Next Application Deadline - 26 February 2023

Connecting investors to high-potential climate and clean energy projects in emerging markets

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The Private Financing Advisory Network is a global network of climate and clean energy financing experts, which offers free business coaching and investment facilitation to entrepreneurs developing climate and clean energy projects in emerging markets.

Our goals are to build clean energy markets one business at a time, mitigate climate change and mobilise private investment in support of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals. Initiated by the UNFCCC and the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) in 2006, PFAN is hosted jointly by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP).

About PFAN

PFAN in numbers

244

Number of projects that raised financing

3.04

Total Investment leveraged

1803

Clean energy generation capacity added

4.93

Annual CO2 emissions mitigated

We work with you

Entrepreneurs & Businesses

The experts in our network offer free, personalised one-on-one coaching and targeted introductions to investors, providing a fast-track to investment.

Investors & Financial Institutions

We have a pipeline of investment-ready climate and clean energy projects selected for economic viability, environmental sustainability and social impact.

Consultants & Advisors

We are always on the lookout for new consultants who would like to be part of our global community and work with our exciting, high-potential projects.

Governments & Other Stakeholders

We work with a wide range of partners on the ground to organise events and targeted calls for proposals in emerging markets.

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Next Application Deadline - 26 February 2023

Are you looking for funding for your climate or clean energy project or to scale up your existing business? PFAN’s expert network of advisors can help you get there. Selected PFAN projects undergo intensive one-on-one coaching to perfect their business plans, financial structures and investment pitches. Once investment-ready, projects may be invited to present at PFAN and partner events, or receive tailored investment facilitation services.

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Job Vacancy: Transaction Manager

Job Vacancy: Transaction Manager

Position:        Transaction Manager (TM) Reports to:    Global Coordinator and REEEP Location:        In one of PFAN’s regions.   About PFAN The 2016 Paris Agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) calls on all countries to a) hold the increase in the global average temperature to […]

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Job Vacancy: Country Coordinators for Lao PDR, Philippines & Vietnam (Part-time)

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PFAN, African Development Bank, PES and EldoHub launch the AgriPitch Competition 2022

PFAN is excited to partner with the African Development Bank (AfDB), Private Equity Support (PES), a women-founded and led enterprise support advisory firm and EldoHub, an education, innovation and technology organization targeting youth and women, to announce the launch of the AgriPitch competition 2022! The AgriPitch competition aims to support African agripreneurs by improving their […]

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Call for Climate and Clean Energy Projects: Next Deadline 26 February 2023

Call for Climate and Clean Energy Projects: Next Deadline 26 February 2023

Are you looking for funding for your climate or clean energy project or to scale up your existing business? PFAN’s expert network of advisors can help you get there. Selected PFAN projects undergo intensive one-on-one coaching to perfect their business plans, financial structures and investment pitches. Once investment-ready, projects may be invited to present at […]

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Hosting Partners

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development, while adhering to the following four strategic objectives: creating shared prosperity, advancing economic competitiveness, safeguarding the environment, and strengthening knowledge and institutions. In the pursuit of its mission, UNIDO supports entrepreneurship and facilitates innovation in low- and middle-income countries, while also ensuring that this enhances their progress towards a low-carbon and climate resilient future.

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is an international non-profit based in Vienna, Austria. REEEP designs and implements tailor-made financing mechanisms, utilising targeted injections of public funding to build dynamic, sustainable markets and ultimately make clean energy and energy efficiency technology accessible and affordable to all. REEEP invests primarily in disruptive approaches led by small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) players in low- and middle-income countries, facilitating market- and community-led energy transitions.

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