vision 2040 for Sustainable Urban Development.   

The project will directly contribute to the ASEAN Vision 2040 and the ASCC Blueprint 2025 in particular to the SCP objective by enhancing the capacity of relevant stakeholders to implement sound waste management. The project will help realize the objectives of responding effectively to the negative effects of the rapid urbanization of the region and provide adequate and sustainable urban infrastructure under the ASEAN Sustainable Urbanization Strategy. This project facilitates AMS to move towards a model of resource efficient and circular society. It facilitates enhanced national and local capacity to implement integrated solid waste management (ISWM) practices and develop catalytic waste investment projects by 2025. The ISWM projects being developed under the project would contribute to reduced / avoided carbon and methane emissions (about 6 mtCO2eq), creating green jobs (about 1300) and roughly 4 million citizens of AMS eventually benefitting from improved access to solid waste management services.
Accelerating Innovations for Energy Efficiency Initiative Accelerating Innovations for Energy Efficiency Initiative
Low carbon vehicles for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The BRT B2 network is developing along a North/South axis crossing Addis Ababa. The BRT line breaks down into five main sequences defined according to their specificities and the types of work on the section. It is proposed that in addition to the basic BRT service which will operate wholly within the exclusive busway, there should be three direct services that will operate partly on the busway and partly in mixed traffic on ordinary roads. It is important that the services are properly integrated, with regular headways on both individual services and on the combined service on each section of the busway, and with compatibility of vehicle types. According to AFD’s Operation Plan Note for the BRT B2 line, it is shown that there are two type of bus operation plans. Based on two possible operation scenarios, GGGI and AFD agreed that GGGI would undertake a pre-feasibility study to assess the financial and environmental opportunity of shifting the baseline choice of vehicles from diesel Euro IV emissions standard to electric buses. The overall objective of this project is to inform the GoE on the opportunity of greening the domestic public transport sector through introducing low carbon buses in the upcoming Bus Rapid Transit system. The scope of work encompasses stakeholders’ engagement activities, data collection, the design of a pre-feasibility study and the restitution of the study to stakeholders. The study will mainly consist of an investment comparison of the incremental costs and benefits of different low carbon vehicles options with the purpose of assessing their financial and economic attractiveness compared to the baseline choice, namely diesel fuelled 18-meter articulated buses. Attractiveness will be measured through indicators such as Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return. Financial assessment will focus on capital and operating expenses/savings. Economic assessment will take into account environmental and social costs and benefits
WGEO - Smart City Investment Project This project is aligned with IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies, IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments. 
The project will focus on the production of up to 20 bankable grant proposals per year (project concepts, offering two stages – entry point level that is easy to join, and follow up level that is longer term) for innovative green economy and green growth projects to be jointly implemented through the WGEO-GGGI networks at the national level, with each project starting with the requested budget of USD 300,000 (Three hundred thousand USD). 
This portfolio of proposals will then be systematically promoted by the WGEO, through ongoing resource mobilization campaigns, organization of regular pledging conferences, introduction of innovative approaches to resource mobilization such as wealthy individuals clubs, green economy innovation labs, etc., with a view of mobilizing resources from its external partners, including IFIs, technical cooperation agencies of the participating countries, ESG-compliant corporate entities, other bilateral and multilateral donors, to be contributed through the WGEO trust funds towards the implementation of these grant-supported projects. The ultimate goal of these grant-supported projects will be to pave the way for the promotion of green investment in the most strategically promising smart green city infrastructure development projects from within the portfolio developed by GGGI. In doing so, priority will be given to projects that already possess the majority of required feasibility studies, that are endorsed by respective national governments and are enshrined in national development plans, and thus could be qualified as solid project pipelines. Third party investors will be invited to join the projects in response to inviting/attractive conditions created in potential host countries, including various types of concessions, tax vacations, investment guarantee schemes, and local-co-investors.
Smart and Electric Public Transport Services for low-carbon city development in Rwanda The Project aims to improve public mobility through facilitating the adoption of sustainable public transport services including E-buses and Bus Information and Management System (BIMS) in Kigali City. A.     Investment in smart public transport systems including Intelligent Transport System (ITS), Bus Management System (BMS) and Bus Information system (BIS)- includes the development of ITS and transport management center, aiming to enhance public transport services and improve potential passenger’s reliability.

