SACFP Practitioner Training Course
Practitioner Training and targeted capacity-building are important pillars of the current phase of the SACFP. The SACFP, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, is facilitating a formal online course for a selection of practitioners from various financial institutions.
Course Structure:
The course includes teams from six Southern African institutions, including those recently accredited to the Green Climate Fund, as well as yet to be accredited. In addition, the SACFP has commissioned targeted training in line with the expressed needs of core stakeholders, and across a set of critical areas that influence the ability to unlock climate finance, including climate rationale, project at risk and portfolio evaluation.
The six teams include:
GCF Resources:
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- Accreditation Process Video
- CDKN Toolkit to GCF Proposal Development
- Concept Note Users Guide
- Finance for Resilience Podcast: The Green Climate Fund – What is it and why it matters in South Africa
- Handbook of Board decisions, policies & procedures
- Initial Investment Framework
- Integrated Results Management Framework
- Practical Guide to Mainstreaming Gender in GCF Projects
- Programming Manual
- Project Preparation Facility (PPF) Guidelines
- Routes to Accessing GCF Resources: Taking Lessons from the Experiences of Entities in South Africa
- Website
GCF Projects and Programmes
Resources
Week 1: Welcome to the Course
Week 2: Intro to Climate Change and Climate Finance
Week 3: Enabling Conditions for Climate Finance and Appropriate Financial Structures
Week 4: Financial Modeling - The Basics
Week 5: Intro to Gender and ESS
Week 6: Green Climate Fund Policy Framework Overview & Concept Note Introduction
Week 7: GCF Policies, Procedures and Requirements
Week 8: History of ESS
Week 9: Financial models and investment management in relation to the GCF
Week 10: GCF GESS tools & safeguards as risk management
Week 11: GESS content in context
Week 12: GCF Conceptual Pitch Presentations
Category
Climate and Development Implementation, Climate Finance