First Open Sector Working Group (SWG) Meeting Fiji National Designated Authority (NDA)

Objectives

1. Update the open SWG membership on COP26 outcomes, the Fiji’s Climate Change Act, National Climate Finance Strategy and the National Determined Contribution’s (NDC) Investment Plan
2. Sensitize participants on what the GCF is and the role of the NDA and stakeholders in Fiji.
3. Increase participants’ awareness on the No Objection procedure (Letter of Support – LoS and No Objection Letter – NOL) for Fiji for the GCF
4. Share lessons learned from case studies of existing GCF projects in Fiji
5. Identify potential topics for future open SWG meetings from participants
6. Encourage expressions of interest to be part of the open SWG membership

Key Activities:

The meeting was split into four (4) sessions with ample time for questions and comments in between each session. The sessions covered

1. Brief updates
2. National Designated Authority )NDA)
3. Project cycle, LOS and NOL procedures
4. Existing projects

Interactive polls using Mentimeter were used throughout the meeting to gauge feedback and encourage active participation from the meeting attendees.

Results:

As it was the first meeting of the Open membership group, the meeting covered quite a lot of topics over a short amount of time. The use of PowerPoint slide presentations by most of the presenters was effective, and it also helped to have one of the sessions in an interview style to keep the session more engaging. Mentimeter polls in between presentations, to some extent allowed some of the participants to stay engaged during the meeting.

Participants: 37