B.      Investment in e-public mobility and other supporting facilities- includes operation of modes onto low carbon and smart transport modes to reduce economic cost and emissions intensity of urban transport.

C.     Capacity-building – includes analytics, policy advise, knowledge sharing of related/applicable GGGI project.
Provincial sanitation Request by Gret to join a bid on an RFP from AFD relating to provincial sanitation
MRV projects An accurate and precise Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas emissions system is fundamental to the post-2020 transparency. This is especially the case since all countries – both developed and developing - are expected to regularly report on their GHG inventories and NDC implementation and achievement progress under the new climate regime based on the Paris Agreement. Strong emphasis to realize transparency in tackling climate change at a global scale presents a daunting challenge especially to most of the non-Annex 1 countries with limited experience in carbon measurement and reporting. Planning and operationalizing a full MRV scheme requires not only political commitment but also technical expertise, sufficient time and financial resources. GGGI’s MRV program is designed to support national and/or city level MRV scheme establishment and strengthen the MRV capacities of at least eight countries during the 2017-2018 biennium. GGGI will also develop a sector-specific MRV guideline for the implementation of a transparency mechanism. Governments are better informed on how to establish effective MRV systems and practices to plan and track NDC progress.
Redesign of the scrapping and renewal premium program for the vehicle fleet in Morocco Recognizing that the dilapidated fleet hinders the improvement of the road transport sector, the Moroccan government started the vehicle renewal program in 2006 to modernize vehicles. The program provides incentives to encourage vehicle owners to replace their old vehicles with new ones. After the initial trial period of two years, the program was renewed in 2008, 2011, and 2014, targeting mainly freight vehicles. Incentives for scrapping old vehicles were added to the program in 2014.

 For the 2018-2020 period, the coverage of the program is extended to include group transport vehicles (excluding taxis and public buses), transport vehicles in rural areas, breakdown and rescue vehicles, and vehicles for driving school. However, it should be noted that the Ministry of Interior and METLE are currently in discussions over the potential inclusion of taxis for this program. The program now targets the renewal of 8,927 vehicles among 29,757 vehicles over 20 years old with an annual budget ceiling of 150 million dirhams.

Not surprisingly the continuation of the 2018-2020 phase was put on hold until the program could be fully redesigned to ensure its effectiveness and sustainability by balancing stakeholder, economic, social, and environmental interests, despite a vested buy-in of the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, and Logistics and Water (METLE) for the program. At the request of the Department of Road Transport and Road Security (DTRSR) of METLE, GGGI aims to support the redesign of the vehicle renewal and scrapping program through:

·       A detailed study on the program’s scope and outcomes from its inception in 2006 to the current phase;

·       Assessment of why previous program phases did not produce better results (e.g. insufficient incentives, inefficient process, target beneficiary’s lack of access to capital, lack of awareness) based on documentation from a series of ongoing discussions between the target beneficiaries and METLE;

·       Recommendations on how to adjust the program to facilitate implementation by improving alignment between the government’s objectives and target beneficiaries’ interests;

