Report on the activities of the Independent Evaluation Unit

The IEU report covers its operational progress between November 2019 and February 2020, highlighting the completion of evaluations on country ownership and environmental and social safeguards. It details the progress of the Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme, the publication of evidence gap maps on forestry and adaptation, and the unit's 95% budget expenditure rate for 2019.

• The IEU completed its 2019 activities and achieved all planned outputs for the reporting period, with an overall budget expenditure rate of 95% for the 2019 total budget of USD 4,850,200.
• The evaluation of the GCF's country ownership approach (COA) recommended that the Fund operationalize a clearer understanding of country ownership, incentivize co-development and co-implementation of investments by international and direct access entities, and provide continuous training to National Designated Authorities (NDAs).
• The Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme is in its third year and focuses on measuring causal changes of GCF investments. In 2019, six projects were selected for Phase I, including initiatives in Bangladesh, Rwanda, Guatemala, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central America, and Southern Africa.
• The IEU published two evidence gap maps: one on forestry conservation interventions in low- and middle-income countries, which found that Asia and Latin America publish more evaluated evidence than Africa; and another on climate change adaptation interventions, which identified a scarcity of evidence in the water sector and for measures reducing exposure to climate events.
• The IEU has initiated several new evaluations and reviews, including a rapid assessment of the Simplified Approval Process (SAP), an evaluation of investments in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), a synthesis of the GCF accreditation process, and an evaluation of adaptation-related investments.
• The IEU is expanding its internal technical capacities by recruiting a Geographical Information Specialist (GIS) analyst and utilizing the DataLab to track climate finance flows to developing countries and vulnerable regions.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2019). Report on the activities of the Independent Evaluation Unit. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b25-inf02.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Report on the activities of the Independent Evaluation Unit. 2019. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b25-inf02.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2019report, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Report on the activities of the Independent Evaluation Unit}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2019}, month = feb, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b25-inf02.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }