GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES Amazn Bime Prjects A Guidelines B C D E F Minimum Requirements fr Prjects Mdalities fr Resurce Allcatin Restrictins n Use f Resurces Equity Criteria fr Resurce Allcatin Limitatins n Resurce Allcatin Prjects within Other Brazilian Bimes G1 G4 Guidelines G5 G14 Minimum Requirements fr Prjects G15 G16 Mdalities fr Resurce Allcatin G17 G19 Restrictins n Use f Resurces G20 Equity Criteria fr Resurce Allcatin Prjects within Other Trpical Cuntries H1 H3 Guidelines H4 H12 Minimum Requirements fr Prjects H13 H14 Mdalities fr Resurce Allcatin H15 H17 Restrictins n Use f Resurces H18 Equity Criteria fr Resurce Allcatin ESTABLISHED ON: 06.08.2012
GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES OF THE AMAZON FUND IN THE AMAZON BIOME Allcatin Areas Allcatin limit f the ttal f funds available in the year Tables Amazn Bime Prjects N limit A - F A. Guidelines Cde A1 A2 A3 Guideline Gegraphical Criteria Thematic Criteria Diversity f Stakehlders and Shared Gvernance C. Mdalities fr Resurce Allcatin Cde Mdalities C1 Direct Allcatin Investment C2 Direct Allcatin Funding A4 Target Public C3 Payment fr Envirnmental Services A5 Relevance C4 Cntinued Lng-term Services A6 BNDES Allcatin Lines C5 Indirect Allcatin B. Minimum Requirements Fr Prjects Cde Requirements B1 Result Indicatrs B2 Applicant / Executrs B3 Scial Participatin D. Restrictins n Use f Resurces Cde Restrictins D1 Daily expenses D2 Payment f Individuals D3 Taxes and Fees B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 Cherence within the Thematic Areas f the Amazn Fund Cherence within the Federal and State Plans n Preventin and Cmbat f Defrestatin Cherence with the Sustainable Amazn Plan (PAS, in Prtuguese) Cntributin t REDD Additinality f Resurces Cunterpart Territrial Base Publicity and Transparence Prject Sustainability Decncentratin f Resurces Benefits frm Cllective Use Nn-substitutin f Other Financing Surces E. Equity Criteria fr Resurce Allcatin Cde Criteria E1 E2 Equity in Fund Allcatin per state Equity per Applicant Type F. Limitatins n Resurce Allcatin Cde Limitatins F1 F2 F3 F4 Prjects with ecnmic purpses Prjects with ecnmic purpses supprting scial grups in need Prjects with ecnmic purpses fr Lcal Prductive Arrangements (LPAs) fr cllective use Prjects with ecnmic purpses f scientific and technlgical research develped in cperatin with Technlgical Institutins (TIs) and entities with ecnmic purpses 2
A1 Gegraphical Criteria GUIDELINES Prjects carried ut in pririty municipalities t prevent, mnitr and cmbat defrestatin (the selectin f the municipalities is in accrdance with Art. 2 f Decree Nº. 6,321/2007); Prjects carried ut in municipalities ver areas under the influence f large Gwth Acceleratin Prgram (PAC, in Prtuguese) prjects; and Prjects carried ut in municipalities/regins with mre cnservatin f the frest cverage. A2 Thematic Criteria Effrts t keep the frest standing (cnservatin and sustainable use) a) Prmting and increasing the prductin scale f timber and nn-timber frestry prducts resulting frm the sustainable frest management, including management plans, research, innvatin, scientific and technlgical disseminatin, market develpment, training and capacity-building; b) Implementing payment systems fr envirnmental services assciated t the upgrading and/r maintenance f the frest cverage and/r frestry and agrfrestry systems; c) Develping and implementing mdels fr the recvery f Permanent Preservatin Areas (PPAs) and Legal Reserves emphasizing the ecnmic aspects; - The ecnmic use f PPAs shall receive supprt nly if in accrdance with current legislatin. d) Cnslidating prtected areas, especially the Sustainable Use Cnservatin Units and Indigenus Lands. Effrts t fster land-usage planning and land tenure regularizatin e) Allcating nn-earmarked Public Frests, priritizing cmmunity frests; f) Repressing land grabbing as well as supprting land-title regularizatin and land-usage planning, preferably in areas with greater cncentratin f temprary pssessin and/r cnflicts; Land-title regularizatin includes regularizatin prcesses and the fllw-up f such prcesses by sciety. Effrt t structure and integrate cntrl, mnitring and envirnmental inspectin systems in the Amazn g) Supprting the structuring f state institutins respnsible fr lcal