Fourth Overall Performance Study of the GEF

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• Fourth Overall Performance Study of the GEF
• (OPS4)
• Country Case Studies

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Objective of OPS4

• To assess the extent to which the GEF is
• achieving its objectives and to identify
  potential
• improvements
• OPS4
• Independent study to assess the performance of
  the GEF
• Results, conclusions and recommendations are
  incorporated in the negotiations of the 5th
  replenishment
• Will report on portfolio outcomes, the
  sustainability and catalytic effect of those
  outcomes and the impacts that were achieved in
  the focal areas of the GEF
• Responsibility Oficina de Evaluación

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OPS4 5 clusters 15 key questions

• Role and added value of the GEF
• Results of the GEF
• Relevance
• Performance of the GEF
• Resource mobilization and financial management

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Methodology

• Mixed methods and theory-based approach
• Literature and document reviews
• Desk studies
• Field visits and verifications
• Interviews, surveys
• Portfolio analysis
• Stakeholder consultations
• Where needed Delphi approach and expert panels
• 10 country case studies (evaluation evidence from
  additional 35 countries)
• Comparative studies with other Funds

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OPS4 Key Milestones

• September 5, 2008Terms of Reference approved by
  Council
• January 27, 2009 Interagency meeting process
• May 12, 2009 Interagency meeting preliminary
  results
• June 2009 Interim report to Council and donnors
• August 2009 Interagency meeting draft report
• September 2009 Final OPS4 report to
  replenishment meeting

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Country Case Studies

• 9 countries
• Random and strategic selection of countries
• 3 of the 5 themes of OPS4
• Results
• Relevance
• Performance
• (other, if applicable)
• Not a project or agency evaluation

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Methodology

• Study team national consultant and GEF
  Evaluation Office Officer
• GEF focal point Key partner in the study
• desk study using existing information at
  different levels
• project, country, GEF Agency, Evaluation Offices,
  scientific
• Interviews with the GEF key stakeholders focal
  points (GEF and Conventions) other government
  representatives, project managers,
  representatives from GEF Agencies, NGOs
• Use of protocols
• At least one field visit
• Final evaluation verification
• Impact study of a completed project

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Scope and Limitations

• All types of GEF supported activities in the
  country at all stages of the project cycle and
  implemented by all GEF Agencies in all focal
  areas, including the Small Grants Programme.
• The main focus of the evaluation will be
  nationally implemented projects.
• Status of project determines focus completed
  (all themes) under implementation (relevance,
  partial performance, and potential outcomes).
• GEF works with several stakeholders contribution
  not attribution
• Impact of the national context (and regional and
  global) in the GEF

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Process

• March-April, 2009 Selection of national
  consultant
• March April Compilation of project documents
  and data base development
• April Start up (visit from GEF Evaluation
  Office and interviews with key stakeholders)
• April (dates) Desk study of projects
• May (dates) Draft report
• May (date) Draft report ready for feedback
• May (date) Final report

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Structure of Report

• Framework
• Objectives and context
• Key questions
• Methodology
• GEF Portfolio in the country
• Results
• Global environmental impacts per focal area
• Support to national priorities
• Catalytic and replicability effect
• Risks to sustainability of results
• Relevance
• To sustainable and environmental development
• To conventions and regional/ global agreements
• To the GEF mandate
• To the countrys environmental and sustainable
  development strategies (country-ownership)
• Performance
• Time, effort, and financial resources in the
  project cycle
• Roles and responsibilities
• Focal point mechanisms

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Key questions Results

• Which concrete, measurable and verifiable
  results have been achieved by the GEF in the six
  focal areas and in multi-focal area activities?
• To what extent has the GEF support contributed
  to the identification, development and
  implementation of national policies/strategies/
  priorities on environment and sustainable
  development and institutional capacities?
• What have been the concrete, measurable and
  verifiable results on this?
• What are the risks to the sustainability of
  results socially, institutionally and
  financially?

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Key questions Relevance

• The GEF support is relevant to
• the national sustainable development agenda and
  environmental priorities
• national development needs and challenges
• decision-making processes
• action plans and prioritization for the GEFs
  national focal areas
• objectives of the different global environmental
  benefits
• the GEF mandate and focal areas programs and
  strategies
• trade-offs between global environmental benefits
  and local development benefits

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Key questions Performance

• How much time, effort and financial
  resources does it take to develop and implement
  projects, by type of GEF support modality?
• What are the roles, types of engagement and
  coordination among different stakeholders in
  project implementation?
• To what extent are GEF project lessons and
  results disseminated?
• What are the linkages and coordination
  between GEF projects, GEF Agencies national
  institutions and other donor-supported projects
  and activities?
• To what extent have GEF operations changed
  after the introduction of RAF?

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Thank you

• For more information
• GEF Evaluation Office
• www.gefeo.org