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for Gabonese Republic

24 December 2019 | Strategic Frameworks

Programme title: Technical guidance and support to conduct a technology needs assessment and a technology action plan for Gabon

Country: Gabon

National designated authority: Mr. Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale

Implementing Institution: UNIDO

Date of first submission: 31 August 2019

Date of current submission / version number

10 December 2019 V.4

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1. SUMMARY

Country submitting the proposal

Country name: Gabon

Name of institution representing NDA or Focal Point: Conseil National Climat

Name of official: Mr. Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale Position: Permanent Secretary of the National Climate Council

Telephone: +241 0300 6471 Email: [email protected] Full office address: BP 3850 Libreville, Gabon.

Additional email addresses that need to be copied on correspondences: Anaelle RAOUMBE DJENDJA, [email protected]

Date of initial submission 31 August 2019

Last date of resubmission 10 December 2019 Version number V.4

Which institution will implement the Readiness and Preparatory Support project?

☐ National designated authority

☐ Accredited entity

☒ Delivery partner Please provide contact information if the implementing partner is not the NDA/focal point

Name of institution: United Nations Industrial Development Organization Name of official: Mr. Philippe R. Scholtès Position: Managing Director, Directorate of Programme Development and Technical Cooperation Telephone number: +43 1 26026 3101 Email: [email protected] Full office address: United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Wagramer Str 5, 1400 Vienna, Austria Additional email addresses that need to be copied on correspondences: Ms. Rose Mwebaza, Director of CTCN: [email protected] Ms. Bettina Schreck, Industrial Development Officer: [email protected] UNIDO GCF Coordination [email protected] Project Implementation team: Mr. Federico Villatico; [email protected] Mr. Manfredi Caltagirone, [email protected] Mr. Tomoo Machiba, Deputy Director of CTCN [email protected]

Title of the Readiness support proposal

Technical guidance and support to conduct a technology needs assessment and a technology action plan for Gabon

Type of Readiness support sought

Please select the relevant GCF Readiness activity area below (click on the box): ☒ I. Country capacity for engagement with GCF ☒ II. Country programming process ☐ III. Direct access to climate finance ☒ IV. Climate finance accessed ☐ V. Formulation of national adaptation planning and/or other adaptation planning processes




Brief summary of the request

Gabon plans to conduct its Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) with a Technology Action Plan (TAP) in view of the implementation of its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC). Gabon has never initiated the process of carrying out this assessment before the development of its INDC, which is one of the new operational requirements to accelerate its implementation. At the end of the Paris Agreement, the technological mechanism was established around research, development and technological demonstration, as well as the development and deployment of appropriate capabilities and technologies. Thus, TNA of developing States becomes a prerequisite for planning and actions essential to the achievement of the objectives set in the INDC. Not being eligible to apply for the support of GEF TNA Phase III to conduct this analysis, Gabon sought the technical assistance of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN).

The objective of this assistance is to develop a TNA to identify and prioritize technology transfer and diffusion for climate change mitigation and adaptation in key sectors in Gabon. There are several sectors targeted for adaptation and mitigation in the country INDC and Country Programme which include forestry, energy (electricity and hydrocarbons), agriculture and infrastructure, as well as transport, water and waste management. Technology transfer in these sectors will certainly have impact toward reducing vulnerability of the population hence increased resilience to climate change, as well as steering the country towards a low carbon development path. As an example, most of the country’s GHG emissions are generated by land-use sector. In this context, this requested assistance will allow for the INDC implementation while also identifying, by means of the development of local content, the low-carbon and adaptation technologies needed for the country’s sustainable growth.

The INDC and Country Programme have defined strategic options for adaptation and mitigation actions in specifics sectors in Gabon. The improvement of the country’s technological and technical capacities identified as a gap constitutes a transversal need. Therefore, the TNA will bring out the technical opportunities and feasibility to harness the implementation of these strategic options. The Country Programme will benefit from the TNA process as the most suitable and feasible strategic options for adaptation and mitigation will be identified and prioritized. Moreover, the TNA will contribute as a basis for the preparation of the NAP.

The TNA assistance will focus on technology prioritization, whose process will focus on the costs and benefits of technologies within the national context. Additionally, it will focus on a technology action plan that will outline a group of measures for addressing barriers and accelerating the development and transfer of prioritized technologies. It will also incorporate components of capacity building to governmental and non-governmental institutions such as the private sector.

This work will enable Gabon to organise its process for establishing a technology needs assessment, establish a coordination mechanism and thereby aid the prioritization of actions and sectors that can be used by the Government to develop its pipeline of projects to be submitted to the GCF.

A key outcome involves strengthening country capacity that can stimulate a consultative approach that aids TNA preparation. The process involves institutional strengthening to enable effective coordination of action and will reflect a country-driven, participatory approach among the different actors in the prioritized sectors. The anticipated outcomes are envisioned to present strategies for a long-term, participatory transformational measures across the identified and prioritised sectors that will drive climate resilient and low carbon growth. Crucial to its implementation is the achievement of high-level political support, fund mobilisation and private sector and key stakeholders’ engagement. The work will be conducted taking into consideration the broader context of the Technology Needs Assessments conducted by many countries and recognised by the COP as a key element for technology identification and planning to address climate change challenges. The development of the reports will take into account the guidance developed and available on http://www.tech-action.org/. CTCN is collaborating with UNEP-DTU since Phase I of the TNA-GEF project. A preparatory meeting was held between CTCN and UNEP-DTU on the TNA process to feed also results and lessons learnt into this process and to contribute to an increased understanding and quality of the TNA process worldwide.

Total requested amount and currency USD 297,152 Anticipated duration 18 months

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Has the country received or is expecting to receive other Readiness and Preparatory Support funding allocations (including adaptation planning) from GCF or other donors?

☒ Yes ☐ No Gabon benefited from Readiness support for strengthening the capacity of the NDA and preparing the national country programme. Gabon is receiving support from the GCF on the following readiness and preparatory support:

• Improve the scientific and technical knowledge base of climate change nationally and sub-nationally in Gabon to better prioritize investment needs coastal zone adaptation.

• Support for accreditation gap assessment and action plan to direct access entity

Gabon also received support from the Global Environment Facility through a project related to climate change, and in particular related to the preparation of Gabon's Initial Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC (project approved). Gabon has also received support through other projects such as:

• The Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI), for which Gabon has been able to mobilize nearly 18 million dollars for the establishment of a National Land Use Plan (PNAT) and a National Natural and Forest Resources Observation System (SNORNF);

• The Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF), which provides $1.95 million to finance studies on the drivers of deforestation and certification of forest concessions;

• The strengthening of climate information services for resilient development and adaptation to climate change in Gabon, for a total amount of US$1,000,100, through a partnership with India.


