with the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia for the Republic of Namibia

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1 with the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia for the Republic of Namibia 28 September 2017 NDA Strengthening, Country Programming & Entity Support

2 PAGE 1 OF 15 Ver. 20 March 2017 Readiness and Preparatory Support Proposal How to complete this document? A readiness guidebook is available to provide information on how to access funding under the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support programme. It should be consulted to assist in the completion of this proposal template. This document should be completed by National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or focal points with support from their delivery partners where relevant. Please be concise. If you need to include any additional information, please attach it to the proposal. Information on the indicative list of activities eligible for readiness and preparatory support and the process for the submission, review and approval of this proposal can be found on pages of the guidebook Where to get support? If you are not sure how to complete this document, or require support, please send an e mail to countries@gcfund.org. We will aim to get back to you within 48 hours. You can also complete as much of this document as you can and then send it to countries@gcfund.org. We will get back to you within 5 working days to discuss your submission and 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, in particular to the situation of vulnerable populations, including women and men. Please be specific about proposed actions to address these issues. Consult page 4 of the readiness guidebook for more information.

3 PAGE 2 OF 15 Ver. 20 March 2017 SECTION 1: SUMMARY 1. Country submitting the proposal Country name: Namibia Name of institution (representing National Designated Authority or Focal Point): Ministry of Environment and Tourism Name of official: Mr. Petrus Muteyauli Position: Deputy Director Telephone: / pmuteyauli@yahoo.co.uk Full Office address: P/Bag 13346, Windhoek Philip Trotsky Building Cnr Robert Mugabe & Dr Kenneth Kaunda Street Private Bag Windhoek Namibia Alternate: Mr Paulus Ashili Position: Conservation Scientist paulus.ashili@met.gov.na 2. Date of initial submission 3. Last date of resubmission (if applicable) 4. Which entity will implement the Readiness and Preparatory Support project? (Provide the contact information if entity is different from NDA/focal point) 5. Title of the Readiness and Preparatory Support Proposal 30/04/2017 National Designated Authority Delivery partner Accredited entity Name of institution: Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia Name of official: Mr Benedict Libanda Position: Chief Executive Officer Telephone: blibanda@eifnamibia.com Full Office address: PO Box 28157, Auas Valley, Windhoek, Namibia 2 nd Floor Capital Centre Building Independence Avenue Strengthening National Designated Authorities, Strategic framework for engagement with the Fund and Support of accreditation of local institutions. 6. Brief summary of the request (200 words) The NDA in collaboration with the delivery partner, which is the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF), plans to use the requested grant to fill some of the identified gaps and shortcomings at the NDA which impede the NDA s ability to address the impact of climate change effectively in the country. Three key areas of improvement have been singled out i.e. strengthening of the NDA institutional capacity; develop strategic framework for engagement with the GCF, including the preparation of country programmes; and provision of effective support for accreditation to aspiring national institutions. The human capacity needs of the NDA will be bridged through three national consultants (one senior, two junior with international and local experience of climate finance governance, management and programming preferably with strong GCF knowledge will be hired to support the NDA in executing the activities identified in this proposal.

4 1. Strengthening the National designated Authority (NDA) PAGE 3 OF 15 Ver. 20 March 2017 Strengthen the knowledge and capacity of the NDA s coordination team to fulfil its roles and responsibilities; Develop a Public Awareness Strategy and implementation of elements including development of brochures, publish news articles in different languages and a webpage on GCF operational modalities to be hosted within the Ministry of Environment and Tourism s website; Develop a matrix of criteria that will ensure that projects issued with no objection letters are in line with the country priorities. Coordinate and liaise with other ministries, National Climate Change Committee (NCCC), High Level Cabinet Committee on Climate Change (HCCC) and agencies on key issues relating to the GCF, including consultations on the development of a GCF country programme. The NDA may also add other activities in accordance with the Fund s defined scope of work in the Standardized Package for NDA or Focal Strengthening. Example recruitment of short internships to build local capacity and assist NDA on day to day activities related to GCF. 2. Strategic frameworks for engagement with the Fund, including the preparation of country programmes. Develop priorities with respect to the Green Climate Fund and in consistent with the country s strategies and plans such as the National Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (NCCSAP), INDC s, and the Fund s Initial results management framework; Hold workshops consultations with relevant stakeholder in all the 14 regions including men and women, civil society, indigenous people, academia, private sectors( micro, small and medium enterprises) on GCF related issues; Identify opportunities to engage the private sector enterprises; Identifying how the GCF can build on and upscale the ongoing work of other development partners in the country, and deliver its support in a manner complementary to the efforts of other partners; and Identify the roles of prospective multilateral entities, accredited by the Fund in implementing Namibia s programming priorities. 7. Total requested amount and currency $ 300, Anticipated duration 24 months 9. Is the country receiving other Readiness and Yes No