envirnmental management; h) Supprting the implementatin f lcal mnitring and envirnmental inspectin systems; i) Structuring and integratin f frest management cntrl systems, f rural prperties envirnmental licensing, and f agricultural, cattle-raising and frest prducts chain f custdy tracking; j) Increasing and intensifying the mnitring systems fr defrestatin and frest degradatin. A3 Diversity f Stakehlders and Shared Gvernance Prjects invlving articulatin between stakehlders frm the public, private and third (NGO) sectrs as well as lcal cmmunities with shared gvernance structure. A4 Target Audience Prjects invlving direct benefits fr traditinal cmmunities, land settlements and family farmers. A5 Relevance Prjects with higher ptential fr reapplicability. Prjects with higher ptential fr impact (e.g. R$ / hectare f prtected frest r sustainably managed). A6 BNDES Allcatin Lines Priritize prjects that include (a) sustainable prductin activities and (d) scientific and technlgical develpment. The BNDES will make effrts t allcate funds in pririty areas, including instruments t induce demand. B1 Results indicatrs MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS The prject will include measurable result indicatrs directly related t the bjectives f the Amazn Fund. B2 Applicants / Executrs The prject will include the cnsent f all partners and c-executrs. 3
B3 Scial Participatin MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS Prjects invlving traditinal cmmunities and indigenus peple will necessarily present a dcument that prves previus cnsent frm cmmunities r frm their representative institutins. The invlved cmmunities shuld be mentined in the prject. Prjects related t the duties f public institutins, r t the establishment f public plicies d nt necessarily require cnsent frm beneficiaries. B4 Cherence with the Thematic Areas f the Amazn Fund The prject will cnfrm t at least ne area f Decree Nº. 6,527/2008. B5 - Cherence with the Federal and State Plans fr Preventin and Cmbat f Defrestatin The prject will clearly cmply with plicies established in the PPCDAm and in the State Plans fr Preventin and Cmbat f Defrestatin. In the event that the latter is absent, the criterin des nt apply. B6 - Cherence with the Sustainable Amazn Plan (PAS, in Prtuguese) The prject will clearly cmply with PAS guidelines. B7- Cntributin t REDD The prject will directly r indirectly cntribute t achieving REDD. B8 - Additinality f Resurces The prjects will present additinalities t public budgets earmarked fr allcatin areas in the Amazn Fund. B9- Cunterpart The prject will present a cunterpart and/r nn-financial cntributins, shwing additinalities t the funds brrwed frm the Amazn Fund and prducing a multiplying effect fr the Fund s investments. The cunterparts may be financial resurces directly invested in the prject r the supply f infrastructure, persnnel r ther indirect methds. The fllwing aspects may be cnsidered when applying this criterin: Average budget allcated during the previus tw years in the public budget invested in the prpsed actin; Level f limitatins n the release f funds within the public budget t execute the actin; Fresight in the gvernment s current pluriannual plans (PAPs). B10- Territrial Base The prject will describe its allcatin territrial base (state and, where applicable, municipality). B11- Publicity and Transparence Prjects will have a mechanism t disclse implementatin ver the Internet. The BNDES will make a standardized tl available fr integrating and disclsing updated infrmatin cncerning the implementatin f all prjects. B12- Prject Sustainability Strategies t sustain the prject s results after implementatin will be presented. B13- Decncentratin f Resurces The amunt allcated in each f the fur peratinal mdalities will nt be less than 10% r higher than 40% f the recurses available in the year. Equality requirements will be bserved. B14- Benefits f Cllective Use The results f the prjects with ecnmic purpses will be fr cllective r public use, and will be related t: Prductin infrastructure f Cllective Use; Studies and surveys with results available t the public; Training and qualificatin pen t the public; Technlgical develpment with results; pen t public, whenever feasible; Replicable and practical applicatin innvatins Other cllective benefits identified during the assessment prcess f the prjects. B15- Nn-substitutin f Other Financing Surces The Amazn Fund resurces will nt substitute ther available financing surces. 4
