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Forest Governance, Markets and Climate

2015 Grants Round

Forest Governance, Markets and Climate

• FGMC
• 10-year programme
• 2nd tranche to March 2018
• £83 million (~ £30 million per year)
• Focused on deforestation / illegal logging
• Centre of gravity around timber and the EU FLEGT

How is FGMC constructed and managed?

• FGMC
• UK support to EU FLEGT
• Global programme
• Broader goals
• ICF-funded
• DFID, DECC, Defra
• DFID managed
• Programme management
• DFID team + PMST
• PMST - Programme Management Support Team
• independent, self-contained team
• outsourced to a consortium (KPMG /LTSI /ONF)
• housed in KPMG

What is the FGMC structure? Results and instruments

Outputs:

Activities in:

• 1. Producer and Processor

countries

• 2. Consumer activities
• 3. Community of practices
• 4. Broader reach

activities and processes in

• ther arenas (e.g. REDD+

and other commodities)

Instruments:

• DFID staff
• MOUs
• Service contracts
• Accountable grants

Impact:

Deforestation Poverty – growth, livelihoods, Empowerment (voice) Gender equality

Assumptions: Outcomes:

Governance outcomes: a) processes to address illegal logging b) issues driving deforestation

Management assumptions Implementation assumptions Developmental hypothesis

What is an accountable grant?

Service contract

• DFID prepares TORs
• Contractor implements

Challenge fund grants

• Goals of fund decided
• Grantees compete for limited funds
• Grantees implement on their own

Accountable grant

• Bring in partners working in the same area
• Enhance / complement the programme
• Autonomous independent (non-profit) bodies – own proposals
• Bring own perspective + contribute to results
• Self-implementation + engagement in processes and with others

Who / what is eligible?

Organisations

• Legally established
• Non-discrimination
• Not-for-profits
• NGOs, federations, etc
• Partnerships, networks, consortia
• Lead organisation,
• All not-for-profits

Projects

• Focus
• Not core funding
• Global programme - across FGMC outputs
• Funding
• Sole fund
• Co-financing - multiple funding sources
• Leveraged funds from other sources

What is the process?

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Stage 1 Concept Note Stage 2 Proposal Stage 3 Due diligence and Contracting

What are the key dates?

Stages Steps Timeframe 1 Concept note (CN) Call launch: Guidance Mon 22nd June Submission deadline Mon 13th July (15.00pm) Presentations (if req’d) Thurs 23rd / Fri 24th July Notification Thurs 30th July 2 Project proposal (PP) Project proposal pack Thurs 30th July General feedback session Tues 4th August Submission deadline Thurs 20th August (15.00pm) Notification Thurs 27th August 3 Due diligence (DD) and contracting Phased DD July/August/Sept Contract template (comments) Fri 14th August Contracts concluded before 30th Sept Operations from 1st Oct 2015

Stage 1: What guidance is available?

• Guidance notes
• FAQs
• DFID Website

https://www.gov.uk/international-development-funding/forest-governance-markets-and-climate-2015-grants-round

Stage 1: How will the CNs be assessed?

Procedure

• DFID panel
• PMST supported

Process

• Individual CNs scored against criteria
• Presentations / interviews to understand the CN better
• Grant total (£30million) allocated across FGMC results areas (portfolio)
• Minimum Grant > £400k

 CNs selected based on:

• quality of proposal
• ‘fit’ within overall portfolio

Notification

• 15-25 organisations (estimate) to be asked to prepare proposals
• In total, about £30 million over 30 months (Mar 2018)
• Guidance on full project proposal provided
• Limited feedback to other organisations

Stage 1: CN Application form

A. Organisation B. Project information Summary of CN C. Project concept D. Project budget Rough estimate Financing etc

• E. Additional information

Section C Issue Content Weight

C1 Summary C2 Results What? a) Organisation b) FGMC alignment Organisational goals Contribution to FGMC 10% 20% C3 Relevance How? a) Situation analysis b) Intervention Situation analysis Process  change 10% 30% C4 Capacity Why us? a) Positioning b) Experience c) Resources Your ability to influence Your experience Staff, partners, etc 10% 10% 10%

Section B Content

Summary B1-B6 Results

• B7. FGMC Outputs
• B8. Issues, themes
• B9. Processes

B10.Arenas Cross-cutting issues B11 Gender considerations B12 VFM approach

Stages 2 and 3: What follows?

• Project proposals
• More descriptive (results chain/LF)
• Governance and decision-making
• O&M
• Assumptions and risks
• Work plan and budget
• Due diligence
• Systems (Finance, HR, etc.)
• Governance
• Delivery mechanisms
• implementing partners
• co-funding arrangements
• Contract
• With KPMG
• Template available in project proposal pack