2. BACKGROUND

Gabon is a country located on the west coast of Central Africa with a low population density – 1.8 million inhabitants are spread out in 267,667 km2. Most of the population (86%) live in urban areas, mainly in Libreville (59%) and in Port-Gentil, the main economic centre. Almost 90% of the country is covered by forests, acting as a carbon sink as it absorbs more than four times the CO2 that it emits. Environmental conscience in Gabon has evolved into a strong sustainable development strategy, which has allowed the integration of climate issues within the economic development strategy. Therefore, after COP19 in Copenhagen, Gabon decided to prepare a Climate National Plan to include the climate dimension into the strategy for the country’s development (Plan Stratégique Gabon Emergent, PSGE 2010-2025). This document was the basis for the main climate measures taken and climate commitments made by the country. In a bid to fully address the challenge to development in the country posed by climate change while also aligning itself to climate finance mechanisms, Gabon sees the development of a TNA as an important endeavor. This assistance is fully in line with the country priorities and strategies, its INDC and Country Programme. The readiness support will build on the achievements and recommendations related to the INDC and the Country Programme and other development strategies such as the National Climate Plan, as well as the ongoing readiness support on coastal zone adaptation. In addition to above, successful implementation of this assistance in developing the TNA will enhance the capacity of appropriate institutions (government and non-governmental for instance, the private sector) to allocate appropriate resources in the national budget and to prepare new activities to address climate change issues being faced by Gabon in a more sustained manner. Some of these institutions are the Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Food, Ministry of Water and Energy, Climate National Council, COMIFAC, among others. The NDE and NDA will support the process to make sure that this TNA project will incorporate all the findings of the mentioned national plans and other major climate national programs. The officers in charge within the Ministries for those activities (NDC, NAP, NAMA, Country Programme) will be inserted into the invitees lists of the first national consultation meeting as well as the main TNA workshops so to assure proper synergies with those initiatives and in order for the TNA and TAP processes to build on their outcomes. Those officers will be also invited to be a member of the TNA committee or to name alternates who can feed relevant information to the TNA analysis. Their main task will be to mitigate the risk of overlapping among all the climate processes undergoing in the country and ensure that an integrated and coherent work is undertaken during their implementation. A report describing the alignment and complementarity of the TNA-TAP with national plans will be part of the initial prioritization work of Outcome 2. In its INDC, Gabon intends to reduce the carbon footprint of its development without slowing its growth, by favouring mitigation options with high co-benefits; strengthening the country's resilience to climate change; bringing coherence to its sectorial policies and strengthening its implementation mechanism and tools to facilitate the achievement of these objectives; and to mobilize for this purpose all relevant means: financing, technology transfer and capacity building. The INDC commits Gabon to reduce its GHG emissions by at least 50% compared to a baseline scenario for the target year (2025) and conditional on international support in the form of financing, capacity building actions and transfer of technologies in specifically the sectors of forest, hydrocarbons and energy. See the figure below on the current emission trends by sectors in Gabon and INDC’s projections. The main GHG emitter are forests due to land use and forestry (63%), followed by the hydrocarbons sector (gas flaring) (23%) and the energy sector (9%) due to the use of fossil fuels. Other smaller sectors are the agriculture and emissions from waste treatment and industrial processes (5%).

Figure 1. Gabon GHG emissions in GgCO2 (République Gabonaise INDC, 2015)


In terms of adaptation, Gabon has included this component in its development strategy. The National Shoreline Adaptation Strategy is focused on measures for a coastal area integral management to develop the appropriate policies, implement monitoring tools and provide capacity building and information. The Country Programme, which was developed with GCF Readiness support, presents the main climate investment opportunities in the country’s priority sectors. The technology needs for the below-mentioned priority projects will be identified and will allow to promote investment in climate technologies in the country.

• Control of emissions from forests; • Improvement of energy efficiency in public sector and industry; • Promotion of renewable energies for rural electrification and the use of forest residues; • Strengthening of the national hydrometeorological network; • Methanization of waste generated in Libreville; • Development of hydropower and creation of a national interconnected grid; • Fight against coastal erosion; • Promotion of climate-compatible agriculture.

Some of the projects or actions addressed in the Country Programme will definitely need the results of TNA in their implementation, since the TNA will have to identify the specific technologies within the sectors mentioned above, considering the local context. Thus the TNA will further clarify which technology can be immediately deployed and the ones still requiring enabling environment work (legal and institutional framework alignment or updates, specific capacity building, economic development, etc.) before they can become actionable. The National Adaptation Plan formulation will also be benefiting from the TNA process as adaptation technologies will be identified and prioritized, and the TAP will already prioritize project ideas.

The TNA will complement the national processes of INDC. It will enable technology transfer, Therefore, this CTCN technical assistance, whose aim is conducting a technology needs assessment for key identified sectors, offers a major opportunity towards the realization of climate strategies and goals of the country.

The TNA process originates in the Poznan Strategic Programme on Technology Transfer established at COP14, which had the aim of scaling up investment in technology transfers. This exercise will help the country to cover the lack of a prioritized and nationally specific technology needs assessment and action plan hindering progress towards NDC.

Linkages with the previous Readiness grants will be ensured by the NDA also in terms of capacity building. The capacity building activities implemented within the first Readiness proposal are mostly information oriented on the financial mechanisms and project requirements of the GCF, while the second one focuses on the use of the information management system for adaptation planning. The TNA will build on those and will concentrate on enhancing the technological part the country knowledge, making sure that the projects identified in the TAP contain a significant finance ability in view of their quick implementation. This TNA will focus on four sectors. The final selection of the sectors will be the result of a national stakeholder’s consultation. The selection of projects ideas will be undertaken within the TAP, in order to provide specific indications on the way towards implementation. The assessment will also regard gender considerations, innovation, research and development, and private sector in outcome 3. The inclusion of these elements is meant to respond to a specific country demand highlighting that innovation, research and development are important pillars for the country’s technological advancement. The TNA analysis will also take into consideration vulnerable communities and their needs. The following mitigation measures will be established to prevent delays or lack of coordination in the phases that should build:

• Technology prioritization / action plan / capacity building: a clear work plan with timeline and deadlines will be monitored at every committee meeting, with the participation of the Ministries’ representatives for NDC/GCF Country programme/NAP proposal.

• Institutionalization and development of planning and communication documents: activities on capacity building of local civil society and provincial and local government institutions to better support communities in the identification, advocacy and social mobilization, to understand the underlying causes of vulnerability and how technologies can counteract that. In collaboration with the implementing organisation, NDE and NDA will be the focal point for properly communicate at institutional level all relevant documents produced in the TNA and thus support the country ownership.

• Endorsement of work plan and validation of key technologies: the various workshops and the initial national consultation along the whole duration of the project are serving the purpose of properly disseminate and validate among relevant stakeholders the work plan and the outputs and outcomes of the work to be carried out.

• Organization of workshops: CTCN will make sure that the selected implementer will pay great attention to the workshop planning and organisation. Moreover, as a requirement of the tender that CTCN will publish to select the implementer, the presence of a strong local partner will be appropriately weighed in the evaluation. In fact, a strong on-site coordination will reduce the coordination risk and prevent delays

The anticipated outcome is a TNA that presents several strategic, long-term, participatory, transformational measures across the identified and prioritised sectors that will drive climate resilient and low carbon growth in Gabon. Finally, the adoption of appropriate climate technologies will ensure sustainable development. A breakdown of the main outputs of the technical assistance is presented in the following section.


3. LOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE

Outcomes Baseline Targets Activities (brief description and deliverables)

Anticipated duration: 18 months

Monthly implementation plan of activities

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Outcome 1: Institutional capacity and coordination mechanisms in place to govern and coordinate climate action and finance

Sub-Outcome 1.1: Effective coordination mechanism between NDA and National Designated Entity (NDE) for the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism and other climate finance focal points Activity 1.2 will benefit from previous stakeholder analysis conducted during the Country Programme

1 Communication initiated between NDA, NDE and other climate finance focal Points. However, there is no TNA committee in place, nor TNA Work plan developed

2 Agreements reached on coordination between NDA, NDE and other climate focal points, including the planning documents prepared by the TA implementer.

Activity 1: Institutionalization of a coordination mechanism for the implementation of the TNA. This activity aims to engage key actors from relevant Government Ministries and sectors to prioritize technology options as inputs into the TNA development exercise. The effort will be coordinated by the office of the NDE, in consultation with the NDA, ensuring the interface with the CTCN. The work along all the outcomes will be executed with the cooperation and support of the NDA – as proponent of the request for technical assistance – and the Directorate-General for Environment in particular. Activity 1.1 Development of planning and communication documents A detailed work plan of all activities, deliverables, outputs, deadlines will be prepared by the selected implementing organisation in order to enable all parties involved in the implementation (NDE and NDA included) to track and plan ahead their time around the project execution. In order to ensure proper monitoring and post-evaluation of the project, a monitoring and evaluation plan using the CTCN template and taking into account UNIDO guidelines will be developed. This will help the country to identify measurable, viable and relevant indicators for assessing the impact of the project in conjunction with a Closure and Data Collection Report at the end of the project implementation (see CTCN’s template for guidance).


Additionally, at the beginning of implementation, a one-page description of intended outcomes and impacts of the project will be drafted (to be revised at the end of implementation). This is in order for the country to have a communication document and disseminate in relevant events the objectives, anticipated impacts and alignment with INDCs and SDGs of the current project. The templates are available here: https://www.ctc-n.org/technical-assistance/introduction Deliverable 1.1.

• Consolidated project work plan • Monitoring and evaluation plan • Impact Description • Closure and Data Collection report

Estimated completion date: Month 1, Month 18

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Activity 1.2. Conduct stakeholder’s analysis Identify key stakeholders to be directly involved in the National TNA Committee running the project, including key ministries in charge of the different sectors and associated organizations, private sector, research organizations and gender focal points based on the existing Climate Finance Task Force. Identify key stakeholders in the TNA and TAP process and elaborate on how their engagement is incorporated in these processes. The NDE/NDA will be the main reference within the Government for the implementation of the TAP. Clarify roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder at the country level to be consistent with domestic objectives, recognizing the distinct roles, experience and contributions to technology use and adoption of men and women. This activity will be done in accordance with the guide for Identification and Engagement of Stakeholders in the TNA Process: A Guide for National TNA teams.


Meetings and interviews will be conducted. It is anticipated that the engagement of stakeholders across the public and private sectors of Gabon will be resource intensive. etings and interviews will be conducted. It is anticipated that the engagement of stakeholders across the public and private sectors of Gabon will be resource intensive. The stakeholder mapping will be finalized and agreed in a two-day meeting with the NDE and NDA. During the activity, the type of participants to be invited to the various workshops will be defined. The approach will be to reach a representation of institutions, civil society, private sector and academia enabling a proper outreach, dissemination and institutionalization of the project results as well as local communities’ involvement. Representatives of main constituencies, e.g. youth, RINGO, BINGO, ENGO will be reached out. Gender aspects will be also taken into account in order to have a balanced gender representation. Each workshop is expected to have a number of participants between 30-40 persons. Estimated completion date: Month 2. Deliverable 1.2. Stakeholder mapping report, where roles and responsibilities are specified. Experience and contributions to technology use as well as adoption of men and women will be also included. It will be used to define and ensure a more targeted selection of the stakeholders to engage in the process.

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Activity 1.3 Support the establishment of a TNA Committee Selection of the TNA committee members. The TNA Committee is the key guiding body of the project. Its role is to provide high level guidance and help secure political acceptance for the TAP. The exact composition role and responsibilities will depend on national context. The TNA committee will be formed by about 10 members including the TNA coordinator. The TNA Committee will include representatives from the public, private, and academic sectors and consider gender balance and appropriate representation. The NDE and NDA will play a leading role in supporting the establishment of the TNA Committee. In order to streamline the process, it is recommended that the NDE, in his/her role of technology focal point within UNFCCC, should take also the TNA focal point role. Preparation of the TNA Committee Constitution document where rules and procedures of the TNA process, and roles of the different members will be defined. Establishment of a centralized office for TNA coordination to enable the coordination mechanism to commence (Month 3) Support the TNA Committee on targeted selection of the key stakeholders to engage in the process based on the stakeholder mapping. The TNA Committee will be responsible for appointing key stakeholder groups and ensure their participation and engagement during its execution. The roles and responsibilities of stakeholders will be defined for the TNA process, including for the review of outcomes and for providing technical input. Organization of a capacity building training on the TNA processes across all national stakeholders over 2 workshop sessions (Month 3-4). On the overall process and different steps for conducting the TNA (workshop 1); and on the participatory planning and prioritization tools (e.g. multi criteria assessment tool, stakeholder engagement tools, and approaches for gender inclusiveness) (workshop 2). Training material will be shared with the participants. The training will strengthen the knowledge about the TNA process to be followed and the engagement of the national stakeholders involved in the process. Additionally, it will include the importance of understanding and applying environmental and social safeguard approaches, including incorporation of gender considerations throughout the process, developing the TNA and prioritizing technologies.


Estimated completion date: Month 3, Month 4 Deliverable 1.3: • Official government circular establishing the national TNA committee

(Month 3) • TNA Committee Constitution document informing on the work of the

TNA Committee (terms of reference). (Month 3) • A full list of participants, photo documentations and a detailed report of

the training conducted. (Month 4)

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Activity 1.4: Development and endorsement of TNA Committee work plan for monitoring and oversight The work plan will define and schedule TNA meetings to be conducted in Gabon. Stakeholders engaged in the TNA committee will be engaged in contributing to the work plan. The TNA Committee will be engaged at all important steps of the TNA process to ensure national consultation and country ownership of the process and results of the work. In month 5, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 and 18, the Committee will take stock of current activities and will provide coordination support and recommendation as needed, at the various stages of the process: prioritization of technologies, development of action plan, national consultations and dissemination of action plan. The activity involves promoting a comprehensive participation of key stakeholders across all sectors in the development of a work plan. Estimated completion date: Month 4. Deliverable 1.4. TNA Committee work plan. Committee’s meetings reports

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Outcome 2: Country Programming process

Sub-Outcome 2.1: Technology solutions identified and prioritized in

1 GCF CP is developed but no appropriate climate

2 Consensus on sectors to prioritize is reached;

Activity 2: Prioritization of technologies and relevant action for increased access to finance Activity 2.1: Pre-selection of sub-sectors for the fulfilment of Gabon’s TNA


accordance with national strategies and plans Activity 2.1 will benefit from previous sector prioritization conducted during the INDC and Country Programme. It will contribute to the update of the NDC and NAP. Activity 2.2 will contribute to the update of the NDC.

technologies have been identified and prioritized.

Appropriate climate technology solutions are identified and prioritized; TAP is prepared.

