No-objection procedure for the Republic of North Macedonia

The document is structured in three key parts, including:

• Country Ownership and the work of the GCF, which aims to provide a general overview of the Country Ownership principle of the GCF and the general suggestions that the Fund provides to ensure country ownership in the context of access to climate finance.
• Country Ownership in the Republic of North Macedonia, which provides a brief description of the institutional setup and relevant elements to ensure country ownership in the Republic of North Macedonia in the context of the engagement with the Green Climate Fund, including description of the NDA and the proposed coordination mechanism on GCF matters.
• No-objection procedure in the Republic of North Macedonia, which provide detailed description of the procedure through which funding proposals will be assessed prior to submission to the GCF for consideration, including roles and responsibilities of the different stakeholders and the specific criteria, scoring system, templates and other important elements to support the NDA and the coordination mechanism. Additional details on the procedure and other elements to strengthen