·       Identification of options to sustainably finance the program including improvement of target beneficiaries’ access to financing operators in order to accelerate program implementation.
BioCNG Programme - Thailand GGGI’s Biological Compressed Natural Gas (BioCNG) program will support target countries/ governments to develop a vibrant BioCNG market (robust demand and supply) with an ecosystem of service and technology providers. The program will focus on three waste streams namely, organic municipal solid waste, wastewater/sewage, and agricultural waste. This will be achieved through technical assistance to create an enabling business environment for the BioCNG market, reduce barriers to the recovery and use of BioCNG, and support environmentally-sustainable and commercially-scalable business models that are targeted for the local conditions. The program will focus on Indonesia, India, and Thailand, each with high BioCNG potential and rapidly growing markets to utilize BioCNG as fuel with an initial duration of two years (2021-2022). The proposed multi country intervention on BioCNG will enable inclusive development with indigenous clean energy development with opportunities for learning across three countries.
Integrating Conflict Sensitivity in GGGI Environmental organisations (such as GGGI) grapple with conflict issues and face risks to their staff, partners and communities with which they work. In a world where biodiversity and fragility hotspots increasingly overlap, conflict-sensitive approaches can be a game-changer to achieve environmental objectives in conflict contexts. They can help organisations pursue their mission while not inadvertently fuelling tensions and can also strengthen contributions to social cohesion and peace.

Selected applicants will receive our process accompaniment and a small grant of up to 45,000 CHF to cover external expertise and process costs (for example for meetings, travel, communication). Support may cover various aspects of conflict sensitivity integration, including but not limited to: building staff and partners’ skills on dealing with conflict; piloting new approaches at programme level, notably on stakeholders’ engagement or how to conduct and use conflict analysis; bringing a conflict lens into organisational policies and frameworks, such as environmental and social safeguards; developing guidance and support mechanisms for field teams dealing with conflict; securing resources for environmental peacebuilding work. One phase of support lasts about one year. We typically provide our partners with up to two follow-on phases, pending progress.
Mobilizing the Vanuatu Private Sector Towards Climate Change Action Initiated by the VBRC of the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Climate Change, aims to support the enabling of private sector participation in pursuit of Vanuatu’s long-term CCDRR and climate finance goals. Moreover, the GCF-Vanuatu Country Programme includes private sector as a vital group which will enable a paradigm shift and Vanuatu aims to engage strongly with the private sector on climate change, leverage private sector expertise and resources as well as develop strong public private partnerships. To improve VBRC's institutional capacity, enhance access to climate finance through information dissemination, provide trainings for project preparation, development of project pipeline and facilitation of resilience building trainings for local business and industry. A focus will be placed on fostering an enabling environment for increased private sector investment, such as promoting opportunities for new Public-Private Partnerships with a particular focus on tourism and agriculture but also including other sectors which need to adapt or could contribute to mitigation (e.g. water, forestry, infrastructure).
Technical Advisory for the East Africa Community the NDC Partnership has approached GGGI if we would be interested to support the EAC with TA with a fixed budget of 250,000 USD specifically focused on NDC implementation and Climate Finance.

 

As with the previous NDC-P opportunity we know we can also indicate what we can't do for this amount they offer. So for example delivery 5 might be a bit enthusiastic without funding for (pre)feasibilities and workshops can be organised but travel budgets are (of course) excluded.
BioCNG Programme - India GGGI’s Biological Compressed Natural Gas (BioCNG) program is supporting national and sub-national governments in India to develop a vibrant BioCNG market (robust demand and supply) with an ecosystem of service and technology providers. The program has focused on three waste streams namely, organic municipal solid waste, wastewater/sewage, and agricultural waste. This will be achieved through technical assistance to create an enabling business environment for the BioCNG market, reduce barriers to the recovery and use of BioCNG, and support environmentally sustainable and commercially scalable business models are targeted for the local conditions. The objective of the project is to promote energy security & environment sustainability and to create an enabling ecosystem for BioCNG in India.
Assessment of Green City Kigali (GCK) project business and delivery models The Government of Rwanda(GoR) plans to develop Green City Kigali (GCK) project on a 600 Ha. Kinyinya hill as a model of green urbanization in Rwanda linking green affordable housing with climate change adaptation and mitigation measures to set a standard for sustainable urban development in Rwanda. They would like to begin this by developing a pilot project of 16 Ha. To support FONERWA, KfW and GCKJC board to make an informed decision on the most optimum business and delivery model for GC
Ecosystem-based approach for cliamte change adaptation and community resilience through NbS GGGI will deliver a climate smart agriculture-focused component in Kiribati's outer-islands as part of an IUCN program funded by GEF.  

