Programme Portfolio

Latest update: 30.08.2024

 

37 active projects 

Total CAFI budget in millions US$ *

Implementing organisation 

Approval date

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (13 active projects). Check out  this country page

Support to sustainable family agriculture (in the framework of the local development programme for DRC 145 territories)  45 (+ 10M domestic) UNDP Approved in December 2023

Integrated rural development programme (PIREDD) Mai Ndombé province 

30 

WB 

Approved in October 2016

Integrated rural development programme (PIREDD) Kwilu province

9

JICA 

Approved in 2018

Integrated rural development programme (PIREDD) Equateur province 

12 (+ 4M Sweden) 

FAO 

Approved in June 2019

Integrated rural development programme (PIREDD) Maniema province 

30 

GIZ 

Approved in August 2020

Integrated rural development REDD+ programme in the former Plateaux District in Mai-Ndombe province 11 UNOPS & WWF Approved in December 2023
Integrated rural development programme (PIREDD) for Tshopo, Ituri and Bas Uele provinces  33 UNDP Approved in February 2017

Land use planning reform: Support DRC government in the land use planning reform that takes into account the protection of forests

8

UNDP 

Approved in February 2017

Programme for the Sustainable Consumption and Partial Substitution of Wood Energy:  to provide alternatives to unsustainable wood energy by developing markets for LPG and improved cookstoves 

15 

UNDP & UNCDF 

Approved in November 2018

Agriculture in Savannahs and Degraded Forests Programme: Ownership by small and medium agricultural enterprises of sustainable practices to manage savannahs and degraded forests - Kwilu and Tshopo provinces 15 AFD

Approved in June 2019

Programme for the Sustainable Management of Forests (French acronym PGDF) to improve forest governance 

12 

AFD 

Approved in December 2019

Project to support land tenure reform (French acronym PARF 2) 15 UN-Habitat Approved in December 2023

DRC National REDD+ Fund Secretariat: Coordination, technical assistance and policy dialogue 

15.9

UNDP 

Approved in 2016

 

GABON (8 active projects). Check out this country page

Land use planning and forest monitoring in Gabon: Develop, adopt and implement a National Land Use Plan and a National Observation System for Natural Resources and Forests to contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions from the land use sector 

18.4 

AFD 

Approved in 2018

Protected Area Expansion and Land-use Optimisation for Food Crop Production: Expansion of existing protected areas and reduce/avoid future emissions from the agricultural sector through land use optimization for food crop production. 

5

UNDP 

Approved in 2020

Reducing Emissions Through Improved Forestry Management:  Implementation of a National Scale Certification Process in Gabon 

Transferred from AFD to TNC in 2021

Approved in 2020, reallocated in 2021

Safeguarding and Expanding Gabon’s Protected Area Network 

UNDP 

Approved in 2022

Botanical Gardens: Providing Education and Access Opportunities of Urban Populations to Forested Gardens and City Parks 

1.82

UNDP 

UNESCO 

Approved in 2022

Reducing Emissions Through Improved Forestry Management: Implementation of a National Scale Certification and Community Forestry 

2.9

TNC 

Approved in 2022

Forest Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Programme (FERM) 

2.4

TNC 

Approved in 2022

Coordination: Strengthening institutions for coordination and implementation of climate programmes and policies 

1.48

UNDP 

Approved in 2022

 

REPUBLIC OF CONGO (6 active projects). Check out this country page

Coordination support to the Prime Minister’s Office 

1.45 

UN Res Coord. 

CAFI Sec 

Approved in June 2021

Operationalisation of the SYNA-MRV of the Republic of Congo

FAO 

Approved in June 2021

PROREP: Project to Strengthen the Potential for Sustainable Wood Energy in the Republic of Congo  

FAO 

Approved in November 2021

 

Sustainable Land Use Planning Programme PUDT 

18.4 

AFD 

Approved in November 2022

 

Kopekoba - Sustainable land use investments

16.5

AFD

Approved in September 2023

Dissemination of improved cookstoves in Brazzaville and Pointe Noire  1 Initiative Development Approved in November 2021
 

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (1 active project). Check out this country page

Feasibility studies and priority measures

0.6

UNDP

Approved in February 2024

 

CAMEROON - 3 active projects - go to country page

Preparatory grant to develop a project to scale up zero-deforestation cocoa production  0.5 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Approved in November 2023
Preparatory grant to support the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (MINEPAT) 0.3 UNDP Approved in December 2023
Support for sustainable agricultural intensification and agro-ecological transition in Cameroon 20 IFAD Approved in June 2024
 

REGIONAL - 6 active projects - go to regional portfolio here 

 

Study to assess deforestation and forest degradation trends and their drivers in the six CAFI partner countries 

2.4

 FAO 

Approved in 2020

Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation (CPIC) Conservation Finance Initiative: scaling up and demonstrating the value of blended finance in conservation 

7.5 

IUCN 

Approved in 2021

Scaling-up Commercial investment in Deforestation-Free Central African Commodity Supply Chains 

51

&Green Fund

Approved in 2022

One Acre Fund - Feasibility Study on Innovative Agriculture (Prep Grant)

0.5 

One Acre Fund 

Approved in 2022

Farm Africa - Feasibility Study on Innovative Agriculture (Prep Grant)

0.43

Farm Africa 

Approved in 2022

Regional Facility for Technical Assistance

26.5 UNOPS Approved in December 2023
 

15 CLOSED PROJECTS

Amount in M US$ 

Implementing organisation 

Status and duration 

DRC - 9 closed projects
Sustainable Management of Agriculture and Livestock: developing and implementing an agricultural policy that takes into account forests including the promotion of savannah-based agriculture  3 FAO Closed (2019-2022)
Integrated rural development programme Sud Ubangui province  7 WB Closed (2017-2022)
National Forest Monitoring System to support monitoring of land cover, land use and land use change   10 FAO Closed (2017-2021)
Support to Nationally Determined Contribution (not through FONAREDD) 0.5 UNDP Closed (2021-2022)
Support to civil society: Representation of civil society as information relay, advocacy group, observer and whistle-blower  3.3 UNDP Closed (2016-2023)
Land tenure reform: Support the DRC government in the land tenure reform that takes into account the protection of forest (development of policies and legal instruments + securing of tenure for forest communities)  7 UN-Habitat Closed (2017-2023)
Support to Indigenous Peoples to develop indigenous resource management models  2 World Bank Closed (2016-2023)
Scaling up Family Planning to reduce the effects of unplanned demographic growth on deforestation  33 UNOPS & UNFPA Closed (2018-2023)
Integrated rural development programme Mongala province  12 Enabel Closed(2019-2024)
 
Equatorial Guinea

Preparatory grant to develop the National investment Framework 

1.1 

FAO 

Closed (2017-2020) 

 
Republic of Congo 

Preparatory grant to develop the National Investment Framework 

0.7 

World Bank 

Closed (2016-2020) 

Programme proposal to the Green Climate Fund 

0.3 

FAO 

Closed (2019-2020) 

 
Cameroon

Preparatory grant to develop the National Investment Framework 

.54

World Bank 

AFD

Closed (2016- 2020) 

 
Central African Republic 
Preparatory grant to support policy dialogue and undertake pre-feasibility studies  0.7 AFD Closed (2020-2022)

Preparatory grant to develop the National investment Framework  

1

World Bank 

Closed (2017-2020) 

 

*Refers to the funding amount approved by CAFI. Some projects receive co-financing from other sources.