GEF-4 Indicative Allocations for Biodiversity and Climate Change under the RAF

 

The GEF Council approved, in September 2005, the Resource Allocation Framework (RAF), a system for allocating resources to countries based on global environmental priorities and country-level performance as measured by the GEF Benefits Index (GBI) and GEF Performance Index (GPI) respectively. The RAF is being implemented beginning with the 4th replenishment of the GEF (GEF-4) which covers the fiscal years 2006-2010 for the biodiversity and climate change focal areas.

Indicative allocations for GEF-4

The indicative allocations for GEF-4 are presented in the following two tables:

Biodiversity pdf, Excel
Climate change pdf, Excel

Additional information on how the RAF has been applied to resources to be made available for the GEF-4 period can be found in the RAF allocation disclosure document: English, French, Spanish.

Method used to Determine Initial Indicative Allocations

The resources available to each eligible country for biodiversity and climate change are separately determined based on a score that combines the GEF Performance Index (GPI) with a focal area-specific GEF Benefits Index (GBI).

The RAF channels a greater share of resources towards countries with a higher potential to generate global environmental benefits and countries with better policy performance and institutional capacity to realize global environmental benefits. At least 75% of the resources available in each focal area are allocated to individual countries. All eligible countries that do not receive individual allocations in a focal area are part of a group of countries that collectively have access to a pool of resources available to the group. 

Important Points about RAF Indicative Allocations

The initial indicative allocations are not entitlements. They are an indication of the resources that may be available to countries to fund project proposals consistent with the agreed GEF focal area strategies and approved in accordance with the RAF guidelines and the GEF project cycle. 

 

The actual amount available to each country during the GEF-4 period may be higher or lower than the initial indicative allocations and is based on several factors, including donors formalizing their pledges to the GEF-4, the actual receipt and value of donor payments to the GEF Trust Fund.

 

During the first two years of GEF-4, only 50% of a country’s initial indicative allocation for the biodiversity and climate change focal areas can be used to fund project proposals in the corresponding focal area. 

 

At the beginning of the third year of the replenishment period, the GEF will reallocate the resources to be made available for the third and fourth years of GEF-4 based on updated GEF Benefits Index and GEF Performance Index for all eligible countries. A country’s indicative allocations for the third and fourth years of GEF-4 may increase if its performance improves as measured by the World Bank’s IDA Resource Allocation Index (formerly World Bank CPIA) and other indicators included in the GEF Performance Index. 

 

During the third and fourth years of the replenishment period, project proposals in the biodiversity and climate change focal areas from a country can be funded from the sum of the amounts reallocated to the country at the beginning of the third year and any unutilized country allocations remaining from the first two years.

 

At the end of the GEF-4 period, unutilized indicative allocations are returned to the GEF Trust Fund. 

 

Recipient country endorsement of project concept proposals consistent with the agreed GEF focal area strategies and in accordance with the RAF guidelines and the GEF project cycle should be sent to the GEF registry at gcoordination@thegef.org

This page last updated on November 30, 2006