The communities of practice Earth-Eval (hosted by the GEF Independent Evaluation Office) and EvalForward (hosted by the evaluation offices of FAO, IFAD and WFP) presented at the 2019 IDEAS Global Assembly and Third International Conference on Evaluating Environment and Development in Prague this past October.
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Displaying 11 - 15 of 170Learning, networking, sharing all in one place: the wonders of Communities of Practice
 On: Thursday, Dec 12, 2019
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Are We Bigger Yet? A Behavioral Approach to Assessing Scaling-Up
 On: Thursday, Nov 14, 2019
As program designers and implementers, how do we make sure our intervention will scale up? As program evaluators, how do we know if something is going to scale up? In 2018, we at the GEF IEO decided to find out by looking at completed projects that reported both successful and less successful scaling outcomes. |
UNDP Evaluation to support the “leaving no one behind” agenda: insights from the UNDP NEC Conference 2019
 On: Thursday, Nov 07, 2019
This blog was originally published on the Evalforward website by Serdar Bayryyev (Senior Evaluation Officer) and Renata Mirulla (... |
Want to scale up? Change-proof your program! Lessons from the GEF (PART 2)
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On: Friday, Sep 13, 2019
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 itself had no concrete plans for scaling-up. On the other hand, we also know how seemingly successful programs can quickly fall apart under political and economic changes. |
Want to scale up? Change-proof your program! Lessons from the GEF (PART 1)
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On: Thursday, Sep 05, 2019
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? In 2018, we at the GEF IEO examined how impact is scaled up across different types of environmental interventions funded by the GEF. We looked at 20 cases in-depth, supported by evidence from an additional 40 cases, to assess which factors mattered the... |