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The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the world's environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the environment.
Duties and Responsibilities
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations systems designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. This consultancy is located at Headquarters in the Evaluation Office which reports directly to the Executive Director. The consultant reports to the Evaluation Officer managing the evaluation and the Director of the Evaluation Office.
The Evaluation
In line with the UNEP Evaluation Policy and the UNEP Programme Manual, the Terminal Evaluation is undertaken at operational completion of the project to assess project performance (in terms of relevance, effectiveness and efficiency), and determine outcomes and impacts (actual and potential) stemming from the project, including their sustainability. The Evaluation has two primary purposes: (i) to provide evidence of results to meet accountability requirements, and (ii) to promote operational improvement, learning and knowledge sharing through results and lessons learned among UNEP, GEF and the main project partners. Therefore, the Evaluation will identify lessons of operational relevance for future project formulation and implementation, especially where a second phase of the project is being considered. Recommendations relevant to the whole house may also be identified during the evaluation process.
Countries targeted in this evaluation include Serbia, Albania, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Kenya and Cuba. This consultancy will evaluate the sustainable land management project in Western Kenya and an SLM Portfolio brief.
The Project GEF 5272
The project’s objective was stated as ‘to promote the adoption and adaptation of sustainable land and forest ecosystem management (SLEM) practices across the productive landscape of the Kakamega-Nandi ecosystem’ (CEO Endorsement Request, 2016). The project was delivered through three components with associated outcomes as follows: Component 1 -Capacity building of stakeholders on SLM /SFM and biodiversity conservation within Kakamega forest ecosystem; Component 2 -Mainstreaming Value Chain Approach to Smallholder Producers and Component 3 Enabling Policy and Institutional Framework.
The Evaluation Consultant
For this Evaluation, the Evaluation Team will consist of an Evaluation Consultant who will work under the overall responsibility of the Evaluation Office represented by an Evaluation Manager, in consultation with UNEP/GEF Task Manager, Fund Management Officer and Coordinator of Health and Productive Ecosystems Sub-programme.
Specific Responsibilities
In close consultation with the Evaluation Manager, the Evaluation Consultant will be responsible for the overall management of the evaluation and timely delivery of its outputs, data collection and analysis and report-writing. More specifically, Inception phase of the evaluation, including:
Data collection and analysis phase of the evaluation, including:
Reporting phase, including:
Managing relations, including:
Qualifications/special skills
Closing date: 25 May 2022
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