Early Warning System

Countries

Argentina

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

Green Climate Fund (GCF)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Proposed

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Nov 12, 2020

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Government of Argentina and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Agriculture and Forestry
Climate and Environment

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Grant

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 82.00 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 82.00 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Funding proposal

Government Documents

government information

Corporate Actor Documents

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ GCF website

Updated in EWS Oct 21, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Oct 5, 2020

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the implementing agency, the project will support the implementation of the National Plan of Action on Forests and Climate Change (PANByCC) with activities that contribute to the reduction of emissions derived from deforestation and forest degradation.
The main focus will be on:
- Territorial forest management.
- Forest management with integrated livestock.
- Prevention of forest fires.
- Strengthening of management, control and monitoring capacities at the national and provincial level.
These instruments also aim to reduce vulnerability to climate change, with a particular focus on indigenous peoples and communities, using a cross-cutting and gender-sensitive point of view.

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Green Climate Fund (GCF)

REDD+ results based payment

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

MAyDS website:
https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ambiente/cambio-climatico/redd
MAyDS national office:
San Martín 451, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1004AAI Telephone: (54-11) 4348-8200

FAO Representative Office in Guatemala:
7a Avenida 12-90, Zona 13
Interior Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación (MAGA)
Edificio FAO
Ciudad de Guatemala
CP:01013
Guatemala

How to File a Complaint before the FAO's grievance mechanism

Complaints containing allegations that there has been a breach of the Organization’s
environmental and social standards must be made in writing and communicated to
OIG by mail, courier, email or fax, directly or via any FAO office. All complaints
should ideally provide, as a minimum, the following information:
•What happened? Describe the events with as much relevant detail as possible.
•When did it happen? Dates, time, how many times, etc.
•Where did it happen?
•Who do you think was involved? Who was implicated?
•The complainant’s name and contact information;
35. The addresses to file a written complaint are:
• By courier or mail: Inspector General, Food and Agricultural Organization,
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
• by confidential fax: (+39) 06 570 55550
• by email: Investigations-hotline@fao.org.

More info at: http://www.fao.org/aud/42564-03173af392b352dc16b6cec72fa7ab27f.pdf