Overall Objective

GGGI supports the Republic of Philippines in its transition toward climate resilient and inclusive green growth. The program responds to the development dynamics of the Government, while accelerating implementation of green growth policies through structuring bankable projects and facilitating their financing. The program is mainly directed at LGUs for actual project implementation, which include provinces, cities, and municipalities, and MSMEs.

Strategic Outcome Targets

SO1 – GHG emissions reduced 1,247,000 tCO2 reduced (2021-2025)
SO2 – creation of green jobs 12,500 green jobs created (2021-2025)
SO3.1 – clean and affordable energy 31,500 people benefited (2021-2025)
SO6 – enhanced adaptation to climate change 478,500 people benefited (2021-2025)

Themes

Contact
Marcel Silvius

Country Representative, Philippines

Resource Partner

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)

Green Climate Fund (GCF)

GGGI Core Funding

Government Counterpart

Climate Change Commission (CCC)

National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)

Department of Energy (DOE)

Provincial Government of Bataan

Provincial Government of Oriental Mindoro (PGOM)

Provincial Government of Palawan

Context

Since 2011, GGGI has been partnering with the Climate Change Commission (CCC), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Provincial Governments mainly with Palawan, Oriental Mindoro, and Bataan. GGGI Country Strategy and Country Planning Framework (CPF) for 2016-2020 is aligned with key government plans and targets, such as the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022, National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) 2011-2028, and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). Based on strong partnership and technical track-records accumulated at various levels of governance – national, regional and local –, GGGI focuses on structuring investable green growth projects while advising relevant policies around the thematic areas of sustainable energy, sustainable landscapes (agriculture/adaptation), and green cities, with an aim of bringing them to a financing stage.

In 2017-2018, GGGI’s intervention focused on strengthening government’s capacity on green growth planning, while contributing to institutional coordination and widening spectrum working with diverse stakeholder groups including private sector, which laid the groundwork for structuring bankable projects. One of the salient examples for planning intervention is the provincial-level Climate Resilient Green Growth (CRGG) Strategies adopted in Palawan and Oriental Mindoro, which integrated green growth in local development and investment plans while identifying a pipeline of projects for implementation. Influenced by this approach, GGGI also supported NEDA to produce a green growth toolkit providing a step-by-step guide for local policy makers, which was tested in the Province of Bataan as a form of capacity development and knowledge sharing initiative. GGGI helped CCC strengthen their institutional capacity on operationalization of the People’s Survival Fund (PSF) while interacting with other financing facilities, such as Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund, to improve local government units (LGUs)’ access to financing for climate adaptation and mitigation projects. Finally, GGGI has been partnering with the private sector by introducing “green business practices” through DTI-Bureau of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (DTI-BSMED), , whose key mandate is to foster development of competitive and green MSMEs, which account for 99% of all registered enterprises and provide 60% of total employment of the Philippines economy.

Based on the above mentioned achievements and organizational direction of structuring bankable projects, GGGI Philippines has identified areas of thematic focus addressed by the Country Program in 2019-2020: (1) Sustainable Energy – expanded access to energy services through solar PV that can be transformational in remote rural areas and island barangays and other areas where the energy source is mainly diesel generated, has exorbitantly high rates, highly subsidized, and yet under supplied, with a potential of displacing coal in the power mix; (2) Sustainable landscapes – enhancement of climate change adaptive capacity of national, regional and local governments; promotion of climate resilient and green agriculture value chain to increase local income and create jobs for the marginalized; and, (3) Green Cities – promotion of sustainable transport (e.g. replacing gasoline-based tricycle into electric one) in islands; mainstreaming climate resilient green growth in MSMEs operation (e.g. solar roofing, green building, etc.). These interventions are designed to achieving strategic outcomes of GHGs reduction (SO1); green jobs creation (SO2); increased access to services (SO3); and increased adaptative capacity (SO6). On top of that, given geographical uniqueness composed of 7,000 plus islands, GGGI will facilitate knowledge sharing with an aim of replicating best practices (e.g. Ecotown and CRGG approaches) with other LGUs, and even GGGI country programs operating in the similar context.

