Monitoring and Evaluation

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Monitoring and Evaluation

• John Hough
• RBEC Environment Energy Practice Workshop
• Almaty, 6-9 October 2004

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Purpose

• Accountability
• Management Decision Making
• Lesson Learning

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GEF Project Monitoring Evaluation
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Other GEF Monitoring Evaluation

• SMPR Secretariat Managed Project Review
• Programme Study by focal area
• Performance Study OPS 2, OPS 3, etc
• Thematic Review eg. Private Sector, MSPs
• Replenishment Targets
• Tracking Tools
• Other

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Sources / Standard Text

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Adaptive Management
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Using Adaptive Management

• Requires effective monitoring
• Requires effective indicators
• Requires measuring of indicators
• Requires review of progress (PIR / APR / TPR)
• Requires changes in approaches, strategies and
  activities - Annual Activity Plans

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Risk Management

• In the process of being introduced in UNDP-GEF

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Project Risk Classification

• New Projects
• Standard
• Risky
• inherant level of complexity
• Size large or multicountry
• Technically complex
• Innovativeness
• Multiple sources of financing
• external risks and assumptions
• Government commitment, political will,
  institutional coordination
• Capacity of national executing agency
• Passage of critical policies and legislation
• Enabling environment
• Disbursement of cofinancing
• Political and economic factors
• Natural disasters
• Reclassified after the first year of
  implementation and annually thereafter

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Risk Classification

• Ongoing Projects
• Standard
• Risky
• Problem Project
• Project in Danger
• Based on
• Inherant level of complexity
• External risks and assumptions
• Implementation difficulties
• Progress towards objectives

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Project Risk Checklist

• Project assumptions
• External environment
• Project management issues
• Effectiveness delays start up, disbursement
• Executing Agency / Country Office capacity
• Implementation arrangements
• Delivery, procurement, disbursements
• Monitoring and evaluation

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Assessing Risks(GEF ME unit)
Probability assumptions may fail to hold or
materialize
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Remedial Actions

• Modified Delegation of Authority letter
• Mandatory / increased frequency of project visits
• More frequent reporting
• Changes in project

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Approval required for Changes to Project