- Instructions for Preparing a Request for Project/Programme Funding (English, French and Spanish)
- Approval and Operations Procedures (137 kB, PDF)
- Adaptation Fund Project/Programme Review Criteria (71 kB, PDF)
- Government Endorsement Letter Template (Submitted through NIEs/RIEs/MIEs) (25 kB, DOC)
- Guidance document for Environment and Social Policy (English, French and Spanish)
- Guidance Document for Project/Programme with Unidentified Sub-Projects
- Gender Guidance Document for Implementing Entities on Compliance with the Adaptation Fund Gender Policy (Updated in 2022)
- Results Framework Alignment Table (Amended in March 2019) (77 kB, DOC)
- Disbursement Schedule Template (For fully-developed proposals) (18 kB, XLS)
- Methodologies for reporting Adaptation Fund core impact indicators (For fully-developed proposals) (78 kB, DOC)
- Methodologies for reporting Adaptation Fund core impact indicators (For fully-developed proposals) (152 kB, PDF)
- IE and EE Fees Calculator (EXCEL)
For Submissions for Single Country “Regular” projects (Country cap financed)
Concept note proposals
- Submission Instruction Guide (Amended in Oct 2017) (105 kB, PDF)
- Template for Concept Note Project Proposals (181 kB, DOC)
Fully-developed proposals
- Submission Instruction Guide (Amended in Oct 2017) (105 kB, PDF)
- Template for Fully Developed Project Proposals (181 kB, DOC)
For Submissions for Regional Projects (Funded under annual regional allocations)
- Regional Fully Developed Project Proposal Template (DOC)
- Regional Concept Note Proposal Template (DOC)
- Regional Project Pre-Concept Note Template (DOC)
- Call for proposals of Regional Projects (PDF)
For Submissions for locally-led adaptation
For Submissions for innovation grants
For MIE, NIE or RIE Proponents – to Submit Along with a Preconcept or Concept note Proposal across funding windows
- Request for Project Formulation Grant (PFG) (57 kB, DOC)