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Lessons from an Evaluation of the Global Environment Facility’s interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations
Building Forward Better
Online
Single Session
Organized by
Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environmental Facility
Co-Organized by
Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility, Environmental Law Institute, World Bank Group
Summary
Environmental issues, fragility, and conflict are intrinsically linked, and the dynamics of these diverse linkages can fundamentally determine the course of post-conflict recovery, cooperation, and transformation. Natural resources in fragile and conflict-affected situations, if managed well, can support livelihoods, reduce poverty, and help strengthen the post-conflict economy. The Global Environmental Facility(GEF) has invested over $4.0 billion in countries affected by major armed conflict, comprising 29 percent of its global portfolio, indicating that GEF-supported environmental interventions are likely exposed to risks related to conflict and fragility. For the first time since the GEF’s inception 30 years ago, the GEF IEO, with the Environmental Law Institute, conducted an evaluation of GEF’s interventions in these fragile and conflict-affected situations. We applied a mixed-methods approach including remote sensing, statistical analysis, and qualitative methods to explore five critical pathways through which conflict and fragility affect GEF projects, and the approaches taken by the GEF to address implementation challenges. This session will also present some of the broader issues at the intersection of environment, conflict, and fragility, and discuss the implications of the evaluation findings for future conflict-sensitive programming.
Event Details
Date:
June 3
Time:
09:00 AM Local Time | 1:00 pm GMT
Duration:
1 hr
30 Mins
Speaker, Presenter, or Instructor
Name
Geeta Batra
Organization
Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility
Title
Chief Evaluation Officer and Deputy Director
Short Biography
Dr. Geeta Batra has over 25 years of experience in international development including 15 years of experience in program evaluation. At the IEO, she manages a team of evaluation professionals and provides oversight on the design, implementation, and quality of evaluations.
Name
Tracy Hart
Organization
The World Bank
Title
Global Lead for Fragile and Conflict States, ENB Global Practice
Short Biography
Dr. Hart's career has spanned 30 years and 75 countries, with substantial experience in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Her current role includes thought leadership in how FCS at sub-national, national, and regional levels influence the management of natural resource assets, and vice versa.
Name
Carl Bruch
Organization
Environmental Law Institute
Title
Director of International Programs
Short Biography
Carl Bruch, Esq., is the Director of International Programs at the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and the founding President of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx). His work focuses on environmental peacebuilding, environmental governance, and adaptation.
Name
Anupam Anand
Organization
Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility
Title
Evaluation Officer
Short Biography
Dr. Anand has over 15 years of experience in evaluation, international development, academic research, and teaching. At the GEF-IEO, he has led evaluations on biodiversity, SFM and REDD+, land degradation, fragility and conflict, and illegal wildlife trade.
About Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environmental Facility
The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility has a central role in ensuring the independent evaluation function within the GEF. The Office pursues the goals of improved accountability and learning through the following functions: i) Set minimum requirements for M&E, ii) Ensures oversight of quality of M&E systems iii) Shares evaluative evidence within the GEF. The IEO is independent from the policy-making, the delivery, and management of assistance in the GEF. The IEO is accountable directly to the GEF Council for the work of the Office and reports directly to the Council. The Office is responsible for undertaking independent evaluations that involve a set of projects and programs from more than one GEF Agency. These evaluations are typically at the strategic level, on focal areas, or on cross-cutting themes. Institutional evaluations, such as assessing the resource allocation mechanism, or governance, are also undertaken.
Within the GEF, IEO facilitates cooperation on evaluation issues with professional evaluation networks, with respect to adopting evaluation guidelines and processes consistent with international good practices. The Office also collaborates with the broader global environment community to remain on the cutting-edge of emerging and innovative methodologies.
Within the GEF, IEO facilitates cooperation on evaluation issues with professional evaluation networks, with respect to adopting evaluation guidelines and processes consistent with international good practices. The Office also collaborates with the broader global environment community to remain on the cutting-edge of emerging and innovative methodologies.
Resources
fragility-2020-learnings.pdf1.39 MB
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