GCF Readiness — Vanuatu Business Resilience Council

GCF Readiness

The VBRC is established on 8^th October 2017 in Port Vila under the responsibility of VCCI. The VBRC Executive Committee will be composed of up to eleven (11) members who are nominated by the members of VBRC.

The functions of the VBRC will include:

· Establishing the VBRC and its Secretariat as a standing committee of the VCCI;

· Creating and managing a contact database of members and associate members;

· Developing a VBRC organisational structure.

GREEN CLIMATE FUND READINESS PROJECT

Mobilising the Private Sectors Towards Climate Change Action

GGGI in partnership with the VCCI and the Ministry of Climate Change are currently delivering the GCF Readiness project, Mobilizing the Vanuatu Private Sector Towards Climate Change Action, scheduled to conclude in August 2020.

The overall goal of the project is to support local private-sector actors through institutional strengthening and capacity building at the VCCI and VBRC and to enhance access to climate finance through tailored information dissemination, facilitation of project preparation trainings, project pipeline development and delivery of resilience building activities for business and industry.