Partnership modality: Country-driven engagement

The Partnership engagement modality is country driven. Countries will provide leadership to the partnership, articulating the needs and priority support areas to advance preparation and implementation of climate resilient water projects. Country entities will also be the primary source of knowledge, best practices, and lessons to be shared among members of the Partnership, which promotes peer-to-peer learning.

In coordination with the NDA, a national entity will submit a request to the Partnership for assistance. A qualifying national entity could be a DAE, the Water Ministry or any national agency with the mandate to work on water resources management, a project sponsor or a project promoter. In collaboration with the NDA and the entity requesting support, a Capacity Development Plan for Project Preparation will be developed and implemented through stakeholder-inclusive processes. The Partnership will facilitate support from among its members – NDAs, DAEs, and other entities – to respond to requests received. The capacity development plan will be lean and agile, with the goal of enabling countries to advance water projects from project ideas to concept notes meeting GCF requirements.

Country Request for Support

Across all steps, the Partnership fosters horizontal sharing of knowledge, best practices, and lessons to allow rapid adaption to in-country context and application to specific water projects. Knowledge packaging, sharing, and application will be done in ways suited to the on-the-ground reality in Asia, cognizant of the local political-economic context, existing technical expertise, and available administrative capabilities.

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Formal request for support from the country submitted online through the web portal of the Partnership for Climate Resilient Water Project Development in Asia
Rapid assessment of the needs for support undertaken by Partnership. The assessment involves analyzing current needs specific to identifying, prioritizing, preparing, or financing climate resilient GCF projects in water and related sectors, followed by evaluation of potential and priority areas of support.
The Partnership identifies potential support or resources from among its member institutions including NDAs and DAEs from other countries, and other member entities.
Capacity Development Plan for Project Preparation developed by the Partnership, on the basis of stakeholder-informed prioritized needs, available resources, and support committed by member institutions. For countries requesting Partnership support on multiple projects, discrete project capacity development plans will be accompanied by an overarching programmatic in-country capacity development framework to harness synergies, take advantage of economies of scale, and capitalize on strengthened, embedded in-country capacity.
Capacity development implemented through hands-on project preparation support including training in key priority areas defined.
Project concept notes submitted by country to GCF.
Countries develop full proposal with assistance from members of the Partnership or any other GCF accredited entity nominated by the NDA.
Lessons learned on preparing successful GCF water projects through both project-specific and programmatic in-country support will be harvested by the Partnership to inform engagement – in-country, and among countries across Asia – in a dynamic manner.