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{{Climate initiative
|Name of initiative=Private Financing Advisory Network
|LPAA initiative=No
|NAZCA Initiative=No
|Website address=http://www.pfan.net/
|Starting year=2006
|Secretariat=Taiki Kuroda - info@pfan.net
|Organisational structure=Multilateral Public-Private Partnership hosted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) in Vienna, Austria.
|Geographical coverage=Asia and the Pacific,Latin America and The Caribbean,Africa,Eastern Europe
|Type of initiative=Funding,Political dialogue
|Primary function=Financing,Policy recommendations/position papers
|Secondary functions=Institutional capacity building
|Name of lead organisation=United Nations Industrial Development Organization
|Type of lead organisation=United Nations or Specialised agency
|Location/Nationality of lead organisation=Austria
|LPAA Theme Transport=Yes
|LPAA Theme Agriculture=No
|LPAA Theme Forestry=No
|LPAA Theme Business=No
|LPAA Theme Financial institutions=Yes
|LPAA Theme Buildings=No
|LPAA Theme Industry=No
|LPAA Theme Waste=No
|LPAA Theme Cities and subnational governments=No
|LPAA Theme Short Term Pollutants=No
|LPAA Theme International maritime transport=No
|LPAA Theme Energy Supply=No
|LPAA Theme Fluorinated gases=No
|LPAA Theme Energy efficiency=Yes
|LPAA Theme Renewable energy=Yes
|LPAA Theme Supply chain emission reductions=No
|LPAA Theme Adaptation=No
|LPAA Theme Other=No
|LPAA Theme Resilience=No
|LPAA Theme Innovation=No
|LPAA Theme Energy Access and Efficiency=No
|LPAA Theme Private Finance=No
|Description=The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) identifies promising clean energy projects at an early stage and provides mentoring for development of a business plan, investment pitch, and growth strategy, significantly enhancing the possibility of financial closure. 
|Goals=PFAN screens business plans, selects the most economically viable and environmentally beneficial projects, and provides  extensive coaching and guidance before projects are presented to investors at Clean Energy Financing Forums hosted across Asia,  Latin America and Africa.
|Participants=46 resource partners
|Funders=PFAN operations and activities are funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital, Business and Enterprise, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Sweden, and the United States Agency for International Development.
|Non-profit organisations=7
|Business organisations=Unclear
|Members=Climate Technology Initiative (CTI); Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA); International Energy Agency (IEA) Energy Technology Network; International center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT); International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP); United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
|Other organisations=46
|Have only national states as participators=No
|Related initiatives=
|Capacity to deliver=Yes
|Target in line with 2C=Yes
|Monitoring and Reporting=Regular
|Commitment=Yes
|Commitment (explained)=Over 222 clean energy projects have been inducted into the CTI PFAN Project Development Pipeline. These projects include biogas, biomass, waste to energy, clean transport, wind, solar, small hydro and energy efficiency initiatives. Successfully 44 projects have achieved financial closure with over US$540 million of investment raised. Combined, these projects have the potential to mitigate over 2 million tons of CO2e per year and provide over 346 MW of Clean Generation Capacity.
|Achieved emission reductions to date (comment)=Mitigation of 2 million + tons of CO2e per year; 346 MW clean generation capacity
|Quantified=Yes
|Total potential of thematic area=1400
|Total potential of thematic area (comment)=Boost solar photovoltaic energy, impact in 2020: up to 1.4 Gt CO2e.
Wind energy, impact in 2020: up to 1.2 Gt CO2e (Blok, 2012).
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