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National Initiative on Climate Financing
Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund
(BCCTF): What lessons for other
developing countries ?
Munjurul Hannan Khan
Ministry of Environment and Forests
[email protected]
Background:
Climate Finance
Publication of the IPCC Third Assessment
Report, adaptation gained more momentum
Parties agreed at COP 7 on establishing
three new special funds viz.
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Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
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Least Developed Countries Fund, (LDCF)
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Adaptation Fund
Background
Climate Finance
As a response to the COP7, preparation of
NAPA in 2005 and Updated in 2009
Lack of Resources under the UNFCCC
process
Inaccessibility to the fund through existing
financial architecture
Delayed implementation of NAPA/ Adaptation
Actions
Climate Financing:
Contemporary Discourse
Bangladesh-UK conference on climate change
on 25 March 2008 in Bangladesh
Proposal to establish a Climate Change
Resilience Fund (Multi Donor Trust Fund)
Bangladesh-UK conference on adaptation
financing in Sept. 2008 in London
US$ 110 million commitment from UK govt. and
other development partners for 5 yrs
Strategic Planning
• Preparation and adoption of Bangladesh
Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan
(BCCSAP) -2009
• NAPA that was formulated through a
consultative process
• Ensure 4 securities inviolate
Food, Water, Energy and Livelihood
(including health)
•All 4 Bali elements – adaptation,
mitigation, tech transfer and finance have
been addressed.
Country Driven
Initiative: BCCTF
Allocation for implementing BCCSAP
• USD 100 million plus in 201011 FY
• USD 100 million plus in 200910 FY
Nature of Fund: Block Budgetary Allocation
Management : Formation of Trustee Board
Lead Implementing Organization: Ministry of
Environment of Forests
Board of Trustee
for CCTF
Trustee Board which comprises with 17 members
Chairperson and Members Secretary from the MoEF
Trustee Board consists of 15 government and 2 nongovernment members (non-government members
are in the Trustee Board only for three year period)
Government can terminate any membership without
showing any reason and nominate new member
Board of Trustee
for CCTF
Minister/ State Minister, Ministry of
Environment and Forest, Finance, Agriculture,
Food & Disaster Mgt, Foreign Affairs, Women
and Child Affairs, Water Resources, Shipping,
Health and Family Planning, Local Government,
Rural Dev. And Cooperatives,
Cabinet Secretary, Governor, Bangladesh Bank
Secretary, Ministry of Finance
Member, Infrastructure Department, Planning Comm
2 Government nominated expert level representative
Secretary, Ministry of Environment ( Member Secretary)
Organizational Structure: Technical
Committee
• Twelve members Technical Committee
(TC) headed by Secretary, Ministry of
Environment and Forest
• Sectoral technical experts are included as
member of the TC
• Evaluate projects/programs and
recommend for funding from CCTF
Organizational Structure: Sub-Technical
Committee
Six sub-technical committee formed based on
BCCSAP:
• Food security, social protection and health
• Comprehensive disaster management
• Infrastructure
• Research and Knowledge management
• Mitigation and low carbon development
• Capacity building and institutional strengthening
Sub-Technical Committee is responsible for technical
evaluation for appraising submitted projects/
programs and recommend to TC
Organizational Structure:
Climate Change Unit
Climate Change Unit-CCU’ at the Ministry of
Environment and Forest
Responsible for ensuring efficient implementation of the
projects/ programs undertaken by other ministries,
departments and NGOs.
34 staff members in CCU headed by the Secretary of
MoEF
Staff members of CCU also serve as member of
‘Sub-Technical Committee’
Management:
CCTF
Board of Trustee
17 member (2 from CSO)
Technical Committee
12 members
Minister-MoEF
Chair of the Trust
Sub-Technical Committee and
Climate Change Unit at the MOEF
Secretary MoEF / Secretary
-Trust/ Chief CCU
Coordination with Other Ministries
Monitoring implementation of BCCSAP
Research/ Policy Negotiation
Perform duties as technical body
Financing
Arrangement
66 % of the total CCTF will be used for
projects/programs implementation
Remaining 34% of total CCTF will be kept as
‘fixed deposit’
Also, interest of the 34% fund will be used for
projects/programs implementation
It’s not mandatory to spend the total allocated
amount within the given financial year.
Invitation of Project Proposal
• Through open advertisement in the daily
national news paper and website
• Project/program must address six thematic
areas of BCCSAP
• Project period 2/3 years
• As of now around 4000 proposals have
been received from NGOs and 300 from
the government organizations
Present Utilization of Fund
• Food Security, Social Protection and Health: USD
4.51 million
• Comprehensive Disaster Management: USD 10.47
million
• Infrastructure: USD 18.42 million
• Research and Knowledge Management: USD 6.74
million
• Mitigation and Low Carbon Development: USD 16.18
million
• Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening:
USD 1.58 million
Total : USD 57.9 million
Challenges
• High demand for resources to address
climate change issue
• Balancing allocation of fund in various
sector
• Strengthening capacity of manager of
CCTF and other agencies i.e. GOs and
NGOs
• Mobilization of resources from internal
source s
• Securing fund from UNFCCC process
Thank You All