Replenishments of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) are informed by periodic assessment of and reflection on GEF achievements and results through independent overall performance studies (OPSs), of which this is the fifth: OPS5. OPS5 reporting will consist of this First Report provided to the…
Cumulative Evidence on the Challenging Pathways to Impact (OPS5 1st Report)
Annual Performance Report (APR) 2011
The GEF Eighth Annual Performance Report (APR) 2011 prepared by the GEF Evaluation Office focused on completed projects for which terminal evaluations were submitted during fiscal year 2011 (FY11). This full report accompanies the APR 2011 Working Document with Management Response submitted for…
GEF Focal Area Strategies (FAS) Evaluation
The Evaluation of GEF Focal Area Strategies, requested by the GEF Council during its May 2011 meeting (GEF/ME/C.40/01), was carried out from February 2012 to November 2012. Findings and recommendations were presented to the GEF Council at its November 2012 meeting.
The evaluation aimed to…
Annual Thematic Evaluation Report (ATER) 2012
Annual Thematic Evaluations Report 2012 presents an overview of the progress of the Evaluation of GEF Enabling Activities and the main conclusions and recommendations for the Evaluation of the GEF Focal Area Strategies.
The Evaluation of GEF Enabling Activities aims to provide the GEF…
Annual Country Portfolio Evaluation Report (ACPER) 2012
The fifth Annual Country Portfolio Evaluation Report (ACPER 2012) provides a synthesis of the main conclusions and recommendations coming form country portfolio evaluations (CPEs) and Country Portfolio Studies (CPSs) conducted in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
The GEF in the South China Sea (SCS) and Adjacent Areas 2012
The Impact Evaluation of GEF Support to the South China Sea (SCS) and Adjacent Areas stems from a recommendation made in the Fourth Overall Performance Study of the GEF (OPS4) to carry out an in-depth assessment of progress towards impacts in the International Waters focal area. This evaluation…
Annual Impact Report (AIR) 2012
The Annual Performance Report (APR) is a regular feature of the GEF Evaluation Office performance evaluations. The report presented a detailed account of the performance of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) portfolio in terms of results; processes that may affect results; and, monitoring and…
Annual Performance Report (APR) 2010
The GEF Seventh Annual Performance Report (APR) 2010, prepared by the GEF Evaluation Office focuses on completed projects for which terminal evaluations were submitted during fiscal year 2010 (FY 2010). The full report presents an assessment of project outcomes, project sustainability, project…
Country Portfolio Study (CPS) Timor Leste
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (hereafter Timor-Leste) has been receiving GEF funding since 2002 after gaining independence. So far, GEF funding has totaled $7.9m and projects have been exclusively implemented by UNDP. This evaluation was conducted in parallel with the UNDP Assessment of…
Country Portfolio Evaluation (CPE) Nicaragua
This evaluation is one of two country portfolio evaluations conducted in 2011 examining Global Environment Facility (GEF) support in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Nicaragua was selected primarily on the basis of its comparatively diverse, large, and mature GEF portfolio and because…