5 PAGE 4 OF 15 Ver. 20 March 2017 Preparatory Support related to the GCF? Namibia was among the ten countries that received assistance from the Germany Government to prepare and get ready for the GCF and other climate financing windows. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur International (GIZ) and KfW Development Bank in 2014 to implement the programme bilaterally. Within this program GIZ supported the integration of climate change activities in to national planning and budgeting process whilst KfW support was provided for the development of project pipeline. The support under KfW culminated in a long list of 29 projects that to date form the Namibian long list of investment proposals. Of recent, Namibia received financial support from the United Kingdom Government through South South North (SSN), to develop a country strategy to the GCF that will ensure transformative and economy wide project proposals are developed and submitted to the Fund in a coordinated manner. Section 3 provides justification for the requested support and the associated activities. The requested support from GCF is therefore, aimed at upscaling and complementing the support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and support from the United Kingdom Government through SSN.

6 PAGE 5 OF 15 Ver. 20 March 2017 SECTION 2: COUNTRY READINESS LOGICAL FRAMEWORK Please complete the table below, which enables a country to assess its readiness for the GCF and set targets for strengthening its readiness, including proposed outputs and activities to improve the country s readiness. For further guidance on completing the table, please refer to the guidebook Accessing the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. OUTCOMES 1 BASELINE TARGET ACTIVITIES (including key outputs or deliverables where applicable) 1. Country capacity strengthened NDA/focal point lead effective coordination mechanism 1.2 No objection procedure established and implemented 1.3 Bilateral agreements between the country and the GCF executed 1.4 Monitoring, oversight and streamlining of climate finance Develop operational guidelines/ manuals for the functioning of the NDA, including a procedure to establish an effective coordination mechanism including strengthening the knowledge and capacity of the NDA s coordination team to fulfil its roles and responsibilities. Including strengthen the local capacity of the NDA through short term internships for young graduates on GCF operations and country programming. As per establish Namibian empowerment policies a deliberate effort will be made to recruit a balanced team of female and male candidates Develop system for reviewing requests for and issuing of no objection letters Completed activity the Privileges and immunities between GCF and Namibian government has been signed during the 71st United Nations General Assembly, September Formalize interaction and reporting between NDA and Accredited Entities to the GCF and ensure alignment with country systems, including harmonizing other relevant financing mechanisms and institutions working in the country. 2. Stakeholders engaged in consultative processes 2.1 Stakeholders engaged in consultative processes 2.2 Country programmes, including adaptation priorities, developed and continuously updated Conduct a robust and inclusive engagement process that brings together relevant stakeholders in all 14 regions that brings together relevant stakeholders across all levels of governments, local and community based institutions, with specific emphasis on gender and vulnerable communities to identify transformative projects for submission to the GCF Refine the current draft of the country programme strategy (ensuring that the final version is genderresponsive and socially inclusive), including on adaptation and other programming submissions to the GCF. 1 Based on decisions: B.08/10, annexes XII, XIII & XIV; B.08/11; B.11/10, annex I; B.12/20, annex I

7 PAGE 6 OF 15 Ver. 20 March Stakeholder consultations conducted with equal representation of women 2.4 Annual participatory review of GCF portfolio in the country organized Develop guidelines for stakeholder consultation that specifically put emphasis on gender and indigenous communities Facilitate annually a platform to review the country projects portfolio that is funded by the GCF. 3. Direct access realized Candidate entities identified and nominated for accreditation Hold accreditation workshop to create awareness to national entities on accreditation processes. (not part of this application) 3.2 Direct access entity accredited Support EIF to be accredited for on lending and scaling up to category B and small projects. (not part of this application) 3.3 Entity/ies annual/multi annual work programme developed Update the country GCF strategy annually with clear framework of projects to be submitted in near term, medium term and long term. (not part of this application) 3.4 Funding proposals through enhanced direct access modality approved Strengthen the submission of funding proposals submitted through enhanced direct access modalities. (not part of this application) 4. Access to finance Structured dialogue between the NDA/Accredited Entities and the GCF Secretariat organized 4.2 Country programmes, concept notes, including on adaptation, developed that implement highimpact priorities identified in INDCs and other national strategies or plans 4.3 Project/programme preparation support, including for adaptation, to develop funding proposals provided 4.4 Funding proposals, including for adaptation, that are aligned with country priorities approved 5. Private sector mobilization Private sector engaged in country consultative processes With the support of GCF Regional advisor, organize a dialogue annually with national, regional, International accredited entities to create awareness of the Namibia country strategy and opportunities to partner with the GCF on implementation of relevant programmes NDA to ensure that concept notes of high impact projects from the country projects pipeline are developed and submitted through appropriate delivery partner Secure funding from PPF and NAP to develop high impact projects in the priority areas such as water and energy sector NDA to secure the 3 million under NAP to develop transformative adaptation projects that are align to the country developmental plans Develop a mobilization strategy targeting the private sectors to create awareness to access resources under the private sector facility (PSF).

