Terminal Review of the UNDP-GEF ‘Resilience for Peace and Stability, Food and Water Security Innovation Grant Programme’ PIMS 6467, GEF ID 10430

The terminal review evaluates a UNDP-GEF project aimed at scaling early-stage innovations to enhance climate resilience in fragile regions of Uganda and Sudan. The project achieved high effectiveness, with 98% compliance of objective indicators and 94.8% of outcome targets, despite the civil war in Sudan. Key successes include the empowerment of women and the use of innovative finance mechanisms for agro-forestry commodities like coffee in Uganda and Gum Arabic in Sudan. The review highlights the success of a 'hands-off' implementation model where UNDP provided oversight while the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) managed execution. While the project is considered highly cost-effective and sustainable, remaining risks include conflict-related challenges in Sudan and perceived high investment risks in fragile states.

• The project demonstrated high effectiveness, achieving an average of 98% compliance with objective indicators and 94.8% of outcome targets. The only target falling behind was the number of people trained, primarily due to the civil war in Sudan since 2023.
• In Sudan, the project successfully adapted to the outbreak of civil war by relocating its coordination hub to Kassala, transitioning to remote management via WhatsApp, and utilizing mobile transfers (Benkek) to ensure the continuation of loan capital disbursement.
• The project had a significant positive impact on gender equality, with women taking active leadership roles in decision-making. In Sudan, women led all supported cooperatives, and in Uganda, a price premium for coffee produced by women encouraged men to allocate land to their wives.
• The implementation model, described as a 'hands-off approach', was successful; UNDP served an oversight role and provided initial design training, while the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) was delegated responsibility for GEF resources and co-financing.
• The project is considered highly cost-effective and efficient, achieving results on time with a low budget over three years. This was attributed to building on established partnerships and local knowledge, which allowed activities to start without the typical delays seen in other GEF projects.
• Financial sustainability is viewed positively, as Mountain Harvest in Uganda operates a sustainable business and rural cooperatives in Sudan utilize rotational credit funds. However, scaling up these benefits would require new funding sources.
• The project faced significant barriers regarding the 'perceived risk' of investing in fragile countries, which limits access to capital and increases financing costs despite the potential for high investment gains.
• The project's environmental focus was on climate change adaptation through agro-forestry: organic coffee in Uganda and Gum Arabic (Acacia senegal) in Sudan. In Uganda, Mountain Harvest maintained a strict non-pesticide policy to preserve organic certification.

APA

Norheim, T. (2024). Terminal Review of the UNDP-GEF ‘Resilience for Peace and Stability, Food and Water Security Innovation Grant Programme’ PIMS 6467, GEF ID 10430. Global Resilience Partnership. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/final-report-10-10-2024.pdf

Chicago

Norheim, Trond. Terminal Review of the UNDP-GEF ‘Resilience for Peace and Stability, Food and Water Security Innovation Grant Programme’ PIMS 6467, GEF ID 10430. Global Resilience Partnership, 2024. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/final-report-10-10-2024.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{norheim2024terminal, author = {Norheim, Trond}, title = {{Terminal Review of the UNDP-GEF ‘Resilience for Peace and Stability, Food and Water Security Innovation Grant Programme’ PIMS 6467, GEF ID 10430}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2024}, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/final-report-10-10-2024.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }