Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa AAP Country Conference “Celebrating our Successes” 12 th - 16 th November 2012 Dakar, Senegal

Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa AAP Project Closure & AAP Project Final Evaluation

Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Project Closure (reporting) By 10 th Dec Commence the AAP national Project Evaluation process By Jan 4 th, 2013 Commence the drafting of the PRR Commence the drafting of the IRTSC Q4 P2P Report By Jan 18, 2013Submit the national Project Evaluation Report By 31st January 2013 PSC Meeting to endorse the PRR and identify follow-up actions. No later than Jan 31, 2013 Submit final PRR and Q4 IRTSC P2P Reports

Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Final Project Review Report (1/2) Obligatory -self assessment exercise conducted at the end of a project Report from the project team (PM) to the PSC who endorses it It measures progress/success against the chain of intended results as defined in the logframe Pre-requisite for conducting financial project closure It provides guidance for future programming / initiatives The findings can be used to inform the evaluation (and vice versa)

Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Final Project Review Report (2/2)

Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa NIM Manual PRR template Project closure: gImages/Closing%20a%20Project.jpg Further info

Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa EVALUATION POLICY OF UNDP – NORMS Independence Intentionality Transparency Ethics (ref. Code of Conduct and Ethical Guidelines) Impartiality Quality (ref. UNEG norms and standards) Timeliness Utility

Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Evaluation - Judgment made based on the standard evaluation criteria and on agreed criteria and benchmarks among key partners and stakeholders (  RRF) Assessment of what works and why, intended and unintended results, strategic lessons to guide decision-makers and inform stakeholders Attribution: causal linkage/plausible association relationship between intervention and results Development effectiveness (partners’ contribution) FINAL EVALUATION – KEY CONCEPTS

Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa EVALUATION CRITERIA Relevance Effectiveness Efficiency Sustainability

Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa GETTING READY – EVALUATION STEPS

Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa REFERENCES UNDP Evaluation Office webpage UNDP Evaluation Policy (2006) / update 2011 UNDP Evaluation Policy (2006) Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results Outcome Evaluation Guidelines Evaluation Resource Centre United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) webpage UN Evaluation Group Norms and Standards for Evaluation UN Evaluation Group Norms and Standards for Evaluation UNEG Code of Conduct for Evaluators UNEG Ethical Guidelines for Evaluators