News

News • February 29, 2024

Philippine Senate concurred GGGI’s HCA ratification in the presence of President and Chair Ban Ki-moon

Manila, Philippines, 27 February 2024 – The Senate of the Philippines unanimously concurred in the ratification of the Host Country Agreement (HCA) between the Republic of the Philippines and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), fortifying GGGI’s presence, programs and green growth interventions in the Philippines. The important moment was made extra special as the concurrence […]

News • February 23, 2024

NCIP, GGGI sign MOU to accelerate green growth cooperation

Seoul, Republic of Korea – February 22, 2024 – In a significant move towards advancing sustainable development and empowering Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs), the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Philippines and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) officially entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today. The pact was signed by NCIP Chairperson Jeniffer […]

News • July 28, 2023

GGGI and DENR sign MoU for Green Growth Cooperation

July 18, 2023 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are looking into ways to collaborate in the development and design of scalable and inclusive green growth projects to enhance the sustainable management, conservation and restoration of the country’s natural resource base. GGGI and DENR have […]

News • June 29, 2023

Greenpreneur’s Light of Hope in Philippines selected as Winner for Korean Funding

(This article is available in English and Korean.) [in English] Jovie Gil Montajes left a high-paying corporate job in 2018 to become a social entrepreneur. At the time, he was working as a Worldwide Level 3 Solutions Engineer for a private company in Cebu, Philippines. “I am blessed to have a strong support system and […]

News • May 2, 2023

KOICA and GGGI partner to develop GCF projects in the Philippines

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Philippines signed a US $700,000 (Php 38.5 Million) grant arrangement designed to conduct needs assessment, provide capacity development and develop two project concept notes for the Green Climate Fund (GCF). With overall guidance from KOICA, GGGI will utilize its technical expertise to […]

News • June 27, 2022

GGGI – Senti Kick-off Training in Oriental Mindoro on New Digital Tool for Climate Resilience

Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, June 2022 – More than a hundred officials and staff of the provincial government of Oriental Mindoro, its fourteen municipalities and capital city of Calapan attended training sessions from May 30 to June 1 to familiarize with the Climate Vulnerability and Risk Information System or CVRIS, a digital tool that can help enhance […]

News • March 24, 2022

Korean Embassy, KOICA, and GGGI Empower Filipino Women to be Drivers of Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Sustainable Micro-Enterprise

23 March 2022, Oriental Mindoro Smallholder farmers in the Philippines bear the brunt of rising production costs, lower output and natural disasters brought about by an ever changing climate. Women farmers are often worse off as continuing gender inequality makes it more difficult for them to have access to credit, proper skills training and even […]

News • October 23, 2021

Korean Embassy, GGGI, Partners Urge Sectors to Address Issues in PH Agriculture

On October 19, 2021 Manila, Philippines. Development partners and private sector players called for collaborative efforts to address the country’s pressing issues in the agriculture sector, in the run-up to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines and the Global Green Growth […]

News • October 23, 2021

[Live ABS-CBN News Interview] Philippines on the Right Track in Green Initiatives but Question on Execution

On 27 September 2021 Manila, Philippines. Juhern Kim, GGGI Country Representative, spoke on live in the ABS-CBN News ANC 24/7 – premiere business news media in the Philippines. He was invited to speak about the country’s current actions in green initiative, in line with the upcoming 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) […]

News • June 28, 2021

GGGI-KOICA embark on capacity development training for agriculture value chain stakeholders in Oriental Mindoro

25 June 2021, Oriental Mindoro GGGI and KOICA kicked-off on 1 June 2021 the first in a series of capacity development activities on climate-resilient, inclusive, and green agriculture value chain. for agri-cooperatives and local government officials in Oriental Mindoro. The phase 1 onsite pieces of training are scheduled to be held in the municipalities of […]

News • May 20, 2021

Province of Bataan and GGGI Joining Forces to Introduce Electric Public Utility Vehicles

20 May 2021, Bataan, Philippines The Provincial Government of Bataan (PGB) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) held on Monday a virtual kick-off consultation on a new partnership project to mainstream electric vehicles (EVs) into the public transportation sector in the province. Building on earlier successful collaborations, PGB invited GGGI to assess the feasibility […]

