CAFI’s policies and strategies are summarised in its Manual of Operations.
Terms of Reference of the CAFI Fund
The CAFI Terms of Reference describe, among others, the expected outcomes of the Initiative and its underlying Theory of Change, how the fund governance arrangement provides a forum for joint partnership and cross-country learning, and the programming cycle for National Investment Frameworks (NIFs) aligned with countries’ overall development vision and objectives.
Their latest revision was in March 2023.
Download them here : 2023 03 CAFI Terms of Reference ENG 2023 03 FINAL
Manual of Operations
The Manual of Operations (MoP) summarise relevant operational rules and guidelines of the trust fund. The MOP complements the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Trust Fund and is approved and modified by the Executive Board. Updates to the MOP may concern the core text or appear in one or more of its Annexes. In case of contradictions between the provisions of the ToR and the MOP, the text of the ToR prevails. Its latest revision was on 10 March 2023 by decision EB.2023.03.
Download the MoP here : CAFI MOP version 2023 03_FINAL
- Annexes 1, 2 and 3 are in the body of the MoP.
- Annex 4: Link to UNDP`s Corporate Webpage
- Annex 5 : Quick Accreditation Guide for NUNOs – 2024
- Annex 6 : Template – CAFI SEAH assessment template for NUNOs
- Annex 7: Self-Assessment/Check-List for Social and Environmental Safeguards
- Annex 8: Quality Assurance Framework for Social and Environmental Safeguards (SES)
- Annex 9: Quality Assurance Plan – policy
- Annex 10: Project/programme document templates
- Annex 11: Reporting templates
- Annex 12: MEL Policy
- Annex 13: Co-financing policy
- Annex 14.1: Project Budgeting Policy
Monitoring and Evaluation Policy
Description + link
Co-financing policy
Description and policy
Risk Management strategy
Description + link
Project budgeting policy
Performance-based Programming Policy for AFOLU projects
The Performance-based Programming Policy for AFOLU projects Policy (the Policy) consolidates existing measures adopted by the Executive Board and introduces new performance enhancing measures that apply to all Agriculture, Forestry and land use (AFOLU) projects in the CAFI portfolio, with a specific set of measures that only applies to Payments for Environmental Services (payments and centralised information management system).
The Policy was adopted in June 2025 via Decision EB.2025.26.
Download it here : 2025 06 25 CAFI Policy on Performance Programming