REPUBLIC OF GUINEA Work –Justice -Solidarity MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND FORESTS ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY TERMINAL EVALUATION REPORT RACZ PROJECT « Strengthening resilience and adaptation to negative impacts of climate change in Guinea's vulnerable coastal zones » Developed by: . Mr. Yadh LABANE, International Consultant, Team Leader . Mr. Ahmed Faya Traore, National Consultant Version 0.1 02 November 2016 Pre-final version 11 November 2016 Final version 09 December 2016 CONTENTS i. OPENING PAGE ................................................................................................................................................... i ii. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... ii 1. PROJECT SUMMARY TABLE ........................................................................................................................ ii 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................ ii 3. EVALUATION RATING TABLE ................................................................................................................... iii 4. SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND LESSONS ............................................. iii iii. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................ vi 1- INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1. PURPOSE OF THE EVALUATION............................................................................................................. 1 1.2. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................. 1 1.2.1. Scope ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2.2. Methodological approach ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2.3. Running of the mission .......................................................................................................................... 2 1.3. ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULTIES AND STUDY LIMITATIONS ............................................................. 2 1.3.1. Encountered difficulties......................................................................................................................... 2 1.3.2. Study limitations.................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4. STRUCTURE OF THE EVALUATION REPORT....................................................................................... 2 2- PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT ................................................................... 3 2.1. PROJECT START AND DURATION ................................................................................................................ 3 2.2. PROBLEMS THAT THE PROJECT SOUGHT TO ADDRESS ........................................................................ 3 2.3. IMMEDIATE AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ...................................................... 3 2.4. BASELINE INDICATORS ESTABLISHED ...................................................................................................... 4 2.5. MAIN STAKEHOLDERS ................................................................................................................................... 4 2.6. EXPECTED RESULTS ....................................................................................................................................... 5 3- FINDINGS ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 3.1. PROJECT DESIGN / FORMULATION ............................................................................................................. 5 3.1.1. Analysis of lfa/results framework.......................................................................................................... 5 3.1.2. Assumptions and risks ........................................................................................................................... 6 3.1.3. Lessons learned from other relevant projects ........................................................................................ 7 3.1.4. Planned stakeholder participation .......................................................................................................... 7 3.1.5. Replication approach ............................................................................................................................. 8 3.1.6. UNDP comparative advantage .............................................................................................................. 8 3.1.7. Linkages between project and other interventions within the sector ..................................................... 8 3.1.8. Management arrangements .................................................................................................................... 9 3.2 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ......................................................................................................................... 9 3.2.1. Adaptive management ........................................................................................................................... 9 3.2.2. Partnership arrangements .................................................................................................................... 10 3.2.3. Feedback from M&E activities used for adaptive management .......................................................... 10 3.2.4. Project finance ..................................................................................................................................... 11 3.2.5. Monitoring and evaluation: design at entry and implementation ........................................................ 11 3.2.6. UNDP and implementing partner, implementation/execution, coordination, and operational issues . 12 3.3 PROJECT RESULTS .......................................................................................................................................... 12 3.3.1. Overall results...................................................................................................................................... 13 3.3.2. Relevance ............................................................................................................................................ 14 3.3.3. Effectiveness ....................................................................................................................................... 15 3.3.4. Efficiency ............................................................................................................................................ 19 3.3.5. Country ownership .............................................................................................................................. 21 3.3.6. Mainstreaming ..................................................................................................................................... 22 3.3.7. Sustainability ....................................................................................................................................... 22 3.3.8. Impact .................................................................................................................................................. 23 4- CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS & LESSONS ............................................................................. 27 4.1. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................................. 27 4.2. LESSONS LEARNED ....................................................................................................................................... 28 4.3. RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 29 4.3.1. Corrective actions for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project ............ 29 4.3.2. Actions to follow up or reinforce initial benefits from the project ...................................................... 30 4.3.3. Proposals for future directions underlining main objectives ............................................................... 30 4.3.4. Best and worst practices in addressing issues relating to relevance, performance and success ........... 31 ANNEXES .................................................................................................................................................................... 32 ANNEX 1 TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE TERMINAL EVALUATION OF THE RACZ PROJECT ........ 33 ANNEX 2 ITINERARY ........................................................................................................................................... 56 ANNEX 3 LIST OF PERSONS INTERVIEWED...................................................................................................