Final Report oastal C esilience of R ” Enhancing of the project “ MNRE, MoWCSD, MoWTI, LTA, SWA, CSSP, EPC SWA, LTA, MoWTI, MoWCSD, MNRE, UNDP Atlas 079525 UNDP ID: / 25 districts on Upolu and Savaii Upolu and on 25 districts region: Samoa / Asia/Pacific / region: Samoa ommunities of Samoa to Climate Change Terminal Evaluation C UNDP PIMS UNDP ID: 4667 Country / Country sites: Project management coastal Sector: partner & partners:other Implementing Evaluation timeframe: Acknowledgments: 02/07/2018 – 23/07/2018 The consultant wishes to acknowledge the hard work and commitment of Prepared by: project staff and involvement of stakeholders. He would like to express also its appreciation for support by PUMA, MoWCSD and UNDP during the on- Vincent LEFEBVRE site visits in Savaii and Upulu. Date: 10/09/2018 i Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................... IV PROJECT SUMMARY TABLE.................................................................................................................................................... IV PROJECT DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................................................... V TERMINAL EVALUATION PURPOSE AND METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................... V EVALUATION FINDINGS ......................................................................................................................................................... V EVALUATION RATING TABLE ................................................................................................................................................... IX SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED..................................................................................... X LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... XIV 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE EVALUATION ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................... 2 1.2.1 Scope ............................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.2.2 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.2.3 Limitations .................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 STRUCTURE OF THE EVALUATION REPORT ......................................................................................................... 3 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT .................................................................. 4 2.1 PROJECT START AND DURATION ......................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 PROBLEMS THAT THE PROJECT SOUGHT TO ADDRESS ......................................................................................... 4 2.3 IMMEDIATE AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ........................................................................... 5 2.4 MAIN STAKEHOLDERS ........................................................................................................................................ 6 3. FINDINGS ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 3.1 PROJECT DESIGN / FORMULATION ...................................................................................................................... 8 3.1.1 Analysis of logical framework / Results Framework .................................................................................... 9 3.1.2 Assumptions and risks ................................................................................................................................. 12 3.1.3 Lessons learned from other projects incorporated into project design ...................................................... 12 3.1.4 Planned stakeholders’ participation ........................................................................................................... 13 3.1.5 Replication approach .................................................................................................................................. 14 3.1.6 UNDP comparative advantage ................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.7 Linkages between project and interventions within the sector .................................................................... 15 3.1.8 Management arrangements ........................................................................................................................ 16 3.2 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.............................................................................................................................. 19 3.2.1 Adaptive management ................................................................................................................................. 19 3.2.2 Partnership arrangements .......................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.3 Feedback from M&E used for adaptive management ................................................................................. 21 3.2.4 Project finance ............................................................................................................................................ 21 3.2.5 Monitoring and evaluation: design at entry and implementation ............................................................... 23 3.2.6 UNDP and Implementing Partner implementation/execution coordination and operational issues .......... 24 3.3 PROJECT RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................ 25 3.3.1 Overall results............................................................................................................................................. 25 3.3.2 Relevance .................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.3.3 Effectiveness and efficiency ........................................................................................................................ 31 3.3.4 Country ownership ...................................................................................................................................... 33 3.3.5 Mainstreaming ............................................................................................................................................ 34 3.3.6 Elements of Sustainability ........................................................................................................................... 35 3.3.7 Potential impact .......................................................................................................................................... 38 ii 4. CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED .....................................................41 4.1 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT 41 4.2 ACTIONS TO FOLLOW-UP OR REINFORCE INITIAL BENEFITS FROM THE PROJECT ............................................... 43 4.3 PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE DIRECTIONS UNDERLINING MAIN OBJECTIVES ........................................................... 45 4.4 BEST AND WORST PRACTICES IN ADDRESSING ISSUES RELATING TO RELEVANCE, PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS 46 5. LIST OF TABLES ...........................................................................................................................................49 6. LIST OF FIGURES .........................................................................................................................................49 7. ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................................................49 iii Executive Summary Samoa is prone to natural disasters whether they are weather- or climate-related, with flood, storms and wave surges associated with tropical cyclones. It is mostly at risk to the negative consequences of climate change. With most of its coastline sensitive to erosion, flooding or landslides, over 70% of the population is located in hazard-prone coastal areas. With more frequent and intense cyclone occurring since the 90s, impacting significantly the national economy, the Government engaged as a pilot intervention into the development of Coastal Infrastructures Management (CIM) Plans based on a Coastal Infrastructure strategy in the early 2000s. This strategy was updated in 2006