XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-51 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank Malawi Fisheries Department, Southern Africa Development Community Fisheries Unit CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 1000000.00 1000000.00 1000000.00 1000000.00 1000000.00 0 World Bank Malawi Fisheries Department, Southern Africa Development Community Fisheries Unit 0 World Bank Malawi Fisheries Department, Southern Africa Development Community Fisheries Unit 0 World Bank Malawi Fisheries Department, Southern Africa Development Community Fisheries Unit 5000000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-640 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 1350000.00 1350000.00 1350000.00 1350000.00 1350000.00 0 World Bank Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust 0 World Bank Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust 0 World Bank Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust 0 World Bank Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust 0 World Bank Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust 0 World Bank Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust 0 World Bank Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust 6750000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-641 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Department of Energy CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Biosphere protection]]+ 670600.00 670600.00 670600.00 670600.00 670600.00 0 UNDP Department of Energy 0 UNDP Department of Energy 0 UNDP Department of Energy 0 UNDP Department of Energy 0 UNDP Department of Energy 0 UNDP Department of Energy 0 UNDP Department of Energy 3353000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3375 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank World Bank CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Agricultural land resources]]+ 1160000.00 1160000.00 1160000.00 1160000.00 1160000.00 0 World Bank World Bank 0 World Bank World Bank 0 World Bank World Bank 0 World Bank World Bank 4760893 World Bank World Bank 5800000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3376 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Government of Malawi CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Agricultural land resources]]+ 414588.00 414588.00 414588.00 414588.00 414588.00 0 UNDP Government of Malawi 0 UNDP Government of Malawi 0 UNDP Government of Malawi 0 UNDP Government of Malawi 0 UNDP Government of Malawi 0 UNDP Government of Malawi 2072940 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3692 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank Department of National Parks Wildlife (DNPW), Wildlife Environmental Society of Malawi (WESM) CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 281666.67 281666.67 281666.67 0 World Bank Department of National Parks & Wildlife (DNPW), Wildlife Environmental Society of Malawi (WESM) 0 World Bank Department of National Parks & Wildlife (DNPW), Wildlife Environmental Society of Malawi (WESM) 0 World Bank Department of National Parks & Wildlife (DNPW), Wildlife Environmental Society of Malawi (WESM) 845000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-5109 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility FAO Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Security; Ministry of Mines, Natural Resources and Environment; CropLife Malawi; NGOS and CBOs CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Biosphere protection]]+ 510000.00 510000.00 510000.00 510000.00 510000.00 0 FAO Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Security; Ministry of Mines, Natural Resources and Environment; CropLife Malawi; NGOS and CBOs 1157629 FAO Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Security; Ministry of Mines, Natural Resources and Environment; CropLife Malawi; NGOS and CBOs 398531 FAO Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Security; Ministry of Mines, Natural Resources and Environment; CropLife Malawi; NGOS and CBOs 201592 FAO Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Security; Ministry of Mines, Natural Resources and Environment; CropLife Malawi; NGOS and CBOs 170154 FAO Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Security; Ministry of Mines, Natural Resources and Environment; CropLife Malawi; NGOS and CBOs 441301 FAO Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Security; Ministry of Mines, Natural Resources and Environment; CropLife Malawi; NGOS and CBOs 137144 FAO Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Security; Ministry of Mines, Natural Resources and Environment; CropLife Malawi; NGOS and CBOs 2479064 FAO Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Security; Ministry of Mines, Natural Resources and Environment; CropLife Malawi; NGOS and CBOs 2550000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-5587 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Energy - Department of Energy Affairs (DoE), Mulanje Electricity Generation Agency (MEGA), Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA), Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Management, , Selected District Councils (Mulanje, Karonga and/or Chitipa), Practical Action (NGO) CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Biosphere protection]]+ 575000.00 575000.00 575000.00 0 UNDP Ministry of Energy - Department of Energy Affairs (DoE), Mulanje Electricity Generation Agency (MEGA), Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA), Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Management, , Selected District Councils (Mulanje, Karonga and/or Chitipa), Practical Action (NGO) 0 UNDP Ministry of Energy - Department of Energy Affairs (DoE), Mulanje Electricity Generation Agency (MEGA), Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA), Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Management, , Selected District Councils (Mulanje, Karonga and/or Chitipa), Practical Action (NGO) 1246034 UNDP Ministry of Energy - Department of Energy Affairs (DoE), Mulanje Electricity Generation Agency (MEGA), Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA), Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Management, , Selected District Councils (Mulanje, Karonga and/or