UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Terminal evaluation for the Strengthening National and Decentralised Management for Global Environmental Benefits Project (PRCNDGE) UNDP PIMS ID 4460, GEF ID 4765 FINAL REPORT October 2017 Table of contents i. Introduction page ............................................................................................................. ii ii. Summary .......................................................................................................................... iv ii.1. Project Summary Table .................................................................................................. iv ii.2. Short project description ................................................................................................. v ii.3. Evaluation rating table ................................................................................................... vi ii.4. Summary of conclusions, recommendations and lessons ............................................ viii ii.4.1. Main conclusions ................................................................................................. viii ii.4.2. Lessons, recommendations and findings ........................................................... viii iii. Acronyms and abbreviations........................................................................................ 1 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Background to the study .................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Evaluation objective ........................................................................................................ 1 1.3. Scope ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.4. Methodology ................................................................................................................... 2 1.4.1. Documentation review ........................................................................................... 2 1.4.2. Interviews ................................................................................................................ 2 1.4.3. Analysis framework used....................................................................................... 2 1.4.4. Evaluation questions .............................................................................................. 3 1.5. Limitations and remedial measures ................................................................................. 3 1.6. Evaluation timetable ........................................................................................................ 3 1.7. Evaluation report structure .............................................................................................. 4 2. Project development description and context ................................................................ 5 2.1. Project start-up and duration ........................................................................................... 5 2.2. Project context ................................................................................................................. 5 2.3. Short-term objectives and project development .............................................................. 5 2.4. Basic indicators put in place ............................................................................................ 6 2.5. Organisation of project implementation .......................................................................... 7 2.6. Main stakeholders ........................................................................................................... 8 2.7. Project intervention sites ................................................................................................. 9 2.8. Expected outcomes ........................................................................................................ 10 3. Conclusions ......................................................................................................................... 11 3.1 Project design/formulation ............................................................................................. 11 3.1.1. LFA analysis of outcomes (project logic/strategy; indicators) ......................... 11 3.1.2. Assumptions and risks ......................................................................................... 16 Terminal evaluation report on Strengthening National and Decentralised Management for Global Environmental Benefits Project, Togo i 3.1.3. Lessons learned from other relevant projects (for example, in the same focal area) built into the project design. ................................................................................ 16 3.1.4. Planned stakeholder involvement ....................................................................... 17 3.1.5. Replication approach ........................................................................................... 18 3.1.6. The UNDP’s comparative advantage ................................................................. 19 3.1.7. Links between the project and other work in the capacity-building sector in environmental management .......................................................................................... 19 3.1.8. Management procedures ..................................................................................... 20 3.2. Project implementation ................................................................................................. 22 3.2.1. Adaptive management (changes made to project design and project outcomes during implementation) ................................................................................................. 22 3.2.2. Partnership agreements (with relevant stakeholders involved in the country/region) ............................................................................................................... 22 3.2.3. Comments from monitoring and evaluation activities used in adaptive management .................................................................................................................... 23 3.2.4. Project financing .................................................................................................. 23 3.2.5. Monitoring and evaluation: at project start-up and implementation ............. 26 3.2.6. Coordination of implementation and execution with the UNDP and implementation partner and operational questions .................................................... 27 3.3 Project outcomes ............................................................................................................ 28 3.3.1. Overall outcomes (achievement of objectives) ................................................... 28 3.3.2. Relevance ............................................................................................................... 29 3.3.2. Effectiveness .......................................................................................................... 32 3.3.3. Efficiency ............................................................................................................... 39 3.3.4. Acceptance by the country .................................................................................. 40 3.3.5. Integration ............................................................................................................. 40 3.3.6. Sustainability ........................................................................................................ 41 3.3.7. Impact .................................................................................................................... 42 4. Conclusions, recommendations and lessons..................................................................... 44 4.1. Remedial measures on the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project ................................................................................................................................... 44 4.2. Measures intended to monitor or strengthen the project’s initial benefits .................... 44 4.3. Proposals for future directions in favour of the main objectives .................................. 44 4.4. The best and worst practices while dealing with questions concerning relevance, performance and success ...................................................................................................... 44 5. Appendices .......................................................................................................................... 47 5.1. TORs ............................................................................................................................. 47 5.2. Table of actions for implementation of recommendations - roadmap .......................... 70 5.2. Itinerary ......................................................................................................................... 73 Terminal evaluation report on Strengthening National and Decentralised Management for Global Environmental Benefits Project, Togo ii 5.3. List of persons met ........................................................................................................ 78 5.4. Summary of site visits ................................................................................................... 79 5.5. List of documents examined ........................................................................................