The objective of this activity is to identify and obtain consensus about priority sectors (and subsectors) to shape the TNA. An analysis of the sectoral priorities expressed in the national development policies and strategies (including national policies for private sector engagements and gender mainstreaming), the Strategic Plan for Development (PSGE), the National Climate Plan, the INDC, the Country Programme, the NAP and National Communications to UNFCCC will be undertaken. As an outcome of this examination the TNA committee will produce a report describing the alignment of the TNA-TAP with national plans and other relevant grants received by the country. This will represent a participatory work that will contribute to harmonise the national initiatives on climate. The Country Programme will represent the main baseline to start from. The other national initiatives (NDC, NAP, National Communications to UNFCCC, etc.) will complement the process serving as a cross-check reference to ensure country ownership. The TNA will then bring into the country programme the technology dimension and selection and will lay the basis for new projects preparation that can address PPF, full size scale and the PS facility of the GCF, in light of scale up funding purposes. Based on this analysis, 4 sectors will be selected by the TNA committee during a series of meetings facilitated by the provision of selection methodologies. The meetings will be held at the centralized office. NDE and NDA may also contribute to facilitate and host meetings and to support the logistics for the identification of the main TNA office, as needed. These sectoral priorities will allow for the identification of mitigation and adaptation technologies (up to 4 per sub-sectors). Sectoral working groups will be constituted by the National TNA Committee for each prioritized sector. These will include representatives of government departments that have responsibility for policy formulation and/or regulation; private and public sector industry representatives; delegates from electric utilities and regulators; representatives from technology suppliers, finance, technology end users (e.g., households, small business, farmers) and technology experts (e.g. from universities, consultants, etc.).


Estimated completion date: Month 5. Deliverable 2.1:

• Report on TNA-TAP on alignment with CP and national plans (month 3)

• Report on analysis of sectoral priorities expressed in national documents (month 3)

• Report describing the methodology utilized for sector and subsector selection and prioritization. (month 4)

• Meetings minutes (month 5)

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Activity 2.2: Assess, prioritize and validate key technologies for the fulfillment of Gabon’s TNA The objective of Activity 2.2 is to assess, validate and prioritize key technologies with sectoral working groups. In preparation of the workshops, technology fact sheets will be prepared (up to 10 per sector). Relevant sources of information include the Climate Techwiki and guidebooks published by UNEP DTU which cover the transport sectors, building and agriculture (for mitigation) and coastal zones, and water and agriculture (for adaptation). Additionally, a list of criteria and/or a criteria tree for assessing adaptation and mitigation technologies which will be inputted to the Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) will also be prepared. A data information system will be created for capturing input to technology prioritization and selection as well as for having the function of a repository of key documents produced during the assessment process. They could be reused for future updating and further deepening of the TNA process. The prioritization and validation will be done through a series of 4 workshops (one workshop per sector). The stakeholders invited will be selected together with the TNA committee and limited to 20 participants per workshop (see role TNA committee in activity 1.3). During the workshops, up to 3 technologies per sector will be prioritized using the MCA, based on criteria covering key economic, social and


environmental aspects as well as innovation and RD&D factors based on CP recommendations. This ensures that technologies selected are the best available solution to fulfill key environmental and social safeguards. At the end of the activity, final reports including a mitigation TNA report and an adaptation TNA report resulting from technology prioritization will be developed. Estimated completion date: Month 8. Deliverable 2.2

• Technology fact sheets • Set of criteria for MCA exercise • Workshops reports including a full list of participants and photo

documentations. • Final reports including a mitigation TNA report and an

adaptation TNA report. • Database in most suitable format

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Activity 2.3: Development of a Technology Action Plan per sector and /or sub sector. This activity aims to develop a Technology Action Plan (TAP) comprising recommendations on project ideas for each of the analysed sectors. It quantifies the potential impact of priority technologies. The process for the development of this TAP will involve a few interviews and consultations with key stakeholders across the public, private and academic setting and will target various experts depending on the (sub) sectors and technology prioritized. The key output will be an identification of programmatic activities, financial costs and a framework identifying the critical path of actions to be undertaken to meet the Gabon’s climate objectives when implementing the TNA. For each sector, the Action Plan will:


1 Based on the portfolio of priority technologies within sectors and/or the identified barriers, it may be decided whether or not commonalities exist across multiple prioritized technologies, /and whether these justify a TAP that covers a whole portfolio of technologies

- Elaborate detailed project ideas (circa 10 pages), including time frames and estimated budget requirements for each prioritized technology1. These project concepts should already identify the target scale up funding source, and channeled in particular towards PPF, full size projects and the private sector facility of the GCF;

- Articulate project idea objectives, outputs, in relation to national policy priorities, deliverables, activities, and monitoring/evaluation methods;

- Conduct barriers analysis and assessment of enabling environment for the development and deployment of the identified technology;

- Evaluate capacity-building needs to support the implementation of the TAP;laborate on innovation and RD&D. This is a topic that has been introduced into the new Technology Framework at COP24. The country will also receive indications on how to strengthen its technology innovation. This may entail an assessment of endogenous technologies and consider elements such as RD&D within the prioritized technologies and action plan;

- Include a market assessment, that would entail analysis of financial schemes, value chains, risks and overall barriers to implementation

- Present a clear financial plan with timelines, benchmarks and indicators - Include gender assessment of the technology - Consider regulatory, institutional, financial and information frameworks

that may prevent the accelerated development of markets for identified prioritized technologies.

- Determine technology impact potential in terms of Gabon’s GHG emissions reduction and adaptation targets (conditional and unconditional), employment impact, potential co-benefits (mitigation and adaptation) resulting from the implementation of technologies prioritized.

Estimated completion date: Month 14. Deliverable 2.3. Report and executive summary of each Technology Action Plan for each of the priority technologies in compliance with the TNA. It will consist of a TAP providing projects implementation proposals for each prioritized sector. Each sector’s section will contain 10 sub-sections (chapters) as per the list presented above.

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Sectoral note on technology opportunities.

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Sub Outcome 2.2: Stakeholder engagement consultative processes

1 Some stakeholders are being consulted under the first readiness grant; however a formal consultation process has not been established for climate technology identification process.

2 All relevant stakeholders are engaged in a consultative process for the identification of adaptation and mitigation technologies

Activity 2.4: National consultation workshop to ensure national ownership and technology deployment This activity aims to engage the TNA Committee and key stakeholders (up to 70 participants) in the discussion and validation of the TAPs prepared in activity 2.3 during a two-day National Consultation Workshop. The workshop is also aiming at selecting the most relevant project idea within the TAP to be then transformed into a concept note. The concept note will enable Direct Access Entities and the NDA to present a detailed project document to financiers (investors and/or funding institutions). The workshop will enable experience sharing, idea generation, lessons learned and best practices. This is aimed at assisting identified stakeholders with the familiarization of identified technologies, to enhance technical capacity, operation and maintenance, and data collection. Common methods utilized for that process included: interviews with experts and stakeholders; market mapping and problem trees; dedicated workshops; desk studies; and logical problem analyses. A session will be also included to discuss the TNA/TAP integration into governments’ own planning processes across priority sectors with the stakeholders involved. Up to 10 regional key financial players will also be invited as well as MDBs, international donors and private sector companies in order to showcase the results of the TNA and present the project ideas selected within the TAPs. Private sector will be an important actor within this consultation in order to contribute to NDC implementation. A market place space for B2B meetings will be reserved during the workshop to offer an early opportunity for business development and implementation actions of the TNA/TAP among local stakeholders and the international participants. The participation of GCF Africa representative will be sought in order to undertake an exchange with NDE and NDA on the Readiness project’s effectiveness and results.


