Date: February – March 2023

The Climate Finance Training programme’s objective is to accelerate access to climate finance in sub-Saharan Africa by developing the in-country capacity of regional policymakers, regulators, academia, and financial market participants. A key component of the climate finance training is to provide requisite skills needed to access Green Climate Fund (GCF) or other climate funds, by fast-tracking accreditation of direct access entities (DAEs), training of key technical staff within government and other non-state actors through the provision of project preparation support to fast track capital mobilisation for climate-resilient projects within sub-Saharan Africa.

Borne out of the great need within the region to create a regional centre of excellence on climate finance, this bespoke training programme was developed through a partnership between FSD Africa, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI).

The climate finance training programme’s objective is to accelerate access to climate finance in sub-Saharan Africa by developing in-country capacity of regional policymakers, regulators, academia, and financial market participants. A key component of the climate finance training is to provide requisite skills needed to access Green Climate Fund (GCF) or other climate funds, by exploring accreditation of direct access entities (DAEs), training of key technical staff within government and other non-state actors through the provision of project preparation support to assist capital mobilisation for climate-resilient projects within sub-Saharan Africa.