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NAMA Facility

The NAMA Facility was launched by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS, former DECC) in December 2012. The Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate (EFKM) and the European Commission joined the NAMA Facility as new Donors in 2015. NAMAs are an important vehicle to implement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.

The NAMA Facility supports the implementation of transformative NAMAs and focuses on those parts of NAMA plans that are ambitious and aspirational and are pushing to do much more than business as usual to mitigate the impacts of climate change. NAMA Support Projects (NSPs) are selected for support through an open and competitive process, which ensures that the most ambitious NAMA Support Projects from around the world go forward.

Support provider

German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU); UK's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS); Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate (EFKM); Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA); European Commission

Purpose of support

Creating enabling environments and building institutional capacity

Project and program implementation

Eligible countries and regions

All developing countries.

Eligibility criteria

The country of implementation must be ODA eligible throughout project implementation, and must be included in the OECD DAC list. NAMA Facility Calls are open to all regions and sectors.

Outlines can only be submitted by a national government or by legal entities (co-applicants) fulfilling relevant requirements (see section 5.1.1 in this document).

In order to be considered for project selection, actions should involve implementation readiness, mitigation potential, or transformational change.

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) should achieve the following eligibility criteria:

Country-driven and anchored in national development strategies and plans
Sector-wide programmes that are national in scope
Consist of a combination of policies and financial mechanisms which serve to create an enabling environment and channel financial flows into low-carbon investments
International funds should be used to enable the implementation of NAMAs and leverage additional public and/or private capital investment..

Financial instruments

Grants, Concessional loans, Guarantees

Co-financing requirements (if applicable)

Co-financing requirements vary depending on the project.

Decision-making information

The decision-making body of the NAMA Facility is the NAMA Facility Board, comprising representatives of the Donors of the NAMA Facility (currently BMU, BEIS, EFKM and the European Commission). Board Members take all decisions on strategy and project selection.

A Technical Support Unit (TSU) functions as the secretariat of the NAMA Facility and supports the Board in its management. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is commissioned act as the NAMA Facility Grant Agent managing funds and all procurement and contractual procedures on behalf of the NAMA Facility.

Monitoring and reporting procedures

All NAMA Support Projects need to present a monitoring plan. In addition to the mandatory core indicators, sector and project specific indicators regarding output, outcome and impact (from the project logframe) are followed up for the purpose of measuring progress and reporting. The monitoring plan contains detailed information on the monitoring tasks relevant to a particular project, including frequency of and responsibility for data collection and risk monitoring. Monitoring activities are an integral component of project management. All monitoring costs must be included in the project budget. The 2018 NAMA Facility Monitoring and Evaluation Framework is available here.

Information on how to...

Access donor funding following NAMA application procedures. After the donor decision to provide funding for a Call, the Call for Outlines of NAMA Facility Projects is launched via the NAMA Facility website. Visit here for updates on calls for proposals. Examples of approved projects may be found here.

Only Outlines that are complete and fulfill all formal requirements will undergo an in-depth assessment against a list of eligibility, ambition and feasibility criteria. If passed, outlines are recommended to the Board for funding of the Detailed Preparation Phase (DPP) where support is provided for more detailed preparation of NSPs. NSP Proposals also undergo an in-depth assessment; Proposals successfully passing the assessment are recommended to the Board. According to the assessment result and the available funding, the Board takes a final decision on providing funding for the implementation of the NSP. NSPs that are selected for funding will undergo the next steps to conclude a grant agreement with the NAMA Facility Grant Agency (NFGA) on the NAMA Support Project implementation.

In order to ensure the full endorsement of the national government, the project outlines submitted should be accompanied by letters of endorsement from the national government (at least from the ministry of the relevant sector responsible for the project implementation and from the ministry responsible for UNFCCC negotiations).

Note: The 7th Call for the submission of NAMA Support Project Outlines will be open from 1 April until 1 September 2020. For any enquiries, please contact the Technical Support Unit of the NAMA Facility at contact@nama-facility.org.

Climate objective

Mitigation

Sectors and themes

Agriculture, Cities, Disaster risk reduction, Education, Energy efficiency, Gender, Health, Industry and Infrastructure, Jobs, Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Services, Oceans and Coasts, Poverty, Renewable Energy, Rural Development, Transport, Waste Management, Water

Type of support provider

Multilateral

Type of recipient

Public entity at the national level

Co-financing required

Yes

Trustee or administrator

German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMU); UK Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS); Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate (EFKM); European Commission

Contact information

http://www.nama-facility.org

contact@nama-facility.org

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