Analysis of GCF 20 th Meeting of the Board Dr Jasmine Hyman - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Analysis of GCF 20 th Meeting of the Board Dr Jasmine Hyman ecoltdgroup.com Principal Consultant

B.20 Board meeting P2 ▪ Overall view of the meeting ▫ Procedural delays ▫ Adoption of the agenda ▪ Status of the GCF Pipeline ▪ Replenishment ▪ Next steps

Procedural delays P3 ▪ Co-Chair Paul Oquist unable to attend ▪ Developing countries unable to nominate a co-chair ▪ Chair Båge from Sweden offers to serve as a single chair ▪ Delays continue throughout as developing countries air concerns Co-Chair Paul Oquist ▪ Developing countries unwilling to move forward with an agenda Co-Chair Lennart Båge

Adoption of the agenda P4 ▪ This took 2 days ▪ Developing countries felt unrepresented ▪ Paul Oquist’s non-arrival and silence towards constituents ▪ Developing countries nominate Zaheer Fakir ▪ Lennart Båge serves as solo chair, agreed at 3pm on Day One ▪ Removed philanthropy while gender policy remained

Status of GCF Pipeline P5

Status of GCF Pipeline P6

Status of GCF Pipeline P7

Replenishment P8 ▪ Process is tied closely to the IEU review of GCF performance ▪ Concerns from donor countries over GCF governance; “I came here with a strong commitment from my government to replenish the GCF but after this meeting I don’t know how to return to my government and tell them to do it.” Lars Roth, Swedish Board Member ▪ Concerns from developing countries re: transparency and consultation; “ We are not deciding things as a board; things are decided when we are not there.” Developing country board member

11 th Hour Attempts P9 “This sums up the meeting. We can not agree on agenda, on proposals, or on problems that can be solved. This is not a board that is working…I personally am not willing to continue on with the meeting in this manner.” Chair Båge ▪ Chair Bage says decisions shall be taken, without comment on high priority agenda items: ▫ 15 Matters related to the replenishment ▫ 18 Accreditation proposals — decisions taken (no comment, just decisions) ▫ 21 proposals — decisions taken (no comment, just decisions)

Next Steps P10 ▪ Project and accreditation approvals expected at B.21 in Bahrain ▪ Howard Bamsey’s resignation ▪ IEU expecting a broad mandate for 2019 ▪ Evaluation workshop with the IEU – We’ll be there (Bangkok, July 23 rd )