The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is one of the largest public funders of projects to improve the global environment. A network of environmental civil society organizations (CSOs) was organized in 1995 to influence the functions within a multilateral partnership of governments and agencies…
CSO Network Evaluation 2016 - Presentation (English)
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is one of the largest public funders of projects to improve the global environment. A network of environmental civil society organizations (CSOs) was organized in 1995 to influence the functions within a multilateral partnership of governments and agencies…
Geography 2050: Envisioning a Sustainable Planet
Juha I. Uitto, Director, the Independent Evaluation Office of the GEF, moderated the plenary session "Protection, Management, and Restoration of Future Forests" at Geography 2050 held at Columbia University in New York, NY. The…
CSO Network 2016 Presentation for Webinar CSO Network 2016
Webinar: The GEF CSO Network Evaluation
Networks operate in dynamic, complex and open environments in which changing responsibility flows from and around autonomous members. Since the establishment of Agenda 21, the increase in number and influence on sustainable development of civil society organization (CSO) networks worldwide has…
UNEG Webinar: Comprehensive Evaluation of the GEF - Topics, approaches and methodological innovations
Organized by UNDP Independent Evaluation Office in collaboration with UNEG, the webinar "Comprehensive evaluation of the GEF: Topics, approaches and methodological innovations" was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 from 12:30-1:30 pm. The webinar discussed the upcoming Sixth Overall Performance…
UNEG Webinar: Communications and Evaluation Use
Evaluation Use in the UN System: Conclusions from the Data
Stemming from the paper by the UN Evaluation Group (UNEG) on Evaluation Use in the UN System: Conclusions from the Data, this webinar…
UN Climate Change Conference (COP22)
The Evaluation of the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) influences the COP22 guidance to the GEF.
The findings and conclusions Program Evaluation of the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) were welcomed by the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP22) in…
Presentation for WB Geospatial 2016 - WBG Geospatial Day
World Bank Group Geospatial Day
The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the GEF presented six case studies from the biodiversity, international waters, and land degradation focal areas of the GEF at the First Geospatial Day celebrated at the World Bank on 1 November 2016.
The case studies demonstrated how the IEO has…