The IKI year 2022 in figures
Balance of the year 2022: The International Climate Initiative (IKI) once again achieved its ambitious goals despite the restructuring. An overview of the most important figures of the year.
The year 2022 marked a significant year of transformation at the IKI. Despite the level of effort that is inherently associated with such a process, the IKI managed to nearly expend its allocated budget of EUR 677 million, with expenditures for both ongoing and new projects amounting to EUR 675 million. Commitments for funding paid out in 2022 and planned expenditure in the subsequent years reached EUR 736 million. This sum also includes payments contributed to the International Climate and Biodiversity Fund, along with commitments for the IKI Medium Grants, the IKI Small Grants and the Mitigation Action Facility (formerly known as the NAMA Facility).
Funding commitments 2022 by funding area
Commitments were distributed across the following areas (rounding differences possible):
EUR 440 million for ‘Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions’
EUR 111 million for ‘Adapting to the impacts of climate change’
EUR 24 million for ‘Preserving and restoring natural carbon sinks’
EUR 151 million for ‘Conserving biological diversity’
EUR 10 million for support activities and project sponsor costs
It should be noted that all IKI funds are exclusively designated for German financial commitments aimed at greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation to the climate change impacts. Activities funded from the respective IKI funding areas are entirely matched against the corresponding funding commitments at 100 percent. The remaining funding areas are split between the two commitment categories.
2022 funding commitments by region
Commitments were distributed across the following regions (rounding differences possible)
Global: EUR 423 million
Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkey: EUR 23 million
South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (Asia): EUR 132 million
Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa): EUR 67 million
Latin America and the Caribbean: EUR 75 million
MENA: EUR 6 million
Calls for 2022 – an overview
The IKI uses a two-pronged strategy to provide support to its partner countries. On the one hand, this involves thematic focused ideas competitions, which encompass large-volume thematic calls, along with two smaller-scale project programmes: IKI Small Grants and IKI Medium Grants. On the other hand, the IKI also engages in bilaterall collaborations in specific areas with 14 focus countries. This collaboration includes country-specific calls, which are also of substantial scale. In close consultation with the partner government, an ideas competition is once again used to select projects for two urgent thematic fields.
This competitive funding model, coupled with the inclusion of NGOs as implementing organisations, constitute distinctive features of the IKI that set it apart from conventional approaches to development cooperation. Furthermore, no IKI funds are directed towards government institutions in partner countries (more information about the IKI funding philosophy).
In 2022, the IKI initiated three new ideas competitions, collectively amounting to nearly EUR 300 million in funding. Please click the corresponding call for detailed information.
Calls completed before 2022
Alongside the new ideas competitions, further progress was achieved in the ongoing calls.
In 2022, 25 new projects ere initiated, alongside 9 additional preparation phases that had been selected in previous thematic and country calls. The preparation phase helps to optimally align the project concept with the local context, in collaboration with the consortium and policy-making partners. This phase also aims to establish a network with relevant actors and improve coordination within the consortium to ensure an optimum level of preparation for project implementation.
Within the scope of the IKI Medium Grants, ten new projects were launched, with half of them allocated to the ‘Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions’ funding area and the other half to ‘Adapting to the impacts of climate change’. Overall, the IKI Medium Grants have supported a total of 20 projects to date, with a total funding volume of approximately EUR 14 million.
IKI projects
launched the IKI in 2022.
IKI projects
were being implemented at the end of 2022.
In IKI Small Grants, 40 projects were approved within the ‘International calls’ component from the second and third call, while 4 projects were approved in the ‘Funding institutions’ component. Among these projects, 11 are dedicated to the ‘Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions’ funding area, 13 projects focus on ‘Adapting to the impacts of climate change’, 5 projects to ‘Preserving and restoring natural carbon sinks’ and 11 projects to ‘Conserving biological diversity’. Additionally, 6 projects were completed in 2022, and final reports for 5 other projects are scheduled for auditing in 2023.
By the end of 2022, five of the six funding institutions selected in the ‘Funding institutions’ component had commenced project implementation. Notably, Benin’s National Fund for Environment and Climate (FNEC) completed an ideas competition, selecting 5 projects out of 39 submissions from smaller national NGOs, which are now in progress. The Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) also selected its first implementing organisations, currently carrying out projects to promote adapted smallholder agriculture and fishing in Angola, Botswana and Namibia. Other funding programmes are aiding small and mid-sized enterprises in Central and South Asia to develop climate-friendly business models and supporting environmental education projects at schools in Ecuador.
Beyond the financial support provided by the respective funding programmes, a core component of this funding is strengthening the abilities of the funding institutions to adhere to international standards while implement these programmes. For instance, in Botswana, the IKI Small Grants are assisting the National Development Bank to develop and implement an internal gender policy, which is a fundamental requirement for accreditation with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). By the end of 2022, a total of 62 projects had been approved in the ‘International calls’ component and 5 projects in the ‘Funding institutions’ component within IKI Small Grants. The total funding volume is estimated at approximately EUR 10 million.
The IKI launched 125 new projects in 2022. In addition to projects stemming from the various calls, this figure includes cash-based projects through which the IKI contributes to existing international funds or funding programmes. Work was completed at a total of 44 projects, so that 395 projects were ongoing at the end of the reporting period.
And there’s more besides…
Effective, long-term protection for the climate and biological diversity needs more than mere financial support. The emphasis placed by the IKI on idea competition ensures the implementation of high-quality project proposals. To this end, 620 outlines were reviewed by ZUG, GIZ and the IKI ministries within the scope of all IKI calls in 2022. In addition, the IKI uses a multi-stage procedure to verify the due and proper use of allocated funds, as well as subject-specific project progress. In 2022, this resulted in the auditing of 272 interim reports a, as well as 44 final reports.
To ensure lessons are learned from previous projects and to assess the progress of current projects working towards their intended targets, the IKI carries out final reviews, interim evaluations and for selected projects with significant learning or scaling potential, accompanying knowledge-focused evaluations.
Interim Reports
were audited by the IKI Office in 2022.
submitted project outlines
were audited by ZUG and GIZ in 2022.
To date, IKI projects have been retrospectively evaluated as part of three evaluation cycles. Since autumn 2021, the third IKI evaluation cycle has been on going for all projects ending between 2020 and 2024, with evaluation taking place 6–12 months after completion. After the restructuring of the IKI in 2017, which directed more focus on large-volume projects, this retrospective evaluation of individual projects was extended through the interim evaluations during the project duration. These interim evaluations not only check standardised evaluation criteria but also investigate project-specific learning issues, so as to support the operational and strategic steering of projects and programmes.
In 2022, a cluster assessment of individual project evaluations from the second IKI evaluation cycle was finalized, along with the completion of 25 final reviews as part of the third IKI evaluation cycle and 3 interim evaluations/mid-term evaluations (MTEs).
IKI Annual Report 2022
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