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FORMULATION OF GREEN CLIMATE FUND PROPOSAL
OCTOBER 2016 – Belize
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Belmopan, BELIZE
October-November 2016
Individual Contract (IC)
English
30 working days
Background
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network,
advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people
build a better life. We are on the ground in 170 countries and territories, working with governments and
people on their own solutions to global and national development challenges to help empower lives and
build resilient nations.
UNDP has supported Belize’s natural resource development pathway for three decades, based
on a sustainable natural resource-based economic model anchored in the key sectors: tourism,
small farming, forestry and fishing. The country’s management of its natural resource base is
structured by legislative and regulatory frameworks, locally adapted strategies and diverse
partnership networks, which are innovative and highly effective at environmental management
and conservation of biodiversity. Many of these policies and programs can be considered best
practices to be transferred via south-south collaboration.
The country’s new Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy, drafted with UNDP technical
assistance, explicitly considers for the first time poverty and environmental linkages within
medium and long term planning and policy making. To support that Strategy, UNDP will
promote programming and policies which acknowledge and leverage gender-specific
relationships to natural resource use and management, such as different types of traditional
knowledge held by women and men, and gender-differentiated livelihoods and subsistence
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practices in fisheries, farming and forests. As men currently dominate cash crops and resource
ownership, UNDP will seek opportunities to empower women collectively and under ongoing
initiatives to gain new technical skills and income sources in these sectors.
Belize’s natural assets contribute to a sense of national identity, and have extraordinary
economic and social importance. Belize is classified as an upper middle income country with a
GDP per capita (PPP) of US$8486 in 2014. Tourism, agriculture and fishery are the basis of its
economic growth, and depend on sustainable use of natural resources1. In 2014, Belize’s service
sector tied to the tourism industry accounted for 54% of GDP, while the agricultural sector
accounted for 13%. Due in part to this high GDP reliance on natural capital, and concentration of
the population (52%) and business centers along the coast, Belize is designated as highly
vulnerable to climate change. In recent decades, climate-related disasters have unleashed
extensive damages on Belize’s critical infrastructure and agriculture. The fiscal impacts of
disasters have required significant capital expenditures to repair and rebuild damaged
infrastructure, resulting in frequent budgetary deficits2. UNDP will support improved disaster
resilience by facilitating community-level disaster preparedness and investment in small local
infrastructure projects to minimize climate risk impacts, as well as support to agriculture sector
for climate resistant crops better able to withstand flooding, drought, and saline intrusion.
UNDP is one of only three international/regional bodies to sit as a member of Belize’s National
Climate Change Committee (BNCCC), which was established to provide expert direction for
climate change mitigation and adaptation processes in Belize. UNDP’s participation in the
BNCCC positions the organization to meaningfully contribute to national dialogue and decision
making processes.
To advance the country’s work on natural resource management, the Prime Minister has
determined that the country should pursue funding opportunities under the new Green Climate
Fund. After careful consideration, UNDP has been selected as Implementing Agency, and
requested to facilitate development of a medium-level project for submission to GCF. Most
likely, the proposal will consist of programme integrating NDC targets from various sectors.
Objective:
The overall objective is to prepare a well-elaborated Project Proposal Grant submission for a medium
size project under Green Climate Fund for Belize, to submit preferably to the December 2016 GCF Board
meeting in Samoa.
The specific tasks include:
1. Conduct internal consultations with government Ministry partners and UNDP staff to discuss and
determine optimal focus and content of the GCF submission
2. Integrate inputs provided into a Project Preparation Grant (PPG) proposal aiming at a medium-sized
GCF proposal, seeking and elaborating additional information and analysis, as needed
3. Ensure and assist with budget and RRF preparation
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Belize Country Overview- World Bank 2016
Belize’s National Climate Resilient Investment Plan- World Bank 2013
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4. Indicate additional components and complementary documents which should be included to
complete the GF submission as per the Fund’s requirements and regulations
Deliverables:
 Consultations held with relevant govt Ministries and UNDP staff
 PPG proposal for a medium-sized GCF proposal
 Budget and RRF included in the proposal
 Outline of the supporting and supplementary documents required for GCF submission
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