B.33/14: Second review of the GCF’s financial terms and conditions
The Board, having considered document GCF/B.33/11 titled “Review of the financial terms and conditions of the Green Climate Fund financial instruments”:
- Takes note of the review of the financial terms and conditions of the Green Climate Fund financial instruments led by the Investment Committee as contained in document GCF/B.33/11;
- Requests the Secretariat to take up the recommendations from the review of the financial terms and conditions relating to concessionality, in the context of ongoing work to develop the policy on concessionality as mandated under decision B.19/06;
- Also requests the Secretariat to develop a local currency financing pilot programme that addresses current barriers and risks associated with currency fluctuations at the programme/project level, including an analysis of the requirements for operationalization and impact assessment of a programme, with a view for the Investment Committee to review and make a recommendation to the Board no later than the thirty-sixth meeting of the Board;
- Further requests the Secretariat to present an approach in which GCF can more efficiently deploy its current financial instruments, with a view for the Investment Committee to review and make a recommendation to the Board for consideration no later than the thirty-sixth meeting of the Board;
- Requests the Secretariat to review the financial terms and conditions of the Green Climate Fund financial instruments in accordance with the terms of reference set out in annex I to decision B.BM-2019/08, as may be amended pursuant to decision B.BM-2019/08, with a view for the Investment Committee to review and make a recommendation to the Board for consideration no later than the thirty-seventh meeting of the Board; and in the third year of every four-year policy cycle thereafter prior to commencement of the new replenishment programming period; and
- Approves an additional administrative budget for the Secretariat in the amount of USD 200,000 to conduct the further reviews and analyses referred to in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) above. This approval is in addition to the 2022 administrative budget for the Secretariat as approved via decision B.30/07, it being understood that amounts not utilized in 2022 shall be carried forward into the administrative budget for the Secretariat for 2023.