FAO Learning and Sharing Workshop on Green Climate Fund Project Design

11:00-12:00

• Open discussions and Q&A
• Wrap-up

9:00-10:30

FAO-GCF Project and Quality Assurance Process
Nadine Valat, GCF Team Leader CBC
Paul Critician, RLC Field Program unit

RLC ad hoc process for operational capacity analysis and strengthening
Vicente Ossa - RLC Field Program unit

15:30-16:15

REDD + in GCF and FAO comparative advantage: RBP Pilot Programme
Lucio Santos, Forestry Officer – FAO SLM/NDA

16:15-17:00

• Evaluation
• Closing and Distribution of Certificates

13:00-13:45

Panel Disdussion: Lessons learned from approved GCF projects

• Miguel Martinez - FAO Guatemala/NDA
• Maria Fernanda Sanchez - FAO Nicaragua/NDA
• Onika Baptiste - FAO Guyana /NDA
• Micheal Church - Grenada /NDA

14:00-15:00

Sign-in parallel refresher sessions

1. Feasibility Studies for GCF projects Gianluca Gondolini, Senior Climate Change Officer, FAO SLC
2. GCF Financial and economic analysis Yerania Sanchez, Economist, TCI team, SLM

11:00-12:00

• Panel Discussion: Lessons learned from approved GCF projects
  Miguel Martinez - FAO Guatemala/NDA
  Maria Fernanda Sanchez – FAO Nicaragua/NDA
  Onika Baptiste – FAO Guyana/NDA
  Michael Church – Grenada/NDA

15:30-17:00 - Time in Santiago, Chile UTC-03:00

• Integrating GCF gender policy in project formulation for Funding Proposals and Readiness Projects
  Catalina Ivanovich, Gender Specialist, RLC

13:00-14:00 - Time in Santiago, Chile UTC-03:00

• (Continue) Technical clinic: Institutional arrangements in GCF projects
  Grenada’s country experience with the GCF
  Group exercise

14:00-15:30

• Project formulation – Lessons learnt from the two approved FAO-led GCF Funding Proposals PROEZA and RECLIMA
  Jorge Meza, FAO Representative, Paraguay
  Alan Gonzalez, former FAO Representative El Salvador

11:00-12:00 - Time in Santiago, Chile UTC-03:00

• Technical clinic: Institutional arrangements in GCF projects
  Country case study: i) RECLIMA: Resiliencia Climática de los Agroecosistemas del corridor seco de El Salvador; ii) Strengthening resilience for marine, coastal and island ecosystems, and the communities dedicated to fisheries and aquaculture in Honduras;
  Emilia Barranza – El Salvador FAO Representative
  Alicia Medina – FAO Honduras/NDA

• Technical clinic: Co-Financing in GCF projects
  Preservation and restoration of ecosystem services with an emphasis on water security for climate change in Bolivia
  Wilson Rocha - FAO Bolivia/NDA

13:00-14:00 Time in Santiago, Chile UTC-03:00

• (Continue) Technical Clinic: demystifying the Climate Rationale in GCF context
• Country case study: Ridge to Reef approach in Southern Haiti
  Walter DeOliveira, FAO Haiti/NDA

14:00-15:00

• Group Exercise: Establishing the climate case
• Report back in plenary

11:00-12:00 Time in Santiago, Chile UTC-03:00

• Setting the scene: GCF Investment Criteria and Project Development Methodology
  Savis Sadeghian – Climate Finance Officer, GCF Team, CBC
• Technical Clinic: demystifying the Climate Rationale in GCF context
  Simone Bauch, Senior Climate Advisor, GCF-FAO

Day 1 - 22 January

8:30–9:00 Time in Santiago, Chile UTC-03:00

Registration of participants

9:00-10:30

• Opening
  Eve Crowley, Deputy Regional Representative, FAO RLC
  Nadine Valat, GCF Team Leader, CBC FAO
• Objectives and Overview of the Workshop Agenda
  Savis Sadeghian – Climate Finance Officer, GCF Team, CBC
• Introduction to the GCF
  Martina Duncan, Climate Finance Expert, SLC
• Short presentation of projects by countries (45 min)