The Regional Team of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) completed its official mission from 6 June to 12 June.
The GCF is the funding agency for the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Mainstreaming (CRIMP) project and the Climate Resilient Local Infrastructure Centre (CReLIC) under the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), reads a press release.
During the mission, the delegation held meetings with relevant government ministries, divisions, agencies, and the Satkhira district administration Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) office.
The discussions focused on climate financing and investment, potential project development, expansion of the project pipeline, and future cooperation and collaboration.
The GCF mission was led by Dianne Jegam, Regional Manager of GCF. The other member of the team was Bapon Fakhruddin, Climate Investment Principal at GCF.
As part of the evaluation mission, the team attended a meeting organised by the Satkhira district administration DC office on 9–10 June.
They also visited various project sites funded by GCF. During the field visit, the team witnessed coastal climate adaptation activities, livelihood development programmes, disaster-resilient infrastructure, and other climate-resilient initiatives.
High-ranking officials accompanied the delegation during the visit, including Kazi Shahahan, joint secretary of the Economic Relations Division (ERD); Md Assadikzaman, senior assistant secretary of ERD; Md Abdul Khalek, project director of the CRIMP project; Mehmood Murshed Ul Al Amin, executive engineer; S K Tohidur Rahman, urban portfolio coordinator at KfW; and Jewel Mahmud, liaison officer of GCF.
Officials from local municipalities and LGED were also present during the tour.
