Perspectives from a GEF Implementing Agency

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Perspectives from a GEF Implementing Agency United Nations Development Programme Perspectives from a GEF Implementing Agency AEA 2011 Conference GEF Panel Alan Fox, Evaluation Adviser UNDP Evaluation Office

UNDP Strategic Plan 2008 – 2011 (extended to 2013): United Nations Development Programme UNDP Strategic Plan 2008 – 2011 (extended to 2013): 4 focus areas: Achieve the MDGs and reduce human poverty Foster democratic governance Support crisis prevention and recovery Manage energy and environment for sustainable development Additional attention to cross-cutting issues: south-south cooperation, HIV/AIDs, gender UN Coordination Function: Managing the UN Resident Coordinator System for the UN Chairing the UN Development Group

United Nations Development Programme UNDP budget

UNDP Evaluation Policies & Guidance United Nations Development Programme UNDP Evaluation Policies & Guidance UNDP EO – independent evaluation function Revised Evaluation Policy and guidance in 2010 Decentralized management across 2 policy bureaus, 5 regional bureaus and 165 country offices Evaluation plans required as part of 5 yr country programming cycle UNDP Evaluation Resource Centre: http://erc.undp.org

UNDP: Evaluating a decentralized organization United Nations Development Programme UNDP: Evaluating a decentralized organization Regional distribution of evaluations in 2009 countries carrying out evaluations Africa Arab States Asia and Pacific Europe and CIS Latin America and Caribbean Total 45 18 25 29 24 141 Project evaluation 26 13 37 22 30 128 Outcome evaluations 14 6 5 9 39 Other evaluation 7 3 12 2 27 Total country-level evaluations 47 (24%) (11%) 54 (28%) 33 (17%) 38 (20%) 194 Each year, UNDP (Evaluation Office + Bureaus and country offices) conducts ≈ 250 evaluations, and hires 300 external consultants. 1/3 of the project evaluations are focused on GEF.

UNDP: 20 years of GEF implementation United Nations Development Programme UNDP: 20 years of GEF implementation UNDP has implemented > 1/3 of the budget from the GEF trust funds since 1991 = $3.5 billion in grant financing, generating > $9 billion in co-financing

GEF M&E Policy Implementation United Nations Development Programme GEF M&E Policy Implementation UNDP, UNEP, FAO, UNIDO are all GEF implementing agencies and comply with UN Evaluation Group (UNEG) norms and standards. GEF is a UNEG member. There is uniform consideration of Relevance, Effectiveness, Efficiency and Sustainability. It is UNDP policy to adhere to funder M&E requirements when they extend beyond UNDP mandates – consequently UNDP guidance for evaluating UNDP / GEF projects is consistent with GEF policy revisions. All UNDP/GEF projects get evaluated and rated. UNDP takes a decentralized evaluation approach: UNDP country offices commission evaluations for each project, with quality assessment carried out by the UNDP Evaluation Office. Typically 25 to 40 per year (65 for 2011).

GEF / UNDP M&E convergence United Nations Development Programme GEF / UNDP M&E convergence Key aspect of 2010 revision to GEF M&E Policy: Promotes more extensive role of country focal point in commenting on project progress and achievements UNDP is very much in favor and well positioned to carry out this mandate given its extensive country presence and typically close cooperation with national governments UNDP EO is making a major effort to support evaluation capacity building at the country level

Continuing Improvements to UNDP/GEF M&E United Nations Development Programme Continuing Improvements to UNDP/GEF M&E Refining focal area baseline setting and tracking systems GEF and the agencies have made major progress in establishing and tracking SMART indicators Linking GEF projects with UN & UNDP strategic planning: UN Development Assistance Frameworks (UNDAF) Attention to gender, south-south cooperation, sustainable livelihoods and disaster prevention Improving evaluation mechanisms: Better evaluation TORs and budgeting Procedural guidelines & checklists Consultant rosters & performance feedback Feeding evaluation lessons back through the system so they get learned

UNDP & GEF EO collaboration on evaluation United Nations Development Programme UNDP & GEF EO collaboration on evaluation Annual Portfolio Performance Terminal Evaluation Reviews Global Programme Reviews UNDP-managed GEF corporate programmes: Small Grants Programme Coordinated country-level evaluations UNDP ADRs & GEF Country Portfolio Evaluations Impact evaluation (South China Sea, future considerations: climate change, biodiversity)