Monitoring and Evaluation in GEF International Waters Projects

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Monitoring and Evaluation in GEF International
Waters Projects

• Dr. Juha I. Uitto
• GEF Monitoring and Evaluation
• (juitto_at_worldbank.org)

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Monitoring and Evaluation

• Management tools
• Interactive and mutually supportive
• Decision-making on program management
• Accountability in the use of resources
• Lessons from experience
• Results oriented

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Important Distinctions

• Monitoring Continuous process of collecting and
  analyzing data to measure the performance of a
  program, project or activity
• Evaluation Periodic assessment that answers
  questions about why activities are occurring as
  they are

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Indicators

• Measures of the impacts, outcomes, outputs, and
  processes
• Indicators
• Measurable
• Precise
• Consistent
• Sensitive

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ME of International Waters

• Process Indicators
• Stress Reduction Indicators
• Environmental Status Indicators

• Focusing on the processes that are likely to lead
  towards a desirable outcome
• Focusing on concrete actions that will reduce the
  environmental stress on the waterbody
• Focusing on actual improvement of ecosystem
  quality

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Use of Monitoring and Evaluation Information

• Ways information will be used in
  learning/decision making
• -gt Collect only data that is useful
• Communications strategy/reporting procedures

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Communication!

• Transparency All countries reporting on progress
  and results
• Shared database that is open to all stakeholders
  to view helps transparency

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Sustainability

• Detecting changes in international waters
  requires long-term monitoring
• Need to sustain ME systems beyond project period
• Build into regular systems managed by the
  countries

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More information on ME

• www.gefweb.org