At the end of the activity, a concept note based on the most relevant subject of the TAP will be developed, based on the work already undertaken in activity 2.3. Estimated completion date: Month 16. Deliverable 2.4

• Workshop report including a full list of participants, photo documentations

• Concept note from TAP • Terms of reference to be shared with GCF, training material and

tools

X X X

Activity 2.5: Support the implementation of the Technology Action Plan with communications, guidance and training The objective of this activity is to deliver a capacity building package for TNA key stakeholders including training and support materials for the development and application of prioritized technologies. Relevant participants will include the NDA, NDE, GCF, National Climate Finance Task Force and GEF focal points. The training will be delivered to the TNA stakeholders in 4 sub-national workshops. The location of the 4 workshops will be decided in consultation with the TNA committee. The total number of participants per workshop is up to 30. Prior to the workshops, policy briefs and market-use cases for the selected technologies under activity 2.3 will be prepared. A dissemination strategy for the regions will also be prepared. Experts will be presenting the following modules : (a) market mapping and problem trees to enable them to become more familiar with identified technologies ; (b) gender awareness tools to enhance implementation capacities; (c) access to financing of prioritized technologies across domestic and international sources; (d) environmental and social risk considerations of each of the technologies; (e) technical capacity, operation, maintenance and data collection; (f) capacity building and technology development opportunities


Estimated completion date: Month 18. Deliverable 2.5

• Policy briefs and market-use cases for the selected technologies • Dissemination Strategy • Training materials for the sub-national workshops • Workshops reports including a full list of participants, photo

documentations

X X X X

Outcome 3: Climate finance strategies strengthened, private sector mobilized, and project pipeline enhanced

Sub-Outcome 3.1: Private sector engagement

1 Some private sector actors have been engaged during the TNA and TAP processes

2 More private sector actors to be engaged in consultative processes, and establish structured dialogue (e.g. organize some private sector events).

Activity 3.1: Enhancing SME capacity and enabling environment through innovative new business identification training programme The private sector will play a key role in achieving climate goals. This activity aims at engaging with the private sector/ SMEs within Gabon and assisting in the identification of Gabon business needs and exploring new business opportunities in climate technology. This will achieve input and perspective sharing on the market readiness of technologies and the potential deployment. A two-day workshop will be organized for up to 50 public and private stakeholders. The workshop will take present the results of the previous activities, share lessons learned coming from the private sector, engage public and private stakeholders in topic/sector roundtables, and identify innovative business and training programmes. The list of participants will be prepared in consultation with the TNA committee and will target private sector actors in the country. The identification of these actors well in advance is essential for the success of this activity. Estimated completion date: Month 18. Deliverable 3.1

• Workshops reports including a full list of participants, photo documentations. The reports will include the innovative business and training programmes identified.

X


4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (ONLY FOR ADAPTATION PLANNING SUPPORT)

Not Applicable

5. BUDGET, PROCUREMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND DISBURSEMENT

5.1 Budget plan Note in addition to the Budget Plan in excel:

The “Consultants” cost category in the budget refers to both international and local personnel to be hired for the execution of the work (for more details please refer to the attached budget in the Excel Sheet).

CTCN will be selecting the executing agency through a competitive tender process, evaluating complete technical and financial offers for the execution of the technical assistance. Due to the tendering process, the total budget might be different compared to the one approved by the GCF, being the latter the upper limit.

Within CTCN technical assistance a minimum amount of 1% of total budget is dedicated to gender mainstreaming, assuring that the gender topic is properly embedded into the technical analysis and is assessed by a gender expert. The presence of a gender expert within the consultants roster is a requirement within the ToR of the international tender to be published by CTCN.

- CTCN gender mainstreaming tool will be used as baseline reference to assure that gender issues will be included since the early stage of the technology prioritisation of this proposal and throughout all the subsequent Outputs. A description of the gender tool can be found at this link: https://www.ctc-n.org/technologies/ctcn-gender-mainstreaming-tool-response-plan-development

- Stakeholder engagement (community representatives, government, organizations, industrial park management, private sector, financing institutions, etc.)

5.2 Procurement plan Note in addition to the Procurement Plan in excel Overall financial management and procurement of goods and services under this readiness and preparatory support proposal will be guided by UN regulations, rules, policies and procedures and the Framework Agreement between the GCF and UNIDO. UNIDO will be responsible for the implementation of the readiness activities and for procurement and contractual services, as well as reporting on the progress of this implementation in close coordination and strategic guidance from the NDA/FP. The procurement actions and the operational services will be carried forward in accordance with UN policies and procurement guidelines. CTCN procedure for procurement: For a request that is eligible and prioritized, the Climate Technology Managers in charge of the respective request sources the appropriate expertise to develop the Terms of Reference of the assistance (called ‘Response Plan’ as per CTCN procedures). The response plan provides specific information on the technical assistance to be delivered, including activities, outputs, expected outcomes and impacts, timeline, indicators or measuring assistance progress and success, stakeholders to be involved, etc. The response plan, once finalized, is signed by the national focal point of the CTCN in the concerned country (National Designated Entity), the institution which originated the CTCN request for technical assistance and the CTCN Director and constitutes the basis of the assistance to be implemented and monitored upon the approval and in cooperation with the NDA. Based on the needs and expertise required in the response plan, a CTCN Network Member will be selected to implement it.

The selection of the institution from the Network of CTCN for the execution of the technical assistance is conducted through a competitive procurement process as per UNIDO Rules and Regulations, in line with CTCN procedures and with UN Rules and Regulations (being UNIDO the co-host of the CTCN, and a specialized agency established under the UN Charter). The CTCN nurtures a Network of more than 500 expert organizations in the field of low-carbon and climate resilient technologies. The required expertise to carry out the activities that define this intervention will be sourced from the Network. For this, the following four principles shall be given due consideration when undertaking the procurement functions of UNIDO:

i. Best value for money principle; ii. Fairness, accountability, integrity and transparency of the procurement process;

iii. Effective competition; iv. The best interest of the CTCN.

5.3 Disbursement schedule UNIDO will manage the disbursement request and schedule guided by the Framework Agreement between the GCF and UNIDO and in line with its rules and regulations.

https://www.ctc-n.org/technologies/ctcn-gender-mainstreaming-tool-response-plan-development


☒ Readiness Proposal that falls within a Framework Agreement with the GCF

Disbursements will be made in accordance to Clause 4 “Disbursement of Grants” and Clause 5 “Use of Grant Proceeds by the Delivery Partner” of the Framework Readiness and Preparatory Support Grant Agreement entered into between GCF and UNIDO on 15 January 2019. The Delivery Partner is entitled to submit 2 request(s) for disbursement each year and an Interim Request for Disbursement within 30 days of approval by the GCF of a proposal, which must be in accordance with the Framework Agreement.


6. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION

6.1 Implementation map

UNIDO will manage the funds for the activities under this readiness proposal2. The selection of the implementer will be based on a restricted competition process. UNIDO will agree on a plan with the NDA of Gabon to monitor the implementation of the activities using the grant proceeds. However, UNIDO will be responsible for the implementation of the activities under this readiness and preparatory support proposal. 25% of executing agency project management cost will be utilized by UNIDO to provide support to the project execution by completing the following activities throughout the project duration:

1. Preparation of procurement plans 2. Preparation of the project withdrawal requests for disbursement 3. Preparation of TOR and procurement packages 4. Tracking and monitoring of project costs and deliverables to plan 5. Preparation of progress reports and financial management reports

