Unidad Para el Cambio Rural (UCAR)

Type Direct (National)
Date of accreditation 07 Mar 2016

The Unidad Para el Cambio Rural (Unit for Rural Change, UCAR) is a national entity located in Argentina, specifically a government agency within a ministry, which is responsible for implementing environmental and social (E&S) sustainable projects financed totally or partially by external resources at the national and provincial levels. UCAR offers a wide variety of public investments in rural services and infrastructure through grants, concessional loans and guarantees. UCAR, in partnership with national stakeholders, has a strategy in place to support national sustainable development and growth, particularly in the forestry, agriculture, sugar industry, fisheries, aquaculture, training and innovation sectors. UCAR recently has a climate change project portfolio worth more than US$ 467.5 million: taking into account programmes related to increasing adaptive capacities, the portfolio of UCAR is worth over US$ 1.3 billion. Accreditation to the GCF provides an opportunity for UCAR to: incorporate a climate change focus into all of its projects/programmes; further develop adaptation projects in its existing programmes; work on maximizing the impact of the funds; and continue to incorporate gender-focused E&S benefits into projects/programmes.

Accreditation timeline

Accreditation term 1

Pending

Accreditation date

07 Mar 2016

AMA execution date

28 Oct 2016

AMA effectiveness

Pending

Term end date

Pending

Entity details

Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
Environmental and social risk category
- Category C
- Category B
- Category A
- Intermediation 3
- Intermediation 2
- Intermediation 1
Fiduciary standards
- Basic
- Project management
- Grant award
- On-lending/blending:
- Loan
- Equity
- Guarantee
- Blending

Documents

Title	Type	Date
Entity Support for Argentina through UCAR UCAR	Approved readiness proposal	21 Sep 2017
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP057: Climate Action for Rural Development: community-based adaptation and mitigation in Argentina UCAR	Environmental and Social Safeguards report	12 Sep 2017
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and UCAR UCAR	Accreditation Master Agreement	03 Nov 2016
Accredited Entity nomination from Argentina for UCAR UCAR	Accredited Entity nomination letter	17 Jun 2016

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News + Stories

Tackling adversity with diversity key to climate response, says GCF workshop participant

31 May 2017 / One of the best ways to deal with recurring droughts and floods in Argentina is to diversify land management, a government agency representative said at a recent GCF workshop.

Contacts

Mr. Mario Nanclares

Primary

Head of the Environmental and Social Unit
Av. Belgrano 456, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Phone +54 11 4349 4659
mnanclares@magyp.gob.ar