8 PAGE 7 OF 15 Ver. 20 March Enabling environment for crowding in private sector investments at national, regional and international levels exists 5.3 Funding proposals for private sector projects/programmes, including for adaptation, approved Identify barriers to participation of the private sector in country priorities and identify the measures necessary to overcome them Continue with the identification of projects for private sectors (including MSMES, esp women led/owned MSMEs) e.g. renewable energy. Support private sector institutions to be accredited and submit transformative projects. 5.4 Funding proposals under the Support the participation of local private sector to submit proposals through PSF. Private Sector Facility programmes (small and medium sized enterprises and mobilizing funds at scale) submitted and approved TOTAL

9 PAGE 8 OF 15 Ver. 20 March 2017 SECTION 3: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Please explain how this grant will help deliver on the country s readiness needs as identified above and build on institutions, processes or existing work already underway in the country (maximum 500 words) Namibia being one of the driest countries south of the Sahara, the government of the Republic of Namibia has recognized the importance of climate change adaptation for the country development. Since the ratification of the Convention on climate change in 1992, several interventions have been implemented. These include the establishment of a cross sectoral National Climate Change Committee in 1999 to oversee all climate change related activities. A National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) was developed and approved by Cabinet in 2011 for mainstreaming of climate change in the development process. Based on the regulatory and implementation framework provided by the NCCP, the government through the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has developed, using an extensive stakeholder consultative process, a Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (NCCSAP) for the period 2013 to 2020 to implement the NCCP. The NCCSAP was approved by Cabinet of the Republic of Namibia in The strategy is a cross sectoral document, which will be implemented up to the year 2020 and it covers themes of mitigation, adaptation and cross cutting issues. Namibia has also developed its first Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) which focuses on off grid rural electrification. Furthermore, Namibia prepared and submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) in Recently the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has developed a country strategy to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which will ensure that transformative and economy wide national project proposals are developed and submitted to the GCF in a coordinated manner. All of the above further emphasize the commitment of the Namibian government in contributing toward a low carbon development and resilient among its people. The requested support is therefore aimed at strengthening and up scaling the initiatives of the government and other bilateral support received so far in addressing the impacts of climate change. Notwithstanding the support already received, the NDA/FP still needs further support to fill the gaps that were not sufficiently covered by the readiness support under the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in 2014 and the support from the United Kingdom Government through South South North (SSN) during 2016/17 for a period of six months to develop a country strategy to the GCF. The readiness support under the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) 2014, was directed at developing pipeline of projects to be submitted to the GCF. The duration of the BMZ readiness support exercise was relatively short and broader stakeholders were not fully consulted on the identification of projects. Furthermore, after developing the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC 2015), the final list of projects under the BMZ lacked essential elements outlined in the INDCs. Readiness support requested from the GCF is therefore envisaged to fill these identified gaps. Additionally, the readiness funding will also be used to develop priorities eligible for GCF funding which are consistent with the country s strategies and plans such as the National Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (NCCSAP), INDC s, and the Fund s Initial results management framework, reviewing the projects pipeline with a broader stakeholder involvement in all the 14 regions of the country including men and women, civil society, indigenous people, academia, private sectors (micro, small and medium enterprises). Furthermore, the support under the United Kingdom Government through South South North (SSN) during 2016/17 for a period of six months was strictly time bound. Hence more work is still required to review the strategy to ensure that all elements in the national strategies are incorporated in the GCF country strategy. Specifically, a validation workshop aimed at securing stakeholder endorsement of the country strategy is seriously needed as well as ensuring inclusion of the adaptation elements of this strategy. In addition and to elaborate, the support received so far from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) 2014 and the United Kingdom Government has not included a component to capacitate the NDA/FP, therefore one tranche of the requested support will go to the building capacity of the NDA/FP by hiring an expert to support the NDA, hiring of short term internships for young graduate to build local capacity and to procure ICT equipment for the NDA such as printer (1), Laptops (4).

