The CAFI Fund has different types of implementation modalities : UN Organisations, the World Bank, International Cooperation Agencies and other international non-governmental organisations.
Implementing organisations that have thus far signed an agreement with CAFI or the DRC National REDD+ Fund - which means the ones that CAFI partner countries can currently select to support the implementation of their National Investment Frameworks - currently are (in alphabetical order) :
- the Belgian Development Agency (ENABEL) - implementing the multi-sectorial provincial programme in the Mongala province in DRC
- the Farm Africa and the One Acre Fund implement feasibility studies on innovative agriculture in the DRC.
- the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - implementing programmes on national forest monitoring programmes in the DRC and the Republic of Congo, the programme on sustainable agriculture and livestock in the DRC, the multi-sectorial provincial programme in Equateur province in the DRC, a programme on wood-energy plantations in the Republic of Congo and the regional study on deforestation and degradation trends and drivers. FAO also supported (now closed) small preparatory grants in the Equatorial Guinea and in the Republic of Congo
- the French Development Agency (AFD) - implementing the savannahs and degraded forest programme in the DRC, the programme on the Sustainable management of forests in the DRC, the Land use planning and forest monitoring programme in Gabon, and a small grant for policy dialogue and feasibility studies in the Central African republic.
- the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) implements the multi-sectorial programme in Maniema province of the DRC
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) implements the multi-sectorial programme in Kwilu province of the DRC
- the Nature Conservancy
- the UNESCO has supported long-term scientific programme (RBP) in Gabon.
- the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) implements, together with UNDP, the Energy programme in the DRC
- the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) implements the Energy programme, the multi-sectorial programme in Bas Uele, Tshopo and Ituri provinces, the programme to support civil society and the programme to support land use planning reform, all in DRC. UNDP also hosts the Secretariat of the CAFI Fund (MPTF-O) and of the National DRC REDD+ Fund.
- the United Nations Settlements programme (UN-Habitat) implements the programme to support the land tenure reform in the DRC
- the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) implement together the programme to support implementation of the National Multi-sectoral Strategic Plan for Family Planning in the DRC
- the World Bank supports the multi-sectorial programme in Mai Ndombe province and the Indigenous peoples support programme in the DRC, and has supported the development of the National investment frameworks of Cameroon and the Republic of Congo through (now closed) preparatory grants.
Implementing organisations carry out their activities in accordance with their own regulations, rules, and procedures. In doing this, they are expected to demonstrate framework consistency with the safeguards described in Annex 4 of the CAFI Fund Terms of Reference.
In addition, implementing organisations have pledged to display a high level of awareness in regards to fraud, corruption, sexual harassment and all other risks identified in the Risk Management Strategy adopted by the CAFI Executive Board. Implementing organisations are expected to be proactive in reporting those risks to the Board and in mitigating them.
Analyses of the amounts funded per implementing organization, as well as their overall performance, are presented in CAFI Consolidated annual reports.