Financing opportunities

MDG Achievement Fund – Environment and Climate Change thematic window

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Adaptation

Objectives:

The objective of this part of the fund is to help reduce poverty and vulnerability in eligible countries by supporting interventions that improve environmental management and service delivery at the national and local level, increase access to new financing mechanisms and enhance capacity to adapt to climate change.

Subcategory:

Climate resilience; Ecosystems Management; Rural Development; Food Security.

Eligible organisations:

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Eligible Projects or Programmes:

The MDG Achievement Fund supports activities in the following areas: a) Mainstreaming environmental issues in national and sub-national policy, planning and investment frameworks, b) Improving local management of resources and service delivery, and c) Expanding access to environmental finance.

Proposal/Application requirements:

Project Concept Note, which is formulated into a Joint Programme. Programmes must be conceived by a minimum of two UN Agencies in collaboration with national Government and non-Governmental counterparts and submitted through the Resident Coordinator system of the United Nations. All proposals must be endorsed by a National Steering Committee consisting of, at a minimum, a representative of Spanish Cooperation, the National Government and the Resident Coordinator as the leading authority of the UN at the national level.

Proposal evaluation criteria:

Programmes are formulated at the country level to address national MDG and related development priorities, that form part of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), the common strategic framework that guides operational activities of the United Nations system at the country level.

How to Apply:

Fund request for proposal must be done, UN country offices submit a project concept note, assessed by the responsible UN agency (the “Convenor”) and a technical subcommittee consisting of representatives from FAO, UNDP and the World Bank as well as five independent experts plus two experts nominated by Spain.

The concept notes are rated and submitted for approval to the MDG-F Steering Committee via the MDG-F Secretariat. Once approved, the concept note is then formulated into a joint program through a consultative process.

Funding limit for individual projects:

No information

Activities supported:

Projects