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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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Approach Brief: Adaptation
... introductory brief provides a pre-implementation summary of the IEU’s planned evaluation of the GCF’s adaptation approach and portfolio approach to ...
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Approach Brief: Priv2021
... introductory brief provides a pre-implementation summary of the IEU’s planned evaluation of the GCF’s approach to the private sector, including its ...
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Approach Brief: LDC2022
... introductory brief provides a pre-implementation summary of the IEU’s planned evaluation of the relevance and effectiveness of the GCF’s ...
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Approach Brief: SPR2023
... introductory brief provides a pre-implementation summary of the IEU’s Second Performance Review of the Green Climate Fund, including progress made in ...
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Evaluation quality assessments
Evaluation quality assessments The IEU, in line with the GCF Evaluation Policy, provides ... evaluations apply GCF evaluation criteria and standards. IEU has introduced an independent assessment of AE-led project evaluations to support both accountability ...
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Behaviour and Design Lab (BaD Lab)
Overview The IEU’s Behaviour and Design Lab (BaD Lab) assesses how ... international expertise. Recognizing that the supply of investments is not sufficient, the IEU’s BaD Lab focuses on the gap between the provision of ...
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Work plans
The IEU's 2026 Work Plan and Budget At its forty-third meeting in October 2025, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved the IEU’s 2026 work plan and administrative budget, ...
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Highlights Report: Evaluation Quality Assessment of AE-led-Project Evaluations
In line with the GCF’s Evaluation Policy, the IEU conducts independent assessments of accredited entity–led project evaluations to ensure ... standards and criteria. This highlights report presents the IEU’s quality assessment process, findings from the pilot ...
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1-year anniversary of the Forward-Looking Performance Review of the GCF
June 30th marks the 1-year anniversary of the first Forward-Looking Performance Review (FPR) of the ... Unit. In this video, Dr. Jyotsna Puri, Head of the IEU, explains the findings and impact of the FPR and reveals ... for the second FPR. Read more about the FPR here: https://ieu.greenclimate.fund/evaluations/fpr This video was ...
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Spotlight: LORTA
This video describes the role of IEU's Learning-Oriented Real Time Impact Assessment Programme, its significance, how LORTA informs IEU evaluations, who its stakeholders are, and the ...
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Approach Brief: FPR2019
The IEU’s Forward-Looking Performance Review (FPR) encourages ... enhancing the GCF’s performance. The overall objective of this review is to understand how the GCF can better serve ... brief provides a pre-implementation summary of the IEU’s planned FPR. It describes the FPR’s context, ...
Document > Evaluation brief
Final Report of the Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Approach to Indigenous Peoples
This report presents the findings and recommendations of an independent evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s ... (IPs), undertaken by the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU). The evaluation assesses the relevance, effectiveness, ... and the GCF’s broader policies. Conducted as part of the IEU’s 2024 Work Plan, the evaluation was approved by the ...
Document > Evaluation report
GLocal Evaluation Week 2025
The Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) joined GLocal Evaluation ... Sustainability, Inclusion, and Peace,” the IEU contributed three sessions from 3–5 June focused on ...
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Evaluation and the new reality of COVID-19
How are evaluators facing the new reality of COVID-19? The IEU's Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo) sat down with ... thoughts on the pandemic. She explains what lessons the #IEU has learned and how we can all plot a path forward. What ...
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Final report of the Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme
The independent evaluation of the GCF's Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme undertaken in 2023 by the IEU assesses RPSP supports to GCF-eligible recipient ... Strategic Plan 2020–2023. It examines progress since the IEU’s 2018 RPSP evaluation and looks at the Programme’s ...
Document > Evaluation report
Events
Calendar of events To stay on top of international best practice and theory, the IEU participates actively and regularly in international ... may also exist for your organization to collaborate with IEU in a conference, seminar, workshop or similar. Share ...
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Publications
IEU publications To serve the needs of our stakeholders, the IEU issues a variety of publications related to our work, ...
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Data Outlook: B.29, what would it mean for the GCF’s portfolio?
The 29th meeting of the GCF Board began on 28 June and will come to a close ... Cooperation Agency (JICA), aims to strengthen the long-term and sustainable resilience of national land against ... significant proportion in both nominal and grant equivalent terms. Given this result, the GCF would need to consider ...
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Partners
Our partners The IEU works with a range of partners. These include accredited entities, NDAs, ... International Labor Organization MoU In April 2023, the IEU signed a Knowledge Partnership MoU with the ...
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Learning Talk: Trusted Evidence and Learning in the GCF
Summary The IEU held a learning talk on how the GCF can use trusted ... the ground. The learning talk highlighted the importance of learning for the 50by30 vision and Strategic Plan 2024-2027, and how the IEU is using trusted evidence from impacts evaluations to ...
Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea 
GCF 독립평가국, 인천시와 교류 방문 프로그램 진행
... 관계자들과 만났다. GCF 독립평가국(이하 IEU)은 GCF 투자금이 투명하고 효율적으로 ... 적응 능력을 높이는 사업에 투자한다. IEU 팀원들의 이번 인천시청 방문 및 교류 일정은 매달 진행되는 'IEU 인턴의 날' 프로그램의 일환으로 ...
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Five questions with Dr. Unni Karunakara
Dr. Unni Karunakara, Shinhan Distinguished Professor of Yonsei University, served as IEU's May lunch talk speaker. His discussion focused on ... comment or question? Join the conversation on Twitter! IEU: @GCF_Eval Dr. Unni Karunakara: @UnniKarunakara ...
Article > Interview 
13th International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD 2025)
The Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) participated in the 13th International Conference on ... Development (ICSD 2025) , organized by the European Center of Sustainable Development (ECSDEV) in partnership with the ... through evidence-based approaches. Representing the IEU, Marco D’Errico, Impact Evaluation Officer, presented ...
Event > External event Italy 
Inception Report for the Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s ESS and ESMS
During the twenty-first meeting of the GCF Board, the 2019 work plan of the Independent Evaluation Unit was approved, which lays ... in 2019. One of the evaluations to be conducted by the IEU is an independent assessment of the ESS and ESMS of the ...
Document > Approach paper
Final report of the Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s Investment Framework
As part of the work plan and budget of the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) for 2023, the GCF Board approved the Independent ...
Document > Evaluation report
LORTA Inception Report 2020
... (LORTA) programme by the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) outlines the continued ...
Document > Impact evaluation report
'Complexity-aware' Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programs
... complexity science to the monitoring and evaluation of climate and development programs. Co-authored by the IEU's Head, Andreas Reumann, it presents a hands-on ... in Madagascar. 'Complexity-aware' Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programs ...
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Final report of the Independent synthesis of the Green Climate Fund’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 ... evidence into knowledge and lessons learned. Final report of the Independent synthesis of the Green Climate Fund’s ...
Document > Evaluation report
Dynamic learning & evaluation: The GCF portfolio and suggestions for ways to improve organizational learning
Dr. Nathan Fiala, Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut, and IEU's consultant assessing the evaluability of GCF approved ...
Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea 
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