The Project Concept Phase preceding the development of Project Outlines was introduced with the Mitigation Action Facility Call for Projects 2023 to simplify the application process and open the competition to a wider range of potential applicants and partners. This modality remains valid for the Call for Projects 2025. For the presentation of Project Concepts, an Open Application Platform (OAP) is used inviting applicants to provide details on the envisioned intervention. No Annexes need to be filled out. The application form in OAP is guided by the questions that will at a later stage require further, more detailed, elaboration in the Project Outline.

Project Concepts can be submitted exclusively through the Open Application Platform (OAP)  accessible via the Mitigation Action Facility website. Project Concepts submitted in any other way will not be considered in the assessment process.

Project Concepts and, upon selection, Project Outlines can be submitted by the following Applicants: 

• A national ministry; in that case, a separate legal entity should be identified latest at the Project Outline Phase as the Applicant Support Partner (ASP) for contracting during DPP (not yet required at the Project Concept Phase). The ASP must comply with certain capacity and eligibility criteria to be considered eligible for support. 
• Legal entities that comply with certain capacity and eligibility requirements and receive sufficient endorsement by the national government institutions relevant for the potential implementation of the project. The endorsement needs to be demonstrated at the Project Outline Phase in the form of endorsement letters (not yet required at the Project Concept Phase) 

All capacity and eligibility requirements of Applicants / ASP are further detailed in chapter 3.5, 5.1.1, 5.2.2 and Annex 3 of the General Information Document (GID). 

As government agencies, non-governmental organisations and commercial organisations (national or international) are legal entities, they can serve as Applicant, Applicant Support Partner and, later, an Implementation Organisation. It holds true even if the non-governmental / commercial organisation is located a non-ODA country as long as a proposed project is to be implemented in an ODA-eligible country. It is also possible that the APS is made up of a consortium of legal entities. 

In case a Project Concept is selected for the Outline Phase, the Technical Support Unit (TSU) will assist individual Applicants and/or ASPs shall there be a need in identifying additional partners (e.g. to form a partnership in case of insufficient individual capacities or for a national ministry to define an ASP). 

There are no regional and / or geographic preferences as part of the Call for Projects 2025. The Call is open to all ODA-eligible countries.  

However, it should be ensured that a project serves and is spent in line with the public benefit purpose to promote sustainable development in partner countries that are included in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC)-list; and that it is implemented in and/or linked to one of the Mitigation Faction Facility’s priority sectors, namely energy, transport or industry. 

Projects in the cross-border and regional contexts are eligible. 

Yes, this is possible. Each Project Concept is assessed on its own merits and the same selection criteria, regardless of whether it comes from the same or different countries.

The sector(s) that a project engages with should be explicitly included in the partner country’s NDC to affirm the alignment of the project with national priorities and ensure that the project supports the implementation of NDC, is aligned with LTS and contributes overall to the UNFCCC process. The Call for Projects 2025 does not feature any eligibility requirements linked to the submission of the first updated, second NDCs or the NDC 3.0 by national governments. However, projects should demonstrate a high level of alignment with the plans developed within the framework of the NDC Partnership (NDCP) as far as these exist. For more information on project characteristics see GID, chapter 4.1.