NAMA Facility

8th GRA Council MeetingSeptember 11, 2018

Radina Vassileva, AdviserTechnical Support Unit of the NAMA Facility

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Aim

Support developing countries and emerging economies in implementing ambitious NAMAs. NAMAs can function as an important vehicle to implement nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.

Who we are

• A multi-donor fund

• Jointly established by Germany (BMU) and UK (BEIS) in 2013

• Denmark (EFKM, MFA) and the European Commission joined in 2015 as additional donors

• Total funding made available through the NAMA Facility since its inception: approx. EUR 347 million

• Secretariat (Technical Support Unit) based in Berlin

Introduction to the NAMA Facility

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Introduction to the NAMA Facility (II)

What we support

• NAMA Support Projects (NSP) as the most ambitious part of the NAMA. NSPs are selected in annual Calls for NSPs

• Provide funding for a combination of financial andtechnical measures

• Key data of suitable NSPs: 3-5 years implementation period, NF funding budget of EUR 5-20 million

• There is no regional or sectoral focus• In four Calls, 20 NSPs have been pre-selected

Key requirements for project selection

• Implementation readiness• Mitigation potential• Transformational change

NAMA

Support

Project

(NSP)

Overarching sector-wide NAMA

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What are the selection criteria?

Introduction to the NAMA Facility (III)

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Ambition: To what extent does the project shift a country/sector onto a low-carbon trajectory?- Potential for transformational change- Financial ambition- Mitigation potential

Feasibility: How likely is it that the project be implemented successfully?- Project rationale- Project design- DPP concept

Good to know:For more details on the criteriacheck out

i General Information

Document, section 5.1.3

What is the timeline and process?

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Applicant/ Applicant Support Partner/ NSO

TSU / NFGA and/or external evaluators/assessors

Donors of the NAMA Facility

Call open

Outlines

Assessment of Outlines

Board decision

DPP

Proposal

Assessment of Proposals

Board

decision

Implementation 3-5 years

6-18 months

Submission within 18 monthsProposal

DPP

Prepare detailed project concept Conduct required baseline and

feasibility studies for establishing the financial mechanism

Verify mitigation potential External expert pool

5th Call Outlines – regional spread

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• Many national governments referred to their NDC in their application. NAMAs are important building blocks for NDC implementation.

5th Call Outlines – sectoral spread

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Development of sectoral spread across all NAMA Facility Calls

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Call 1 Call 2 Call 3 Call 4 Call 5

Renewable Energy Energy efficiency Transport Waste/Wastewater

Forestry/Land use Agriculture Other

Current portfolio of the NAMA Facility

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NAMA Support Projects funding for implementation approvedAmericas: Chile, Colombia Transport, Colombia Refrigeration, Costa Rica, Mexico Housing, PeruAsia: China, Indonesia, Thailand RAC, Thailand Rice

NAMA Support Projects with appraisal finalized: Africa: Burkina Faso ∣ Asia: Tajikistan

NAMA Support Projects in appraisal/DPP: Africa: The Gambia, Kenya, South Africa, Tunisia, UgandaAmericas: Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico SMEs, Mexico Sugar Mills Asia: Philippines

NAMA Support Project - Thailand Rice (4th Call)

• Aim: Transform the rice production in Thailand

• Technical assistance and training

• Initial capitalization of a revolving fund to support a range of services intended to reduce GHG emissions

• Policy formulation and supporting measures promoting low-emission production on national political level

• Target: 100,000 farmers and 420 service providers in six focus provinces in the Central Plains of Thailand

• Duration: 5 years (2018-2023)

• Volume: 14.9 million (TC: 6.5 million, FC: 8.4 million)

• Mitigation potential: 1.7 MtCO2e over 5 years

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• Implementing agencies: GIZ Thailand, Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperation (BAAC)

• Responsible ministries: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC)

• Technical support: Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Sustainable Rice Production (SRP)

Copyright: Georg Kraft

Thank you for your attention!

Further detailed information at www.nama-facility.org

or contact the Technical Support Unit at contact@nama-facility.org

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