The CTCN Director will be the ultimate official responsible for the activities undertaken. According to CTCN process, the Climate Technology Manager assigned by the CTCN Director will provide the day-to-day management of the assistance provided, and will ensure that the project is progressing as per the planned activity and budget. The selected entity from the Network will report to CTCN as per their contractual arrangement and in line with UN rules and regulations. They will produce regular progress and financial reports and will submit deliverables to CTCN. Funds will only be released if and when the deliverables are satisfactory and cleared by CTCN. They will return any unspent funds within ninety days of expiry or notice of termination of the CTCN. The UNFCCC country focal points for technology (NDE) and finance (NDA) will provide active support to the implementer in the execution of this technical assistance. Their roles as country focal points will include, but not be limited to: ensuring the activities associated with the implementation of this technical assistance are aligned with national climate priorities; promote and engage with key stakeholders as identified by the implementer; promote and present this technical assistance in climate change-related events; and participate in CTCN events and in national workshops affiliated with this technical assistance, if required. They will also be expected to provide guidance and review any relevant documents produced, and will be kept apprised of the progress of the technical assistance. The implementation map summarizes the different interactions between the different parties involved in this technical assistance:

2 UNIDO is fully accredited by the GEF. UNIDO came into full compliance with the GEF fiduciary standards in October 2013 and, since then, with the GEF Environmental and Social Safeguards and Gender policies in May 2015, updated September 2019. Please see GEF council documents, confirming UNIDO’s compliance with relevant GEF policies and standards, under the following links:

- GEF/C.48/06 - GEF AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH POLICIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS, GENDER, AND FIDUCIARY STANDARDS-May 07, 2015: https://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/council-meeting-documents/EN_GEF.C.48.06_Agency_Compliance_with_Safeguards_May%207.pdf

- GEF/C.45/Inf.04 - AGENCY PROGRESS ON MEETING THE GEF FIDUCIARY STANDARDS - October 9, 2013:

https://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/council-meeting-documents/rev.GEF_.C.45.Inf_.04_Agency_Progress_on_Meeting_the_GEF_Fiduciary_Standars_October_9_2013_Final_0_4.pdf

- GEF/C.46/Inf.05 - AGENCY PROGRESS ON MEETING THE GEF FIDUCIARY STANDARDS - April 25, 2014:

https://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/council-meeting-documents/GEF.C.46.Inf_.05%20Agency%20Progress%20on%20Meeting%20the%20GEF%20Fiduciary%20Standards_April%2022%202014.pdf

Figure 2. CTCN processes before the selection of the implementer (described in the implementation map)

https://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/council-meeting-documents/EN_GEF.C.48.06_Agency_Compliance_with_Safeguards_May%207.pdf

https://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/council-meeting-documents/EN_GEF.C.48.06_Agency_Compliance_with_Safeguards_May%207.pdf








The CTCN process for managing technical assistance is the following: requests for technical assistance can be prepared by any applicant organization from a developing country, but all requests must be submitted by the CTCN NDE (national focal point in the concerned country). Once submitted, all requests submitted by developing countries are assessed as per eligibility, balancing and prioritization criteria approved by the CTCN Advisory Board. The three eligibility criteria are the following: 1) The support provided will contribute to increased resilience and/or mitigate emissions, and is aligned with national plans; 2) The support will enhance endogenous capacities; and 3) Processes are in place in the requesting country to monitor and evaluate any support provided (e.g. project accountability is ensured). Balancing criteria are looking at inter and intra-regional an geographical balance (with a preference for requests submitted by LDCs and other highly vulnerable and low capacity countries; balance between adaptation and mitigation objectives, and balance between various types of support spanning the technology cycle. Prioritization criteria consider a number of elements that demonstrate project strengthen and potential for success, including the promotion of endogenous capacities and appropriate technologies, potential for scale up, for South-South cooperation, for leveraging public and private financing, for creating social, economic and social benefits, promoting gender equality etc. Once a request is deemed eligible and prioritized, the CTCN selects the best expertise among its consortium partners to develop a response plan. The criteria for selection are: Relevant technical expertise, Experience and network in national context, Relevant language capacity, Response Planning track record, Representative use of the consortium partners in Response Planning and Feedback/ preference from the NDE. Based on the discussion with the NDE, NDA and request proponent and feedback from the CTCN, the consortium partner develops the response plan. Once an advanced version is prepared, it is presented to CTCN’s director NDE and NDA for signature. Once the response plan is signed, the contracting of the implementer starts.

6.2 Risks, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and other relevant information

Below can be found potential risks that might prevent the project objectives from being achieved and the proposed measures that address these risks at the time of project implementation:

Risk

Likelihood of

occurrence

Impact

level

Mitigation

Entity to manage the risk

Engagement risk: Lack of engagement from key stakeholders

Low High Dissemination strategy and an organization targeting to enhance primary stakeholders attend TNA related events. Strong linkage with NDA and NDE will lower this risk

CTCN, NDE, NDA

Delay risk: Delay in the implementation of the readiness proposal

Low Low Project management procedures in place. UNEP/ UNIDO actively engaged. It will be a requirement to have local partners within the tender evaluation criteria for bidders to comply with. In this way a locally based consultant will interact directly with the TNA national team in order to optimally track the work progress

UNIDO, CTCN

Recruitment risk: Delays due to inability to procure consultants

Medium Medium Highlight need to expedite the process. Dissemination of procurement process through CTCN network and channels

UNIDO, CTCN

Involvement risk: Lack of interest by the public and private sector key stakeholders, resulting in limited interest of local players to scale up the results of this intervention

Low High During project implementation a thorough consultative and participatory approach will be applied; key private sector and industry stakeholders have been identified and targeted in consultation with the NDA/ NDE of Gabon. The COMIFAC, The Central African Forest Commission, with whom this TNA Readiness proposal has been discussed along with NDE and NDA, will contribute to monitor the stakeholder’s engagement.

UNIDO, CTCN, NDE, NDA

Technical/Capacity risks: Lack of capacity by the national counterparts to use or implement the results and

Low Low The project is in line with national policies and the project will be executed in close coordination with the respective Ministry (National Climate Council) and authorities; a number of sub-national workshops and

UNIDO, CTCN


conclusions of this technical assistance.

policy briefs will be delivered to enhance capabilities. CTCN will also liaise with the country in order to support the implementation of the TAP at the end of this TA.

Management Risk: Lack of effective coordination between various project partners

Low Medium A proper coordination will be sought through the CTCN TA framework.

CTCN

Ownership of the results: True ownership by the government and system operator to ensure results are used and up scaled accordingly

Low High The ownership of the project has been secured by the Government given that it falls under their Work Plan. NDE and NDA engagement has been already secured.

CTCN

Climate Change Risk: Negative impacts of climate change and extreme weather events

Low Low The potential impact of extreme weather events in Gabon will be considered through the engagement process.

Access to data: Data accessibility

Medium High Communication channels and information sharing has been secured and their ownership clarified. Same for the other stakeholders.

CTCN

Gender Risk: Resistance against or lack of interest in, the project activities from stakeholders, especially with regard to the active promotion of gender equality. Low participation rates of suitable female candidates due to lack of interest, inadequate project activity or missing qualified female population within the i.e. engineering sector.

Low Low This project will pursue thorough and gender responsive integration and ensure stakeholder involvement at all levels, with special regard to involving women and men. Following CTCN TA requirements, CTCN gender mainstreaming tool will be applied to mitigate this risk

CTCN Implementer, NDE, NDA

Particular risks or vulnerabilities for money laundering, terrorist financing, or prohibited practices

Low Medium No particular risks or vulnerabilities for money laundering, terrorist financing, or prohibited practices have been identified as relevant to this project. UN rules and procedures for project monitoring and procurement will make sure that the risk for these vulnerabilities be low. Strong measures to prevent individuals from placing illicit proceeds or terrorist-related funds into the financial system, while having correspondingly strong measures to detect the placement and movement of such funds would be put in place through rigid reporting standards, and reporting entities who will be part of the coordination committee who are the gatekeepers of implementing the various measures. This would be done through establishing an information sharing regime where, under prescribed conditions respecting individuals' privacy, information submitted by the reporting entities and the results disseminated to regime partners and the general public. By regularly assessing their money laundering and terrorism financing risks, reporting entities can protect and maintain the integrity of the project.

