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The Annual Performance Report (APR) of the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) presents a comprehensive assessment of the performance of GEF activities, processes, and the factors that influence performance. It also evaluates the quality of monitoring and…

The OPS8 evaluation provides a comprehensive assessment of the GEF’s interventions across various environmental domains. It examines the effectiveness,…

The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) prepares the Annual Performance Report (APR) to provide an overview of the performance of GEF activities and processes, the key factors that affect performance, quality of Monitoring and Evaluations systems (M&E…

Projects that use community-based approaches (CBA) at the GEF are those that are designed to use a people-centered approach for management of natural resources, characterized by participation of local communities and resource users (including indigenous people, women, youth, and marginalized or…

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) aims to embrace more calculated risks in its efforts to achieve transformative environmental outcomes. Currently, the GEF portfolio has a low to moderate risk profile. The majority of projects in the portfolio are categorized as low-risk and have generally…

The GEF and the GEF IEO commonly analyze program and project success factors, providing good practice examples and insights for future operations. However, evidence from programs and projects that are less successful is often overlooked. This is a missed opportunity: such a perspective can help…

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Evaluation Policy (2019) requires GEF Agencies to evaluate GEF-financed projects at completion. A terminal evaluation provides a comprehensive and systematic account of project performance, factors that affect performance, implementation, and project…

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Evaluation Policy (2019) requires that the lead GEF Agency will evaluate a program at the end of its implementation to provide a comprehensive and systematic account of its performance and the factors that affect performance. Program evaluations are expected…

An enabling activity is a project for the preparation of a plan, strategy, or report to fulfill commitments under the relevant Global Environment Facility (GEF) environmental convention. The GEF Evaluation Policy (2019) requires that GEF-financed projects be evaluated at the end of…

Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the factors that affect the level of adoption and follow-up of IEO evaluation recommendations. It provides early feedback on management responses, including action plans, to evaluations presented by the IEO since…