The Governing Instrument directs the GCF Secretariat “to develop the work programme and annual administrative budget of the Secretariat and trustee and submit them for approval by the Board”. This document is submitted in fulfilment of that requirement.

The Secretariat’s proposed 2020 work programme builds on a substantial body of foundational work that was undertaken in 2019. In particular, during 2019 the GCF policy and governance frameworks were enhanced in significant ways.

This document is as adopted by the Board in decision B.24/05. It was sent to the Board for consideration at B.24 in document GCF/B.24/09 titled “2020 work programme of the Secretariat and annual administrative budget of the Secretariat, Board, and Trustee”.

All decisions and documents adopted at B.24 can be found in document GCF/B.24/17 titled “Decisions of the Board – twenty-fourth meeting of the Board, 12 – 14 November 2019”.