GEF M

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GEF ME Policies and Procedures, with Emphasis on
Indicators for International Waters Projects

• Dr. Juha I. Uitto
• Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
• UNDP-GEF

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Monitoring and Evaluation

• Interactive and mutually supportive
• Help decision-making on management
• Accountability in resource use
• Lessons from experience
• Results-oriented

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Important Definitions

• Monitoring
• Continuous or periodic process of collecting and
  analysing data to measure the performance of a
  programme, project or activity

• Evaluation
• Systematic and independent assessment of ongoing
  or completed projects or programmes to determine
  the relevance of objectives, development
  efficiency, effectiveness, impact and
  sustainability

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Basis for ME

• Clear objectives
• Strategy for achieving objectives
• Structured set of targets and indicators
• Assumptions
• Information sources
• Feedback/communication mechanisms

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Logical Framework Approach

• Tool for developing and monitoring the logical
  relationship between inputs, outputs, and
  objectives/goals that determines the
  implementation of a project
• LogFrame is not a straightjacket need for
  flexibility, adjustment according to
  implementation experiences

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Logical Framework
 
 
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Definitions of levels

• Goal/Global Objective - Higher objective to which
  this project, along with others, will contribute.
• Project Objective - The impact of a project. The
  change in beneficiary behaviour, systems or
  institutional performance because of the combined
  output strategy and key assumptions.
• Immediate Objectives or Outcomes The main
  results stemming from achievement of outputs.

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Indicators

• Quantitative or qualitative statements used to
  describe situations which exist and measure
  changes or trends over a period of time
• Measurable
• Precise
• Consistent
• Sensitive

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Three Levels of IW Indicators

• Environmental Status Indicators
• Relate to goal/global objective
• Stress Reduction Indicators
• Relate to project objectives or outcomes
• Process Indicators
• Relate to outputs

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Process Indicators

• Focusing on the processes that are likely to lead
  towards a desirable outcome
• Initial strategic regional projects
• National-level
• Examples
• Completion of a country-endorsed TDA
• Country ratification of the regional or global
  conventions/protocols pertinent to the project

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Stress Reduction Indicators

• Focusing on concrete actions that will reduce the
  environmental stress on the waterbody
• Examples
• Point source pollution reduction investment
  completed
• Amount of underwater or wetland area placed into
  protected management

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Environmental Status Indicators

• Focusing on actual improvement of ecosystem
  quality
• Usually beyond the lifetime of the project
• Examples
• Improved (measurable) ecological or biological
  indices (e.g., primary productivity, POPs, levels
  in biota, BOD)
• Changes in local community income/social
  conditions as a result of improvements in
  environmental conditions

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Strategies and Tools

• Benchmarks Compare with initial
  conditions/without project situations (collect
  baseline)
• Data collection What is possible? What is
  needed? Who to do and how?
• Stakeholder participation
• Use in learning/decision-making

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Regional Cooperation

• Groups of countries should cooperate to develop
  indicators to monitor the development and
  implementation of SAP
• Communication
• Transparency