Leveraging the Private Sector for Increased Climate Investment and Strengthened Partnerships in the West Asia Region: Programmatic Approach to Support Regional NDAs and DAE Applicants

Date documents can be requested until : 11 July 2025 16:00
Title : Leveraging the Private Sector for Increased Climate Investment and Strengthened Partnerships in the West Asia Region: Programmatic Approach to Support Regional NDAs and DAE Applicants
Procurement No. : 100013014
Process : RFP

Date documents can be requested until : 27 June 2025 16:00
Title : Leveraging the Private Sector for Increased Climate Investment and Strengthened Partnerships in the West Asia Region: Programmatic Approach to Support Regional NDAs and DAE Applicants
Procurement No. : 100013014
Process : RFP
Description : Global Green Growth Institute for its projects in Jordan is inviting eligible firms to submit their proposals for the consulting services for “Leveraging the Private Sector for Increased Climate Investment and Strengthened Partnerships in the West Asia Region: Programmatic Approach to Support Regional NDAs and DAE Applicants”

PROJECT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) – is a financing mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and a critical element of the historic Paris Agreement. It is the world’s largest climate fund, mandated to support developing countries raise and realize their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) ambitions towards low-emissions, climate-resilient pathways. The ability of the communities in the Arab region to deal with the impacts of climate change is shaped both by their natural and socio-economic realities, as well as by the challenges imposed by these realities. Economic and social conditions vary among countries of the Arab region. The urbanization and population growth in the region are putting severe strains on dwindling natural resources. Although several interventions have been put in place (in the public sector) to tackle the impact of climate change in the region, the private sector has seen few or no engagement in the regions’ climate action. In this context, this regional readiness project including Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, and Oman was designed by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and GCF to address the private sector engagement in the region’ s climate action.
Strengthening cooperation among the public sector, the private sector, and academia is critical for this process, particularly using appropriate measures to enhance education, training, and capacity-building. Therefore, GGGI is implementing the project titled " Leveraging the Private Sector for Increased Climate Investment and Strengthened Partnerships in the West Asia Region " over the next two years (2025-2027). The project will focus on private sector direct access applicants, potential future DAEs, Executing Entities (EEs) and National Designated Authorities (NDAs) to develop effective public-private partnerships for stimulating greater engagement and increasing private investment in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The project aims to achieve the following four strategic GCF outcomes:

1. Capacity Building: build capacity of private sector direct access applicants and DAEs to achieve accreditation and improve ability to develop projects in alignment with GCF criteria. of NDAs and Private Sector Direct Access Entities (candidates),
2. Strategic Frameworks: develop capacity of EEs and other private sector actors to increase engagement in climate finance and better understand the range of financial instruments and innovative deal-structures for utilization of public resources to buy-down risk for private sector entry into climate finance,
3. Pipeline Development: support NDAs and private sector actors to identify/advance project ideas by developing needed assessments and studies, improving understanding of gender and social awareness and translating ideas and information into new concept notes (CNs) or enhanced existing CNs,
4. Knowledge Sharing and Learning: utilize the portfolio approach to develop a regional knowledge management tool that will promote public-private knowledge transfer and enhanced regional participation in climate action.

Objectives of the Assignment
Under the project’s first outcome, “Direct access applicants and DAEs have established capacity to meet and maintain the GCF's accreditation standards; and accredited DAEs have the capacity to develop a pipeline of projects”, GGGI is seeking a consultancy firm to support the development of the following services, as elaborated upon in this request for proposals:
• 1.2.1 - Programmatic approach to strategically identifying and supporting potential private-sector DAE applicants (and public in Palestine), to increase the number and capacity of relevant private-sector DAEs.
• 1.2.3 – Regionally coordinated diagnostic and planning approach and tools developed and implemented for identifying DAE capacity gaps (e.g., gender, safeguards and disclosure policy and procedures) and gap-filling actions to support private-sector Direct Access applicants in meeting GCF accreditation requirements.

The outputs activities are aimed at strengthening private sector engagement through tailored tools, capacity development, diagnostic assessments, and action planning. The consultant will need a physical presence and or track record of assignments in the countries identified in the portfolio. In depth knowledge about GCF accreditation, project design, and investment criteria is therefore highly desirable.

