however progress in approving accredited entities to the gcf is relatively slow in may there were accredited entities and the majority of these were international or regional institutions and there are still many countries that need readiness support to assist them with this process by may countries had received readiness support from the gcf gcf b a recent analysis of the lessons learned from direct access to the adaptation fund and the gcf reveals that although the time to get accredited varies widely among the different countries from months for uruguay to months for namibia and kenya however countries report that the process was beneficial in the long run masullo et al development cooperation providers can continue to invest in readiness support for partner countries so that they can access climate finance at scale and use it to implement transformative actions to address climate change and achieve sustainable development