The goal of this Readiness Preparatory and Support Proposal is to strengthen the capacity of Sri Lanka’s NDA and other stakeholder to engage collaboratively on GCF programming and develop a strong, inclusive pipeline of GCF projects for the entire country. The proposed readiness request will address the problem of Sri Lanka having limited capacity to access the climate finance that is urgently required to develop country-wide climate resilience, particularly via water-related entry points. In addition to that, the Readiness proposal will build on the existing initiatives detailed in the situational analysis of the proposal that have developed a strong baseline for planning and continuous engagement with the GCF and other sources of climate finance, in particular, to help develop and advance Sri Lanka’s GCF project pipeline.