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Learning Paper Summary: The Evaluability Assessment of Green Climate Fund's Funding Proposals (2023)

This 2-page summary provides an overview of the IEU’s learning paper on the Evaluability assessment of Green Climate Fund’s Funding Proposals (2023). Learning ...

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News and articles

... page regularly to keep up with news and articles from the IEU. News and articles ...

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Learning Paper Summary: A second study of the evaluability of Green Climate Fund funding proposals

This 2-page document summarizes the IEU learning paper "Evaluability assessment of the Green Climate Fund funding proposals". Learning Paper Summary: A second study of the evaluability of Green Climate Fund funding proposals ...

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Multimedia

Multimedia Throughout the year, IEU releases a wealth of new material for our online audience including a variety of videos, infographics, and podcasts. Multimedia ...

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GCF Shows Commitment to Learning and Becoming ‘Faster, Better, Smarter’

On April 5th, the first replenishment meeting of the GCF took place in Oslo, Norway. The event was the ... members and potential contributing countries. Head of the IEU, Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo), attended the discussion along with Daisuke Horikoshi, IEU’s Evaluation Specialist. During the meeting, the ...

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A decade old, the world's largest climate fund receives its first pulse-check

... Change (UNFCCC), the first comprehensive performance review of the Fund’s effectivity, functionality and impact was ... the review? It was a really ambitious performance review in terms of the credibility that we were striving for, the ... that should have targets and should be part of a longer term strategy for 20 years. And the last thing is that the ...

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B.20 Activity Report

This document provides a report of the Independent Evaluation Unit’s (IEU) key activities over a five-month period (January – May 2018). It reports IEU’s outputs and achievements in line with its work plan ...

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B.22 Activity Report

This document provides a report of the Independent Evaluation Unit’s (IEU) key activities for the period between October 2018 and ... Review as requested by the Board. It reports the IEU’s outputs and achievements in line with its ...

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LORTA Synthesis Report 2023

This document provides a report of the key activities of the LORTA Programme for 2023. It is Annex 5 of a report of the IEU's key activities for the period of January to December 2023, which reports on the IEU outputs and achievements in line with the Independent ...

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Final Report of the Independent Evaluation of the Relevance and Effectiveness of GCF’s Investments in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) States (LAC2024)

This report presents the findings and recommendations of an independent evaluation of the relevance and ... Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) States undertaken by the IEU. The IEU conducted this evaluation as part of its 2024 Work Plan, ...

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LORTA Synthesis Report 2022

This document provides a report of the key activities of the LORTA Programme for 2022. It is ... of the key activities of the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) for the period of 1 January to 30 April 2023. It reports on the IEU’s outputs and achievements in line with its ...

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Forward-looking Performance Review of the GCF

At its 21st meeting, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) requested the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) to undertake the Performance Review of the Fund. It ... with a view to the GCF being a learning institution. The IEU published the FPR on June 30, 2019. FPR2019 ...

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Working Paper Summary: Introducing the use of geospatial data in the GCF’s portfolio: Project location geocoding methodology

This 2-page document summarizes the IEU working paper "Introducing the use of geospatial data in the GCF’s portfolio: Project ... methodology". Working Paper Summary: Introducing the use of geospatial data in the GCF’s portfolio: Project ...

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Approach brief: ES2023

This introductory brief provides a summary of the IEU’s evaluation of the GCF’s approach to the energy sector, including the ...

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Approach brief: IF2023

This introductory brief provides a summary of the IEU’s independent evaluation of the GCF’s investment framework, including the context, ...

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Synthesis brief: Evidence review on results-based payments in the context of climate change

... findings from the evidence review on the effectiveness of results-based payment interventions in the context of climate change, conducted by the IEU in 2020. Synthesis brief: Evidence review on ...

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GEvalBrief 03: LORTA 2018

... Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme of the IEU started in 2018. This 2019 brief summarizes the lessons learned in implementing Phase 1 of the programme. GEvalBrief 03: LORTA 2018 ...

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Final Report of the Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund's Approach to and Protection of Whistleblowers and Witnesses

... evaluation report presents the findings and recommendations of an independent evaluation of the GCF’s approach to and ... witnesses undertaken by the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU). The IEU conducted this evaluation as part of its 2024 Work Plan, ...

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Other publications

Other publications IEU team members cooperate with their peers to produce ... research and studies on evaluation and climate change. The IEU has prepared four summaries of joint papers with IEU partners: Climate and Money: ...

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FP060 - Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados)

This evaluation evaluates the impact of the "Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in ... is the most water-insecure country in the Caribbean and one of the most water-insecure countries in the world. In ... The evaluation specifically assesses the effectiveness of the Personal Tank Programme (PTP) in increasing water ...

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'The Evaluator' Episode 5: Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo) on the importance of trusted evidence

In episode 5, we conclude the second part of our interview with Dr Jyotsna Puri (Jo), the Head of the IEU. Appointed by the GCF Board in 2017, Jo built the IEU from the ground up to a team of 28 members today. She ...

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Work plans

The IEU's 2025 Work Plan and Budget At its fortieth meeting in October 2024, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved a budget of USD 7,672,039 to fund the Independent Evaluation Unit’s (IEU) activities in 2025, with provisional budgets of USD ...

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GCF Regional Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia

The IEU will take part in the IEU at GCF Regional Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central ... taking place 18 - 22 March in person in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. During the event the IEU will present ...

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Learning Talk: Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme

The IEU is holding the Learning Talk: Readiness and Preparatory ... Preparatory Support Programme  (RPSP) is a central pillar of the GCF in achieving its mission.  This learning event ... RPSP in order to inform the upcoming RPSP evaluation of the IEU, which will be conducted in 2023.  During the event, ...

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Gobeshona Global Conference: Designing a loss and damage financing mechanism

On 19 January 2021 (16:00-18:00 UTC), IEU's Andreas Reumann and Archi Rastogi joined, as speakers ... brought together researchers, practitioners and supporters of Locally-led Adaptation Action (LLA) across different ... and damages from climate impacts will be discussed. IEU's Mr. Reumann and Dr. Rastogi shared the lessons ...

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Final report on the independent synthesis of the GCF's accreditation function

... for the GCF’s accreditation strategy. The aims of this study were to (a) collect all relevant documents produced by the GCF Secretariat, IEU and external stakeholders; (b) critically appraise those ... existing reviews, evaluations and analysis prepared by the IEU and other GCF Secretariat divisions or by consultants on ...

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A forest-fish partnership for a healthy planet

On those rare occasions fish swim into our stream of consciousness, we probably think about the gold variety in our fishbowl. Or maybe we’re reminded of the last time we dined at a seafood restaurant. Or ... you and your goldfish can chew on next feeding time! References The safety net role of inland fishing in the ...

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Interviewing for Evaluations: 3 Tips for Success

The Forward-looking Performance Review of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) by the Independent ... is essential to make a note of the report titles or other references. Ask naïve questions. It is useful to ask ... blog? Join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #IEUBlog Disclaimer: The views expressed in blogs are the ...

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Learning talk: Enhancing capacity of accredited entities - an independent view

On 14 June, the IEU held a learning talk on enhancing the capacity of accredited entities. This learning talk outlined the ... institution, but also supports the evaluations units of intermediaries and implementing entities of the GCF. The IIU ...

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Evidence reviews

Overview The IEU believes it is important for the GCF to use global ... works, what doesn’t, for whom, why and by how much. The IEU’s evidence reviews assemble global evidence on topics ... search guided by a protocol. They appraise the quality of evidence and illustrate the evidence base in an ...

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