Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT)
Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform

Accredited Entities (AEs) list

Accredited Entities (AEs: national, regional and international entities accredited by the GCF Board) are responsible for developing and submitting funding proposals, which meet GCF policies, standards, and safeguards . Only AEs can submit funding proposals to the GCF, in other words, access to GCF resources should be through AEs. Once these funding proposals are approved by the GCF Board, AEs are entitled to receive GCF finance and should coordinate the implementation of approved projects or progammes.

There are two types of AEs: Direct Access Entities (DAEs) and International Access Entities (IAEs). DAEs are national and regional implementing entities for accreditation to request and receive GCF funding and to implement projects/progammes. IAEs include United Nations agencies, multilateral development banks, and international financial institutions. The GCF offers non-repayable grants, concessional loans, guarantees, and equity. AEs have limited financial management area (grants, loans, guarantees, and equity) by the GCF Board depending on their institutional capacity. Size of each project or activity within a progamme is Micro (<USD 10 million), Small (USD 10-50 million), Medium (USD 50-250 million), and Large (>USD 250 million).

GCF requires AEs to assign the appropriate environmental and social (E&S) risk categories to activities in a manner consistent with the accreditation framework of GCF (GCF/B.19/43). GCF examines AEs' capacity, in line with the E&S standards and all relevant GCF policies.

The categories are as follows:
(a) Category A: Activities with potential significant adverse environmental and/or social risks and impacts that, individually or cumulatively, are diverse, irreversible, or unprecedented.
(b) Category B: Activities with potential limited adverse environmental and/or social risks and impacts that individually or cumulatively, are few, generally site-specific, largely reversible, and readily addressed through mitigation measures.
(c) Category C: Activities with minimal or no adverse environmental and/or social risks and/or impacts.
Name AE short name Country/Headquarter Type Fiduciary function E&S risk category Size of an individual project or activity within a programme
Project managemnet Grant award and/or funding allocations Blended finance C B A Micro Small Medium Large
Loan Equity Guarantee
Acumen Fund, Inc. Acumen USA DAE(Regional) check check check check check check
Africa Finance Cooperation AFC Nigeria IAE check check check check check check check check check check check
Africa Development Bank AfDB Côte D'Ivoire IAE check check check check check check check check check check check check
Agence française de developpement AFD France IAE check check check check check check check check check check check
Agency for Agricultural Development Morocco ADA Morocco DAE check check check check check
Asian Development Bank ADB Philippines IAE check check check check check check check check check check check check
Banque Ouest Africaine De Développement BOAD Togo DAE (Regional) check check check check check check check check check
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre CCCCC Brazil DAE (Regional) check check check check check check
Caribbean Development Bank CDB Barbados DAE (Regional) check check check check check check check check check
CDG Capital S.A. CDG Capital Morocco DAE check check check check check check check check
Central Amercan Bank for Economic Integration CABEI Honduras DAE (Regional) check check check check check check check check check check check check
Centre de Suivi Écologique CSE Senegal DAE check check check
China Clean Development Mechanism Fund Management Center China CDM Fund Mamagement Center China DAE check check check check check check
Conservation International Foundation CI USA IAE check check check check check check check
Corporación Andina de Fomento CAF Venezuela DAE (Regional) check check check check check check check check check check check check
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank Crédit Agricole CIB France IAE check check check check check check check check check check check
Department of Environment of Antigua and Barbuda DOE Antigua and Barbuda DAE check check check check check check check
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Deutsche Bank AG Germany IAE check check check check check check check check check check check check
Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ Germany IAE check check check check check check check
Development Bank of Southern Africa DBSA South Africa DAE (Regional) check check check check check check check check check check check check
Environment Investment Fund EIF Namibia DAE check check check check
European Bank of Reconstruction and Development EBRD United Kingdom IAE check check check check check check check check check check check check
European Investment Bank EIB Luxembourg IAE check check check check check check check check check check check check
Fiji Development Bank FDB Fiji DAE check check check check check check check
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO Italy IAE check check check check check check
Foreign Economic Coperation Office FECO China DAE (Regional) check check check check check
Fundación Avina Fundación Avina Panama DAE (Regional) check check check check
HSBC Holdings plc and its subsidiaries HSBC United Kingdom IAE check check check check check check check check check check check
Infrastructure Development Company limited IDCOL Bangladesh DAE check check check check check check check
Inter-American Development Bank IDB USA IAE check check check check check check check check check check check check
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development Association World Bank USA IAE check check check check check check check check check check check
International Finance Corporation IFC USA IAE check check check check check check check check check check check check
International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD Italy IAE check check check check check check check check
International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Switzerland IAE check check check check check check check
Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA Japan IAE check check checkFor blending only check check check check check check check
Korea Development Bank KDB South Korea DAE check check check check check check check check check
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau KfW Germany IAE check check check check check check check check check check check check
Micronesia Conservation Trust MCT Micronesia and Palau DAE (Regional) check check check check
Ministry of Environment (formkerly Ministry of National Resources of Rwanda) MoE Rwanda DAE check check check check check
Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia MoFEC Ethiopia DAE check check check check check
MUFG Bank, Ltd MUFG Bank Japan IAE check check check check check check check check check check
National Bank for Agriclture and Rural Development NABARD India DAE check check check check check check check check check check check
National Environment Management Authority of Kenya NEMA Kenya DAE check check check check
Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. FMO Netherland IAE check check check check check check check check check check check check
Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation PKSF Bangladesh DAE check check check check check check
Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and Protected Areas Profonanpe Peru DAE check check check
PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur PT SMI Indonesia DAE check check check check check check
Sahara and Sahel Observatory OSS Tunisia DAE (Regional) check check check check check
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme SPREP Samoa DAE (Regional) check check check check
Small Industries Development Bank of India SIDBI India DAE check check check check check check check check check check check
Société de Promotion et de Participation Pour la Coopération PROPARCO France IAE check check check check check check check check check check check check
South African National Biodiversity Institute SANBI South Africa DAE check check check check check check
Unidad Para el Cambio Rural (Unit for Rural Change) UCAR Argentina DAE check check check check check check
United Nations Development Programme UNDP USA IAE check check check check check
United Nations Environment Programme UNEP Kenya IAE check check check check check
World Food Programme WFP Italy IAE check check check
World Meteorogical Organization WMO Switzerland IAE check check check check
World Wildlife Fund, Inc. WWF USA IAE check check check check check check check
XacBank LLC XacBank Mongolia DAE check check check check check check check check