Climate change & health: Submitting GCF Project Proposals
25 February 2020 | Questions and answersThe World Health Organization (WHO) has been approved as a Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Delivery Partner, enabling WHO to support countries in accessing GCF Readiness funds, undertaking climate adaptation planning and developing strategic frameworks to build their programmatic work with the GCF. To provide further guidance in accessing climate financing from the Green Climate Fund for health-related readiness activities and projects, some of the most common questions we have received are answered below.
Project proposals are submitted through a GCF Accredited Entity (AE). WHO is not yet a GCF AE and as such full project proposals cannot be submitted through WHO.
WHO can assist with the development of full project proposals for submission to GCF and this activity can be funded through the Readiness programme. WHO can also be engaged to implement activities as part of a GCF-funded project, however, an AE is responsible for project proposal submission and then managing the overall project.
The full list of GCF accredited entities are on the GCF website.
Learn more about the support WHO can offer through the GCF Readiness Programme here.
The GCF is available to assist if you are unable to find an Accredited Entity (AE). The Nationally Designated Authority (NDA) should contact their regional GCF focal points. (Please see contact details below).
The GCF documents, Initial Investment framework: activity-specific subcriteria and indicative assessment factors and Mitigation and Adaptation performance measurement frameworks, provides some guidance and examples of assessment factors for both mitigation and adaptation projects.
All successful project proposals are available on the GCF website. Other background and guidance documents can also be found on these pages.
- Ensure the NDA is engaged and supportive from the beginning
- Share the draft concept note early with the GCF and WHO
- Develop a clear theory of change for your project
- GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) could provide financial support to Accredited Entities to develop a Funding Proposal from project Concept Note;
- Technical assistance is available to assist Direct Access Entities and NDAs for strengthening Concept Notes and PPF applications. The technical assistance is not deployed however, to write the PPF proposal or the CN. The technical assistance is there to provide guidance to help the NDA team or the DAE to write their own concept or PPF proposal.
More information
Template for Readiness Proposal to the GCF
Information on GCF Project Development
GCF Performance Measurement Framework
GCF Guidelines on Simplified Approval Process
Key contacts
WHO HQ
WHO Regional Offices
Regional Office for Africa: Guy Mbayo Kakumbi
Regional Office for the Americas (Pan American Health Organization): Daniel Buss, Sally Edwards and Jonathan Drewry
Regional Office for South-East Asia: Rasheed Hussein and Faustina Gomez
Regional Office for Europe: Vladimir Kendrovsky and Oliver Schmoll
Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean: Hamed Bakir
Regional Office for the Western Pacific: Genandrialine Peralta, Nasir Hassan
GCF Readiness
Daniel Buckley, Readiness Program Senior Specialist
Samantha Rabine, Regional Officer, Western Pacific
Corey Fortin, Regional Officer, West, South, and East Asia
Mahendra Saywack, Regional Officer, Latin America and Caribbean
Olade Balo Akakpo, Regional Officer, Africa Region I
Stephen Seres, Regional Officer, Africa Region II
Salamat Erejepov, Regional Officer, Eastern Europe and Central Asia