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Interim Evaluation of the Integrated Flood Management to Climate Resilience of the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa Project - (Pims5919/Fp037)” Interim Evaluation Report “INTERIM EVALUATION OF THE INTEGRATED FLOOD MANAGEMENT TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF THE VAISIGANO RIVER CATCHMENT IN SAMOA PROJECT - (PIMS5919/FP037)” Photo: Lelata Bridge and west junction of Segment 2 and 3 floodwall (taken by IE Consultants September 2020) Final Report – October 2020 This report has been prepared by an independent consultant reviewer. The findings and conclusions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views, policy or intentions of the UNDP. Integrated Flood Management to Enhance Climate Resilience for the Vaisigano River Catchment Project (PIMS 5919) September 2020 All rights reserved. © 2020 UNDP i INTERIM EVALUATION OPENING PAGE Project Details UNDP PIMS ID 5919 GCF Project ID FP037 Title Integrated Flood Management to Enhance Climate Resilience for the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa Project Country(ies) Samoa ATLAS Business 00098736 Unit, Award #, Project ID: Financials (US$) Total Project Budget: 65,717,7481 GCF Grant Amount: 49,587,365 Co-financing: 8,000,000 Contingency: 8,130,383 Project Timeline FAA Approval Date: 3 June 2017 FAA Signature Date: 9 June 2017 FAA Effectiveness Date: 11 July 2017 Project Document Signature Date: 21 July 2017 Date of Inception Workshop: 25-26 October 2017 Expected Date of Mid-term Review: 4th quarter 2020 Actual Date of Mid-term Review: August 2020 (completed on 4 October 2020) Expected Date of Terminal Evaluation: 11 January 2024 Original Planned Closing Date 11 July 2022 Revised Planned Completion Date 11 July 2023 (date of last disbursement). 1 Total VCP budget including co-financing as reflected in the relevant Funded Activity Agreement ii Short biography of the consultants The Interim Evaluation (IE) was undertaken by Jonathan McCue (International Consultant – Lead Evaluator) and Satui Bentin (National Consultant). Jonathan is a UK based independent consultant who is Director of his own company, Sustainable Seas Ltd (www.sustainableseas.co.uk). He possesses 32 years’ postgraduate experience in the field of flood management and climate change adaptation. He has a successful mid-term and terminal evaluation track record with over 8 prominent international projects that have involved the setting and appraisal of project evaluation criteria. This includes work for a number of separate international funding institutes, namely the European Commission (Final Evaluation Projects in Gambia, Maldives and Jamaica), UN organisations such as UNDP (Guyana) and UN Environment (in Cambodia and in the Seychelles/Mauritania and Nepal), IOC- UNESCO and finally for DFID in the Caribbean region. He recently also completed GCF Concept Notes for UNDP Tunisia and Gambia. He also possesses key experience working in Samoa on coastal engineering projects. Satui Bentin is Samoan with more than 10 years of consultancy work on climate change/resilience policy and institutional reviews, stakeholder engagement and community development. She led a team of over 10 international and national experts and representatives of government ministries in the review of the Coastal Infrastructure Management Plans (now called Community Integrated Management Plans) for 25 districts under the AF project and is currently also engaged by the Asian Development Bank on DRR related, social development work (stakeholder engagement, grievance redress mechanism) for the Alaoa Multipurpose Dam Project and the Enhancing Safety, Security and Sustainability of Apia Port Project. Regional clientele in the area of climate change include SPREP while international clientele includes UNDP, ADB, EC, Danish Management and the Government of Finland for the final evaluation of Finland’s regional development cooperation in the Latin America, Caribbean and Mekong and Oceania regions. Acknowledgements The evaluators wish to express their acknowledgements to all the individuals and organisations they had the pleasure to engage with, offering their time and views, often on very short notice and without restrictions. As the focus of this IE is both on stocktaking of progress made as on learning about challenges and constraints, the opinions shared and the suggestions and recommendations made were all received with appreciation, as they offered valuable information used for the narrative of this report. The evaluation was managed by the MCO team led by Yvette Kerslake, with support from Karen Komiti and Anne Trevor, who gave excellent detailed insight in the project evolution and Mr. Taufao Taufao who, supported the Project Management Unit (PMU) through managing the zoom schedule and arrangements. Verena Linneweber, Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP Samoa and Francois Martel, shared their experiences and visions of the project and its evolution and gave valuable comments during briefing and debriefing sessions. Ms. Azza Aishath, Regional Technical Advisor of UNDP provided the broader context of the GCF project and gave guidance to the evaluation team at the start of the evaluation mission and highlighted areas of focus during the evaluation. The PMU team, headed by the Project Manager, Tevaga Pisaina Leilua-Lei Sam were excellent in supporting the team not only with sharing documented information, their experiences and insights but also as the key communication between the consultants and the IAs, and their invaluable logistical support for the whole IE. The team also thank the representatives of the following institutions2 for their time and views, Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure (MWTI), Land Transport Authority (LTA), Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), Civil Society Support Programme (CSSP) and Samoa Business Hub (SBH). Their warm hospitality and open and frank discussion were very valuable, and the evaluators thank them kindly. All stakeholders are thanked for sharing their views and opinions on the progress, achievements and challenges of the projects and their recommendations for the remaining implementation period of the project. Key stakeholders gave constructive feedback to a draft version of this report, which was used to produce the final version. We have tried to balance our thoughts and to offer fair perspectives of what was observed and learned from people whom have much more experience in day to day project activities than the consultant team have had 2 Refer Annex I: Stakeholders Consulted iii experience on. Regardless, the evaluation team hope that the findings of this interim evaluation will support the project team and all key stakeholders in successfully achieving the set targets and provide actionable recommendations to enhance lasting impact. The views expressed in this report are intended to offer an overview of the project. Jonathan McCue and Satui Bentin (October 2020) iv TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERIM EVALUATION OPENING PAGE ............................................................................................................ II ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................ VII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... X 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of the Interim Evaluation and Objectives ............................................................................... 1 1.2 Scope and Methodology ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.2.1 Independent nature and learning focus ............................................................................................ 2 1.2.2 The Approach to the IE ...................................................................................................................... 3 1.2.3 Rating Scales ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2.4 Ethics and Audit Trail ........................................................................................................................ 3 1.2.5 Constraints and Limitations .............................................................................................................. 4 1.3 Structure of the IE Report ..................................................................................................................... 4 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................ 4 2.1 Development Context/Relevance ......................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Problems that the Project Sought to Address ....................................................................................... 5 2.3 Project Description and Strategy .......................................................................................................... 5 2.4 Project Implementation Arrangements ................................................................................................ 6 2.5 Project Timings and Milestones ............................................................................................................ 7 2.6 Main Stakeholders ...............................................................................................................................
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