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Private Sector Facility: Partial Credit Guarantee

Instrument description

The Private Sector Facility of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) seeks to acquire private sector investments for clean energy and climate resilience projects in developing countries. Various financial instruments are available and can be combined with concessional funding.

Partial credit guarantees are offered to credit enhance projects through covering payment defaults by the borrower or issuer up to a pre-determined amount.

Eligible projects and transactions

Clean energy and climate-resilience projects, including financing of infrastructure.

The GCF defines a range of project investment criteria:

  • Impact potential in accordance with GCF’s objectives and fields of application.
  • Paradigm shift potential: Catalytical impact beyond the single project, acceleration of private sector engagement, systemic changes towards low-carbon and climate-resilient development.
  • Sustainable development potential: Project benefits and priorities in accordance with sustainable development, including environmental, social and gender equality objectives as integral elements of the project.
  • Financing needs of the beneficiary country and population addressed by the project.
  • Country ownership and capacity for the implementation of the project in compliance with the country’s policies, institutions and climate strategies.
  • Cost-effectiveness of the project and capacity for private sector finance acquisition.

Eligible regions

Developing countries, with a particular focus on least-developed countries, Small Island Developing States and African states.

Private Sector Facility: Grants

Instrument description

The Private Sector Facility of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) seeks to acquire private sector investments for clean energy and climate-resilience projects in developing countries. Various financial instruments are available and can be combined with concessional funding.

Grants are provided as an internal credit enhancement instrument and to cover funding gaps.

Eligible projects and transactions

Clean energy and climate-resilience projects, including financing of infrastructure.

The GCF defines a range of project investment criteria:

  • Impact potential in accordance with GCF’s objectives and fields of application.
  • Paradigm shift potential: Catalytical impact beyond the single project, acceleration of private sector engagement, systemic changes towards low-carbon and climate-resilient development.
  • Sustainable development potential: Project benefits and priorities in accordance with sustainable development, including environmental, social and gender equality objectives as integral elements of the project.
  • Financing needs of the beneficiary country and population addressed by the project.
  • Country ownership and capacity for the implementation of the project in compliance with the country’s policies, institutions and climate strategies.
  • Cost-effectiveness of the project and capacity for private sector finance acquisition.

Eligible regions

Developing countries, with a particular focus is on least developed-countries, Small Island Developing States and African states.

Eligible Countries

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    Afghanistan
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    Albania
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    Algeria
  • Flag of Angola
    Angola
  • Flag of Antigua & Barbuda
    Antigua & Barbuda
  • Flag of Argentina
    Argentina
  • Flag of Armenia
    Armenia
  • Flag of Azerbaijan
    Azerbaijan
  • Flag of Bahamas, The
    Bahamas, The
  • Flag of Bahrain
    Bahrain
  • Flag of Bangladesh
    Bangladesh
  • Flag of Barbados
    Barbados
  • Flag of Belize
    Belize
  • Flag of Benin
    Benin
  • Flag of Bhutan
    Bhutan
  • Flag of Bolivia
    Bolivia
  • Flag of Bosnia & Herzegovina
    Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Flag of Botswana
    Botswana
  • Flag of Brazil
    Brazil
  • Flag of Burkina Faso
    Burkina Faso
  • Flag of Burundi
    Burundi
  • Flag of Cambodia
    Cambodia
  • Flag of Cameroon
    Cameroon
  • Flag of Cape Verde
    Cape Verde
  • Flag of Central African Rep.
    Central African Rep.
  • Flag of Chad
    Chad
  • Flag of Chile
    Chile
  • Flag of China
    China
  • Flag of Colombia
    Colombia
  • Flag of Comoros
    Comoros
  • Flag of Congo, Dem. Rep.
    Congo, Dem. Rep.
  • Flag of Congo, Repub. of the
    Congo, Repub. of the
  • Flag of Cook Islands
    Cook Islands
  • Flag of Costa Rica
    Costa Rica
  • Flag of Cote d
    Cote d'Ivoire
  • Flag of Cuba
    Cuba
  • Flag of Djibouti
    Djibouti
  • Flag of Dominica
    Dominica
  • Flag of Dominican Republic
    Dominican Republic
  • Flag of Ecuador
    Ecuador
  • Flag of Egypt
    Egypt
  • Flag of El Salvador
    El Salvador
  • Flag of Equatorial Guinea
    Equatorial Guinea
  • Flag of Eritrea
    Eritrea
  • Flag of Ethiopia
    Ethiopia
  • Flag of Fiji
    Fiji
  • Flag of Gabon
    Gabon
  • Flag of Gambia, The
    Gambia, The
  • Flag of Gaza Strip
    Gaza Strip
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    Georgia
  • Flag of Ghana
    Ghana
  • Flag of Grenada
    Grenada
  • Flag of Guatemala
    Guatemala
  • Flag of Guinea
    Guinea
  • Flag of Guinea-Bissau
    Guinea-Bissau
  • Flag of Guyana
    Guyana
  • Flag of Haiti
    Haiti
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    Honduras
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    India
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    Indonesia
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    Iran
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    Iraq
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    Jamaica
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    Jordan
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    Kazakhstan
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    Kenya
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    Kiribati
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    Korea, South
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    Kuwait
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    Kyrgyzstan
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    Laos
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    Lebanon
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    Lesotho
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    Liberia
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    Macedonia
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    Madagascar
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    Malawi
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    Malaysia
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    Maldives
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    Mali
  • Flag of Marshall Islands
    Marshall Islands
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    Mauritania
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    Mauritius
  • Flag of Mexico
    Mexico
  • Flag of Micronesia, Fed. St.
    Micronesia, Fed. St.
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    Moldova
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    Mongolia
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    Montenegro
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    Morocco
  • Flag of Mozambique
    Mozambique
  • Flag of Myanmar
    Myanmar
  • Flag of Namibia
    Namibia
  • Flag of Nauru
    Nauru
  • Flag of Nepal
    Nepal
  • Flag of Nicaragua
    Nicaragua
  • Flag of Niger
    Niger
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    Nigeria
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    Oman
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    Pakistan
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    Palau
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    Panama
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    Papua New Guinea
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    Paraguay
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    Peru
  • Flag of Philippines
    Philippines
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    Rwanda
  • Flag of Saint Kitts & Nevis
    Saint Kitts & Nevis
  • Flag of Saint Lucia
    Saint Lucia
  • Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Flag of Samoa
    Samoa
  • Flag of Sao Tome & Principe
    Sao Tome & Principe
  • Flag of Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia
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    Senegal
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    Serbia
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    Seychelles
  • Flag of Sierra Leone
    Sierra Leone
  • Flag of Singapore
    Singapore
  • Flag of Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands
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    Somalia
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    South Africa
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    South Sudan
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    Sri Lanka
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    Sudan
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    Suriname
  • Flag of Swaziland
    Swaziland
  • Flag of Syria
    Syria
  • Flag of Tajikistan
    Tajikistan
  • Flag of Tanzania
    Tanzania
  • Flag of Thailand
    Thailand
  • Flag of Timor Leste
    Timor Leste
  • Flag of Togo
    Togo
  • Flag of Tonga
    Tonga
  • Flag of Trinidad & Tobago
    Trinidad & Tobago
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    Tunisia
  • Flag of Turkmenistan
    Turkmenistan
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    Tuvalu
  • Flag of Uganda
    Uganda
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    Uruguay
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    Uzbekistan
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    Vanuatu
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    Vietnam
  • Flag of West Bank
    West Bank
  • Flag of Yemen
    Yemen
  • Flag of Zambia
    Zambia
  • Flag of Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe