Recommendation 6

The government should use its standing as a significant shareholder to lead multilateral partners and push for institutional reform to: • simplify access to UK ICF for local activities at the lowest appropriate level with a focus on gender-responsiveness and inclusivity. This must include streamlining the application, accreditation and reporting processes across funds; • strengthen and scale-up structures for country ownership, for example through country platforms; and • increase multi-year, programmatic funding, allowing partner countries to better integrate climate investments into their national planning systems and cycles. (Conclusion, Paragraph 34) 53