UNIDO


Monitoring & Evaluation

Upon contracting of the implementing partners to implement this Response Plan, the lead implementer will produce a monitoring and evaluation plan for the technical assistance. The monitoring and evaluation plan must include specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound indicators that will be used to monitor and evaluate the timeliness and appropriateness of the implementation. The CTCN Technology Manager responsible for the technical assistance will monitor the timeliness and appropriateness of the Response Plan implementation. Upon completion of all activities and outputs, evaluation forms will be completed by the (i) NDE about overall satisfaction level with the technical assistance service provided; (ii) the Lead Implementer about the knowledge and learning gained through delivery of technical assistance; and (iii) the CTCN Director about timeliness and appropriateness of the delivery of the activities and outputs.

Start Date The start date for implementation will be in accordance with the Framework Agreement.

UNIDO-CTCN as the delivery partner

In 2019, the CTCN organized a workshop in Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) with the 8 COMIFAC countries on strengthening the relationship NDEs-NDAs in central Africa. As a result, the country NDE and NDA decided to submit a GCF Readiness and Support proposal. Therefore, the NDE submitted a request to the CTCN for the preparation of the TNA indicating the route of GCF Readiness and Support funds in agreement with the NDA.


ANNEX 1: PROPOSED METHODOLOGY – IMPLEMENTATION SCHEME

ANNEX 2: PROPOSED METHODOLOGY – STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

A Conceptual Framework for Stakeholder engagement across the Technology Needs Assessment scoping process

identify core stakeholder participants

Introduce and explain

methodology

apply methodology to

prioritisation assessment

conduct follow-up assessment

analyse data using

approppriate tools

rewiew and assess

The following considerations are important when completing the budget:

1. Before preparing the Readiness and PPF budget, please read the full guidance on our website

2. You can select the appropriate budget categories from the dropdown list in the budget plan:

3. To insert additional rows, right click on the row number below where you wish to insert the new row and choose INSERT.

4. Additional budget categories may be added by manually typing them on the Budget Category sheet. :

Project Management Cost: Project management costs (PMC) are the direct administrative costs incurred to execute a project. They should cover only incremental costs incurred due to the GCF contribution. In most cases, these costs are directly related to the support of a dedicated project management unit (PMU) which managesthe day to day execution related activities of the project.

General Principles for PMC costs: 1. The percentage of PMC financed by GCF should not be more than the percentage share of the overall budget financed by GCF 2. PMC budget thresholds: Up to 7.5 per cent of total activity budget. > PMC exceeding 7.5 per cent for the readiness (including NAPs) proposals, and PPF proposals, up to $ 3 million will require detailed documentation and justification supporting the entire PMC budget. > The PMC should be shown as a separate component in the project budget. A detailed breakdown of PMC should be provided by budget category. > Indicative list of eligible project management costs:

> Project staffing and consultants: Project manager, Project Assistant, Procurement personnel, Finance personnel & Support/admin. Personnel> Other direct costs: Office equipment, Mission related travel cost of the PMU, Project management systems and information technology, Office supplies, Audit cost

Contingency :1. Select the appropriate % of Contingency Budget from the dropdown list :

2. Contingency budget for unforeseen costs arising during the project implementation should not be included in the outcome budget separately.3. Contingency budget must be used for any unforeseen programme (output level) cost that is unrelated to implementation/service fee.4. Any use of contingency must be reported to and agreed by the GCF Secretariat in writing in advance provided with justifications that are acceptable to the GCF5. If you get to the end of the project and you haven’t spent Contingency, you can’t increase the scope of the project or buy some more equipment to use it up.

6. The Budget Notes sheet should be used to record explanations, further details or cost breakdowns for individual lines

(https://www.greenclimate.fund/how-we-work/empowering-countries).

If you are unsure about how to complete the budget template, please send your query to: [email protected]

Readiness Grant Budget Preparation Guidelines







5.1 Budget PlanPlease add rows for Outcomes, Outputs and Cost Categories as required. Additional budget categories may be added by manually typing them on the Budget Category sheet.

Consultant - Individual - International

W/Day 1 500.00 500.00

Consultant - Individual - Local W/Day 3 250.00 750.00 Consultant - Individual - International

W/Day 13 500.00 6,500.00

Consultant - Individual - Local W/Day 25 250.00 6,250.00 Consultant - NDE/NDA office support

W/Day 6 300.00 1,800.00

Travel – Local Trip 6 300.00 1,800.00 Travel - International Trip 2 3,000.00 6,000.00

Office Supplies Lumpsum 1 1,500.00 1,500.00

Consultant - Individual - Local W/Day 15 250.00 3,750.00

Travel - Local Participant Trip 8 300.00 2,400.00

Consultant - NDE/NDA office support

W/Day 7 300.00 2,100.00

Workshop/Training W/Day 2 800.00 1,600.00

Consultant - Individual - Local W/Day 8 250.00 2,000.00 Consultant - Individual - International

W/Day 3 500.00 1,500.00


W/Day 3 300.00 900.00

Workshop/Training W/Day 1 800.00 800.00

Consultant - Individual - Local W/Day 38 250.00 9,500.00 Consultant - Individual - International

W/Day 4 500.00 2,000.00


W/Day 12 300.00 3,600.00

Travel – Local Trip 4 300.00 1,200.00

Travel – Local Trip 4 300.00 1,200.00 Consultant - Individual - Local W/Day 70 250.00 17,500.00 Consultant - NDE/NDA office support

W/Day 12 300.00 3,600.00

Workshop/Training W/Day 4 800.00 3,200.00 Consultant - Individual - International

W/Day 25 500.00 12,500.00

IT Equipment Lumpsum 1 3,000.00 3,000.00 Consultant - Individual - International

W/Day 65 500.00 32,500.00


Travel – Local Trip 8 300.00 2,400.00

Travel - International Trip 1 3,000.00 3,000.00

41,000.00

59,900.00

1,250.00

11,350.00

5,200.00

1,250.00

22,350.00

11,350.00

16,300.00

Outcome 2: Country Programming process

Outcome 1 : Institutional capacity and coordination

mechanisms in place to govern and coordinate

climate action and finance

40,150.00 1.3. Support the establishment of a TNA Committee

22,350.00 1.2 Conduct a stakeholder analysis

1.1 Development of planning and communication documents

1.4 Development and endorsement of a work plan for monitoring and oversight

5,200.00

2.1Pre-selection of sub-sectors for the fulfilment of Gabon’s TNA

186,550.00

2.3 Development of Technology Action Plan(s) per sector and /or sub (sector)

16,300.00

59,900.00

2.2 Assess, prioritise and validate key technologies for the fulfillment of Gabon’s TNA

41,000.00

Total Budget(per outcome) 12m 30mUnit Cost

Outcomes

Disbursement Plan

Budget Categorieschoose from the drop-down list Unit 6m 24m

Detailed Budget (in US$)

18m 36mTotal Budget(per budget category)

# of Unit Total Budget(per sub-outcome)

Travel – Local Trip 2 300.00 600.00 Travel - International Participant Trip 4 2,500.00 10,000.00 Workshop/Training W/Day 2 3,000.00 6,000.00 Consultant - Individual - Local W/Day 25 250.00 6,250.00 Consultant - NDE/NDA office support

