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Ahead of B.30, the IEU also submitted its activity report which covers the IEU's key activities for the period of 31 May to 1 September 2021, in line with its Board-approved 2021 work plan.
Additionally, the full report of the independent evaluation of the GCF's approach to the private sector was finalized and submitted in time for B.30.
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During B.30, the GCF Board took three decisions related to evaluations. Specifically,
In addition to the above, a number of key findings and recommendations from the IEU evaluations were quoted during B.30.
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In recent months, the IEU produced various products related to both on-going and completed evaluations.
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For the independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the GCF's investments in the LDCs, an initial factual draft was shared with the Secretariat. On 14 October, the team engaged with the Secretariat in an internal webinar to introduce emerging areas of evidence from this evaluation. The full evaluation report, including all findings and recommendations, will be completed in December 2021 and submitted to the first Board meeting (B.31) in 2022.
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With the aim of improving communication with the GCF’s global stakeholders, the IEU stepped up its efforts to expand the number and range of products available in multiple languages. In addition to translating the evaluations’ summary briefs in Spanish and French, the IEU finalized and published its first Arabic briefs during the last few months. A total of twenty briefs and notes have been made available in Arabic on the IEU website. For instance, we now have a 2-page and 4-page summary of the IEU’s independent evaluation of the GCF’s adaptation portfolio and approach in Arabic.
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Work hard, play hard! The IEU held a team retreat from 25 to 27 October, which provided opportunities to think about and discuss ways to improve our teamwork, align tasks across workstreams, foster effective communication, and build resilience and capacity within the IEU. The facilitated retreat allowed the IEU team to come together for 3 days of discussion, teambuilding, Johari windows and silly hats competitions!
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COMMUNICATIONS AND UPTAKE
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During the summer, the IEU communications workstream took several initiatives to improve the IEU’s digital communications. These included testing the IEU microsite through live user testing with non-IEU audiences, soliciting feedback on the website from the entire IEU team, and analyzing website and social media analytics data. The findings from this analysis were used to inform planned revisions to the IEU microsite and digital communications strategy. To foster internal learning, key takeaways were also shared in the IEU team meeting, leading to an engaging team-wide discussion.
The IEU microsite also saw an uptick in visitors during B.30. The week of B.30 saw the most weekly microsite visitors since May, and 26% more visitors than the same period a month prior. The top 10 most viewed pages during the period included: the private sector evaluation page, the SAP evaluation page, and the Data Outlook blog on B.30 written by IEU intern Mark Hopkins (see below).
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The 2021 LORTA (IEU's Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme) Virtual Design Workshop kicked off on Monday, 6 September. Over 70 participants from 14 GCF projects and 6 accredited entities registered for this year's webinar.
IEU’s LORTA programme builds capacity and provides advisory services to GCF projects to enable them to track and learn about the impact of GCF investments. LORTA embeds real-time evaluations into funded activities to provide GCF project and programme managers high-quality data on implemention and the likelihood of impact. Learn more about LORTA here!
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"You can almost think of this like getting the directions before you go on a road trip: you can still get to your destination without knowing where you're going [...], but the process is likely to be less efficient."
Learn about the IEU's evidence reviews in the latest IEU Spotlight video. Watch it here!
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The latest episode of "the Evaluator" podcast focuses on climate bonds and features Mr. Sean Kidney, CEO of Climate Bonds Initiative. In this episode moderated by IEU's Yeonji Kim, Sean talks about the hows and whys of climate bonds, which are linked to climate-friendly investments.
This episode is based on the content of the IEU Virtual Talk "The Future of Climate Bonds" held in May 2021, which featured Mr. Sean Kidney and Dr. Jyotsna (Jo) Puri, Associate Vice-President of the Strategy and Knowledge Department at IFAD.
You can listen and subscribe to ' The Evaluator' on all major podcast platforms.
Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
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[2021 Asian Evaluation Week] The IEU participated in two AEW sessions. First, on 6 September, IEU’s Yeonji Kim moderated the EBRD session titled “On the road to recovery: What we can learn from the private sector response to COVID-19.” IEU’s Dr. Archi Rastogi, alongside participants from EBRD and AfDB, shared insights from the IEU’s evaluation of the GCF’s private sector approach, as a panelist.
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[2021 Asian Evaluation Week] On 7 September, IEU's Head a.i. Andreas Reumann joined participants from DEval and ADB in an EIB session titled “Climate adaptation: From evaluation to action." In the session moderated by Inspector General of the EIB Mr. Jan Willem van der Kaaij, Andreas and other panelists discussed key evaluation findings and recommendations, methodological challenges in the adaptation space and the use of GIS data analysis.
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[European Evaluation Society Online Conference “Evaluation in an Uncertain World: Complexity, Legitimacy and Ethics”] On 8 September, IEU's Head a.i. Andreas Reumann participated in a joint session with GDN and DEval on global evidence in the climate action and finance space. They discussed the use of evidence reviews, intervention heat maps, in particular with respect to climate change evaluations.
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[Global Development Network's "Evidence for Development: What Works Global Summit 2021"] On 19 October, IEU's Head a.i. Andreas Reumann chaired a panel session titled "Evidence curation in climate change: How do we use evidence for climate change finance and action?". The session, jointly held with DEval, also featured the IEU's Viktoriya Khan and Elangtlhoko Mokgano as panelists.
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[Global Development Network's "Evidence for Development: What Works Global Summit 2021"] On 25 October, Dr. Martin Prowse took part in a session, where he showcased the IEU's evidence review on private sector investments in mitigation, and participated in a discussion looking at the state of current evidence on interventions to reduce energy consumption and mitigate the effects of climate change.
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Stay tuned for IEU's upcoming engagements at:
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