PROPOSED ACTIVITIES & SCOPE OF WORK:
1) Scope of Work
The assignment shall support the development of institutional and strategic frameworks for enhancing private sector engagement in climate finance, particularly through GCF Direct Access Entity (DAE) accreditation. The consultant will undertake a comprehensive assessment of the current landscape of private-sector DAEs and prospective applicants in the five countries, identifying alignment with existing national climate priorities.
Building on these insights, the firm will develop a strategic, user-friendly DAE pipeline development tool to support NDAs in evaluating and selecting eligible private-sector candidates. This tool will be deployed through a regionally coordinated training program aimed at enhancing stakeholder capacities across the five countries. The consultant will also formulate country-specific DAE pipeline development plans that reflect local contexts and institutional readiness.
Furthermore, the firm shall employ a gender balanced team of experts from the beneficiary countries where possible to define the scope and content of diagnostic tools for capacity gap assessments. These tools will be validated through stakeholder engagement processes and piloted in the targeted institutions. In-country training sessions will be conducted to build national capacities in applying the tools, and the firm will finally prepare tailored gap-filling action plans for candidate DAEs, including a regional-level analysis of prospective entities. All activities shall be implemented in close coordination with national focal points, NDAs, and GGGI’s technical team, ensuring alignment with GCF accreditation criteria and institutional development objectives.

2) Proposed Activities for the Overall Project
Under the scope of work, the Successful Service Provider shall be required to perform the following activities:
a. Review current pool of private-sector Direct Access Applicants and DAEs in beneficiary countries against their priority climate actions (i.e., from NDCs, NAPs, NCs, national climate policies, and GCF Country Programmes) to identify weaknesses and opportunities in DAE pipeline development, including through matching making exercise:
• Collect and analyze operational documentation such as: climate project proposals (past and ongoing), internal financial systems, reporting mechanisms, and budgeting tools, organizational governance, administrative processes, and legal registration, policies and implementation mechanisms for Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS), gender equality and inclusion strategies, historical performance in accessing climate finance (GCF, UNFCCC, etc.).
• Compare institutional capabilities against GCF accreditation criteria and fiduciary standards.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews to validate institutional profiles and readiness gaps.
• Develop a comprehensive regionally collated private sector analysis report focused on DAE needs. Opportunities and Beneficiary consultation and validation report developed (for each country).

b. Develop a DAE pipeline development tool (based on activity a) to strategically identify and match DAE applicants with relevant priority climate actions (within each country context), The tool shall:
• Define prioritization criteria using national climate strategies (e.g., NDCs, Country Programs, NAPs).
• Incorporate GCF investment criteria, such as paradigm shift potential, sustainable development potential, efficiency, impact, and needs of recipient.
• Be built on a scoring framework to assess candidate institutions in terms of: o Financial management capacity
o Governance structure
o Track record with climate/environment projects
o Gender responsiveness and social inclusion
o Transparency and safeguards compliance

• Develop a user manual and tool guide for NDAs to independently apply and adapt the tool.
• Pilot the tool with candidate DAEs in a workshop setting and revise based on user feedback.
• Consultation and validation reports developed (for each country)

c. Provide regional training of NDAs and other relevant policy actors in tool application:
• Organize and facilitate a two-day regional training workshop to build the capacity of NDAs and other stakeholders on the application of the DAE pipeline development tool (taking into account gender and social safeguards considerations in the selection of participants)
• Pre-Training Needs Assessment: Design and distribute a survey to NDAs and relevant stakeholders to identify current gaps, expectations, and existing knowledge levels regarding the tool and GCF accreditation criteria.

Develop regionally coordinated diagnostic and planning approach guidelines (e.g., standard operating procedure (SOP) and tools with user manuals:
• Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for carrying out institutional capacity assessments.
• Create qualitative and quantitative tools such as: Scorecards and checklists for assessing financial management, governance, and compliance, Interview guides and data collection templates.
• Draft comprehensive user manuals explaining the application of each tool, including step-by-step instructions for data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Pilot the diagnostic tools with a sample of DAEs in each country.
• Organize feedback sessions to validate effectiveness and ease-of-use.
• Incorporate feedback and finalize the guidelines and tools.
• Produce validation and workshop reports to confirm readiness for wide-scale adoption across the region.