Chitipa), Practical Action (NGO) 1690286 UNDP Ministry of Energy - Department of Energy Affairs (DoE), Mulanje Electricity Generation Agency (MEGA), Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA), Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Management, , Selected District Councils (Mulanje, Karonga and/or Chitipa), Practical Action (NGO) 267083 UNDP Ministry of Energy - Department of Energy Affairs (DoE), Mulanje Electricity Generation Agency (MEGA), Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA), Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Management, , Selected District Councils (Mulanje, Karonga and/or Chitipa), Practical Action (NGO) 1725000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-9138 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi Nazombe -15.601608 35.23698 Lupenga -12.651352 33.618633 Mwenilondo -10.02861 33.891103 Mafinga Hill -9.977447 33.388974 Mpamba -11.550734 34.187162 Mzenga -11.706283 34.037291 Chipofya -10.856487 33.749054 Dowa Dambo -13.475051 33.6113 Nkhulambe/Wowo -15.857887 35.776744 Mdenga -14.937868 35.167434 Lingoni -15.169223 35.41367 Matoponi -15.326138 35.116009 Mlooka -15.207448 35.161289 Marko -9.621006 33.38721 Kasimba -10.160693 33.966771 +![cdata[Agricultural development]]+ +![cdata[Agricultural land resources]]+ 1431192.60 1431192.60 1431192.60 1431192.60 1431192.60 500000 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 690309 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 974959 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 1843435 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 3146393 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 867 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 7155963 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 7155963 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-9539 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNEP Environmental Affairs Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 500837.00 500837.00 500837.00 0 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining 350000 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining 564232 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining 0 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining 403037 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining 0 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining 0 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining 1502511 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-9842 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining (Environmental Affairs Department, Department of National Parks, and Wildlife, and Department of Forestry), and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Agricultural policy and administrative management]]+ +![cdata[Agricultural water resources]]+ +![cdata[Rural development]]+ 1117431.20 1117431.20 1117431.20 1117431.20 1117431.20 0 World Bank Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining (Environmental Affairs Department, Department of National Parks, and Wildlife, and Department of Forestry), and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 2017967 World Bank Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining (Environmental Affairs Department, Department of National Parks, and Wildlife, and Department of Forestry), and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 158133 World Bank Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining (Environmental Affairs Department, Department of National Parks, and Wildlife, and Department of Forestry), and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 1000000 World Bank Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining (Environmental Affairs Department, Department of National Parks, and Wildlife, and Department of Forestry), and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 2250000 World Bank Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining (Environmental Affairs Department, Department of National Parks, and Wildlife, and Department of Forestry), and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 0 World Bank Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining (Environmental Affairs Department, Department of National Parks, and Wildlife, and Department of Forestry), and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 161056 World Bank Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining (Environmental Affairs Department, Department of National Parks, and Wildlife, and Department of Forestry), and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 0 World Bank Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining (Environmental Affairs Department, Department of National Parks, and Wildlife, and Department of Forestry), and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 5587156 World Bank Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining (Environmental Affairs Department, Department of National Parks, and Wildlife, and Department of Forestry), and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development 5587156 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-10149 Global Environment Facility To strengthen the capacity of institutions in Malawi and set up an information system to fulfill the enhanced Transparency requirements of the Paris Agreement. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.1. Firstly, Transparency of climate actions and support in the implementation of the Paris Agreement requires countries to subject their NDC actions and the support they receive from partners to high accountability standards. Malawi's CBIT project aims at strengthening the country's capacity to participate in the Enhanced Transparency Framework under the Paris Agreement effectively. In doing so, many benefits are likely to be delivered through the project. First, it will allow Malawi at any point in time to have the best view of the progress it is making to achieve its NDC goals as well as assess the effectiveness of the climate actions it is pursuing to inform any future revisions. With such high-quality information, the policy decision will be better informed with available evidence.2. Secondly, Malawi will be in a better position to make its climate reporting to the domestic audience as well as be able to meet its international reporting obligations on a sustainable basis. The project will also create awareness on climate reporting among critical stakeholders in the line ministries and the private sector. Once the various national actors become aware and are capable of undertaking climate reporting more regularly, it will spur others to take up more efforts that are ambitious.3. Thirdly, the implementation of the CBIT project is expected to contribute to building human and institutional capacities, especially for the selected NDC sectors. The capacity-building component of the project will introduce not only national experts to new topics on domestic MRV but also make sure that those who get the chance to be involved in the MRV activities pass on the capacity to new ones who join the team along the way. Awareness of the workings of the domestic MRV system is a significant incentive for getting buy-in from key line ministries and the other stakeholders. With the intention to make MRV topics more visible in the development discourse of the line ministries, there is every reason to ensure that the CBIT project increases awareness among crucial actors through educational programmes lined up in the project.Global Environment Facility UNEP Environmental Affairs Department (EAD) - Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Wildlife CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Malawi Lilongwe, Malawi -13.966489 33.79255156 +![cdata[Environmental policy and administrative management]]+ 352000.00 352000.00 352000.00 300000 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department (EAD) - Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Wildlife 230000 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department (EAD) - Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Wildlife 415000 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department (EAD) - Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Wildlife 0 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department (EAD) - Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Wildlife 962642 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department (EAD) - Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Wildlife 1056000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-10254 Global Environment Facility Sustainable management of the Miombo and Mopane productive landscapes of the Districts of Balaka, Ntcheu and Mangochi, contributing to national land degradation neutrality targets. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.The project will help deliver the following global socio-economic benefits: Global Socio-economic Benefits Objectives and Priorities to be addressed through the IP GEF 7 Core Indicator Target Expected contribution of the Malawi Child Project of the SFM-DSL IP Sustainable management of forest landscape and dryland production systems – integrating the LDN targets into planning processes, focusing mainly on improved land use and management for crop and livestock production. 109,009,473 direct beneficiaries (disaggregated by gender) benefit of GEF investments. 150,000 members of rural communities (disaggregated by gender) directly benefitting of SLM/SFM interventions. The Global socio-economic benefits are based following on the following considerations: Sustainable Forest Management: It is estimated that during the project lifetime approx. 10,000 members of forest users, women associations and producer organizations will benefit of the FMLG and procurement investments in the target landscapes of the three districts, resulting in 8,454 hectares of restored forest blocks and village forest areas with improved co-managed systems. The forest users that throughout the process have acquired a greater organizational capacity and an improvement in the high-quality production of the project's target commodities (e.g. bee products, mushrooms, baobab, fuelwood & charcoal, and other identified priority NTFP during project implementation), will be supported to improve their business capacity and market access for diversified green value chain (GVC) commodities. The project will target women and men in equal proportion of 50%. · Sustainable intensification of agroforestry production systems: It is estimated that during the project lifetime approx… 34,000 women and men smallholder farmers, will benefit of the FFS and procurement investments in the target landscapes of the three districts, and project investments will allow 7,845 hectares of sustainably managed agroforestry production systems. The smallholder farmers that throughout the process have acquired a greater organizational capacity under producer organizations and an improvement in the high-quality production of the project's target commodities (e.g. pigeon pea, sorghum, moringa), will be supported to improve their business capacity and market access for diversified green value chain (GVC) commodities. The project will target women and men in equal proportion of 50%. · Increased skills and knowhow on FLR/SLM/SFM/GVC: Approximately 150,000 community members (33,350 households) will have acquired good knowledge and skills on FLR/SLM/SFM/GVC. 520 practitioners from different stakeholder groups (e.g. AEDOs, Forest Extension Officers, FFS trainers, NASFAM members, researchers, lead farmers, private companies, CBOs and NGOs) will be qualified as master trainers on FFS therefore increasing their employment opportunities during project implementation and beyond. · Micro, small and medium enterprise development around green value chain (GVC) commodities: The project will support approximately 10,000 local producers to become members of economically viable micro-small-medium enterprises (producer organizations and cooperatives) with social and environmental corporate responsibility, through training, technical and financial support for the adoption of improved technologies that allow production to comply with market requirements and national standards for product diversification. Local businesses around green value chain commodities will include: (i) community nurseries for the production and marketing of high quality plant material (seeds, seedlings and cuttings) and the provision of services to customers on the use of plant material in FLR/SLM/SFM implementation; (ii) production and marketing of a diverse set of high quality products of moringa, beekeeping, baobab, pigeon pea, sorghum, and bioenergy, among others. The project will target a minimum of 1/3 of women among beneficiaries. · Adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers and forest users: The project will enhance the adaptive capacity of women and men smallholder farmers and forest users, addressing the gender-specific adaptation needs. The project will enhance farmer’s resilience and adaptation capacity in the following way: (i) reduce the impact of climate shocks on smallholder farmers through the promotion of management practices that help compensate the effect of drought events through higher soil water availability (conservation agriculture and agroforestry; less water demanding crop varieties); (ii) diversify livelihoods (food security and income diversification) through sustainable intensification of agroforestry production through which farmers diversify their production from a set of crops (e.g. mix production of pigeon pea + sorghum + moringa, with additional vegetable production on home gardens) and reduce the risk of total loss of production due to a climatic event; (iii) increase the capacity of producer organizations to preserve and process their products reducing their perishability increasing their capacity to negotiate in the market over a longer period of time without depending on the seasonality of the raw product; (iv) increase the capacity to produce high quality products with greater potential to be marketed and increase revenue that allow smallholder farmers to cover needs in times of shocks. Target 1.B in MDG 1 (“Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger”) highlights the central role of employment and decent work in achieving food security and poverty reduction, therefore allowing women and men in rural communities to have access to the knowledge and resources necessary to produce sustainably and thereby contributing to the (SDG) target 15.3 on LDN. The project formulation has followed the Guidance on How to Address Decent Rural Employment Concerns in FAO Country Activities to make sure that decent rural employment is promoted in the project outcomes and outputs: Table. The Four Pillars of Decent Rural Employment (DRE) in the GEF Child Project in Malawi Pillar 1: Employment creation and enterprise development · Component 1will address explicitly policies, regulations and bylaws supporting DRE in the implementation of FLR/SLM/ SFM and to meet the certification standards of the Malawi Bureau of Standards in the GVC development. · Outcome 2.3 will build the capacity of women and men small-holder producers in accessing markets and modern green value chains. · The FFS and FMLG under Outcome 2.2 will provide vocation and education training programs for rural women and men on technical and business skills. · The training-of-trainers (ToT) under FFS and FMLG will increase the professionalization of members of youth clubs and other groups of practitioners on FLR/SLM/SFM related-jobs. · Component 3 will develop national and sub-national capacities to collect and analyze age and sex disaggregated data on rural labour under LDN interventions. Pillar 2: Social protection · FFS and FMLG under Outcome 2.2 will train practitioners on occupational safety and health measures for the rural workforce applying SLM/SFM/GVC technologies. · Producer organizations, enterprises and buyer companies supported by business development, incubation and accelerator programs under Component 2 will enhance their social corporate responsibility. · Procurement investments in each district will have a funding window of social support for emergency or distress situations, targeting community needs beyond the SLM/SFM priorities. The provision of this support indirectly delivers SLM/SFM because it helps remove social barriers that may prevent community members to invest in SLM/SFM. The social support procurement window will have a total of USD 50,000 per ILMP (USD 150,000 for the whole project). Pillar 3: Standards and rights at work · Community bylaw formulation, fair access to training, extension and investments on SLM/SFM technologies and inputs will help reduce gender and age-based discrimination in the target landscapes. · The project will ensure compliance with the National Labour Legislation for the rural areas. the Project will use the SNAP[1] community-based approach to monitor child labour, through the District Child Labour & Community Child Labour Committees and active involvement of local leaders, and representatives from church, government, NGOs, employers’ and workers’ organizations. Pillar 4: Governance and social dialogue · Component 1 will ensure representation of the rural poor in policy dialogue through awareness raising, training and bylaw formulation on gender-inclusive land tenure and natural resource governance issues. · The project will ensure in Component 2 fair, and effective participation of the rural poor in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the Integrated landscape Management Plans, and Village-level Action Plans. · Component 2 will put especial focus on capacity enhancement activities for women and youth groups to empower them in SLM/SFM/GVC. · The Child Project in Malawi, with the support of the GCP SFM-DSL IP will create synergies and south-south collaboration among practitioners from the six Miombo & Mopane countries. [1] National Action Plan to combat child labor in Malawi. Global Environment Facility FAO Department of Forest CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ +![cdata[Site preservation]]+ 1270091.80 1270091.80 1270091.80 1270091.80 1270091.80 1500321 FAO Department of Forest 688895 FAO Department of Forest 1773484 FAO Department of Forest 6350459 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-10475 Global Environment Facility Supporting access to clean energy by increasing the financial viability and promoting scaled-up commercial investment in minigrids in Malawi. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.All the people of Malawi stand to benefit from accelerated investments in clean energy. All taxpayers and electricity users stand to benefit from more cost-effective ways to deliver clean energy to end users. More specifically, rural communities currently without access to electricity will benefit from solutions that will enable affordable, clean energy to be delivered to their communities as well as the multiple, broader socioeconomic benefits that will accrue into different socioeconomic aspects of rural livelihoods including a healthier environment, opportunities for income generating activities and improved management of natural resources. Data from 2019[1] showed employment creation and energy expenditure savings as direct benefits resulting from minigrids. While productive use impacts would differ depending on the country context, rural microenterprises in India experienced an income growth of 13% after connecting to minigrids. The focus of the productive use overlay pilot at the two sites is on introducing various productive use applications, powering a range of commercial and agricultural electrical appliances coupled with technical and business development support. These will contribute indirect benefits associated with income growth and productive use job creation. Improved economic buoyancy should in turn contribute to the sustainability of the minigrid operations, creating a virtuous cycle of growth and resilience. Across all outputs of the AMP in Malawi, at least 763 beneficiaries are expected to benefit directly. The largest number are the ~300 farmers who will benefit from having access to agricultural processing equipment. The two communities will also benefit from small businesses development support and/or subsidized electrical appliances or equipment. Across the other activities of the project, there will be multiple participants in training and knowledge sharing events, participants in the regional Community of Practice, and users of the online One Stop Information Centre. Guidance from the Gender Analysis and Action Plan will help ensure that gender equity and empowerment remain a key part of the project implementation, while disaggregated indicators as well as monitoring and reporting will enable an understanding of gender specific impacts that can inform improved future planning and decision-making. Particular attention will be given to strengthening the role of women as beneficiaries, decision-makers, participants, managers and owners of mini-grid systems or energised end-uses as detailed in the gender action plan. Socio-economic impacts will also be tracked more broadly for both pilot sites to allow refinements and inform future planning and decision-making. By linking this information back to the appropriate forums including the regional project, benefits can be replicated and enhanced in future mini-grid developments. The impacts of minigrids on poverty, gender, health and education have been difficult to quantify and demonstrate because of the high costs associated with impact data collection and lack of understanding of relevant impact metrics. In this respect, the standardized quality assurance and monitoring framework and digitization aspects of the AMP will contribute significantly to the understanding and further refinement of the minigrid contribution to the benefit of each AMP partner country, including Malawi. The overall program is expected to mitigate significant amounts of CO2 emissions and will be accompanied by co-benefits. At the national level, direct and consequential (indirect) emission reductions are expected to occur, calculated to be 1,068 metric tons of CO2e from direct interventions and 2,043,000 metric tons of CO2e accrued indirectly. [1] Power for All Fact Sheet. October 2019. powerforall.org. On average, every 1MW of mini-grid installed capacity requires about 180 direct jobs and as much as US$100 can be saved annually per rural household connection. Global Environment Facility UNDP Department of Energy Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Malawi +![cdata[Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies]]+ +![cdata[Electric power transmission and distribution (isolated mini-grids)]]+ 132041.67 132041.67 132041.67 30068 UNDP Department of Energy Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining 0 UNDP Department of Energy Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining 396125 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-11019 Global Environment Facility Project Objective: Effective management of Mchinji forest and supporting local government institutions and communities to enhance conservation and sustainable use of Forest resources to maintain and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services in community forests and communal lands Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency. The project will provide benefits globally, nationally and locally. This project will enhance the capacity for implementation of forest management and biodiversity conservation in Mchinji CFR in particular and Malawi in general. By strengthening the strategies, mechanisms, and institutions for forest management and biodiversity conservation, Mchinji CFR will be protected, and livelihoods strengthened. The strengthening of forest and biodiversity management will contribute to the development of social inclusion and gender equality, foster clear and transparent provisions and strengthen the capacity for local communities to benefit from their landscape and biodiversity, thereby generating opportunities for themselves. This will also have benefits to the local communities around Mchinji CFR, including those deriving livelihoods from forest, directly through production forestry (wood products), or indirectly through ecosystem services. Further benefits will accrue through replication of the approaches used at the project sites to other sites in the country. The approach used in the project as a whole will also provide lessons and opportunities for replication in other countries in Africa. Global Environment Facility UNEP Environmental Affairs Department in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Malawi 307169.33 307169.33 307169.33 178302 UNEP Environmental Affairs Department in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change 921508 GEF