The GEF IEO presented to the council the Review of the GEF Management Action Record (MAR), and the Evaluation of the Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on GEF Activities. As in formation document the Integration of Environmental Impact Into Evaluations in the UN System.

The 2022 IPDET On-Site program took place at the University of Bern from July 11 to 22. Our workshop on Evaluation at the Nexus of Environment and Development on July 21-22 drew on the experience of Global Environment Facility Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO) and its many partners in evaluating programs and projects aimed at enhancing environmental sustainability.

The IEO organized a session on Approaches and Methods to Climate Change and Environmental Evaluations at the Evaluation Symposium organized by the Islamic Development Bank.

The United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) on Environment and Social Impact Assessment and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Independent Evaluation Office held an Evaluation Practice Exchange (EPE) session on "Integrating Environment into Evaluations".

The GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO) and the Earth-Eval community of practice organized a webinar on the book Environmental Evaluation and Global Development Institutions: A Case Study of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The panel moderated by Juha I Uitto, Director of the GEF IEO, reflected on how to make evaluation count for international environmental action.