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Midterm Review Report UNDP-GEF Project: Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Egypt GEF Project ID: 6956 UNDP Project ID: 5471 Country: Egypt Region: Arab States Focal Area: Multi-focal area (GEF-6): Biodiversity, Land Degradation, Climate Change GEF Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Executing Agency: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Date Version Comments 25 August 2019 1 First draft 19 September 2019 2 Final Midterm Review Report, 2019 Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Egypt UNDP PIMS ID: 5471; GEF Project ID: 6956 Opening Page PROJECT DETAILS: Project Name: Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Egypt Project ID: UNDP PIMS ID: 5471 GEF Project ID: 6956 Country: Egypt Region: Arab States Focal Area: Multi-focal area (GEF-6): Biodiversity, Land Degradation, Climate Change Focal Area Objective/ Program: BD-4: Mainstream Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use into Production Landscapes/Seascapes and Sectors; Program 9: Managing the Human- Biodiversity Interface CCM-2: Demonstrate systematic impacts of mitigation options; Program 3: Promote integrated low-emission urban systems LD-3: Integrated Landscapes: Reduce pressures on natural resources from competing land uses in the wide landscape; Program 4: Scaling-up sustainable land management through the Landscape Approach Funding Source: GEF Trust Fund Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme Implementation Modality: Agency Implemented Executing Agency: UNOPS FINANCIALS: Project Preparation Grant: USD 70,000 GEF Project Grant: USD 2,843,241 Cofinancing Total: USD 4,073,461 GEF Agency Fees: USD 270,108 Total Cost: USD 6,986,702 PROJECT TIMELINE: Received by GEF: 13 August 2014 Preparation Grant Approved: 28 April 2015 Concept Approved: 01 June 2015 Project Approved for 12 December 2016 Implementation: State Date: 24 April 2017 Closing Date (Planned): 24 April 2021 MIDTERM REVIEW DETAILS: Midterm Review Timeframe: July-August 2019 MTR Consultant: James Lenoci, International Consultant MTR Reporting Language: English Acknowledgements: The MTR Consultant would like to acknowledge the information and feedback provided by interviewed project stakeholders, including the officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Environment, the NSC members, the UNDP resident representative and country office staff, Country Program Management Unit staff, the National Host Institutions staff, the UNDP Global Coordinator for the SGP UCP, UNOPS staff and landscape level stakeholders visited and interviewed during the MTR mission. GEF 6956 MTR_report_20190919_final Midterm Review Report, 2019 Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Egypt UNDP PIMS ID: 5471; GEF Project ID: 6956 Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................................. i Abbreviations and Acronyms ........................................................................................................................................... vii 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of the Review ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Scope and Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Structure of the Report ..................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Rating Scales ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Ethics ................................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.6 Audit Trail.......................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.7 Limitations ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 2 Project Description .................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Development Context ....................................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Problems the Project Sought to Address .......................................................................................................... 3 2.3 Project Description and Strategy ...................................................................................................................... 4 2.4 Implementation Arrangements ........................................................................................................................ 5 2.5 Project Timing and Milestones ......................................................................................................................... 6 2.6 Main Stakeholders ............................................................................................................................................ 6 3 Findings ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Project Strategy ................................................................................................................................................ 7 3.1.1 Project Design ............................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1.2 Results Framework ..................................................................................................................................... 10 3.1.3 Gender Mainstreaming and Social Inclusion Analysis ................................................................................ 14 3.2 Progress towards Results ................................................................................................................................ 15 3.2.1 Progress towards Outcomes Analysis ......................................................................................................... 15 3.2.2 Remaining Barriers to Achieving the Project Objective .............................................................................. 26 3.3 Project Implementation and Adaptive Management ..................................................................................... 27 3.3.1 Management Arrangements ...................................................................................................................... 27 3.3.2 Work Planning ............................................................................................................................................ 28 3.3.3 Finance and Cofinance ............................................................................................................................... 28 3.3.4 Project-level Monitoring and Evaluation Systems ...................................................................................... 30 3.3.5 Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships ............................................................................................... 31 3.3.6 Reporting .................................................................................................................................................... 32 3.3.7 Communications and Knowledge Management ........................................................................................ 32 3.4 Sustainability ................................................................................................................................................... 34 3.4.1 Financial Risks to Sustainability .................................................................................................................. 34 3.4.2 Socioeconomic Risks to Sustainability ........................................................................................................ 35 3.4.3 Institutional Framework and Governance Risks to Sustainability .............................................................. 35 3.4.4 Environmental Risks to Sustainability ......................................................................................................... 36 4 Conclusions and Recommendations ........................................................................................................................ 36 4.1 Conclusions ..................................................................................................................................................... 36 4.2 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................................... 37 Annex 1: MTR Mission Itinerary Annex 2: List of Persons Interviewed Annex 3: List of Documents Reviewed Annex 4: Evaluation Matrix Annex 6: Progress towards Results Annex 6: Suggested Modifications to Project Results