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Mid-Term Review FINAL Report “Conservation of globally important biodiversity and associated land and forest resources of Western Tian Shan mountain ecosystems to support sustainable livelihoods” Kyrgyzstan Mid-Term Review FINAL Report GEF Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Implementing Partner: State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry (SAEPF) Funding: GEF GEF Project ID: 6958 UNDP PIMS: 5411 UNDP Atlas Project ID: 00101540 Project Timeline: December 2016 – December 2021 Submitted by: Jean-Joseph Bellamy Submitted on: December 6, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................................................................. II LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................... III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................. 1 1. CONTEXT AND OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................................... 7 2. REVIEW FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................................................................ 7 2.1. OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.2. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................................. 8 2.3. METHODOLOGY.............................................................................................................................................. 9 2.3.1. Overall Approach ......................................................................................................................... 9 2.3.2. Review Instruments ................................................................................................................... 10 2.4. LIMITATIONS AND CONSTRAINTS ................................................................................................................. 11 3. EVALUATION FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................... 11 3.1. PROJECT STRATEGY ..................................................................................................................................... 11 3.1.1. Project Design ............................................................................................................................ 11 3.1.2. Results Framework / Log-frame .............................................................................................. 17 3.2. PROGRESS TOWARDS RESULTS .................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.1. Progress Towards Outcomes Analysis................................................................................... 20 3.2.2. Remaining Barriers to Achieve the Project Objective .......................................................... 30 3.3. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ........................................................................ 31 3.3.1. Management Arrangements ..................................................................................................... 31 3.3.2. Stakeholder Engagement ......................................................................................................... 32 3.3.3. Work Planning ............................................................................................................................ 34 3.3.4. Finance and Co-finance ............................................................................................................ 35 3.3.5. Project-level Monitoring and Evaluation Systems................................................................. 38 3.3.6. Reporting ..................................................................................................................................... 43 3.3.7. Communications / Knowledge Management ......................................................................... 43 3.4. SUSTAINABILITY .......................................................................................................................................... 44 3.4.1. Financial risk to Sustainability .................................................................................................. 46 3.4.2. Socio-economic risk to Sustainability ..................................................................................... 46 3.4.3. Institutional framework and governance risk to Sustainability ............................................ 47 3.4.4. Environmental risk to Sustainability ........................................................................................ 47 4. CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED .......................................................... 47 4.1. CONCLUSIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 47 4.2. RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................................................... 51 4.3. LESSONS LEARNT ......................................................................................................................................... 53 ANNEX 1: PROJECT EXPECTED RESULTS AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES ........................................................... 54 ANNEX 2: MTR TERMS OF REFERENCE ................................................................................................................... 62 ANNEX 3: UNEG CODE OF CONDUCT FOR REVIEWERS AND AGREEMENT FORM ...................................... 69 ANNEX 4: REVIEW MATRIX ....................................................................................................................................... 70 ANNEX 5: LIST OF DOCUMENTS REVIEWED ......................................................................................................... 77 ANNEX 6: INTERVIEW GUIDE .................................................................................................................................... 80 ANNEX 7: REVIEW MISSION AGENDA ..................................................................................................................... 82 ANNEX 8: LIST OF PEOPLE INTERVIEWED ............................................................................................................. 88 ANNEX 9: MTR RATING SCALES ............................................................................................................................... 93 ANNEX 10: AUDIT TRAIL.............................................................................................................................................. 94 ANNEX 11: EVALUATION REPORT CLEARANCE FORM ....................................................................................... 95 Mid-term Review of the UNDP-GEF-Government of Kyrgyzstan Project “Conservation of globally important biodiversity and associated land and forest resources of Western Tian Shan mountain ecosystems to support sustainable livelihoods” (PIMS 5411) i List of Tables Table 1: Project Information Table .................................................................................................................... 1 Table 2: MTR Ratings and Achievement Summary Table ................................................................................ 6 Table 3: Steps Used to Conduct the Evaluation ............................................................................................. 10 Table 4: Project Logic Model ........................................................................................................................... 18 Table 5: List of Delivered Results.................................................................................................................... 21 Table 6: Initial Stakeholders Involvement Plan ............................................................................................... 32 Table 7: Annual Work Plans versus Actual Expenditures (GEF Grant) .......................................................... 35 Table 8: UNDP-GEF Project Funds Disbursement Status (in USD) ............................................................... 36 Table 9: Co-financing Status ........................................................................................................................... 37 Table 10: List of Performance Indicators ........................................................................................................ 39 Table 11: List of Risks and Mitigation Measures Identified at the Formulation Phase ................................... 44 Mid-term Review of the UNDP-GEF-Government of Kyrgyzstan Project “Conservation of globally important biodiversity and associated land and forest resources of Western Tian Shan mountain ecosystems to support sustainable livelihoods” (PIMS 5411) ii List of Abbreviations and Acronyms APR Annual Progress Report AWP Annual Work Plan CBD
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