Evaluation of the GEF Strategic Priority for Adaptation - july 2011
Associated Organization: GEF
In November 2008 the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council asked the GEF Evaluation Office to perform an evaluation of the GEF Strategic Priority for Adaptation (SPA) pilot program. This evaluation was conducted fully and independently by the GEF Evaluation Office with support from the GEF Secre- tariat, GEF Agencies, governments, and civil society organizations.Themes: Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water
Regions: Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Overview:
The evaluation’s purpose was to provide lessons and experiences from implementation of the first cli- mate change adaptation strategy supported by the GEF and thereby assist the GEF Council in making further decisions on adaptation. It included several areas of assessment:
o Relevance of the strategy to the GEF mandate and focal areas, as well as to countries’ national sustain- able development and adaptation agendas
o Effectiveness of the proposed adaptation mea- sures
o Efficiency of project development and manage- ment in implementing the strategy
o Results of the strategy and projects thus far as well as their sustainability
Full report on
http://www.thegef.org/gef/sites/thegef.org/files/documents/eo_them_spa-fullreport-LR_0.pdf