Top Three Challenges and Opportunities of National Monitoring and Evaluation of Adaptation

The briefing outlines three core areas of challenge and opportunity for national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of adaptation: stakeholder engagement, methods and tools, and resources. It emphasizes that effective M&E is essential for accountability, adaptive management, and climate-resilient development. Key recommendations include involving diverse stakeholders in system design to foster ownership, utilizing SMART indicators and existing baseline data, and mobilizing diverse funding sources such as the GCF readiness program to address capacity and financial gaps.

• Stakeholder engagement challenges include difficulties in achieving multistakeholder buy-in for cross-sectoral data collection, limited political will to sustain M&E of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, and the misalignment of reporting requirements across different agendas.
• Opportunities to improve stakeholder engagement involve including a range of stakeholders in the design phase to foster ownership, establishing clear roles through M&E working groups, and linking M&E results to national political priorities and climate-resilient development planning.
• Methodological challenges center on the identification of appropriate indicators to track progress, a lack of adequate baseline data, and the need to ensure that data and information remain reliable and comparable.
• To address methodological gaps, the document suggests using SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound) indicators, prioritizing a small set of indicators to expand over time, and utilizing proxy indicators or existing sectoral reports when baseline data is missing.
• Resource-related challenges include inadequate technical capacity for system design, inconsistent financial resources for long-term sustainability, and staff turnover among those managing the M&E system.
• Resource opportunities include capacity-building through webinars and online training, participating in peer knowledge exchange via the NAP Global Network, and mobilizing international funding such as the GCF readiness program.

APA

Ospina, A. V., & Price-Kelly, H. (2017). Top Three Challenges and Opportunities of National Monitoring and Evaluation of Adaptation. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/2017/02/top-three-challenges-opportunities-national-monitoring-evaluation-adaptation/

Chicago

Ospina, Angelica V., and Hayley Price-Kelly. Top Three Challenges and Opportunities of National Monitoring and Evaluation of Adaptation. NAP Global Network, 2017. https://napglobalnetwork.org/2017/02/top-three-challenges-opportunities-national-monitoring-evaluation-adaptation/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ospina2017top, author = {Ospina, Angelica V. and Price-Kelly, Hayley}, title = {{Top Three Challenges and Opportunities of National Monitoring and Evaluation of Adaptation}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2017}, month = feb, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/2017/02/top-three-challenges-opportunities-national-monitoring-evaluation-adaptation/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }