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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: Dealing with 'Impact ...
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Webinar: What the Country Ownership evaluation found and what comes next
On 22 June 2026, the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) hosted a webinar for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... on country ownership, bringing together colleagues from the IEU, the Department of Investment Services (DINVS) and the ... (DSPI). The session explored key insights from the IEU’s evaluation such as who constitutes the “country” ...
Event > Webinar 
'The Evaluator' Episode 5: Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo) on the importance of trusted evidence
... 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 has worked tirelessly to ensure that the IEU conduct high-quality evidence-based evaluations that ...
Article > Podcast 
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 ... Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. During the event the IEU will present at the following sessions: Plenary: ...
Event > External event North Macedonia 
Publications
IEU publications To serve the needs of our stakeholders, the IEU issues a variety of publications related to our work, ... the context of evaluations and learning. Keep up with the IEU’s latest publications here. Featured publications ...
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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 ... identifies areas of complementarity and overlap between the IEU and DMEL. The brief highlights the importance of clear ...
Document > Learning paper
Learning Talk: Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme
The IEU is holding the Learning Talk: Readiness and Preparatory ... RPSP in order to inform the upcoming RPSP evaluation of the IEU, which will be conducted in 2023. During the event, ... Share an initial summary of related findings from past IEU evaluations and summary statistics; Outline ...
Event > IEU talk 
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 ... and damages from climate impacts will be discussed. IEU's Mr. Reumann and Dr. Rastogi shared the lessons learned from the IEU's recent evaluation of the relevance and effectiveness ...
Event > External event 
Final report on the independent synthesis of the GCF's accreditation function
... 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 ... by more than 50 interviews and data provided by the IEU DataLab. Final report on the independent synthesis of ...
Document > Evaluation report
Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s Approach to and Protection of Whistleblowers and Witnesses
... of the Policy states that the the IIU shall engage with the IEU to independently evaluate the effectiveness of the ... collaborate efforts and discussion by both IUs, the IEU conducted an independent evaluation assessing the ... on the findings and recommendations from the evaluation, IEU provided valuable insights into the implementation, ...
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LORTA Synthesis Report 2024
... (LORTA) Programme of the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) for 2024. It reports on the programme’s outputs, ...
Document > Synthesis
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 in evaluation, integrity and redress by IEU, IIU and IRM respectively. At the event, the IEU, IIU and IRM discussed how their mandates support and ...
Event > IEU talk 
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 ... the evidence base in an easy-to-understand manner. The IEU produces two types of evidence review: Evidence gap maps ...
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Approach Brief: Adaptation
... brief provides a pre-implementation summary of the IEU’s planned evaluation of the GCF’s adaptation ...
Document > Evaluation brief
Approach Brief: Priv2021
... brief provides a pre-implementation summary of the IEU’s planned evaluation of the GCF’s approach to the ...
Document > Evaluation brief
Approach Brief: LDC2022
... brief provides a pre-implementation summary of the IEU’s planned evaluation of the relevance and ...
Document > Evaluation brief
Approach Brief: SPR2023
... brief provides a pre-implementation summary of the IEU’s Second Performance Review of the Green Climate Fund, ...
Document > Evaluation brief
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 ... on strengths and areas for improvement. Results help IEU tailor guidance and support to AEs and to the GCF ...
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Behaviour and Design Lab (BaD Lab)
Overview The IEU’s Behaviour and Design Lab (BaD Lab) assesses how ... that the supply of investments is not sufficient, the IEU’s BaD Lab focuses on the gap between the provision of ... within complex interventions. Started in 2019, the IEU’s BaD Lab furthers the IEU’s mandate to be a leader ...
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Mother Earth Day in the Andes
... of climate change? References [1] Pachamama ceremony video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEycoiCn-r8 [2] From ...
Article > Blog 
Why waste precious resources on evaluation?
... the project staff learn about whether community training, videos and other forms of awareness building were helping to ...
Article > Blog 
We must know what works in a crisis and what doesn't
... Fund: @GCF_Eval Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo): @Jo_Puri #IEUinthenews Be sure to also check out Jo's video interview with the Global Landscapes Forum on ...
Article > Blog 
Work plans
The IEU's 2026 Work Plan and Budget At its forty-third ... the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved the IEU’s 2026 work plan and administrative budget, ... budget, and noted the update of the IEU’s three-year rolling objectives (B.43/13). The ...
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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 ... standards and criteria. This highlights report presents the IEU’s quality assessment process, findings from the pilot ...
Document > Other publication
Approach Brief: FPR2019
The IEU’s Forward-Looking Performance Review (FPR) encourages ... 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
... (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 ... Sustainability, Inclusion, and Peace,” the IEU contributed three sessions from 3–5 June focused on ... 2025 Speakers : Jeehyun Yoon – Evaluation Specialist, IEU, Green Climate Fund Booyoung Jang – Researcher, IEU, ...
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Final report of the Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme
... 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
SAP2020: Independent Assessment of the GCF's Simplified Approval Process Pilot Scheme
... at different stages of the SAP process. The purpose of the IEU assessment is to inform and recommend actions for Board ... on how to simplify the processes to access the GCF. The IEU assessment focuses on the following areas (considering the relevant IEU evaluation criteria in each of the areas): Critical ...
Evaluation > Programmatic
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 the Global ... thoughts on the pandemic. She explains what lessons the #IEU has learned and how we can all plot a path forward. What ...
Article > Interview 
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