g. Conduct in-country trainings (one event per country in Iraq, Jordan and Palestine), considering gender considerations in the selection of participants:
• Develop detailed session plans, interactive modules, and real-life case studies that illustrate the use of diagnostic tools.
• Organize and facilitate a two-day training workshop in each country (Iraq, Jordan, and Palestine), targeting around 30 participants per session (with at least 10 women per session).
• Administer pre- and post-training assessments using an interactive tool to measure the increase in participant knowledge and skill acquisition.
• Prepare a comprehensive training report including: a final agenda and training materials, participant lists, photographs, summaries of interactive sessions, and feedback and recommendations for future training.

h. Develop a GCF accreditation gap-filling action plan for at least two private-sector DAE applicants in each country (Jordan, Iraq, Oman, and Lebanon) and one private-sector and one public sector DAE for Palestine. This activity will also explore potential DAEs at the regional level and identify their high-level capacity relevant gaps:
• Utilize the diagnostic tools developed in Activity (b) to perform in-depth assessments of the institutional capacities of targeted DAEs.
• Conduct gap analysis by identifying deficiencies in key areas such as: financial management and internal controls, governance and legal compliance, ESS policies and safeguards implementation, gender mainstreaming etc.
• Organize focused discussions with each DAE to co-develop realistic and time-bound action plans, and outline specific technical assistance, policy reforms, and capacity-building measures required to meet GCF standards.
• Conduct a parallel evaluation of at least three potential regional-level DAEs. o Prepare a summary analysis comparing capacities and identifying high-level / shared gaps; and summary recommendations.

• Compile a comprehensive regional summary report that includes gap analyses, candidate profiles, and recommendations for further interventions.

• Develop a comprehensive training curriculum that covers: o an overview of the DAE pipeline development tool
o detailed technical sessions on applying GCF investment criteria, Integration of gender mainstreaming and environmental/social safeguards, practical case studies and interactive module exercises.

• Prepare a comprehensive training report including final agenda and training materials, participant lists, photographs, summaries of interactive sessions, and feedback and recommendations for future training.
• Administer pre- and post-training assessments using an interactive tool to measure the increase in participant knowledge and skill acquisition.

d. Country Specific: detailed, actionable DAE pipeline development plans for each country that reflect strategic engagement with potential DAEs and align with national climate priorities: two private-sector DAE pipeline development plans, using the tool (Iraq and Jordan), and one public-private sector DAE development plan for Palestine:
• Create a standardized framework for the pipeline development plan including mapping of potential candidates, a timeline for capacity-building and policy reforms, identification of technical, financial, and institutional support needs.
• Define key interventions for each candidate, such as: required upgrades to financial and administrative policies, enhancements to internal controls, governance, and transparency systems, strategies to meet environmental and social safeguards (ESS) requirements.
• Compile the findings and recommendations into detailed reports, including visual tools (roadmaps, flowcharts) for ease of understanding, provide an implementation timeline and assign performance indicators for monitoring progress.

e. Define diagnostic scope for institutional gaps: establish a clear, comprehensive scope for diagnosing institutional and capacity gaps among potential private sector DAEs with respect to GCF accreditation requirements:
• Develop a term of reference (TOR) outlining the diagnostic and planning approach and tools for identifying DAE capacity gaps (e.g. gender, safeguards and disclosure policy and procedures).
• Conduct stakeholder interviews or focus groups to validate the approach outlined in the TOR
• Pre-Training Needs Assessment: Design and distribute a survey to DAEs and relevant stakeholders to identify current gaps, (e.g., gender, safeguards and disclosure policy and procedures) and gap-filling actions to support private-sector Direct Access applicants in meeting GCF accreditation requirements.

For more details, please refer to the Terms of Reference (TOR) document attached.

IMPORTANT TIMELINES:
Please note that the procurement RFP closing time is 27 JUNE 2025 (16.00 Hrs Korean Standard Time/10.00 JORDAN LOCAL TIME)
If any bidder has any request for clarification on the TOR or any part of the tender documents, GGGI will be happy to clarify if they are received on or before 7 days before the deadline (namely: if the tender submission deadline is 16:00 27 June 2025 KST, then the due date for submission of request for clarification is 16:00 20 June 2025 KST).

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