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Summary
From 14th to 16th June,
the Adaptation Fund Board will convene for its 10th meeting in Bonn, Germany.
For the first time it will be able to discuss, and likely to adopt, concrete
adaptation project and programme proposals submitted by vulnerable developing
countries. The Fund now really enters into the stage of implementation,
and will have the chance to prove that its established structures work
out and that it can become an instrument to work for the most vulnerable
countries and people. The recently announced contributions from Spain (Euro
45 million) and Germany (Euro 10 million)also strengthen the basis of the
Fund.
Out of the 8 projects submitted
with a total proposed budget of ca. USD 56,000,000, 5 projects are recommended
to the Board for adoption. In three cases the technical screening prepared
by the Secretariat does not recommend adoption, including the only project
where the World Bank serves as implementing entity (in Mauretania). However,
this first round of project proposals also reveals some challenges and
necessary adjustments in some procedures of the Fund, for example that
Parties need to report in their proposals on the consultative process which,
however, is not yet part of the project review criteria.
For the development of the direct
access approach it is also remarkable that the only project submitted by
a National Implementing Entity (NIE), from Senegal is recommended for adoption
and that it is the only one which mentions NGOs as planned executing entities
(all other projects exclusively rely on government agencies). Furthermore,
this comes with management fees which are approximately half of those that
the Multilateral Implementing Entities UNDP and World Bank charge.
However, the application process
for National Implementing Entities sees little progress - no further NIE
will be accredited at this meeting – why the Board will likely adopt additional
measures to assist developing countries in the application process. The
Board will further consider for another time the setting of per-country
caps or other means of setting funding priorities, where perhaps the submission
of first projects may provide some useful orientation. Tying in with the
last meeting, the AFB will also have to advance its understanding of key
aspects of the results-based management framework. This is also required
to give project proponents a better guidance how they are expected to carry
out such analyses to be in accordance with the Fund´s objective.