Any EECCA countries that wish to pursue a direct access modality under the GCF or the Adaptation Fund can usefully consider potential candidates for a national or regional implementing entity that can directly access certain types of climate finance sources. Some of the countries, such as Uzbekistan, have started to prepare for direct access. However, since finding such candidates and developing their capacities to be accredited is often time consuming, it is unlikely that direct access will become the favoured modality of EECCA countries in the short term.