MODALITIES FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION C1 Direct Allcatin Investment Allcatins made directly by prjects executrs, including thrugh third-party cntracting. This includes investments in cnstructin, equipment, training and capacity-building t establish initiatives. The prjects can make use f mre than ne mdality. C2 Direct Allcatin Funding Allcatins made directly by prjects executrs, including thrugh third-party cntracting. This includes travel expenses/field wrk, individual r legal entities cnsulting services, field tls and instruments, cmmunicatin amng thers. The prjects can make use f mre than ne mdality. C3 Payment fr Envirnmental Services Payments made t envirnmental service prviders. The prjects can make use f mre than ne mdality. C4 Cntinued Lng-term Services Services that will be executed n a lng-term basis t btain lng-term results, such as defrestatin r frest degradatin mnitring, frest inventry, amng thers. The prjects fr cntinued services can last up t 10 years and will have mechanisms fr the cntinuus fllw-up f implementatin and public disclsure f results. The prjects can make use f mre than ne mdality. C5 Indirect Allcatin Indirect allcatins made by aggregating initiatives fr small prjects, including funds and ther rganizatins that carry ut prjects. D1 Daily expenses RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF RESOURCES Daily expenses will nt be paid fr public servants (this restrictin des nt apply t research activities invlving public research institutins). D2 Payment f Individuals Wages r any ther type f remuneratin will nt be paid t public servants wrking exclusively in the three gvernment branches (this restrictin des nt apply t the payment f schlarships r research specifically related t the prject). D3 Taxes and Fees The funds will nt be used t pay taxes and fees that are nt inherent and/r part f the csts r investments carried ut within prject (this restrictin des nt apply t taxes related t the prjects activities, such as tax charged n prducts and services (ICMS) included in the prducts prices; scial security tax (INSS) paid n individuals services etc). EQUALITY CRITERIA FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION E1 - Equity in resurce allcatin per cuntry The cncentratin f prject resurces in ne cuntry will be avided. E2 - Equity per applicant type The cncentratin f resurces in certain types f applicants will be avided, such as public entities, research institutins and Civil Sciety Organizatins (CSOs). Within the cntext f the Amazn Fund, civil scieties are: nngvernmental rganizatins, labr unins, crpratins and ther private institutins. 5
LIMITATIONS ON RESOURCE ALLOCATION F1 Prjects with ecnmic purpses Maximum participatin in the Amazn Fund: 90% fr prjects invlving micr and small enterprises, cperatives and prducers assciatins with annual grss perating revenue less than r equal t R$ 10.5 millin; 70% fr prjects invlving medium-sized enterprises, cperatives and prducers assciatins with annual grss perating revenue higher than R$ 10.5 millin, and less than r equal t R$ 60 millin; 50% fr prjects invlving large cmpanies, cperatives and prducers assciatins with annual grss perating revenue higher than R$ 60 millin; Observatin: in the case that activities start in the same calendar year, the afrementined limits will be prprtinal t the number f mnths in which the legal entity has perfrmed the activity, nt cnsidering the parts theref (weeks, days etc). In the case that enterprises are being implemented, the annual sales prjectin used in the enterprise will be cnsidered, taking int accunt the ttal installed capacity. When the enterprise is cntrlled by anther enterprise r belngs t an ecnmic grup, the classificatin f the size f the enterprise will cnsider the cnslidated grss perating revenue. F2 - Prjects with ecnmic purpses supprting scial grups in need Maximum participatin f the Amazn Fund in duly justified cases: 100%. The ecnmic results cming frm supprt prjects fr scial grups in need will be distributed t the peple wh are part f it, n matter wh the Applicant is. F3 - Prjects with ecnmic purpses f Lcal Prductive