10 PAGE 9 OF 15 Ver. 20 March 2017 SECTION 4: BUDGET, PROCUREMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND DISBURSEMENT 4.1. Budget Plan Please provide a breakdown of cost estimates and implementation schedule analysed according to the activities suggested in Section 2. Please feel free to replicate this table on Excel spreadsheet if needed. OUTCOMES (same as in section 2) 1.1 NDA/focal point lead effective coordination mechanism ACTIVITIES (same as in section 2) Develop operational guidelines/ manuals for the functioning of the NDA, including a procedure to establish an effective coordination mechanism including strengthening the knowledge and capacity of the NDA s coordination team to fulfil its roles and responsibilities. TOTAL COST (per activity) Consultants COST CATEGORIES Travel Workshop / Trainings EXPENDITURE AND IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE (add columns if >24 months) Others 6m 12m 18m 24m $32,954 $22,954 $2,000 $8,000 $21,477 $10,000 1, Strengthen the local capacity of the NDA through short term internships for young graduate on GCF operations and country programming $12,954 2,954 $10,000 $3,977 $2,500 $3,977 $2, No objection procedure established and implemented Develop system for reviewing requests for and issuing of no objection letters, including prioritisation criteria relative to the country strategy $37,954 $ 27,954 $5,000 $ 5,000 $21,477 $10,000 $6,477

11 PAGE 10 OF 15 Ver. 20 March Stakeholders engaged in consultative processes Conduct a robust and inclusive engagement process in all the 14 regions that brings together relevant stakeholders across all level of governments, local and community based institutions, with specific emphasis on gender and indigenous communities to identify transformative projects for submission to the GCF. $ 82,646 $22,954 $5,000 $54,692 $ 21,323 $ 20,000 $ 21,323 $ 20, Country programmes, including adaptation priorities, developed and continuously updated Finalize the current draft of country programme strategy, including on adaptation and other programming submissions to the GCF and developing prioritization criteria $ 37,954 $27,954 $5,000 $5,000 $21,477 $10,000 $6, Stakeholder consultations conducted with equal representation of women 2.4 Annual participatory review of GCF portfolio in the country organized Develop guidelines for stakeholder consultation that specifically emphasise gender and vulnerable communities Facilitate annually a platform to review the country projects portfolio that is funded by the GCF and to engage with affected communities $5,454 $5,454 $3,977 1,477 $12,954 $ 2,954 $10,000 $ 1,477 $ 1,477 $ 10,000

12 PAGE 11 OF 15 Ver. 20 March Structured dialogue between the NDA/Accredited Entities and the GCF Secretariat organised 4.1 Organise annual dialogue with national, regional and international entities to share Namibia country strategy and identify opportunities to partner with the GCF on implementation of relevant programmes $12,954 $4,954 $8,000 $ 1,477 $ 1,477 $10, Private sector engaged in country consultative process Develop a mobilization strategy targeting the private sectors to create awareness to access resources under the private sector facility (PSF) $17,954 $12,954 $5,000 $ 13,977 $ 2,500 $ 1,477 Audit costs SUB TOTAL Costs related to external audit of the project $ 7,051 $ 7,051 $ 7,051 $ 260,829 CONTINGENCY (UP TO 5% OF TOTAL ACTIVITIES) DELIVERY PARTNER FEE (UP TO 10% OF TOTAL ACTIVITIES) TOTAL Project administration; financial management; consultant recruitment & supervision; & reporting $ 13,088 $26,083 $

