On Wednesday 13, December 2023, The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) Secretariat and the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) launched the project titled “Strengthening climate resilience through enhanced capacity of individuals, communities and institutions for the development and implementation of gender transformative climate adaptation actions using innovative, participatory and rights-based approaches in at least 10 countries in East and Southern Africa.” This project was selected under the framework of the ACCF’s third Call for Proposals and aims to achieve an improved gender-transformative, low carbon and climate resilient development in selected vulnerable communities, especially women, girls and youth in Africa.
This launching session was organized as part of the ACCF’s project execution approach and aims at jointly overviewing both the project proposal and grant agreement to ensure common understanding by both parties of the project objectives and activities as well as the key requirements under the Grant Agreement to ensure smooth implementation of the project. The launching session also seeks to reinforce the capacity of the Executing Agency team on the procurement and disbursement rules and procedures to address in anticipation potential hurdles related to these.
On behalf of the Executing Agency, Mrs. Angela Baschieri presented the project and arrangements put in place for effective implementation. She commented that “we will build on previous work –which includes the stakeholder analysis –and on our regional and humanitarian focal points to ensure that we proceed and roll out a full pledge vulnerability assessment in four countries”.
The ACCF team proceeded and introduced the Executing Agency through the Bank and ACCF project implementation policy requirements. Most especially, Rita Effah, the ACCF coordinator took the project team through the Grant Agreement highlighting some key sections related to project budget and disbursement as well as conditions related to project modifications. Pierre Koffi, ACCF Procurement Specialist presented the Bank’s procurement methods and requirements. Emile Kouakou, ACCF programme and Communication Specialist introduced the templates requested for Disbursement and project reporting. These presentations were followed with an interactive session.
