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National Designed Authority

Libyan National Designated Authority
to the Green Climate Fund

Accreditation Requirements: Fiduciary Standards, Social and Environmental Safeguards and Gender Policy

Basic Fiduciary Standards

Key financial and administrative capacities

Ensure transparency and accountability

 

Special Fiduciary Standards

Project management

grant or funding  programs

Mixed loans or benefits

Gender Policy

Policy, procedures and skills

Social and environmental safeguards

(SES)

Institutional policy

Performance standards (PS) 1

Assessment and management of social and environmental risks and impacts PS1-8 through an environmental and social management system

At the project level:

ü  PS2 work level

ü  PS3 resource efficiency and pollution prevention

ü  PS4 Community health and security

ü  PS5 Land acquisition and population displacement

ü  PS6 Biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of natural living resources

ü  PS7 Indigenous Peoples

ü  PS8 cultural heritage

For more details, see initial guiding accreditation framework, standard fiduciary, SES and gender policy on the GCF website. Levels of Accreditation adapted to the Profile of the Applicant Entity

Fiduciary Functions

 

Accreditation required for

Examples of fiduciary functions

Basic fiduciary criteria

Special fiduciary criteria  for project management *

Special fiduciary criteria for fund and /or Grant allocations

Special  fiduciary criteria for loans and other mixed benefits

Consolidation of institutional systems and regulators

 

 

 

 

Implementation of projects with the Fund resources  by the Accredited Entity itself

 

 

 

 

Implementation of projects with the Fund resources  by a third Entity

 

 

 

 

Grants allocations

 

 

 

 

Management of credit lines using the Fund resources

 

 

 

 

Loans

 

 

 

 

Management of the Fund resources with other complementary resources

 

 

 

 

Use of the Fund resources as guarantees

 

 

 

 

Use of the Fund resources for equity participation

 

 

 

 

Environmental and social risks

Risk level

Funding proposals

Intermediation

High

Category A

Activities with a high level of social multiple, irreversible, or unprecedented impacts

Intermediation 1 (I1)

When the existing or proposed intermediary portfolio includes, or will include, significant financial exposure and activities and a high level of social and / or environmental risks, and / or multiple, irreversible, or unprecedented impacts

Medium

Category B

Activities with a medium level of social and / or environmental risks,and / or few, generally localized, largely reversible impacts offset by mitigation measures

Intermediation 2 (I2)

When the existing or proposed intermediary portfolio includes, or will include, significant financial exposure and activities with a medium level of social and / or environmental risks, and / or few, generally localized, largely reversible impacts offset by mitigation measures; or includes a very limited number of activities with a high level of social and / or environmental risks, and / or multiple, irreversible, or unprecedented impacts

Weak/nonexistent

Category C

Activities with social and environmental risks and minor or no impacts

Intermediation 3 (I3)

When the existing or proposed portfolio includes financial exposure and activities with minimal or no significant social and environmental impacts

* Activities involving investments through financial intermediation functions or mechanisms

Source of sub-section: Country Programming Division, GCF Secretariat, February 2018