- Enabling environment/capacity building for project proponents
- Project scoping, ideation, and concept note development
- Development of pre-feasibility studies
- Development of feasibility studies
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Project Formulation Grants (PFGs) support project formulation activities for Adaptation Fund projects, including, among others, feasibility studies or consultations. A PFG can only be awarded if it is presented along with a project pre-concept or project concept presented to and endorsed by the Adaptation Fund Board.
PFGs are now available to support all accredited implementing entities tap into external (international or national) expertise in the form of short-term consultant assignments to undertake specific technical assessments such as environmental impact assessments (EIAs), vulnerability assessments (VAs), risk assessments, gender studies, and other environmental and social assessments.
The following activities can be done utilizing PFG grants:
- Local consultations, and/or workshops to discuss the specific project and program ideas (including translation into local languages, preparation of background papers, etc).
- Gender and Environmental and Social risk analyses and formulation of Environmental and Social Management Plan and Gender Action Plan.
- Travel costs for experts, when required, for consultations and discussions with interested parties and stakeholders, and local participation as needed in project design.
- Free prior and informed consent and related consultations where appropriate to ensure compliance with the Environmental and Social Policy.
- Country, region, or site-specific risk assessments, including identifying hazards, vulnerabilities, development of scenarios and determining hazard mitigation options.
- Specific analyses in support of the proposed projects (policy analysis, data inventories and analyses, cost effectiveness, etc).
- Enabling activities that support devolving the decision making regarding the project design to the lowest appropriate level.
- Identification of project or programme indicators and development of monitoring and evaluation plan.
- Consultancies and contracts to develop program and/or project options.
- Costs of translating documents into and out of English.
- Identification of project/programme level indicators.
- Assessing capacity of executing partners.