W/Day 12 300.00 3,600.00


W/Day 14 500.00 7,000.00

Workshop/Training W/Day 4 800.00 3,200.00 Travel – Local Trip 4 300.00 1,200.00 Travel - Local Participant Trip 10 300.00 3,000.00 Consultant - NDE/NDA office support

W/Day 10 300.00 3,000.00


W/Day 20 500.00 10,000.00


Workshop/Training W/Day 2 3,000.00 6,000.00


W/Day 8 500.00 4,000.00

Travel - International Trip 1 3,000.00 3,000.00Consultant - Individual - Local W/Day 15 250.00 3,750.00

Total Outcome Budget 243,450.00 56,450.00 41,000.00 146,000.00 - - - Project Management Cost (PMC)Up to 7.5% of Total Activity Budget


W/Day 5 500.00 2,500.00 Actual amount and % of PMC requested:

Maximum PMC that can be requested:

Office rent Lumpsum 1 8,750.00 8,750.00

Travel - International Lumpsum 2 1,000.00 2,000.00 do not change the formula

do not change the formula

Audit Fee Lumpsum 2 2,500.00 5,000.00 18,250.00 18,258.757.50% 7.50%

LIMATE FUND SECRETARIAT'S USE ONLY

Breakdown (per budget category) Total (per budget category)

Audio Visual & Printing - FOR GREEN CLIMATE FUND SECRETARIAT'S USE ONLY

Audit Fee 5,000.00

Consultant - Individual - International 79,000.00

Consultant - Individual - Local 87,250.00 Total Outcome Budget 243,450.00 Professional Services – Companies/Firm - Project Management Cost (PMC) 7.5% requested 18,250.00 IT Equipment 3,000.00 Contingency 5% requested 12,172.50 Office Supplies 1,500.00 Travel - International 14,000.00

36,450.00

2.4 National Consultation workshop to ensure national ownership and technology deployment

36,450.00

Outcome 3: Climate finance strategies strengthened,

private sector mobilized, and project pipeline enhanced

32,900.00

16,750.00

2.5 Support the implementation of the Technology Action Plan with communications, guidance and training

16,750.00

3.1 Enhancing SME capacity and enabling environment through innovative new business identification training programme

32,900.00

16,750.00

UNIDO will manage the disbursement request and schedule guided by the appropriate agreement and in line with its rules and regulations.

Travel – Local 8,400.00

Sub-Total (Total Outcome Budget + Contingency + PMC)

273,872.50

Workshop/Training 20,800.00

Travel - International Participant 10,000.00

Delivery Partner Fee (DP) - Up to 8.5% of the Sub-Total

23,279.16

Travel - Local Participant 5,400.00 0

Consultant - NDE/NDA office support 18,600.00

Total Project Budget (Total Activity Budget + Contingency + PMC + DP)

Office rent 8,750.00 261,700.00 Total Outcome Budget + PMC

297,152.00$

Budget Note Detailed Description

A International Climate Change Consultant charges at $500

B Local Climate consultant charged at $250 per day.C Office supplies: office consumables and materialD Data information system for capturing input to technology prioritisation and selectionE Costs of $3,000 per trip for international consultant and participants to participate in workshops (stakeholders national workshops)F Costs of $300 per trip for local consultant and participants to participate to meetings, engage with individual actors, data collection.G Workshops at $800 per day across the activities with the exceptions below:

High level National consultation workshop (2.4) requiring extra room, venue facility and catering at $3,000 per day

Private sector engagement workshop (3.1) requiring extra room, venue facility and catering at $3,000 per day

Local travel relates to travel costs of delivering workshop/having interviews at $300 per day

H

25% of executing agency project management cost (USD 4,618.75) will be utilized by UNIDO to provide support to the project execution by completing the following activities throughout the project duration:1. Preparation of procurement plans2. Preparation of the project withdrawal requests for disbursement3. Preparation of TOR and procurement packages4. Tracking and monitoring of project costs and deliverables to plan5. Preparation of progress reports and financial management reports

IThe “Consultant, NDE-NDA office support” category refers to technical staff who will support the NDE and NDA office on technical matters during the work.

Budget CategoriesAudio Visual & PrintingAudit FeeConsultant - Individual - InternationalConsultant - Individual - LocalProfessional Services – Companies/FirmIT EquipmentOffice SuppliesTravel - InternationalTravel – LocalWorkshop/Training Travel - International ParticipantTravel - Local ParticipantProfessional Services – Companies/FirmConsultant - NDE/NDA office supportOffice rent

Indicate additional budget categories

5.2 Procurement Plan

Item Estimated Cost (US$)

$ -

Contract of services to implement the technical assistance

Technical guidance and support to conduct a technology needs assessment and a technology action plan for Gabon 248,450.00

$ 248,450.00

Note: Inlcuded as procurement (contract to network member): activity costs +audit cost

iv. The best interest of the CTCN.

UNIDO will be responsible for the implementation of the readiness activities and for procurement and contractual services, as well as reporting on the progress of this implementation in close coordination and strategic guidance from the NDA/FP. The procurement actions and the operational services will be carried forward in accordance with UN policies and procurement guidelines.

CTCN procedure for procurement: For a request that is eligible and prioritized, the Climate Technology Managers in charge of the respective request sources the appropriate expertise to develop the Terms of Reference of the assistance (called ‘Response Plan’ as per CTCN procedures). The response plan provides specific information on the technical assistance to be delivered, including activities, outputs, expected outcomes and impacts, timeline, indicators or measuring assistance progress and success, stakeholders to be involved, etc. The response plan, once finalized, is signed by the national focal point of the CTCN in the concerned country (National Designated Entity), the institution which originated the CTCN request for technical assistance and the CTCN Director and constitutes the basis of the assistance to be implemented and monitored upon the approval and in cooperation with the NDA. Based on the needs and expertise required in the response plan, a CTCN Network Member will be selected to implement it.

The selection of the institution from the Network of CTCN for the execution of the technical assistance is conducted through a competitive procurement process as per UNIDO Rules and Regulations, in line with CTCN procedures and with UN Rules and Regulations (being UNIDO the co-host of the CTCN, and a specialized agency established under the UN Charter). The CTCN nurtures a Network of more than 450 expert organizations in the field of low-carbon and climate resilient technologies. The required expertise to carry out the activities that define this intervention will be sourced from the Network. For this, the following four principles shall be given due consideration when undertaking the procurement functions of UNIDO:

i. Best value for money principle;

ii. Fairness, accountability, integrity and transparency of the procurement process;

iii. Effective competition;

25% of executing agency project management cost (USD 4,618.75) will be utilized by UNIDO to provide support to the project execution by completing the following activities throughout the project duration:1. Preparation of procurement plans2. Preparation of the project withdrawal requests for disbursement3. Preparation of TOR and procurement packages4. Tracking and monitoring of project costs and deliverables to plan5. Preparation of progress reports and financial management reports

Overall financial management and procurement of goods and services under this readiness and preparatory support proposal will be guided by UN regulations, rules, policies and procedures.

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For goods, services, and consultancies to be procured, please list the items, descriptions in relation to the activities in Section 3, estimated cost, procurement method, relevant threshold, and the estimated dates. Please include the procurement plan for at least the first tranche of disbursement requested below and provide a full procurement plan for the entire duration of the implementation period if available at this stage.

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