Integrated Participatory Ecosystem Management in and Around Protected Areas
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Integrated Participatory Ecosystem Management in and Around Protected Areas (Cape Verde Protected Areas Project, Phase I) Atlas Project Number GEF 12226-7, UNDP 12226 PIMS # 1382 MID TERM REVIEW 28th May – 30th July 2007 Final Report (20 November 2007) 1 Acknowledgements The two authors of the report – Dr Nigel Varty (International Consultant) and Sonia Elsy Merino (National Consultant) - would like to thank the UNJO in Cape Verde for organising the MTE mission (5-28 June 2007), and providing administrative, logistical (transport, office facilities, etc) and other support to the MTE team. The authors would like to thank especially José Levy, Eunice Gomez, and the Resident Representative, Patricia de Mowbray, for their help and support. The UNDP-GEF Regional Coordination Unit in Dakar also provided support to the evaluation mission and the team would like to thank the UNDP-GEF Regional Technical Advisor, Fabiana Issler, for her input, particularly in arranging for completion of the review of the draft report. The evaluation team also wishes to express its gratitude to the Director of DGA, Ivone Lopes, and the whole of the project team for their time and enjoyable visits to Serra da Malagueta and Monte Gordo, particularly to the Project Coordinator, Maria Teresa Vera Cruz, the two Project Site Coordinators, José Luís Elba Martins (Serra da Malagueta) and Lazaro António Sá (Monte Gordo), and to the project’s Chief Technical Advisor, Abdelkader Bensada. The International Consultant would like to thank José Levy and Jeanne Gouba at the UNJO and Fabiana Issler of UNDP-GEF for very constructive comments on the draft MTE report, which helped to substantially strengthen and balance the final version. Finally, the MTE would like to thanks the members of the Project Technical Committee for useful feedback during a meeting to present the preliminary results of the mission. 2 Table of contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ________________________________________________________ 6 1.1 Project execution___________________________________________________________ 6 1.2 Project design and Inception Phase_____________________________________________ 6 1.3 Project implementation______________________________________________________ 6 1.4 Recommendations __________________________________________________________ 8 1.5 Extension to project ________________________________________________________ 8 2 INTRODUCTION ______________________________________________________________ 9 2.1 Summary and status of the Protected Areas Project (CVPAP) ________________________ 9 2.1.1 Problem being addressed____________________________________________________________9 2.1.2 Project response and development____________________________________________________ 10 2.1.3 Project strategy and budget_________________________________________________________ 10 2.1.4 Inception Phase and suggested changes to project strategy__________________________________ 12 2.1.5 Status of Project _________________________________________________________________ 13 2.2 Methodology of the Evaluation _______________________________________________ 14 3 FINDINGS AND EVALUATION OUTCOMES _________________________________________ 15 3.1 Overall progress towards expected results ______________________________________ 15 3.1.1 Project Strategy _________________________________________________________________ 16 3.1.2 Changes in development conditions __________________________________________________ 18 3.1.3 Measurement of change ___________________________________________________________ 19 3.1.4. Project performance ______________________________________________________________ 20 3.1.5 Involvement of the CVPAP in the management of the Fogo Natural Park and Fogo-PGRN project ___ 32 3.1.6 Sustainability ___________________________________________________________________ 32 3.1.7 Gender perspective _______________________________________________________________ 35 3.1.8 Project contribution to the Millennium Development Goals _________________________________ 35 3.2 Project’s Adaptive Management Framework ____________________________________ 36 3.2.1 Monitoring and reporting systems ____________________________________________________ 36 3.2.2 Work Planning __________________________________________________________________ 39 3.2.3 Cost-effectiveness________________________________________________________________ 39 3.2.4 Risk assessment and management ____________________________________________________ 40 3.3 Underlying Factors ________________________________________________________ 42 3.4 UNDP Contribution _______________________________________________________ 43 3.4.1 UNDP CO support and performance __________________________________________________ 43 3.4.2 UNDP-GEF support and performance _________________________________________________ 44 3.4.3 Financial management ____________________________________________________________ 44 3.4.5 UNDP and UNDP-GEF guidance documents ___________________________________________ 44 3.4.6 UNDP ‘Soft assistance’____________________________________________________________ 45 3.4.7 GEF Evaluation Office review ______________________________________________________ 45 3.5 Partnership Strategy and project governance ____________________________________ 45 3.5.1. Involvement of key partners with the project ____________________________________________ 45 3.5.2 Partner involvement in project governance _____________________________________________ 45 3.5.3 Development of a Partnership Strategy and Plan _________________________________________ 47 4 RECOMMENDATIONS ________________________________________________________ 48 4.1 Recommendations for Outcome 1 - Policy, legal framework and capacities in place for conservation of biodiversity and management of protected areas _________________________ 48 Summary of key findings __________________________________________________________________ 48 Recommendations _______________________________________________________________________ 48 4.2 Recommendations for Outcome 2 - Institutional framework in place for participatory management of protected areas ___________________________________________________ 48 Summary of key findings __________________________________________________________________ 48 Recommendations _______________________________________________________________________ 49 4.3 Recommendations for Outcome 3 - Two natural parks created and under participatory community management ________________________________________________________ 49 Summary of key findings __________________________________________________________________ 49 Recommendations _______________________________________________________________________ 49 4.4 Recommendations for Outcome 4 - Strengthen capacity of local actors, and promote sustainable integrated, participatory ecosystem management ____________________________ 50 3 Summary of key findings __________________________________________________________________ 50 Recommendations _______________________________________________________________________ 50 4.5 Recommendations for Outcome 5 - Local communities benefiting from alternative livelihood opportunities _________________________________________________________________ 51 Summary of key findings __________________________________________________________________ 51 Recommendations _______________________________________________________________________ 51 4.6 Recommendations for Outcome 6 - National stake holders aware and supportive of environmental conservation goal __________________________________________________ 51 Summary of key findings __________________________________________________________________ 51 Recommendations _______________________________________________________________________ 52 4.7 Recommendations for – Project Management____________________________________ 52 Summary of key findings __________________________________________________________________ 52 Recommendations _______________________________________________________________________ 53 4.8 Project Monitoring, reporting, planning and evaluation____________________________ 53 Summary of key findings __________________________________________________________________ 54 Recommendations _______________________________________________________________________ 54 4.9 Project risk assessment and management _______________________________________ 54 Summary of key findings __________________________________________________________________ 54 Recommendations _______________________________________________________________________ 55 4.10 Partnership strategy and project governance ____________________________________ 55 Summary of key findings __________________________________________________________________ 55 Recommendations _______________________________________________________________________ 55 4.11 UNDP Support ___________________________________________________________ 56 Summary of key findings __________________________________________________________________ 56 Recommendations _______________________________________________________________________ 56 5 EXTENSION OF PHASE I AND CONDITIONS TO B E MET FOR A 1-YEAR EXTENSION _________ 57 Recommendations _____________________________________________________________ 57 ANNEXES _____________________________________________________________________ 58 Annex 1. Terms of Reference for Mid-Term Evaluation ________________________________ 58 Annex 2. Draft Aide Memoire for Mid-Term Evaluation________________________________