Here you’ll find information about upcoming and past events hosted or supported by the GEF IEO. Our events include workshops, webinars, conferences, and consultations designed to share knowledge, promote learning, and improve the impact of environmental projects worldwide.

These gatherings bring together experts, policymakers, partners, and stakeholders to discuss evaluation findings, best practices, and new approaches for advancing global environmental goals. Whether you’re a practitioner, researcher, or interested in how the GEF supports a healthier planet, our events offer valuable opportunities to engage, learn, and collaborate.

Stay connected to discover how we’re working together to evaluate and strengthen efforts for a sustainable future.

Rio +20
Rio 20

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The Journey to Rio: Gathering Evidence on Expectations for the GEF

Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 -The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Evaluation Office launched "The Journey to Rio: Gathering Evidence on Expectations for the GEF" at Rio+20 - the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. In the form of an E-Book, this review assesses the extent to which the GEF has met the expectations on which it was created 20 years ago on the eve of the Earth Summit in 1992. The E-Book uses overall performance studies (OPSs) of the GEF Evaluation Office as the basis to…

COP 17 - Energy Efficiency
Cop17 Energy

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Energy efficiency remains a promising but elusive means for combining local economic benefits with greenhouse gas reductions. It is a keystone of plans to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees, but many apparently profitable opportunities for energy efficiency remain ungrasped, due to market and policy barriers. This session presents lessons on how to overcome those barriers, based on independent evaluation of the experience of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Evaluation Office and of the International Finance Institutions (IFIs). Presented by the GEF Evaluation Office in…

COP 17 Side Events
Cop 17 Events

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The Global Environment Facility Evaluation Office, in cooperation with the GEF Secretariat and the World Bank Independent Evaluation Group, participated at two exciting side events at COP 17 in Durban, South Africa.

Adaptation in Practice: Evaluating Innovative Approaches

This event will present lessons learned from first generation adaptation interventions in the GEF (SCCF, LDCF, SPA), incl. ongoing work on RBM, indicators and M&E frameworks (Adaptation Fund). It will also showcase the Climate-Eval interface: a fast-growing global community of…

COP 17 - Adaptation in Practice
Cop 17 Adaptation

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Evaluations provide lessons learned from the first generation of adaptation interventions, from the development of National Adaptation Plans for Action (NAPA) to innovative approaches to specific adaptation problems. This event will present these lessons from the portfolios of the GEF, the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). The lessons have already been incorporated in results-based frameworks and monitoring.

On-going work in these funds, the World Bank and the Adaptation Fund will also be discussed, as well as the support that the GEF…

American Evaluation Association (AEA) 2011
AEA 2011

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The GEF Evaluation Office organized a panel discussion on the new M&E Policy and participated in a session presenting innovative approaches to evaluating climate change adaptation programs at the conference of the American Evaluation Association in Anaheim in November 2011.

Valuing Diversity- How to Construct Consensus for M&E Policy with Multiple Stakeholders - Experiences with the Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Reforms at the GEF led its Council to request the Evaluation Office and Secretariat to work with the GEF partnership and revise the GEF…