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Attention Project Stakeholders
My name is Alec Dawson Shepherd and I have been selected to undertake the Mid-Term Evaluation for IW:LEARN. The Terms of Reference for my assignment can be seen at www.iwlearn.net/mte from Monday 30th October.
Mid-Term evaluations are considered to be an important part of the project cycle. This evaluation should provide recommendations that may be implemented to empower Project stakeholders to better deliver the Project. If so this evaluation should ultimately benefit you. In order to develop these recommendations I need your help.
I will be undertaking a limited number of structured interviews. Those of you who are invited to interview will be invited according to the specifications in the Terms of Reference. Selected interviewees will be asked a number of questions related to the Project outcomes. Interviewees will also be asked to identify any key objectively verifiable deliverables related to each outcome. I should, therefore, be most grateful if invited interviewees could prepare themselves regarding their understanding of the IW:LEARN Project outcomes (see below) and search out reference to any relevant deliverables.
I will be visiting Nairobi at the time of the IW:LEARN Africa IWRM workshop at the end of October and Washington at the time of the IW:LEARN Steering Committee Meeting at the end of November[1]. If you wish to get in touch with me concerning the evaluation please feel to do so directly during my visits or through the email to evaluator@iwlearn.org.
If you wish to get in touch please provide your full name and the details of the project you are involved in as well as the details of any issues you wish to raise. I will try to consider any relevant issues that are raised bearing in mind that the time available for the evaluation is limited.
If you have a complaint concerning the prosecution of the Mid-Term Evaluation then please make it in writing to Andy Menz, PhD., Senior Portfolio Manager, UNOPS, Global and Interregional Division, Midtermolen 3, P.O. Box 2695 DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. andrewm@unops.org.
A report will be produced at the end of the Evaluation and this should be available.
I look forward to working with you all on this Mid-Term Evaluation.
Alec
Dr Alec Dawson Shepherd
The overall goal of IW:LEARN is:
To strengthen Transboundary Waters Management (TWM) by facilitating structured learning and information sharing among GEF International Waters stakeholders.
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Comp-onent* |
Component title* |
Component outcome* |
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A |
Facilitating Access to Information on Transboundary Water Resources Among GEF IW Projects |
TWM improved across GEF IW project areas through projects’ and stakeholders’ access to TWM data and information from across the GEF IW portfolio and its partners. |
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B |
Structured learning among IW Projects and co-operating partners. |
Enhanced TWM capacity at project- and basin-levels through sharing of experiences among subsets of the GEF IW portfolio, including projects, their partners and counterparts. |
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C |
Biennial International Waters Conferences |
GEF IW portfolio-wide increase in awareness and application of effective TWM approaches, strategies and best practices; numerous new and enhanced linkages and exchanges between GEF IW and other TWM projects with shared TWM challenges |
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D |
Testing innovative approaches to strengthen implementation of the IW portfolio |
A widely available suite of tested and replicated ICT and other tools and approaches for strengthening TWM. |
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E |
Fostering partnerships to sustain benefits of IW:LEARN and associated technical support |
TWM learning and information sharing mechanisms mainstreamed and institutionalized into GEF IA and ongoing projects, as well as institutional frameworks of completed projects (e.g., Regional Seas and freshwater basin secretariats) |
*Source: Logical framework. http://www.iwlearn.net/abt_iwlearn/docs/iwl2_execsumm.pdf
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Other |
Component integration |
Cumulative benefits to delivery of the overall goal resulting from component integration |
[1] This consultant will pay for the set-aside of the carbon emissions associated with air travel from his fee.
