The GCF Appraisal Guidance sets out the due diligence processes that are employed in the preparation of Concept Notes and Funding Proposals for presentation to the GCF Board. The Guidance document, together with associated annexes, presents the tools and materials that are available for use by the GCF Secretariat and Accredited Entities, to facilitate the delivery of proposals aligned with GCF’s mandate, policies and Investment Framework.

The Appraisal Guidance supplements the GCF Programming Manual.

The GCF Appraisal Guidance has 9 annexes:

• Annex I: Investment Criteria Scorecard (ICS) tool
• Annex II: Concept Note checklist
• Annex III: Climate guidance
• Annex IV: Innovation and Additionality Tool (IAT)
• Annex V: Grant Equivalent Calculator
• Annex VI: Economic and Financial Analysis (EFA) guidance
• Annex VII: SAP Review Toolkit
• Annex VIII: Independent Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) review procedure
• Annex IX: Key discussion points for CIC2