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Want to scale up? Change-proof your program! Lessons from the GEF (PART 2)
When we at the GEF IEO looked at how impact was scaled up in GEF-supported interventions, many of the interviewees used terms such as “magic moment”, “luck” or “perfect storm” when referring to how scaling-up happened “spontaneously” through serendipitous circumstances, even when the project itse
Want to scale up? Change-proof your program! Lessons from the GEF (PART 1)
Change is the only constant, we all learn sooner or later. But what to do when political and economic changes threaten the success of your carefully-implemented program?
What is Safe Monitoring and Evaluation Practice in the 21st Century?
Monitoring and evaluation practice can do harm. It can harm:
The GEF and Cleantech: Evaluating Efforts to Build an Innovation Ecosystem
Global factors such as technological advances, lowered costs, available capital, consumer demand and climate change have been encouraging the development and deployment of clean technologies as part of low-carbon economic growth.
Recent FAO evaluation highlights the role of GEF in programmes addressing integrated natural resource management for sustainable food and agriculture systems
In November 2018, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released an evaluation of its contributions to integrated natural resource management for sustainable agriculture.
CIF Evaluation & Learning: What Are We Learning About the Big Issues in Climate Finance?
The scale and urgency of the climate crisis demands rapid action to prevent a range of consequences – from increased droughts and floods to huge economic losses and more extreme natural disasters.
You Win Some, You Lose Some - Synergies and Trade-offs of GEF Support (Part 2)
You can't have your cake and eat it, too. At least that's what we've always been told.
You Win Some, You Lose Some - Synergies and Trade-offs of GEF Support (Part 1)
They say multitasking is counterproductive. But what about trying to achieve multiple environmental and socioeconomic objectives in one project?
Using SNA to evaluate impact in complex systems
My name is Jeneen R. Garcia. I've been a full-time evaluator at the Independent Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility (GEF IEO) for the last seven years.