13 PAGE 12 OF 15 Ver. 20 March Procurement Plan For goods, services, and consultancies to be procured, please list the items, descriptions in relation to the activities in section 2, estimated cost, procurement method, relevant threshold, and the estimated dates. Please include the procurement plan for at least the first tranche of disbursement requested below. Also, please feel free to replicate this table on Excel spreadsheet if needed. ITEM ITEM DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED COST (US $) PROCUREMENT METHOD THRESHOLDS (Min Max monetary value for which indicated procurement method must be used) ESTIMATED START DATE PROJECTED CONTRACTING DATE Goods and Non Consulting Services ICT equipment GCF web page Consultancy Services Consultants GCF Awareness materials GCF country strategy ICT equipment for the NDA office (1 printer, 4 laptops, 1 desktop computer and 1 projector (if budget is sufficient. (Selection based on timely delivery, experience and value) Development of GCF web page and subsequent hosting on the Ministry of Environment and Tourism s web site. (Selection based on timely delivery, experience and value) ± $ 10, ± 8, SUB TOTAL (US $) ± $ Three consultants will be expected to assist the NDA to perform the following tasks amongst others (senior and junior consultants). (Selection based on Consultants qualifications, experience and value) Printing of GCF related materials such as brochures, newsletters etc. (Selection based on timely delivery, experience and value) Printing of the GCF country strategy ( currently under finalisation). (Selection based on timely delivery, experience and value) ± $120, ± $25, ± $35, Competitive Procurement through Request for Proposal Competitive Procurement through Request for Proposal Competitive Procurement thru Open Tender Competitive Procurement through Request for Proposal Competitive Procurement through Request for Proposal $7, ,738 1 Nov Nov 2017 $7, ,738 1 Nov Nov 2017 > $76,738 1 Nov Nov 2017 $7, ,738 1 Nov Nov 2017 $7, ,738 1 Nov Nov 2017

14 PAGE 13 OF 15 Ver. 20 March 2017 Workshops Workshops (catering services) (Selection based on timely delivery, experience and value) ± $39, SUB TOTAL (US $) $ Competitive Procurement through Request for Proposal $7, ,738 1 Nov Nov 2017 TOTAL COST (US $) $ 237,000.00

15 PAGE 14 OF 15 Ver. 20 March Disbursement schedule Specify the proposed schedule for requesting disbursements from the GCF, including amounts and periodicity. For amounts requested, keep to multiples of USD 5,000, and for periodicity, specify whether it s quarterly, bi annually or annually only. Activities under section 4 will be implemented over a period of 24 months from September 2017 to August Disbursement will be made directly to the delivery partner which is the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF). Disbursement schedule: Disbursements Amounts in USD First tranche $ 190, Second tranche $ 70, Third tranche $ 40, Total $ 300, The disbursement will be made to the Delivery Partner in three tranches: The first disbursement, which amounts $190, (one hundred and ninety thousand US Dollars) will be transferred upon or after effectiveness of the Grant Agreement and also upon fulfilment of the disbursement conditions specified in the Grant Agreement and Standard Conditions; The second tranche of $70, (seventy thousand US Dollars) will be transferred upon submission of an interim progress report and audited financial report and also upon fulfilment of the disbursement conditions specified in the Grant Agreement and Standard Conditions; and The final disbursement of $40, (forty thousand US Dollars) will be made upon submission of a project completion report and final Audit Report. Submission of a completion and audit report will be furnished no later than three (3) months after the completion of implementation of the Readiness Support Additional information This box provides an opportunity to include further explanations related to the budget, procurement plan and disbursement schedule, including any details on the assumptions to justify costs presented in the budget. The delivery partner fee is based on an EIF Board determined policy for managing 3 rd party funds of 10% of funds managed.

16 PAGE 15 OF 15 ver. 20 March 2017 SECTION 5: IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION 5.1. Please attach an implementation map or describe how funds will be managed by the NDA/FP or delivery partner If the entity implementing the readiness support is not an accredited entity of the GCF, please complete the Financial Management Capacity Assessment (FMCA) questionnaire and submit it with this proposal. Services expected of the EIF may include (but not limited to) assuming full responsibility over financial management and reporting, procurement of approved services and goods in accordance with EIF policy, recruitment of consultants and managing applicable human resources management processes within the ambit of EIF policies. Generation of expenditure reports at agreed intervals and undertaking of mandatory audits will also be among EIF s responsibilities. The NDA will be involved in the assessment and approval of the consultants once the procurement has closed, it will be involved in daily strategic and content related outcomes of the activities and will approve the interim progress report and completion report provided by the delivery partner. Consultants recruited for overseeing the implementation of the readiness activities will be physically based at the NDA and will work under the direct day to day supervision of the GCF National Focal Point. NDA (GCF FP) will therefore be responsible for all requisite technical progress reports inclusive of completion report. EIF, through the CEO and Director of Operations, will provide backstopping and advisory services in the project implementation. This will involve making inputs into a) compilation of the project workplan, b) technical progress reports, and c) any technical matters as requested by the NDA Other relevant information This box provides an opportunity to include any important information you wish to bring to the attention of the GCF Secretariat, but did not have an opportunity to provide in the sections above.