CAFI Executive Board meetings and decisions

Date

• Call for Expression of Interest - innovative agriculture
• Approval of Gabon's National Investment Framework
• Adoption of revised Terms of Reference and Manual of Operations
• Mandate of the Country Working group for the partnership with the DRC

Agenda

Report

Decisions:

• Central African Republic - prep grant for policy dialogue and feasibility studies
• Risk Management
• Gabon - Independent verification of the milestones of the Letter of Intent with Gabon
• Gabon - National Investment framework
• DRC Funding allocation
• Republic of Congo - Coordination support project
• Republic of Congo - programming- timelines for program development

• CAFI Secretariat budget revision
• DRC Phase 2
• Closure of the Cameroon project
• Republic of Congo Programming
• Preparatory Grant for the Central African Republic

Agenda

Decisions

• Approval of drivers study
• Annual report and M&E
• Central African Republic - Expression of Interest
• Revised Terms of Reference of the CAFI Secretariat
• CAFI Phase 2 - White paper and foundational documents

• Republic of Congo PREFOREST project to the GCF
• Gabon - approval of programme (“Protected Area Expansion and Land-use Optimization for Food Crop Production in Gabon”)

Meeting

15

• Gabon : Addendum to the Letter of Intent
• Gabon : approval of programmes 
• Equatorial Guinea
• Democratic Republic of Congo

• DRC Funding allocation - 4th sub-tranche
• Central African Republic - no cost extension
• FAO Trends and drivers study
• Central African Republic
  

Agenda

EB14 decisions:

• CAFI presidency
• Gabon programmes
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Risk Dashboard
• Republic of Congo
• Equatorial Guinea

• Results based payments to Gabon (addendum to the LoI)
• Republic of Congo - Letter of Intent and Country Allocation

Meeting

13

Agenda

EB 13 decisions: Gabon Programmes, Annual Report, Republic of Congo Support to Coordination, Programming Republic of Congo, Secretariat Budget Revision, Extension of the CAFI Trust Fund  

• Mid term evaluation of the CAFI Fund
• No cost extension of Cameroon preparatory grant

Agenda

EB 12 decisions: M&E framework, Risk management strategy, Letter of Intent with the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea National Investment Framework, Programming Note on the GCF project for the Republic of Congo

• Extension of the Equatorial Guinea preparatory grant
• Partnership with the Republic of Congo

EB 11 Agenda

EB 11 decisions :

• Amendment to the terms of reference of the CAFI Fund related to : 
  • Other implementing organizations
  • Selection of agencies and programs in countries without a National Fund
  • Chairing the Executive Board
• Mid term evaluation of the CAFI Fund
• Risk Management
• Annual funding allocation for DRC
• Preparatory grant for the Republic of Congo (GCF proposal)
  
• Cameroon
• Preparation of programming notes for the Republic of Gabon
• Extentions of preparatory grants :
  
  • Central African Republic
  • Equatorial Guinea

• Roc National Investment Framework
  
• Amendment of the Terms of Reference of the CAFI Trust Fund on CAFI Program cycle

EB 10 Agenda

EB10 decisions: Monitoring, evaluation, reporting and verification, Republic of Congo National Investment Framework, Cameroon National Investment Framework, DRC Programmes, Equatorial Guinea National Investment Framework

• New quorum rules
• No cost extension to Equatorial Guinea
  

EB 9 Agenda

EB9 decisions : DRC Technical Commission on Geographical Programming, Partnership between the Republic of Congo and CAFI, Approval of Gabon programs, Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, No cost extension of Cameroon preparatory grant  

EB 8 Agenda

EB8 decisions : National Investment Framework of Republic of Congo, Disbursement of 2^nd sub-tranche to DRC, Fiduciary measures - UN Habitat, Gabon R-PP and programmes, CAR preparatory grant implementation, Cameroun preparatory grant implementation, Monitoring of country programmes

• Fiduciary measures in high risk scenarios
• Cameroon preparatory grant budget revision (AFD)
• Monitoring and independant verification (DRC)

EB7 Agenda

EB7 decisions: Annual report, Budget, Letter of Intent with Gabon, Monitoring and verification of DRC LOI milestones, Follow-up on DRC Decision EB.2017.02 (see related Information note)   

• DRC programs
• DRC submission to the Green Climate Fund

EB 6 Agenda

EB6 decisions: Gabon National Investment Framework ; No-cost extensions for RoC, Cameroon and CAR ; M&E ; Next meetings ; Chairing the EB

• DRC programs batch 2 - 7 February 2017
  
• International support to FONAREDD Secretariat -16 January 2017
• Equatorial Guinea preparatory grant - final - 7 November 2016

EB 5 Agenda

EB5 decisions : DRC programs batch 1, Special fiduciary procedures of implementing agencies

• Equatorial Guinea preparatory grant (2) - 12 August 2016
• Cameroon preparatory grant (final) - 12 August 2016

EB 4 Agenda

EB4 decisions : Amendment to EB rules of procedure, M&E framework, Annual report, Funding framework, INGO letter, Scheduling, Equatorial Guinea preparatory grant, Cameroon preparatory grant (2)  

EB 3 Agenda

EB3 decisions : ToRs, Rules of procedures and M&E, Parallel funding, DRC funding allocation, Annual Forum, Observers, Planning, Cameroon preparatory grant   

EB 2 Agenda

EB2 Decisions : Country allocations, Letters of intent , DRC, R.Congo preparatory grant, CAR preparatory grant

EB 1 Agenda

EB1 Decisions : Executive Board Rules and procedures, NIF review process, Terms of reference of the CAFI Secretariat, Interim budget, Preparatory grants for R. Congo and Central African Republic