IUCN is developing a GEF proposal titled Securing Kiribati’s Natural Heritage: Protected Areas for Community, Atoll and Island Climate Resilience. The proposal is for a 5-year, USD 11,000,000 project to be delivered in 5 outer-islands.  The proposal consists of 4 core components; IUCN has approached GGGI to deliver Component 3, "Ecosystem-based approach for climate change adaptation (CCA) and community resilience through Nature-based Solutions (NbS)".  IUCN has indicated the GGGI could be allocated up to USD 2,000,000 to deliver component 3, which was developed with inputs from GGGI. Outputs to be delivered include:

- Island-level Nature-based Solutions sustainability plans developed and implemented

- Ecosystem-based adaptation and climate-SMART agriculture and aquaculture livelihood options are identified and adopted
Women in Sustainable Tourism Entrepreneurship Programm There is an EOI currently out from SPC/Pacific Women Lead with a deadline for EOI of 6th December 2022. https://hrsd.spc.int/node/1022 The grant is maximum of 500k AUD.

Many women are involved in tourism in the Pacific but few feel confident and have access to the training needed to increase their income and become leaders and entrepreneurs in the tourism industry. GGGI would partner with YGAP - the Pacific program lead. See YGAP’s experience in this area here: https://ygap.org/pacificislands/

YHER with Fiji Duavata Collective on Sustainable Tourism already launched a first activity here in Fiji on an accelerator for women in sustainable tourism, and we would build on that to replicate in Fiji and expand to Vanuatu and PNG. The YGAP experience complements our own experience with PGEN very well. The project would cover:

Hiring coordinator in each country
Curriculum development
Residential bootcamp
Leadership training
Entrepreneurship training
tailored mentorship/connections.
Cohort masterclasses/webinars.
Showcase – networking event
We will try to run 2 cohorts in these 3 countries over the project period training 90 entrepreneurs in total.
Readiness Support for Strategic Climate Finance in Guyana The proposed Readiness project aims to increase the capacity of Guyana to strategically manage climate finance flow from international and national sources including from the private sector, by supporting: - the development of a National Climate Finance Strategy for an effective and efficient climate finance architecture to support NDC, GSDS and National Climate Change Policy implementation; - the building capacity in financial instruments for NDA, National Climate Change Committee, potential national DAEs, banking institutions, government agencies as well as private sector; - the improvement of National GHGs monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system under the enhanced transparency framework of the Paris Agreement to increase the capacity and coordination between ministries and agencies to gather emission activity data and achieve and track NDC targets in line with implementation of GSDS and National Climate Change Policy; - the development of project pipeline and project/program concept notes for submission to GCF for the Municipality of Bartica and selected cities/towns using the findings of the energy audit implemented by the OCC and the assessments on project potential in consultations with OCC and key stakeholders. The main objective is that the Government of Guyana and relevant stakeholders have the capacity to plan, develop, finance and implement climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, and ultimately will be on track to achieve its revised NDC targets.
Global Program - Renewable Energy Auction Global Program - Renewable Energy Auction Global Program - Renewable Energy Auction
Subnational Green Recovery in Mexico Support one subnational State of Mexico implement GGGI’s green recovery recommendations through
a) the development of insight brief including the socio-economic impacts assessment of 1 to 2 shortlisted activities/projects (i.e. employment potential and co-benefits) and

b) the develop a green investment plan for those projects. Green jobs, GHG mitigation and enhanced access to sustainable services (SOs 1-3)
Green Agenda Policy Advisory The project aims to assess the effectiveness of Green Agenda initiatives to identify high-impact projects and address implementation gaps going forward. The project will entail comprehensive stocktaking of relevant Green Agenda programs and projects at the federal and emirate level, based on which a robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) mechanism will be developed to track progress. The project aims to assess the effectiveness of Green Agenda initiatives to identify high-impact projects and address implementation gaps.