Pacific Environment Community Fund
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
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Description
The process of accessing the funds is undertaken and owned by each country from proposal development, to implementation, to completion and ongoing operation and maintenance. Countries are able to access their individual country allocations through a two phase process . The first phase involves the development and submission of concept note(s) by each country. The concept note is assessed by the Project Management Unit and Technical Advisory Group. If a concept note is approved, countries are then invited to proceed to the second phase which involves the development of a more detailed project proposal based on the approved concept note. Once a detailed project proposal is submitted, the Project Management Unit and Technical Advisory Group make their assessments and recommendations are then forwarded to the Joint Committee who make a final decision on the proposal based on merit. If a detailed project proposal is approved by the Joint Committee, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat then enters into a Financing Agreement with the recipient country and the project begins implementation.
The inclusion of capacity building activites into each proposal is an essential requirement and during the proposal assessment process, this is checked and assessed by the Technical Advisory Group to ensure it is included, realistic and is sustainable. Training is undertaken at various levels, at the community level for operation and maintenance of solar or sea water desalination systems, training of technicians on the job, training undertaken abroad at the factory sites. Selected personnel are trained on operation and maintenance and also the ongoing management of the technology.
The PEC Fund is administered and managed by the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat across fourteen Forum Island Countries who receive an indicative allocation of USD4million to spend on projects. Each country has an indicative allocation of USD4million to support projects in FICs with a focus on the provision of Japanese solar power generation systems and sea water desalination plants or a combination of both. Agreed Guidelines and Project Procedures for the PEC Fund were adopted in 2010. They provided for the establishment of a governance structure for the PEC Fund including a Joint Committee, Project Management Unit and Technical Advisory Group. The Joint Committee comprises senior representatives of the Government of Japan and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. The Joint Committee is the decision making body for the PEC Fund and provides oversight and approves projects to be funded under the PEC Fund. To support the Joint Committee, a Project Management Unit was established in 2010 at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat tasked with and coordinate, monitor, and administer the PEC Fund, . The PMU is staffed by three personnel.An independent Technical Advisory Group (TAG) was also established, comprising experts specialising in the fields of climate change, renewable energy, water and sanitation. The Technical Advisory Group prpovides technical backstopping to the work of the Project Management Unit and undertakes technical assessments of project concept notes and detailed project proposals and makes recommendations to the JC for decision making.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
13.1
Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
13.1.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
13.1.2
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
13.1.3
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
13.2
Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
13.2.1
Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
13.2.2
Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
13.3
Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
13.3.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
13.a
Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible
13.a.1
Amounts provided and mobilized in United States dollars per year in relation to the continued existing collective mobilization goal of the $100 billion commitment through to 2025
13.b
Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
13.b.1
Number of least developed countries and small island developing States with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
SDG 14 targets covered
Deliverables & Timeline
Resources mobilized
Partnership Progress
| Title | Progress Status | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| Partnership Progress 2018-06-14 | Completed |
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- Asia and Pacific
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Jonathan MItchell, Project Manager