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src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/eligibility_cr.jpg" width="100%" class="align-center" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph-id-82 py-4 lg_py-8 xl_py-12 paragraph paragraph--type--text2col paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph-content container"> <div class="row mb-4 md_mb-6 lg_mb-10 xl_mb-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-text2col-top field--type-text-long col-12 field__item"> <div class="offset-lg-1 col-lg-10 field field--name-field-text-body field--type-text-long field__item"> <h3 class="text-align-center">To be eligible for Gap Fund support, all of the following criteria must be met:</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row mb-4 md_mb-6 lg_mb-10 xl_mb-12"> <div class="col-lg-6 offset-xl-1 col-xl-5 field mb-4 md_mb-0 field--name-field-text2col-left field--type-text-long col-12 col-md-6 field__item"> <p>1. <strong>Eligible countries</strong> — The Expression of Interest must come from developing and emerging countries identified in the <a href="https://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-standards/daclist.htm" target="_blank">ODA-OECD DAC list</a></p> <p>2. <strong>Climate action potential</strong> — The Expression of Interest must aim to make an ambitious contribution to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions to meet the 1.5˚ Celsius goal identified in the Paris Agreement and/or adaptation to climate change.</p> <p>Applicants must commit to carrying out an estimation of the proposal’s climate change mitigation or adaptation potential or working with Gap Fund experts to estimate it.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-xl-5 field field--name-field-text2col-right field--type-text-long col-12 col-md-6 field__item"> <p>3.<strong> Applicant/Ownership</strong> — The applicant must be a city or local government official or a third party that submits the proposal officially on behalf of the city or local government.</p> <p>4. <strong>Urban dimension</strong> — The project must be situated in an urban area or functionally linked to one. Proposals presented by public or private developers with clear linkages to sub-national governments will be eligible, so long as a proposal’s urban dimension is clear and local political ownership is verified.</p> <p>5. <strong>Stage</strong> — Gap Fund activities can provide support to cities either in strategic planning or up to the pre-feasibility stages of a project, namely:</p> <ol style="padding-left: 20px;"><li>Climate strategy development/enabling environment</li> <li>Project definition/concept</li> <li>Pre-feasibility</li> </ol></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph-id-83 py-4 lg_py-8 xl_py-12 paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph-content container"> <div class="row"> <div class="offset-lg-1 col-lg-10 field field--name-field-text-body field--type-text-long field__item"> <div class="pb-5 offset-lg-1 col-lg-10 field field--name-field-text-body field--type-text-long field__item"> <h3 class="text-align-center">The following urban infrastructure themes or sectors are eligible for Gap Fund support:</h3> </div> <ul><li>Sustainable urban mobility</li> <li>Energy efficiency and small renewables, including building retrofits, street lighting, district heating and cooling</li> <li>Solid waste management and circular economy activities</li> <li>Water and wastewater management, including flood management</li> <li>Greening of urban areas, nature-based solutions, blue/green infrastructure, ecosystem restoration, and centered urban planning</li> <li>Green buildings, including sustainable/climate-friendly building materials and eco-districts</li> <li>Affordable housing with an energy-efficient approach</li> <li>Multi-sector, area-based investment programs, including slum/informal settlement upgrading, brownfield redevelopments, urban extensions or corridor development</li> <li>Circular economy approaches</li> <li>Sustainable cooling and measures to reduce urban heat island.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> 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