Arrangements (APLs) fr cllective use Maximum participatin f the Amazn Fund: 90% F4- Prjects with ecnmic purpses f scientific and technlgical research develped in cperatin with Technlgical Institutins (ITs) and entities with ecnmic purpses Maximum participatin f the Amazn Fund: 90% fr prjects invlving micr and small enterprises, cperatives and prducers assciatins with annual grss perating revenue less than r equal t R$ 10.5 millin; 80% fr prjects invlving medium-sized enterprises, cperatives and prducers assciatins with annual grss perating revenue higher than R$ 10.5 millin, and less than r equal t R$ 60 millin; 70% fr prjects invlving large cmpanies, cperatives and prducers assciatins with annual grss perating revenue higher than R$ 60 millin please check bservatin in item F1; The beneficiaries f the Amazn Fund s financial resurces will be Technlgical Institutins (TIs) and/r Supprt Institutins (Sis); Technlgical Institutins (TI): publicly-wned cmpany, r entity directly r indirectly cntrlled by said cmpany, r nn-prfit private cmpany that aims at perfrming activities f basic r applied, scientific r technlgical research, as well as technlgical develpment. Supprt Institutins (Sis): nn-prfit institutins created with the purpse t supprt research, educatinal and extensin prjects as well as institutinal, scientific and technlgical develpment prjects f interest t higher educatin institutins, scientific and technlgical research institutins, and institutins created under Law Nº. 8,958 f 12/20/1994, which present this same purpse; The enterprises and/r ther entities with ecnmic purpses and strategic interest in research will nt be direct beneficiaries f the resurces. They will be intervening parties in the financing peratins and will present a financial cunterpart t cmplement the resurces f the Amazn Fund; Investments made t benefit the Technlgical Institutin (TI), with a specific purpse t accmplish the bjectives f the prject, are prvided supprt. Participatin in the intellectual prperty and in the ecnmic results frm explring the prject s creatins will cmply with Innvatin Act (Law Nº. 10,973 f 12/2/2004). This way, the parties will establish, in the cntract, the intellectual prperty wnership and prper participatin in results, which shall be assured, prvided they are mentined in the cntract, in the amunt equivalent t that f the aggregated value f knwledge already existing in the beginning f the partnership and as well as the human, financial and material resurces allcated by the cntracting parties f the prject. During the analysis phase, the BNDES will verify aspects related t the intellectual prperty rights resulting frm the research, develpment and innvatin prject with the bjective f aviding, when applicable, restrictive practices f use and assignment f these rights. Besides the afrementined aspects, the BNDES will als verify, during the analysis phase, the criteria fr divvying up the financial results f the prject. 6
G. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FROM THE AMAZON FUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS OF DEFORESTATION IN OTHER BRAZILIAN BIOMES Allcatin Area Prjects in ther Brazilian bimes and in ther trpical cuntries Allcatin limit f the ttal resurces available in the year Tables 20% G and H GUIDELINES G1 Diversity f Stakehlders and Shared Gvernance Prjects invlving the articulatin f stakehlders frm the public, private and third (NGO) sectrs as well as lcal cmmunities with shared gvernance structure. G2 Relevance Prjects that develp and implement lng-term mnitring methdlgy fr REDD. G3 Pririty Within the scpe f ther Brasilian Bimes, pririty will be given t mnitring system prjects f permanent nature, per bime, that cntribute t mnitring in a natinal scale and t defrestatin, burn-ffs and frest burns cntrl systems, accrding t preventin and cntrl plans. G4 Scpe Rural Envirnmental Registratin (CAR, in Prtuguese) prjects will be cnsidered as part f envirnmental cntrl systems G5 Result Indicatrs MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS The prject will include measurable result indicatrs directly related t the implementatin f a defrestatin r frest degradatin mnitring system. G6 Applicants / Executrs The prject will include the cnsent f all partners and c-executrs. G7 Scial Participatin The prject will