March 01, 2023 – The new Self-Certification Form for Programming Entities has been included in Step 3 of the Grantees Procedures as a self-certified warranty against bankruptcy, insolvency, unethical practices, and alignment with the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Policy for all recipients of funding in a programming context.
October 14, 2022 - The policy has been updated to align references to awards with the Innovation Challenges policy and with the Performance-Based Payments policy.
June 29, 2021 - Clauses 6, 17, and procedure table 1, step 3.0 of the Select Responsible Parties and Grantees chapter have been updated to align with the HACT changes of 1 January 2021. Additionally, the Partner Capacity Assessment Tool (PCAT) has been updated to align with the HACT updated thresholds and also includes procurement capacity assessment for GEF & GCF-funded projects.
January 29, 2021 - The management actions to the OAI GEF Audit that have been completed to date have been uploaded to the POPP. This includes the RACI, the Delegation of Authority Letter and Guidance on GEF Project Revisions.
July 22, 2020 - The policy and procedures of the Select Responsible Parties and Grantees have been aligned with the procurement policy on Engaging CSO/NGO, article 11 - a Responsible Party Agreement (RPA) should be used for engaging all CSOs as Responsible Parties, regardless of how they were selected.
June 03, 2020 - Templates for on-granting clauses added to the policy and operational guidance on low value grants linked to the procedures. (POPP-11-3253, POPP-11-3244, POPP-11-3258)
Dec 03, 2019 - The Select Responsible Parties and Grantees policy and procedures are now available in French. To access the content, click on the French language tab.
October 23, 2019 - The French Standard Grant Agreement (Micro-Capital Grant) for Non-Credit Related Activities template is now available. To access the document, click on the French language tab (Procedure table 2, step 4).
April 4, 2019 - The Spanish Standard Grant Agreement (Micro-Capital Grant) for Non-Credit Related Activities template is now available. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab (Procedure table two, step four).
March 20, 2019 - The Select Responsible Parties and Grantees policy and procedures are now available in Spanish. To access the content, click on the Spanish language tab.
December 14, 2018 - The new Partner Capacity Assessment tool was added to steps 3 and 2.1 OPT of the Responsible Parties and Grantees procedures, replacing other assessments that are part of the new streamlined tool.
