**INTRODUCTION TO GGGI**:
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. To learn more please visit about GGGI web page.
Currently, GGGI supports the Government of Indonesia (GoI) under the joint GoI-GGGI Green Growth Program (GGP, "the Program"). The Program aims to demonstrate that green investments can become the norm both for investors and planners, ultimately improving the quality of economic development for more environmental sustainability and social inclusion. Through the Program, GGGI collaborates with the Ministry of Development Planning (BAPPENAS), the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur ("PT SMI") and others.
GGGI and the Fiscal Policy Agency (FPA) implement the Green Climate Fund (GCF) readiness and preparatory support project ("the Readiness Project") in Indonesia. The FPA is the National Designated Authority (NDA) of the GCF in Indonesia, i.e., the agency through which Indonesia and the GCF interact and communicate. In September 2022, the FPA started the 3-year Readiness Project "Enhancing Indonesia's Access to International Climate Finance and Private Sector Investments for Climate Actions" ("Readiness III") to support the NDA in enhancing national actors' institutional capacities to build a pipeline of climate change projects and to increase country ownership. The NDA has selected GGGI as the Delivery Partner to implement this project.
Overall, the Readiness Project aims to mobilize international climate finance and private sector investment to close the financing gap across the priority sectors identified by the Government of Indonesia. It consists of a range of activities with the objective of achieving readiness outcomes, including 1) established capacity of direct access applicants and direct access entities (DAEs) to meet and maintain the GCF accreditation standards, 2) the capacity to develop a pipeline of projects, and 3) effectively implement GCF-funded activities.
**OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT**:
The gap in financing Indonesia's climate actions needs to be met through alternative funding sources, including from international climate funding as well as private sector investment. However, private sector tends to be less interested to engage in climate actions, due to lack of awareness about climate change as well as the assumption of putting government as the sole responsible party, especially for adaptation sector. Through the Readiness program, Fiscal Policy Agency as the NDA GCF in Indonesia has developed a Private Sector Engagement strategy for selected priority sectors (energy, Forest and Land Use/FOLU, water, and food) to encourage more private sector investment in climate actions. The strategy includes potential business models for each sector as well as a roadmap for the private actor to participate in climate project, including accessing relevant sources of international funding.
Blended finance is an effective approach that leverages development finance to mobilize private finance. By deploying development finance in a way that address investment barriers and improves the risk-return profile of investments, blended finance operates as a market-building instrument that provides a bridge from reliance on development financing towards commercial finance. While the blended finance approach has grown rapidly, its implementation still faces many challenges. This is also aligned with the key findings from previous GGGI's study.
There are several entities in Indonesia starting to emit interest and develop such financing scheme, collaborative network among them has not yet been established. One of the identified needs for leveraging private sector investment in climate projects is to develop a blended finance strategy for climate investment in priority sectors. A fora specifically discussing blended finance for climate projects, designed for relevant stakeholders to exchange information and establish networks, is necessary for more participation of private sector investment in climate projects.
**DELIVERABLES AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE**:
GGGI requires the services of a qualified expert to be a "Blended Finance Consultant" (hereafter referred to as "the Consultant") for the National Designated Authority (NDA) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in Indonesia.
The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks and duties:
- Map and develop stakeholder participation matrix, which shows the type of stakeholders and their level of participation in the blended finance mechanism for climate projects. Stakeholders should include relevant Ministries/Agency (e.g. Ministry of Finance, Coordinating Ministry of Marine Affairs a