Independent Evaluation Unit | Green Climate Fund

The Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) ensures GCF is accountable and effective. It conducts independent evaluations of GCF's activities to guarantee its accountability and synthesises learnings from high quality and rigorous evaluations to support GCF's effectiveness and efficiency. It operates independently of the GCF Secretariat. Its Head is appointed by and reports directly to the Board.

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Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Approach to Country Ownership (COA2025)

This independent evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) approach to country ownership was approved by the GCF Board as part of the 2025 workplan of the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) and is submitted in time for its forty-third meeting (B.43). It finds that, while country ownership is firmly embedded in the GCF’s Governing Instrument and policies, its operationalization remains uneven and fragmented, and makes recommendations to strengthen institutional arrangements and practices to better support country-driven climate action.

MELting Silos: Mixing Evaluations with Monitoring & Learning Across the Green Climate Fund

This IEU Learning Brief, prepared jointly by the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) and the Department of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (DMEL), examines how the Green Climate Fund (GCF) can better align its monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) functions. It traces the evolution of MEL roles within the GCF, compares approaches from other multilateral funds, and identifies areas of complementarity and overlap between the IEU and DMEL.