GCF EVENTS | 2017

Green Climate Fund

Pacific Regional Structured
Dialogue
1821 July 2017 | Tanoa Hotel, Nukualofa, Kingdom of Tonga

Primary target audience

National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and focal points in the
Pacific
Officials from Ministries of Finance, Climate Change and National
Planning
Accredited Entities
GCF Delivery Partners
Private Sector Representatives
Civil Society Organizations
GCF Board Member and Advisors
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Objectives
The goal of the meeting is to enhance the Pacific Islands engagement with
the GCF to deliver upon Pacific Island Country low carbon high resilience
development goals.

The Programme will focus on:

(1) Increasing understanding of the GCF and the opportunities for Pacific
Island countries
(2) Further developing the Pacific Island Roadmap for engagement with
the GCF. How is the Pacific progressing as a region? Identification of
common regional goals. Pacific Coordination and the role of regional
agencies.
(3) Progressing country programming moving from a brief to a full GCF
Country Programme (CP), providing clarity on the role of an Entity
Work Plan (EWP) and how it relates to the Country Programme, and
providing information on the role of an NDA in coordinating CPs and
EWPs.
(4) Increasing the understanding of the roles of different stakeholders in
the GCF process (NDAs, AEs, Private sector, Development partners and
others)
(5) Enhancing Private Sector engagement in the Pacific
(6) Increasing understanding of what happens after approval (ie
addressing conditions, Accreditation Master Agreements, Funded
Activity Agreements)
(7) Sharing best practices, including institutional strengthening, no
objection procedures.

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High-Level Segment
Tuesday 18 July 2017
08:30 09:00 Registration

09:00 09:45 Opening Session

Session to include remarks from high-level representatives of host
country and GCF
Welcome prayer (TBC)
Opening by GCF Board Co-Chair (10 minutes)
Mr Ewen McDonald, Co-Chair, Board of the Green Climate Fund

Welcome address (10 minutes)

Hon Siaosi Sovaleni, Deputy Prime Minister, Tonga (TBC)
Special message from the Board representative for SIDS (5 minutes)
HE Mr Aliioaigi Feturi Elisaia, Member of the Board of the Green
Climate Fund for Samoa
Key words from the GCF (5 minutes)
Mr Howard Bamsey, Executive Director, GCF

9:45 10:45 Session 1: GCF Pacific achievements and lessons learnt

Session for leaders and ministers to articulate their climate change
priorities, how they see the GCF addressing them, and opportunities and
lessons for further interventions.
Chair: Ewen McDonald
Sharing lessons learned from the Pacific Discussions on experiences
and lessons learned to date in engaging with the GCF (GCF proposals,
Readiness Funding successfully approved in the Pacific)
View from Pacific Island Countries (1 hour)
Pacific Ministers to speak from the floor

10:45 11:15 Coffee break and official photo

11:15 12:30 Session 1: GCF Pacific achievements and lessons learnt (continued)
Second part of the session to allow entities to respond to how they are
addressing country priorities, and what other opportunities they see to
address gaps identified.
Chair: Howard Bamsey
View from Accredited Entities (35 minutes)
View from GCF Board members on expectations for future proposals (10 min)
- Ambassador Feturi Elisaia
- Sally Truong

Next steps
Q&A and discussion (45 minutes)

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12:30 13:45 Lunch

13:45 15:30 Session 2: Private sector engagement in the Pacific

Session to explore opportunities, challenges and enabling conditions for
private sector engagement in the Pacific.

Chair: Ewen McDonald

a) Opportunities and challenges for the region, (15 minutes)

b) Country experiences with private sector engagement (30 minutes)
Pacific Leaders or Ministers invited to share key lessons and barriers to
private sector engagement in the climate agenda
c) Conditions required for investment (30 minutes)
Private sector/investment experts (speakers TBC) to share perspectives
how to make their investments more climate resilient and/or low GHG
producing.
d) GCF opportunities, PSF GCF (15 minutes)
GCF role in supporting private sector in the region, and underlying
conditions to be put in place by governments to create enabling
environments for the private sector.
Q&A and discussion (15 minutes)

15:30 16:00 Coffee Break

16.00 17.10 Session 2: Private sector engagement in the Pacific cont.

Chair: Howard Bamsey
Accredited Entities to present on opportunities for supporting key
private sector stakeholders in the Pacific
Discussion (40 minutes)

17.10 17:30 Next steps and closing

Chair: Ewen McDonald and Howard Bamsey

18.30 21.00 Welcome reception by the Government of Tonga, Vakaloa Beach Resort

Reception address

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Regional Technical Workshop

Wednesday 19 July 2017
08:30 09:00 Opening Prayer (5min)
Opening statement Key outcomes of the High-Level Session and
objectives (10min)
Country programming and revisiting the GCF Pacific roadmap (10min)
Clifford Polycarp, GCF

9:00 10:30 Breakout session: Thematic sessions (1 hour 30 mins)

Break out Groups (2 3): Each group will focus on thematic cluster
areas for the Pacific (including energy, coastal protection, early
warning systems, oceans, climate resilient infrastructure). Groups will
have a mixture of countries, partners and other stakeholders.
Pacific Country Programme Briefs will be updated in advance of the
event and shared with all participants. This will help to identify the key
thematic clusters to be covered.
Each break out group to start with thematic presentations around the key
thematic areas:
- Energy
- Early Warning Systems
- Oceans
- Climate Resilient Infrastructure/Coastal Protection

Countries to provide an update on their country priorities (by thematic

area), progress and timeframes, and identification of key challenges
faced at the national level.

10:30 11:00 Coffee Break

11.00 11.45 Group report back

Three groups: 45 minutes 10 minutes presentation for each group followed
by 15 minutes Q&A
Each group will be asked to report key issues from their breakout group
discussions that they feel are critical in order to progress projects
across these thematic areas from the region including through the
strategic use of Country and Entity Programmes.

11:45 12:45 Approval to implementation (1 hour)

a) Accreditation Master Agreements (AMA)/ and Funded Activity Agreements

(FAA) processes (15 mins)
GCF Secretariat
b) Meeting the conditions on funding proposals (15 mins)
GCF Secretariat
Q&A and discussion (30 mins)

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12:45 13:45 Lunch

13:45 15:00 Incentivizing the private sector (1 hour 15 mins)

This session will focus on incentivizing and safe guarding private
sector investments in the Pacific. It will also build upon guidance
provided in the High Level Session on Day 1.
a) Identifying and removing barriers to private sector investment what
are they and why?
- Mitigation e.g. Energy sector/Infrastructure (speaker TBC)
- Adaptation e.g. Insurance Sector (speaker TBC)

b) Potential cooperation
- knowledge/experience sharing
- regional approach to addressing private sector barriers

15:00 15:30 Coffee Break

15.30 17.00 Key role of other stakeholders, Civil Society, Delivery Partners, and
Development Partners (1 hour 30 mins)
This session will focus on allowing civil society, Delivery Partners of
readiness and development partners to share their experiences to
date in GCF related activates and highlight the important role they
envisage themselves playing in the region going forward.

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Thursday 20 July 2017

9:00 10:30 Country ownership Key elements ensuring country ownership

including National Designated Authority - Role and responsibilities,
Country Programme, No Objection procedures (1 hour 30 mins)

The GCF will provide a short commentary of the importance each of

these steps and processes play in enabling country ownership and
identified countries will share their relevant experiences. This session is
intended to highlight some good practice and identify challenges that
can be address to progress strengthening country ownership.

- The Role of NDAs

- Country Programming
- Stakeholder engagement
- No objection procedures

Q&A and discussion

10:30 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 12:30 Accredited Entities Programmes - Regional proposals

Entities to provide an update on their work to advance the key thematic
areas of the Pacific Road Map, sharing relevant elements of their Entity
Work Plans, progress and timeframes.
- Renewable Energy, Efficiency & Conservation
- Early Warning Systems
- Ocean Sustainability
- Climate Resilient Infrastructure & Coastal Protection

Q&A and discussion

12:30 13:30 Lunch

13:30 15:10 Breakout Session B: Where two become one Country Programmes
and Accredited Entity Programmes (1 hour 40 mins)
Three groups: Each group will have a mixture of countries, partners and other
stakeholders
This session will focus on priority themes, as identified in the Pacific
Road Map, and discuss how country programmes and accredited entity
programmes should align and complement each other, and what
steps/support is required to take these forward (identification of
partnerships, support needed (including Project Preparation Facility
(PPF), Readiness and National Adaptation Planning (NAPs)).

15:10 15:30 Coffee Break

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15:30 16:15 Group report back

Three groups: 45 minutes 10 minutes for each group followed by 10
minutes Q&A
Each group will report back key points to ensure better alignment of
country and accredited entity programmes, including improved
processes for communication, engagement and consultation.

16:15 16:30 The role of independent units of the GCF

Presentation on the role of the Independent Integrity Unit

Q&A and discussion

16:30 17:00 Wrap-up session (Plenary)

Key takeaway messages from group discussions and how GCF and
partners can start addressing these.

Participant evaluations

17.00 18.00 Closed session for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Board
Members and Pacific SIDS representatives

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Friday 21 July 2017

08:30 12:00 Bilateral meetings

Bilateral meetings between GCF and NDAs or focal points and other partners

Bilateral meetings will focus in particular on:

- NDA strengthening and Country Programme development and
Readiness requirements to support these.
- Project/Programme development and implementation, and GCF,
Accredited Entity and partner support to progress these.

Bilateral meetings with Accredited Entities or other participants

NDAs or focal points will have the option to seek bilateral meetings with
Accredited Entities able to work in the Pacific as well as other partners
present at the workshop to progress their priorities.

Note: Bilateral meeting times between the GCF and NDAs will be
finalized in advance of the workshop wherever possible. In addition, a
sign-up list to book meetings will be available at the registration table
from day 1 and finalized at the end of day 3.

12:00 13:00 Lunch

18:00 20:00 Closing Reception - Venue TBC

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