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The GEF Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) prepares the Management Action Record (MAR) to track the implementation of Management’s action plans to address evaluation recommendations. MAR 2024 covers 20 evaluations, including 18 presented to the GEF Council, one to the LDCF Council, and one…

Policy coherence, as defined in Global Environment Facility (GEF) documents, refers to "the systematic promotion of mutually reinforcing policy actions across government departments and agencies, creating synergies towards achieving the agreed objectives." Enhancing policy coherence has the…

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…

This evaluation will examine whether, how, and to what extent projects supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) are inclusive of historically marginalized groups, and the effects of inclusion (or lack thereof). It will focus on inclusion of people marginalized on the basis of gender (…

This evaluation assesses the effectiveness, relevance, coherence, and results of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) supported Global Wildlife Program (GWP). It examines the program's performance in supporting wildlife conservation efforts through ongoing and recently completed GWP projects.…

The LDCF/SCCF Annual Evaluation Report (AER) 2023 provides a comprehensive overview of the performance of completed LDCF/SCCF projects since the AER 2021. It assesses project outcomes, sustainability, monitoring and evaluation quality, and gender considerations; and presents the Management…

The GEF Independent Evaluation Office is collaborating with the Environmental Law Institute to assess GEF projects and programs in fragile and conflict-affected situations—in short, to determine whether and how GEF interventions are conflict-sensitive, and the implications thereof. This study…

The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) regularly evaluates different aspects of the GEF results-based management (RBM). This report brings together evidence from two of these evaluations: (1) the Evaluation of GEF Agency Self-Evaluation Systems and (2)…

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…