Expert Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluating Capacity Building in Developing Countries
Antigua and Barbuda
5-6 November 2007
Introduction
The COP, at its twelfth session, requested the secretariat to organize, before the thirteenth session of the
Conference of the Parties, an expert workshop on monitoring and evaluation of capacity-building, in collaboration
with the Global Environment Facility (
Decision 4/CP.12,
Capacity-building under the Convention).
Objectives and approach
The objectives of the workshop are:
- To share experiences on approaches to monitoring and evaluation of capacity-building activities by Parties, multilateral, bilateral agencies as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;
- To discuss enhancement of the effectiveness of capacity-building through sharing experiences, lessons learned,
and best practices on the use of results of monitoring and evaluation.
The workshop will consist of presentations and discussions on the
following:
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Experiences of Parties;
- Experiences of relevant multilateral and bilateral agencies, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;
- Efforts by the GEF and its implementing agencies to monitor and evaluate capacity-building activities, and develop and apply performance indicators relevant to monitoring and evaluation;
- Lessons learned from proven approaches to monitoring and evaluation.
Workshop documents
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Final agenda (43 kB)
(updated: 14 November 2007)
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Report of
the workshop (FCCC/SBI/2007/33)
Presentations and handouts
Session 1: Setting the Scene - General Introduction
Background| Presenter | Party/Organization | Subject |
| Paul Desanker | UNFCCC |
 Framework
for Capacity-building in Developing Countries
|
| Abdul Majeid Haddad | UNEP/GEF |
Background
to Capacity Building in GEF
|
Capacity-building activities in different regions
| Presenter | Party/Organization | Subject |
| Carlos Fuller | CARICOM |
Regional
Capacity Building Activities in the Caribbean
|
| Espen Ronneberg | SPREP |
A Pacific
Regional Perspective on Capacity Building for Climate Change
|
| Shirley Kelebogile Moroka | South Africa |
Capacity-building Activities in South Africa - Lessons and Gaps
|
| Tatyana Ososkova | Uzbekistan |
Capacity-building on Climate Change in Uzbekistan: Monitoring and Evaluating
|
Session 2: Approached to Monitoring of Capacity-building Activities
| Presenter | Party/Organization | Subject |
|
Kenneth Dyson Nkowani, Matti Nummelin |
Zambia, Finland |
Monitoring
of Capacity Building in New Aid Architecture |
| Duane M. Muller | USA |
USAID's
Approach to Monitoring Capacity Building Activities
|
| Ji Zou | China |
Monitoring
and Assessing Capacity Building Activities in Developing Countries for Combating Global Warming:
Approaches
|
| Howard Stewart | UNDP |
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
|
| Neil Leary | START |
START:
global change SysTem for Analysis, Research & Training
|
| Ikubolajeh Logan | Penn State |
Role of the
Academy in Systematic Human Capacity-building, Monitoring and Assessment in Africa
|
| Blane Harvey | UNITAR |
Challenges
and Constraints in Monitoring and Evaluation of CB - UNITAR's Recent Experience
|
Session 3: Approached to Evaluation of Capacity-building Activities
| Presenter | Party/Organization | Subject |
| Michael Spilsbury | UNEP Evaluation and Oversight Unit |
Lessons
Learned from Evaluation: A platform for sharing knowledge
|
| David Todd | GEF Evaluation Office |
Evaluating
Capacity Development
|
| Jean-Joseph Bellamy | Consultant |
Monitoring
of Capacity Development in GEF Operations
|
Supplementary documents
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Preliminary Analysis of 11 NCSA Capacity
Action Plans
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National Capacity
Self-Assessment - Global Progress Report 2006
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National Capacity Self-Assessment -
Synthesis report 2006
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The Challenge of Capacity Development: Working towards Good Practice (OECD)
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Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
(OECD)
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Indicators of Aid Effectiveness (OECD)
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2006 Survey on Monitoring the Paris
Declaration - Overview of the results (OECD)
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Capacity
Development Practice Note (UNDP)
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Capacity Assessment
Practice Note (UNDP)
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Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation.
Approaches to Sustainability (UNDP)
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Internal and External Needs for Evaluative Studies in a Multilateral Agency:
Matching Supply with Demand in UNEP
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Lessons Learned from Evaluation - A Platform
for Sharing Knowledge (UNEP)
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Monitoring and
Evaluation of Capacity and Capacity Development (ECDPM Discussion Paper)
Information for participants
Call for Papers form