- Evaluation Plan:
- 2017-2021, Lebanon
- Evaluation Type:
- Final Project
- Planned End Date:
- 02/2017
- Completion Date:
- 01/2017
- Status:
- Completed
- Management Response:
- Yes
- Evaluation Budget(US $):
- 20,000
Institutional Support to the Ministry of Environment Project Evaluation
| Document | Type | Language | Size | Status | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TOR - International Consultant for Evaluating the IS MoE Project.docx |
tor | English | 61.04 KB | Posted | 265 |
 GoL-UNDP IS MoE Project Evaluation Report (Jan 26, 2017).pdf |
report | English | 856.34 KB | Posted | 365 |
| Title | Institutional Support to the Ministry of Environment Project Evaluation | ||||||||
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| Atlas Project Number: | 00099052 | ||||||||
| Evaluation Plan: | 2017-2021, Lebanon | ||||||||
| Evaluation Type: | Final Project | ||||||||
| Status: | Completed | ||||||||
| Completion Date: | 01/2017 | ||||||||
| Planned End Date: | 02/2017 | ||||||||
| Management Response: | Yes | ||||||||
| UNDP Signature Solution: |
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| Corporate Outcome and Output (UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021) |
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| SDG Goal |
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| SDG Target |
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| Evaluation Budget(US $): | 20,000 | ||||||||
| Source of Funding: | Project budget | ||||||||
| Evaluation Expenditure(US $): | 26,225 | ||||||||
| Joint Programme: | No | ||||||||
| Joint Evaluation: | No | ||||||||
| Evaluation Team members: |
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| GEF Evaluation: | No | ||||||||
| Key Stakeholders: | Ministry of Environment | ||||||||
| Countries: | LEBANON |
| Lessons | |
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| Findings |
| Recommendations | |
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| 1 | As the evaluation found that ISMOE showed promise of meeting the expectations set out in the Program Concept Document, a further extension followed by a reformulation of the objectives and outcomes of the Project are necessary to meet the challenges and assist in the formulation and implementation of the SDGs in Lebanon and the UN Strategy Framework |
| 2 | The design of the reformulated ISMOE should follow international practice described in the UNDP Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results (2009). |
| 3 | The governance and management structures should entail MOE senior management involvement in core decision making from the outset to ensure country ownership and sustainability and a systematic mechanism for consultation with stakeholders and cross –services interactions should be promoted. In addition, devolution of the future project activities to the services and departments should be an encouraging step towards building sustainable capacity in the MOE. |
| 4 | ISMOE audience should be expanded beyond the MOE. The ISMOE should expand its beneficiaries beyond the Ministry of the Environment staff and include also selected ministries and municipalities in order to reinforce the process of mainstreaming environment into other sectors. |
| 5 | A clear disengagement strategy is also required. The questions of how much longer the ISMOE should continue to exist with UNDP management support beyond 2021 should be answered as to enhance MOE ownership and ensuring the sustainability of the project activities. |
1. Recommendation:
As the evaluation found that ISMOE showed promise of meeting the expectations set out in the Program Concept Document, a further extension followed by a reformulation of the objectives and outcomes of the Project are necessary to meet the challenges and assist in the formulation and implementation of the SDGs in Lebanon and the UN Strategy Framework
Management Response: [Added: 2017/02/21]
A second phase of the ISMOE project will be formulated to support the formulation and implementation of the SDGs and presented to the Government of Lebanon for endorsement and funding
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secure the approval of government on the new phase
[Added: 2017/11/07] |
Edgard Chehab | 2017/11 | Completed |
2. Recommendation:
The design of the reformulated ISMOE should follow international practice described in the UNDP Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results (2009).
Management Response: [Added: 2017/02/21]
The design of the new phase of the ISMOE project will take into consideration international practice as described in the UNDP handbook
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make sure that the new phase of the ISMOE project take into consideration international practice as described in the UNDP handbook
[Added: 2017/11/07] |
Jihan Seoud | 2017/08 | Completed |
3. Recommendation:
The governance and management structures should entail MOE senior management involvement in core decision making from the outset to ensure country ownership and sustainability and a systematic mechanism for consultation with stakeholders and cross –services interactions should be promoted. In addition, devolution of the future project activities to the services and departments should be an encouraging step towards building sustainable capacity in the MOE.
Management Response: [Added: 2017/02/21]
This recommendation will be taken into consideration during the design of the ISMOE new phase
Key Actions:
4. Recommendation:
ISMOE audience should be expanded beyond the MOE. The ISMOE should expand its beneficiaries beyond the Ministry of the Environment staff and include also selected ministries and municipalities in order to reinforce the process of mainstreaming environment into other sectors.
Management Response: [Added: 2017/02/21]
This recommendation will be taken into consideration during the design of the ISMOE new phase
Key Actions:
5. Recommendation:
A clear disengagement strategy is also required. The questions of how much longer the ISMOE should continue to exist with UNDP management support beyond 2021 should be answered as to enhance MOE ownership and ensuring the sustainability of the project activities.
Management Response: [Added: 2017/02/21]
UNDP and MoE agreed to set am exist strategy securing the sustainability of the work
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop an exist strategy to the new and last phase and engage external assistance to develop it.
UNDP CO has started the work on an exit strategy. The exit strategy for this particular project will be tied to the overall UNDP exit strategy as part of the Policy Advisory Unit (PAU) assessment.
[Added: 2017/11/07] [Last Updated: 2019/12/12] |
Celine Moyroud | 2020/12 | Initiated | The work with the exit strategy for PAUs is the continued effort by UNDP Lebanon as a whole. History |