country partners the af ngo network has obtained some...
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This project is part of the International Climate Initiative.
The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Con-servation and Nuclear Safety supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag
Country Partners The AF NGO network has obtained some limited re-sources to assist NGOs in developing countries in fol-lowing the AF operations within their countries. Prior-ity will however be given to direct access countries. So far the network works with the following partners:
■ Enda TM, Senegal www.enda.sn
■ Panos Caribbean, Jamaica www.panoscaribbean.org
■ Fundación Vida, Honduras www.fundacionvida.org
■ OFEDI, Benin
How to become a member of the AF NGO Network Basically the AF NGO Network is open to any NGO or stakeholder interested in the AF or the Network. To become a member of the AF Network, please fill in the membership form:
www.germanwatch.org/afn-member
The membership is free of charge. However, it is recom-mended to have an adaptation or adaptation finance background, so that you can benefit from the Network. Being part of the Network, it is expected that each member organisation is willing to contribute to the activities of the Network as well as to act as an am-bassador of the Network, at the local, national and/or regional level as well as to the AF.
ContactsAlpha Oumar Kaloga PolicyOfficer-AdaptationtoClimateChange International Climate Policy Team [email protected]
Sven Harmeling Team Leader International Climate Policy [email protected]
The AF NGO Network: www.af-network.orgOther documents of Germanwatch on AF www.germanwatch.org/klima/af
Facebook: AF NGO Network
Adaptation Fund NGO NetworkSupporting the most vulnerable to climate change
Being part of the network!
At the 13th meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board in Bonn: Emmanuel Seck, ENDA TM; Sven Harmeling, Germanwatch; Indy Mclymont-Lafayette, Panos Caribbean; Isaac Ferreira, Fundación Vida; Alpha Oumar Kaloga, Germanwatch (from left to right).
Jamaica: Local community and partners replant mangroves in one of the project areas.
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NGOs members of the Advisory committee (AC)Around 20 experts covering different expertise, from NGOs and research institutions, from developing and developed countries build the Advisory Committee to the Network. The invited experts are expected to as-sist the network in assessing the development of the AF by providing strategic guidance on all issues related to the AF and the Network. The AC aims at facilitating and easing the sharing of knowledge on adaptation good practice within the Network members, countries and regions, including on means to identify the par-ticularly vulnerable people. The list of members can be found here:
www.germanwatch.org/afn-member
The AF NGO Network The AF NGO Network has been initiated by a number of NGOs in order:
▶ To accompany the crucial phase of implementation of the projects through enabling a multi-stakeholder participation in the AF procedures.
▶ To contribute to a successful outcome of the funded projects in the interest of those people being less privi-leged and most vulnerable to climate change.
▶ To support NGOs in developing countries by increasing their capacity throughout the project period in observ-ing both the project activities and the performance of the accredited NIE in the carrying out of the projects.
▶ To assist NGO partners in developing countries to better accompany and participate in the design and implementation of the projects until the last stage of their evaluation.
▶ To facilitate, disseminate and share information and lessons learnt among interested stakeholders.
The Adaptation Fund (AF) The Adaptation Fund has been established by the Par-ties to the Kyoto Protocol of the UNFCCC to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in devel-oping countries that are Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. The AF is innovative in the way it is funded, managed and governed.
■ Developing countries have a majority in the Adapta-tion Fund Board (AFB), which manages and super-vises the AF.
■ The AF is not a donor driven fund, but a demand driven one, financed with 2% of the Certified Emission Reduction (CERs) issued for projects of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and other sources of funding.
■ The AF offers opportunity to access to its resources through direct access. This approach is unique in international climate finance.
■ The strategic priority of the AF gives a special atten-tion to the most vulnerable communities in project regions.
2011 – Operationalization Year Started from scratch as a new fund, the Adaptation Fund is now fully operational. 2011 marked the year of implementation of concrete adaptation projects under the Adaptation Fund with all challenges and expecta-tions it spawns.
So far the Adaptation Fund has approved concrete adaptation projects in the following countries: Ecua-dor, Eritrea, Honduras, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Senegal and Turkmenistan.
A number of other projects have been endorsed and are in the pipeline.
Furthermore the AF has conducted in 2011 two regional workshops in order to familiarize Parties with the process and the requirements of the accreditation of National Implementing Entities (NIE).
Consultation among vulnerable women prior to the design of an adaptation Project in Sirandjani Bangladesh
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