Accelerating the energy transition calls for enhancing flexibility in energy systems and pushing boundaries to increase the penetration of renewables. Under the Renewable Energy Integration Program, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) will support this process in developing and emerging countries. Flexible solutions help accelerate uptake of the best combinations of technologies to help manage grids, balance different infrastructure requirements, and improve overall market design systems operation.
 
All countries that meet the following criteria can express their interest in becoming a CIF country under the program:

1 Country must be eligible for Official Development Assistance (ODA) at the time of the call(s) for EoI.
2 Country must have an active lending program with at least one of CIF’s partner MDBs.

Regional EOIs:
Addressing systemic barriers to low-emission and/or climate-resilient development pathways can require multi-country partnerships and actions. In recognition of this, a country can also express interest on behalf of a group of ODA-eligible neighbor countries in their region to receive CIF concessional resources through a regional intervention.
When submitting a regional EOI, please send an email to cifadminunit@worldbank.org, copying the relevant contact points for participating countries' Ministries of Finance and relevant MDB focal points. Please include answers to this form in the body of the e-mail and supporting documents as attachments. 

Please read these documents before submitting your EOI:
The potential allocation per investment plan under the REI program ranges from USD 100 to 150 million.

Submission deadline: August 26, 2021

If there are any questions, please contact the CIF Administrative Unit at cifadminunit@worldbank.org.

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* 1. Country name (or countries’ names if submitting a regional EOI):

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* 2. Contact information

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* 3. Eligibility
Please indicate if your country meets the following criteria

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1. Is your country eligible for Official Development Assistance (ODA) at the time of the call(s) for EoI?
2. Does your country have an active lending program with at least one of CIF’s partner MDBs*?
*African Development Bank (AfDB); Asian Development Bank (ADB); European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Finance Corporation (IFC).

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* 4. With which MDB does your country have an active lending program? 
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* 5. If your country has an active lending program with at least one of CIF’s partner MDBs, provide a brief overview of these engagements. Explain if and how the work envisioned under the program will build upon existing CIF-supported work. If possible, please reflect indicative investment opportunities with partner MDBs in the context of the program.

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* 6. For what type of CIF funding would you like to be considered?

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* 7. Country/region's vision and ambition for using CIF resources
What is the country/region’s level of ambition as it relates to the REI program? How does the country/region seek to use CIF resources to drive transformational change and help achieve its low-carbon and climate-resilient development plan or strategies?

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* 8. Alignment and complementarity
Please address these questions in your response:
1. How does the CIF program align with the country/region’s climate strategies and plans (e.g., Nationally Determined Contributions, SDG-related plans, and/or other relevant low-emission development plans)?
2. What are the additional value CIF resources could bring to meeting these goals?
3. How does CIF fill a funding gap by providing the country/region with access to concessional resources not otherwise available, or complementary to existing ones?

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* 9. Implementation and relevance
What are potential actions (e.g., policy reforms or investments) or project(s) that are aligned with the strategic objectives of the CIF program and can be implemented through one or more MDBs active in the country/region, as well as financing strategies to leverage MDB and other co-financing to support these projects?

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* 10. If your country been selected to implement a CIF program in the past, please provide a brief overview of implementation experience, benefits, and lessons learned.

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* 11. Please attach the cover letter signed by the relevant Minister**

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**For regional EOIs, only a cover letter by the submitting Minister is required. Cover letters from the other participating countries are not required for submission, but encouraged.

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* 12. Please attach relevant document to support your EOI

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* 13. Attach additional document (if needed)

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* 14. Attach additional document (if needed)

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* 15. Attach additional document (if needed)

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