News • May 13, 2021

Agribusiness, Philippine government, and international organizations team up to support micro-enterprises in Oriental Mindoro

Agribusiness in the Philippines joins the global public-partnership coalition in providing technical assistance and mentorship to farmer-based micro-enterprises in Oriental Mindoro. The companies specialized in processing banana, calamansi, coconuts, and seaweeds commodities, facilitated by the Philippines Business for Social Progress (PBSP) gathered together to join the Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG) of the multi-year project […]

News • May 13, 2021

GGGI and KOICA to ensure M&E for impactful delivery despite the pandemic in the Philippines

In April 2021, GGGI participated in a series of preliminary monitoring and evaluation meetings with donor partners namely the Embassy of Republic of Korea in the Philippines and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), on the project Climate Resilient and Inclusive Green Growth for Poor Rural Communities: Accelerating Implementation in the Agriculture Value Chain in […]

News • February 24, 2021

GGGI, Province of Bataan, and Athena Energy Holdings Join Forces toward Philippines’ Renewable Energy Transition

Bataan, Philippines (Seoul, Korea; Singapore, Singapore) 23 Feb 2020 – The Provincial Government of Bataan (PGB), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and Athena Energy Holdings (Athena) signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on mutual cooperation for development of 50MW Solar PV Plant in Mariveles. “This will be an important milestone to realize our […]

News • January 29, 2021

GGGI Joined the Philippine Congressional Oversight Committee on Clean Air Act

January 27, 2021, Quezon City, Philippines – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) virtually participated in the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee (JCO) on Clean Air Act (House of Representatives Panel) via Zoom Video Conference upon the invitation of Congressman Alfonso V. Umali, Jr., Chairman of the Committee. The conference was participated by four committee members […]

News • June 18, 2020

Virtual Signing Ceremony for the Philippines Country Agreement

June 18, 2020 – Today, the Republic of the Philippines officially signed a Host Country Agreement (HCA) with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to open a GGGI country office in the Philippines. Due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols, the signing ceremony took place virtually with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Secretary Teodoro L. […]

News • December 13, 2019

GGGI and DTI call up greener performance of micro enterprises

Makati, Philippines, December 13, 2019 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) – in the context of supporting the “Shared Service Facility (SSF)” program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – presented draft green growth performance indicators which are designed to enhance and monitor SSF operations, in a forum titled “DTI-SSF Project Impact […]

News • December 13, 2019

GGGI kicked off a solar PV development project in the Province of Bataan, Philippines

Balanga, Province of Bataan, Philippines – December 13 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Provincial Government of Bataan of the Philippines brought diverse international and national expert groups together to officially kick off a technical feasibility study to develop up to 50MW solar PV plant. From December 12 to 13, the GGGI […]

News • August 28, 2019

GGGI featured in Climate Action: The Climate Change Commission’s Newsletter on Foreign Assisted Projects

August 28, 2019 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) was featured in the Climate Change Commission’s (CCC) newly released newsletter for updates on the Foreign-Assisted Projects for Climate Action from April-June, 2019. GGGI has been a development partner of the CCC for many years and has been active in the Philippines for projects on […]

Projects

PH23
Countries
PH23 Scaling Roof-Top Solar Generation in Oriental Mindoro
Start Date Q2 2020
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 0
Status Active
View
PH24
Countries
PH24 Climate Resilient and Inclusive Green Growth for Poor Rural Communities: Accelerating Implementation in the Agriculture Value Chain
Start Date Q3 2020
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 4,800,000
Status Active
Thematic Area
  • Cross Cutting
  • Gender and Inclusive Development
  • Climate Resilient and Green Growth
View
PH10
Thematic Areas
Countries
PH10 Bataan 50MW Solar Farm Project
Start Date Q1 Apr 15 2019
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 102,175
Status Active
Thematic Area
  • Sustainable Energy
View
PH13
Thematic Areas
Countries
PH13 Greening MSMEs and Promoting Greenpreneurship
Start Date Q1 Aug 19 2019
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 124,254
Status Active
Thematic Area
  • Cross Cutting
View
Thematic Areas
Countries
Mainstreaming Green Growth in Development Planning
Start Date Q1 2017
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 844,000
Status Active
Thematic Area
  • Cross Cutting
View
Thematic Areas
Countries
Support to the Operationalization of the People’s Survival Fund
Start Date Q1 2017
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 1,454,000
Status Active
Thematic Area
  • Cross Cutting
View
Thematic Areas
Countries
Climate Resilient Green Growth (CRGG) Project
Start Date Q1 2017
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 1,547,000
Status Active
Thematic Area
  • Cross Cutting
View

