GEF/E/C.58//Inf. 02/B May 14, 2020 58th GEF Council June 2-3, 2020 Virtual Meeting STRATEGIC COUNTRY CLUSTER EVALUATION: SAHEL AND SUDAN-GUINEA SAVANNA BIOMES VOLUME II– TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS (Prepared by the Independent Evaluation Office of the GEF) TABLE OF CONTENTS Technical Document 1: Approach Paper ...................................................................................................... 1 1. Background ....................................................................................................................................... 2 2. The Sahel and Sudan-Guinea Savanna Biomes ................................................................................. 3 3. Environmental Challenges in the Two Biomes .................................................................................. 4 4. GEF Support in the Two Biomes........................................................................................................ 7 5. Available Evaluative Evidence ......................................................................................................... 11 6. Purpose, Objectives and Audience ................................................................................................. 13 7. Scope, Issues and Questions ........................................................................................................... 13 8. Evaluation Design, Quality Assurance and Limitations ................................................................... 16 9. Process, Deliverables and Dissemination ....................................................................................... 18 10. Resources .................................................................................................................................... 20 References .............................................................................................................................................. 21 Annex 1: Evaluation Matrix ..................................................................................................................... 23 Technical Document 2 - Selection of case study countries ........................................................................ 26 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 27 Step 1: Identification of the main environmental challenges ............................................................. 27 Step 2: Classifying the main environmental challenges by biome...................................................... 28 Step 3: Linking successful and unsuccessful projects to main environmental challenges in the two biomes ................................................................................................................................................. 30 Overview of project change per environmental challenge in the biomes .......................................... 34 Step 5: Country case study development ........................................................................................... 35 Annex 1: Main environmental challenges in the 23 countries ............................................................... 38 Annex 2: List of projects with positive and negative ratings .................................................................. 40 Annex 3: List of projects with neutral ratings ......................................................................................... 47 Annex 4: Projects, Change and Regional Coverage by Main Environmental Challenge ......................... 53 Technical Document 3 - Guidance Note for Country Case Studies ........................................................ 56 1. Introduction and Purpose ............................................................................................................... 57 2. Key Evaluation Questions ............................................................................................................... 58 3. Case Study Planning, Approach and Methodologies ...................................................................... 58 4. Indicative Steps ............................................................................................................................... 60 Annex1: Interview Guidelines ................................................................................................................. 62 Annex 2 – Case Study Countries and their Sustainability Cohort Projects (GEF 4 - GEF 6 Projects that have been completed between 2007 and 2014) .................................................................................... 66 ii Annex 3 – National completed projects included in the relevance cohort - (GEF 4 - GEF 6 Projects that have been completed after 2014) .......................................................................................................... 68 Annex 4 – National projects under implementation included in the relevance cohort – (GEF 4 - GEF 6 projects that have been under implementation for at least 2 years) .................................................... 70 Annex 5 – Case study reporting .............................................................................................................. 72 Technical Document 4 - Guinea Case Study Report .............................................................................. 73 Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................................... 74 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 75 Methodology ....................................................................................................................................... 75 Scope ................................................................................................................................................... 77 2. Achievements of GEF-3 Sustainability Cohort Projects .................................................................. 79 Reversing Land and Water Degradation Trends in the Niger River Basin (GEF ID 1093) .................... 79 Coastal Marine Biodiversity Management (GEF ID 1273) .................................................................. 79 Community-based Land Management (GEF ID 1877) ........................................................................ 82 3. Sustainability Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 86 Factors Influencing the Sustainability of Outcomes ........................................................................... 86 Environment and Development Nexus ............................................................................................... 87 4. Achievements of More Recent Adaptation Projects ...................................................................... 87 Factors Influencing the Likely Sustainability of Adaptation Outcomes .............................................. 90 5. Relevance of GEF Support to Guinea’s Main Environmental Challenges ....................................... 92 6. Gender ............................................................................................................................................ 94 7. Fragility ............................................................................................................................................ 95 8. Conclusions ..................................................................................................................................... 95 References .............................................................................................................................................. 98 Annex A: List of Interviewees .................................................................................................................. 99 Annex B: List of Sites Visited ................................................................................................................. 103 Technical Document 5 - Uganda Case Study Report ........................................................................... 104 List of Acronyms .................................................................................................................................... 105 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 106 Background and Context ................................................................................................................... 106 Objectives and Scope ........................................................................................................................ 108 Methodology ..................................................................................................................................... 110 2. Findings ......................................................................................................................................... 112 Factors Contributing to the Observed Sustainability of Outcomes .................................................. 112 iii Factors Hindering the Sustainability of Outcomes ........................................................................... 113 Observed Sustainability and the Environmental/Socioeconomic Nexus .........................................