have a fllw-up activity that necessarily invlves the participatin f the gvernment, as well as civil sciety. Cmmunities invlved will be mentined in the prject. Prjects related t the duties f public institutins r t establishing public plicies d nt necessarily need cnsent frm the beneficiaries. G8 Cntributin t REDD The prject will directly r indirectly cntribute t achieving REDD. G9 Additinality f Resurces The prjects will present additinalities t the public budget earmarked fr the allcatin areas in the Amazn Fund. G10 Cunterpart The prject will present a cunterpart and/r nn-financial cntributins, shwing additinalities t the funds acquired with the Amazn Fund and prducing a multiplying effect fr the Fund s investments. The cunterparts may be financial resurces directly invested in the prject r the supply f infrastructure, persnnel r ther indirect methds. The fllwing aspects may be cnsidered when applying this criterin: average budget allcated during the previus tw years in the public budget invested in the prpsed actin; level f limitatins n the release f funds within the public budget t execute the actin; and previsin in the gvernment s current pluriannual plans (PPAs). G11 Territrial Base The prjects will necessarily and cmpletely discuss the mnitring f the frests f at least ne bime. G12 Publicity and Transparence Mnitring systems supprted by the Amazn Fund shall be cnstituted based n platfrms that allw brad publicity, transparency and access t data prduced ver the Internet. The BNDES will make a standardized tl available fr integrating and prmting updated infrmatin cncerning the implementatin f all prjects. 7
G13 Prject Sustainability Prf f capacity t ecnmically sustain the prject after implementatin will be presented. G14 Decncentratin f Resurces The amunt applied in each f the fur peratinal mdalities will nt be less than 10% r higher than 40% f the resurces available in the year. Equity requirements will be bserved. MODALITIES FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION G15 Direct Allcatin - Investment Allcatins made directly by the prjects executrs, including thrugh third-party cntracting. This includes investments in cnstructin, equipment, training and capacity-building t establish enterprises. The prjects can make use f mre than ne mdality. G16 Direct Allcatin - Funding Allcatins made directly by the prjects executrs, including thrugh third-party cntracting. This includes travel expenses/field wrk, individual r legal entities cnsulting services, field tls and instruments, cmmunicatin, amng thers. The prjects can make use f mre than ne mdality. G17 Daily expenses RESTRICTIONS ON RESOURCE ALLOCATION Daily expenses will nt be paid fr public servants (this restrictin des nt apply t research activities invlving public research institutins). G18 Payment f Individuals Wages r any ther type f remuneratin shall nt be paid t public servants wrking exclusively in the three gvernment branches (this restrictin des nt apply t the payment f schlarships r research specifically related t the prject). G19 Taxes and Fees The funds will nt be used t pay taxes and fees that are nt inherent r part f the csts r investments made by the prject (this restrictin des nt apply t taxes related t the prjects activities, such as tax charged n prducts and services (ICMS, in Prtuguese) included in the prducts prices; scial security tax (INSS, in Prtuguese) paid n individuals services etc. EQUALITY CRITERIA FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION G20 Equity in resurce allcatin per state The cncentratin f prject resurces in ne bime will be avided. 8
H. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FROM THE AMAZON FUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS FOR MONITORING SYSTEMS OF DEFORESTATION IN OTHER TROPICAL COUNTRIES Allcatin Area Prjects in the ther Brazilian bimes and in ther trpical cuntries Allcatin limit n ttal resurces available in the year Tables 20% G and H GUIDELINES H1 - Diversity f Stakehlders and Shared Gvernance Prjects invlving the articulatin f stakehlders frm the public, private and third (NGO) sectrs as well as lcal cmmunities with shared gvernance structure. Prjects that entail reginal articulatin. H2 - Relevance Cuntries with greater frest cverage. H3 - Scpe In ther trpical cuntries, Amazn Fund supprt will be limited t prjects which cntribute t the creatin and imprvement f frest cver mnitring systems. Frest cver mnitring systems are understd as the applicatin f techniques that invlve image prcessing (eg.: gereferencing, image enhancement and catalguing) f terrestrial surfaces (frm satellites r airbrne sensrs) fr thematic mapping f vegetatin using the prduced data (eg.: map elabratin, spatial and statistical analyses) as a subsidy t frest management MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS H4 Result Indicatrs The prject will include measurable result indicatrs and directly related t the implementatin f a defrestatin r frest degradatin mnitring system. H5 Applicants / Executrs The prject will be submitted by the central gvernment as the recipient cuntry, by mutilateral rsr brazilian gvernmental institutins. Prjects frm these institutins require cnsent frm the cuntry s central gvernment which will benefit frm the actins t be develped by the prject. H6 Scial Participatin The prject will have a fllw-up activity that necessarily invlves the participatin f the gvernment as well as civil sciety. Prjects related t the duties f public institutins r t the establishment f public plicies d nt necessarily need cnsent frm the beneficiaries. H7 Cntributin t REDD The prject will directly r indirectly cntribute t achieving REDD. H8 - Cunterpart The prject will present a cunterpart and/r nn-financial cntributins, shwing additinalities t the funds acquired with the Amazn Fund and prducing a multiplying effect fr the Fund s investments. The fllwing aspects may be cnsidered: average budget allcated during the previus tw years in the public budget invested in the prpsed actin; level f limitatins n the release f funds within the public budget t execute the actin; and fresight in the gvernment s current pluriannual plans (PPAs). The cunterparts may be financial resurces directly invested in the prject r the supply f infrastructure, persnnel r ther indirect methds. H9 Publicity and Transparency Mnitring systems supprted by the Amazn Fund will be based n platfrms that allw brad publicity, transparency and access t the data prduced ver the Internet. H10 Prject Sustainability Prf f capacity t ecnmically sustain the prject after implementatin will be presented. The BNDES will make a standardized tl available fr integrating and prmting updated infrmatin cncerning the implementatin f all prjects. H11 Decncentratin f Resurces 9
The amunt applied in each f the fur peratinal mdalities will nt be less than 10% r higher than 40% f the recurses available in the year. Equality requirements will be bserved. H12 Preliminary Stage As a step t the cnsideratin f internatinal prjects, BNDES will request, prir t its eligibility prcess, a frmal assessment f the Ministry f Freign Affairs (MRE, in Prtuguese) n pririty and impacts f the prject regarding Brazil s external relatins. MODALITIES OF RESOURCES ALLOCATION H13 Direct Allcatin Investment Allcatins made directly by the prjects executrs, including thrugh third-party cntracting. This includes investments in cnstructin, equipment, training and capacity-building t establish enterprises. The prjects can make use f mre than ne mdality. H14 Direct Allcatin Funding Allcatins made directly by the prjects executrs, including thrugh third-party cntracting. This includes travel expenses/field wrk, individual r legal entities cnsulting services, field tls and instruments, cmmunicatin, amng thers. The prjects can make use f mre than ne mdality. H15 Daily expenses RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF RESOURCES Daily expenses will nt be paid fr public servants (this restrictin des nt apply t research activities invlving public research institutins). H16 Payment f Individuals Wages r any ther type f remuneratin will nt be paid t public servants wrking exclusively in the three gvernment branches (this restrictin des nt apply t the payment f schlarships r research specifically related t the prject). H17 Taxes and Fees The funds will nt be used t pay taxes and fees that are nt inherent r part f the cst f investments made by the prject. EQUALITY CRITERIA FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION H18 Equality in resurce allcatin per cuntry The cncentratin f funds in ne cuntry will be avided. 10