The GEF Independent Evaluation Office articipated in two sessions at the 2018 UNEG Evaluation Practice Exchange (EPE):

1. ICT for data collection and analysis in evaluations. Session 3.4. Tuesday, May 8 at 2:00 pm.

The GEF replenishment meetings provide an opportunity for Contributing Participants to review GEF performance and evaluate progress, assess future funding needs, and agree on a financing framework.

Juha I. Uitto, Director of the GEF Independent Evaluation Office, participated in the panel session on Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in the 2018 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting held between April 10-14.

The 2^nd Global Adaptation Network Forum focused on some of the most pressing challenges for climate change adaptation and provided an opportunity for decision makers, p

At its 51^st meeting in October 2016, the GEF Council requested the Trustee, in cooperation with the Secretariat, to initiate discussions on the 7^th replenishment of resources of the GEF Trust

Environmental projects benefit from the geospatial information, with both targeting and impact evaluation activities able to take advantage of a wide variety of global datasets that examine land cover change, vegetative density, and biodiversity.

The regional evaluation networks ReLAC, REDLACME and the global association of evaluators IDEAS organized a Joint Conference on Evaluation for the Sustainable Development Goals.

Staff members of the GEF Independent Evaluation Office participated in various sessions at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference in early November. See information below:

The IEPPEC Conference was held in Bangkok, Thailand from November 1-2, 2017.

The UNDP IEO and the Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS co-hosted with the Government of Turkey, the 2017 NEC Conference in Istanbul from 16 to 20 October 2017.