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IEU at Eighth meeting of the Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus
The IEU will take part at the Eighth meeting of the Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus taking place in hybrid form from 7 - 8 December in Geneva, Switzerland.
The eighth meeting of the Task Force on...
Event > External event Switzerland 
IEU Work Plan and Budget for 2024
This document summarizes the key elements of the work plan and budget of the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) for 2023. It contains: (1) an overview of the IEU's deliverables during 2023; (ii) key elements of the IEU’s...
Document > Work plan
IEU Brief No. 5 - 2023
This brief provides a summary of the key findings from the GCF-IEU and ILO’s realist review on just transition. This review is the first to provide a rigorous and precise realist summary of the contexts, mechanisms,...
Document > Other publication
Proceedings Paper: Harnessing Research and Evaluation to Inform the Green Climate Fund
From 9 to 10 November 2023, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) convened a two-day workshop in Songdo, Republic of Korea, to facilitate a dialogue on multilateral climate finance among...
Document > Other publication
IEU Learning Talk: Country Ownership and Readiness
Summary
On 24 January the GCF Independent Evaluation Unit, together with the Division of Country Programming, hosted the IEU Learning Talk: Country Ownership and Readiness. This IEU-DCP learning talk presented country-...
Event > IEU talk 
Impact Evaluation midline report for FP026 - Sustainable Landscapes for Eastern Madagascar
The Sustainable Landscapes for Eastern Madagascar (SLEM) project (FP026) aims to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers and reduce carbon emissions by implementing climate-smart agriculture and sustainable...
Document > Evaluation document
LORTA Impact Evaluation Midline Brief: FP026 "Sustainable Landscapes in Eastern Madagascar"
This brief summarises the context and findings of the impact evaluation midline report for FP026 "Sustainable Landscapes in Eastern Madagascar".
Document > Evaluation brief
United Nations Evaluation Group EvalWeek 2024
The IEU will take part at the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) EvalWeek 2024 taking place in hybrid form from 29 January - 2 February in Malaga, Spain.
The event will include five Professional Development Seminars...
Event > External event Spain 
4th Conference on Evaluating Environment and Development
The IEU will take part in the 4th Conference on Evaluating Environment and Development taking place in person from 5 - 7 March in Washington DC, United States.
Building on the success of its previous three Conferences,...
Event > External event United States 
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 Evaluation of the GCF Investment Framework. The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the...
Document > Evaluation report
IEU Learning Talk: Direct Access in the GCF
Summary
On 21 February, the IEU held a learning talk on the direct access in the GCF with the Division of Country Programming and Division of Mitigation and Adaptation.
This learning talk summarised the findings from...
Event > IEU talk 
Final report of the Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund's Energy Sector Portfolio and Approach
The evaluation assesses whether and the extent to which GCF approaches and investments in the energy sector are effective in contributing to the objectives of the UNFCCC and other global agendas. It examines the GCF’s...
Document > Evaluation report
IEU B.38 Side Event: Well begun or half done? A summary of the evaluability of GCF funding proposals
The IEU will organize the side event "Well begun or half done? A summary of the evaluability of GCF funding proposals
The event will take place at the thirty-eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.38), taking place in...
Event > External event Rwanda 
Annual Report 2023
This document contains the Independent Evaluation Unit's Annual Report for 2023.
Document > Annual report
LORTA Impact Evaluation Brief: FP069
This brief summarises the context and findings of the impact evaluation report for FP069 "Enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with climate change induced salinity".
Document > Evaluation brief
Climate Action Young Leaders Summit
The IEU will take part in the Climate Action Young Leaders Summit taking place online from 2 - 3 March.
The Climate Action Young Leaders Summit is an International Summit focussing on climate action from the view of...
Event > External event 
Development Cooperation in a Time of Geopolitical Instability
The IEU will take part in the Development Cooperation in a Time of Geopolitical Instability conference taking place in Ottowa, Canda from 20 - 22 February.
The conference will involve Global Affairs Canada policy makers...
Event > External event Canada 
Accelerating Inclusive Gender-Responsive Climate Finance for Effective NDCs: The Role of National Climate Funds
The IEU will take part in the Commonwealth NDC Webinar Series taking place online.
This Commonwealth NDC Webinar series, in collaboration with the NDC Partnership, seeks to support the accumulation and transfer of...
Event > External event 
B.38 Data Outlook: Opening the GCF-2 with 11 Funding Proposals and Independent Evaluations
The thirty-eighth meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board (B.38), set to take place in Kigali, Rwanda on 4–7 March 2024, represents an important milestone in global efforts to combat climate change. This will be...
Article > Blog 
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).
Document > Learning paper
GEvalBrief 17
This 4-page brief summarizes the key findings and conclusions of the Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s Energy Sector Portfolio and Approach.
Document > Evaluation brief
Impact evaluation report for FP069 — Enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with climate change induced salinity in Bangladesh
Document > Impact evaluation report
Document > Impact evaluation report
IEU Learning Talk: Early Warnings for All
Summary
The Early Warnings for All initiative aims to provide life-saving early warning systems for all by the end of 2027. It is led by WMO and UNDRR. On 27 March 2024 the GCF Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU),...
Event > IEU talk 
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 Asia taking place 18 - 22 March in person in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. During the event the IEU will present at the...
Event > External event North Macedonia 
‘Climate-smart’ farming boosts forests, food security in Madagascar
In Madagascar — one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries — a devastating drought, punctuated by intense cyclones, has pushed more than a million people into hunger.
As extreme weather exacerbates poverty...
Article > Blog 
IEU Contributes to CIF Evaluation and Learning Initiative Advisory Group Meeting
The Independent Evaluation Office (IEU) participated in the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Evaluation and Learning (E&L) Initiative Advisory Group Meeting held on March 26-27, 2024, at the EBRD Headquarters in...
Article > News United Kingdom 
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The IEU’s Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme uses best practices in theory-based impact evaluations to build feedback loops and measurement into GCF projects and programmes. The LORTA...
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Evaluation Policy provides that the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) will be responsible for guiding, assisting and advising on real-time impact assessments/ evaluations, such...
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