Held in Geneva on 10 September 2011 in conjunction with the third meeting of the Transitional Committee, the ecbi Finance Circle meeting was attended by 24 participants from developed and developing countries, under the theme of 'enhanced direct access'. It began with three introductory presentations: Katja Roll gave an introduction to the Country Coordination Mechanism of the Global Fund. This was followed by an introduction to the National Climate Finance Institutions Support Programme, presented by Clifford Polycarp. ecbi Director Benito Müller concluded with a proposal of definitions for direct access based on the ones adopted by the Adaptation Fund Board.
