FAQ stage 2: Building Climate Resilience in Developing Countries: Ecoystem Based Adaptation and Innovative Finance
Frequently asked questions:
Q: How should gender be integrated into the proposal?
A: Norad shall, through allocated funds, contribute to the political commitment that at least half of all bilateral aid has gender equality as a principal or significant objective. Especially strengthen the integration of gender equality in work related to climate, energy, and food security.
For the OECD DAC gender equality policy marker: OECD temporary archive
Definition and minimum standard of the OECD DAC gender equality policy marker.
Q: How should climate adaptation be integrated in the proposal?
A: Climate adaptation is a priority for the Norwegian government, and all successful proposals should have climate adaptation as a principal or significant objective. This means that the project needs to intend to reduce the vulnerability of human or natural systems to the impacts of climate change by maintaining or increasing resilience. The climate change adaptation objective needs to be explicitly indicated in the project document and activities planned for in the project need to target the climate adaptation challenges mentioned in the description,
Please consult: Rio Markers Handbook OECD-DAC Climate Markers
Q: How will collaboration between invited partners be assessed?
A: Collaboration between invited partners is encouraged, especially when working in the same country/geographical area.
Q: How will the SSA prioritization be scored/weighted relative to other Window 2 criteria (e.g., innovation, scalability, catalytic potential, results framework)?
A: There’s no fixed numeric weight. Assessments are comparative and holistic across all criteria, but SSA is an explicit prioritization for Window 2. A strong, credible SSA focus may strengthen the relevance and competitiveness under Window 2, but potential scalability into SSA could also be an alternative.
Q: Would a global or multi-region programme that (a) includes an indicative SSA pipeline and (b) dedicates a defined share of activities/outputs to SSA be considered responsive and competitive for Window 2? If so, is there any minimum expected share (budget and/or results) that should be allocated to SSA?
A: There is no prescribed minimum share in the call. However, to be competitive under Window 2’s SSA prioritization, a certain degree of resources and results (or a ring-fenced workstream) during the grant period should be attributable to SSA.
Q: Are applicants expected to set SSA-specific targets and indicators and to report against these separately from global results?
A: In a global or multi-region program, SSA-specific targets/indicators may be reported separately from global results (e.g., finance mobilized into SSA, number/value of transactions enabled, SSA policy/instrument adoptions, etc.). While this is not mandatory, it is one way to provide disaggregated information targeting the priorities of this call.
Q: Should the replies to the specific questions listed in the invitation letter—as well as to those discussed during the call—be provided in a separate document/attachments, or should they be incorporated into the 20-page narrative project description?
A: The replies to the specific questions listed in the invitation letter should be incorporated into the 20-page narrative project description.
Q: May references to literature and testimonials from target groups (from similar or past projects) be enclosed as attachments, or should these also be included within the 20-page narrative limit?
A: References to literature and testimonials can be enclosed as attachments, i.e. they do not need to be part of the 20-page limit.
Q: Are there any expectations or limitations regarding the length of annexes, in particular the Results Frameworks and the Risk Matrix?
A: We do not have any limitations regarding length of annexes. But we expect that they are formulated in a compact and concise way.