Reports

Policy Advisory Report for the Development of Climate Vulnerability and Risk Information System (CVRIS) for Oriental Mindoro Philippines  • Climate Resilient and Green Growth
Report
Policy Advisory Report for the Development of Climate Vulnerability and Risk Information System (CVRIS) for Oriental Mindoro

Philippines  • Climate Resilient and Green Growth

Evaluation of GGGI’s Progress Against the Strategic Plan 2015-20 (2017) Paraguay  • Mongolia  • Papua New Guinea  • Mozambique  • Hungary
Report
Evaluation of GGGI’s Progress Against the Strategic Plan 2015-20 (2017)

Paraguay  • Mongolia  • Papua New Guinea  • Mozambique  • Hungary  • Colombia  • Nepal  • Costa Rica  • Fiji  • Philippines  • India  • Rwanda  • Jordan  • Senegal  • Kiribati  • United Arab Emirates  • Lao PDR  • Viet Nam  • Cambodia  • Uganda  • Morocco  • Ethiopia  • Myanmar  • Qatar  • Peru  • Green Cities  • Indonesia  • México  • Sustainable Energy  • Thailand  • Green Buildings and Industry  • Vanuatu  • Gender and Inclusive Development  • Sustainable Transport  • Waste  • Solar Energy  • Climate Resilient and Green Growth  • Sustainable Landscapes  • Climate Finance  • National Financing Vehicles  • NFVs

GGGI Philippines Country Brochure (web version) Philippines
Report
GGGI Philippines Country Brochure (web version)

Philippines

Unleashing the Potential of Rooftop Solar PV in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines Philippines  • Solar Energy
Report
Unleashing the Potential of Rooftop Solar PV in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines

Philippines  • Solar Energy

GGGI-KOICA Project in Philippines Brochure (web version) Philippines
Report
GGGI-KOICA Project in Philippines Brochure (web version)

Philippines

Review of Strategic Plan 2015-2020: Commitments Delivered and Key Results Ecuador  • Uzbekistan  • Caribbean  • United Arab Emirates  • Lao PDR
Report
Review of Strategic Plan 2015-2020: Commitments Delivered and Key Results

Ecuador  • Uzbekistan  • Caribbean  • United Arab Emirates  • Lao PDR  • Viet Nam  • Cambodia  • Mongolia  • Saint Lucia  • Mozambique  • Guyana  • Papua New Guinea  • Colombia  • Nepal  • Costa Rica  • Hungary  • Fiji  • Philippines  • India  • Rwanda  • Jordan  • Senegal  • Kiribati  • Uganda  • Morocco  • Ethiopia  • Myanmar  • Burkina Faso  • Peru  • Green Cities  • Tonga  • Qatar  • Indonesia  • Forest (Sustainable) Landscapes  • México  • Sustainable Energy  • Thailand  • Vanuatu  • Green Buildings and Industry  • Gender and Inclusive Development  • Sustainable Transport  • Waste  • Solar Energy  • Sustainable Landscapes  • Green Finance  • Climate-Smart Agriculture  • Coastal Resilience

Philippines Country Planning Framework 2021-2025 Philippines
Report
Philippines Country Planning Framework 2021-2025

Philippines

Green Growth Index 2020: Measuring performance in achieving SDG targets Denmark  • flagship-publications  • Caribbean  • Ecuador  • PNG
Report
Green Growth Index 2020: Measuring performance in achieving SDG targets

Denmark  • flagship-publications  • Caribbean  • Ecuador  • PNG  • Pacific  • Technical Report  • Republic of Korea  • Guyana  • Nepal  • Papua New Guinea  • Costa Rica  • Fiji  • Philippines  • Hungary  • India  • Rwanda  • Jordan  • Senegal  • Kiribati  • United Arab Emirates  • Lao PDR  • Viet Nam  • Mongolia  • Cambodia  • Mozambique  • Saint Lucia  • Myanmar  • Ethiopia  • Peru  • Burkina Faso  • Tonga  • Morocco  • Uganda  • Indonesia  • México  • Cross Cutting  • Thailand  • Vanuatu

Business-Case-Summary-Factsheet Philippines  • Cross Cutting
Report
Business-Case-Summary-Factsheet

Philippines  • Cross Cutting

The Promise of Green Growth: A Pathway to Prosperity while Achieving National and Global Ambitions Pacific  • Technical Report  • Republic of Korea  • flagship-publications  • Mongolia
Report
The Promise of Green Growth: A Pathway to Prosperity while Achieving National and Global Ambitions

Pacific  • Technical Report  • Republic of Korea  • flagship-publications  • Mongolia  • Nepal  • Cambodia  • Philippines  • Senegal  • Viet Nam  • Colombia  • Fiji  • Jordan  • Papua New Guinea  • Lao PDR  • Burkina Faso  • Qatar  • Myanmar  • Peru  • Ethiopia  • Uganda  • Indonesia  • México  • Cross Cutting  • Vanuatu

Green Growth in Action: Attaining Green Cities Technical Report  • flagship-publications  • Lao PDR  • Nepal  • Philippines
Report
Green Growth in Action: Attaining Green Cities

Technical Report  • flagship-publications  • Lao PDR  • Nepal  • Philippines  • Rwanda  • Viet Nam  • Cambodia  • Jordan  • Green Cities  • Ethiopia  • México

Evaluation of Green Investment Services (2020) Lao PDR  • Mozambique  • Nepal  • Cambodia  • Philippines
Report
Evaluation of Green Investment Services (2020)

Lao PDR  • Mozambique  • Nepal  • Cambodia  • Philippines  • Rwanda  • Senegal  • Costa Rica  • Guyana  • Fiji  • Hungary  • India  • Myanmar  • Ethiopia  • Uganda  • Indonesia  • México  • Thailand  • Vanuatu  • Green Finance  • Climate Finance  • National Financing Vehicles  • NFVs

Philippines Country Planning Framework 2016-2020 Philippines  • Cross Cutting
Report
Philippines Country Planning Framework 2016-2020

Philippines  • Cross Cutting

Third Joint Donor Review of GGGI (2015) Paraguay  • Mozambique  • Papua New Guinea  • Hungary  • Colombia
Report
Third Joint Donor Review of GGGI (2015)

Paraguay  • Mozambique  • Papua New Guinea  • Hungary  • Colombia  • Nepal  • Costa Rica  • Fiji  • Philippines  • India  • Rwanda  • Jordan  • Senegal  • Kiribati  • United Arab Emirates  • Lao PDR  • Viet Nam  • Cambodia  • Mongolia  • Guyana  • Ethiopia  • Myanmar  • Qatar  • Peru  • Uganda  • Morocco  • Indonesia  • México  • Thailand  • Vanuatu  • Gender and Inclusive Development  • Climate Resilient and Green Growth  • Green Finance

GGGI Philippines Report: Eco-town Framework Philippines  • Cross Cutting
Report
GGGI Philippines Report: Eco-town Framework

Philippines  • Cross Cutting

Second Joint Donor Review (2013) Pacific  • Uzbekistan  • Paraguay  • Papua New Guinea  • Costa Rica
Report
Second Joint Donor Review (2013)

Pacific  • Uzbekistan  • Paraguay  • Papua New Guinea  • Costa Rica  • India  • Kiribati  • Mongolia  • Philippines  • Rwanda  • Cambodia  • United Arab Emirates  • Viet Nam  • Guyana  • Ethiopia  • Qatar  • Peru  • Indonesia  • México  • Thailand

GGGI In-Country Staff

Jonathan Catalla

Renewable Energy Officer

Richard Calawagan

Capacity Development Officer

Pepe Nebril

Senior Technical Officer

Marcel Silvius

Country Representative, Philippines

Reby Orbista

Management & Administration Officer