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Least Developed Countries (LDC) Fund

Introduction

The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) was established to support a work programme to assist Least Developed Country Parties (LDCs) carry out, inter alia, the preparation and implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs).

The Global Environment Facility (GEF), as an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the Convention, has been entrusted to operate this Fund through decision 27/CP.7.

The Conference of the Parties (COP), at its eleventh session, agreed on provisions to operationalize the LDCF to support the implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs), providing guidance with regards to priority areas and provisions on full-cost funding and co-financing scale (Decision 3/CP.11).

Recent Developments

COP 18 welcomed the increased allocation and disbursement of funds to LDCs under the LDCF and noted with appreciation the Parties included in Annex II to the Convention that have made additional contributions to the LDCF.

It requested the GEF:

To continue to support all activities contained in the LDC work programme;
To continue mobilizing resources to ensure the full implementation of the LDC work programme, including the implementation of the elements of the work programme other than NAPAs, through, inter alia, capacity-building to improve coordination at different levels of government and across sectors in order to improve project performance in the LDCs, with regard to the implementation of the Convention;
To further facilitate access to the LDCF by the LDCs;
To further enhance a country-driven process for the implementation of NAPA projects and the implementation of programmatic approaches;
To continue raising awareness of the need for adequate and predictable resources under the LDCF to allow for the full implementation of the LDC work programme, in particular NAPAs;
And to enhance communication with its implementing agencies on the updated operational guidelines for the LDCF.

Annex II Parties and other Parties in a position to do so to contribute on a voluntary basis were invited to continue contributing to the LDCF in order to support the implementation of the LDC work programme, considering the options contained in the report on the twenty-first meeting of the LEG.

Parties and relevant organizations were invited to submit, by 1August 2014, information on their experiences with the implementation of the remaining elements of the LDC work programme, considering the options contained in the report on the twenty-first meeting of the LEG, for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) at its forty-first session. The secretariat will prepare a synthesis report on the progress made in the
implementation of the remaining elements of the LDC work programme. The SBI was also requested to consider, at its forty-first session, the progress made in the implementation of the remaining elements of the LDC work programme, including the updating and implementation of NAPA, with a view for COP 20 to provide appropriate further guidance to the LDCF.

Key Documents

GEF Operational Guidelines for Expedited Funding for the Preparation of National Adaptation Programs of Action by Least Developed Countries, April 2002	click here
GEF Programming Paper for Funding the Implementation of NAPAs under the LDC Trust Fund, May 2006	GEF/C.28/18
GEF Comparative Advantages of the GEF Agencies, June 2007	GEF/C.31/5 rev.1
GEF Results-Based Management Framework for LDCF and SCCF, October 2008	GEF/LDCF.SCCF.5/3
GEF Implementation of Results-Based Management Framework under the LDCF and SCCF, November 2009	GEF/LDCF.SCCF.7/4
GEF Accessing Financing under the Least Developed Countries Fund, July 2010	GEF/LDCF.SCCF.8/3
GEF Updated Handbook Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change November 2010	click here
GEF Accessing Financing under the Least Developed Countries Fund, May 2011	click here

Latest updates on the SCCF/LDCF

Latest GEF Annual Reports to the COP

Stocktaking Meeting Report (FCCC/SBI/2007/32)

Submissions by Parties and relevant organizations on the LDC Fund

SBI 33, December 2010 (FCCC/SBI/2010/MISC.9)
SBI 31, December 2009 (FCCC/SBI/2009/MISC.10)
SBI 31, December 2009 (FCCC/SBI/2010/MISC.10/Add.1)
SBI 29, December 2008 (FCCC/SBI/2008/MISC.8)

Last updated 5 March 2013

Latest Decisions and Documents

New! Decision 10/CP.18

Further guidance to the Least Developed Countries Fund

pdf-icon Decision 9/CP.17: LDCF: support for the implementation of elements of the LDC work programme other than NAPAs

Decision 5/CP.16: Further guidance for the operation of the LDCF

Decison 5/CP.14: Further guidance for the operation of the LDCF

Decision 3/CP.11: Further guidance to the operation of the LDCF

Latest Documents

Report on the twenty-second meeting of the LEG (FCCC/SBI/2012/7)

Report of the GEF to the COP (FCCC/CP/2012/6)

Synthesis report on the NAPA process, including operation of the LDCF (FCCC/SBI/2010/17)

Information on the preparation and implementation of NAPA, including on accessing funds from the LDCF. Submissions from Parties and relevant organizations (FCCC/SBI/2010/Misc.9)

Relevant GEF documents/links

GEF - Climate Change page

GEF - LDCF page

LDCF/SCCF Council Documents

GEF Status Report on Climate Change Funds

GEF Council document on Programming Paper for Funding the Implementation of NAPAs under the LDC Trust Fund

GEF Accessing Financing under the Least Developed Countries Fund

pdf-icon GEF Updated Handbook Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change