- Evaluation Plan:
- 2017-2022, Gambia
- Evaluation Type:
- Project
- Planned End Date:
- 04/2018
- Completion Date:
- 01/2020
- Status:
- Completed
- Management Response:
- Yes
- Evaluation Budget(US $):
- 20,000
Strengthening climate service and early warning systems in The Gambia
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Title | Strengthening climate service and early warning systems in The Gambia | ||||||||||||||
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Atlas Project Number: | 00083699 | ||||||||||||||
Evaluation Plan: | 2017-2022, Gambia | ||||||||||||||
Evaluation Type: | Project | ||||||||||||||
Status: | Completed | ||||||||||||||
Completion Date: | 01/2020 | ||||||||||||||
Planned End Date: | 04/2018 | ||||||||||||||
Management Response: | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Focus Area: |
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Corporate Outcome and Output (UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021) |
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SDG Goal |
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Evaluation Budget(US $): | 20,000 | ||||||||||||||
Source of Funding: | GEF | ||||||||||||||
Evaluation Expenditure(US $): | 32,500 | ||||||||||||||
Joint Programme: | No | ||||||||||||||
Joint Evaluation: | No | ||||||||||||||
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GEF Evaluation: | Yes
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Countries: | GAMBIA |
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Findings |
Recommendations | |
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1 | Meteorological, hydrological, environmental and climate information / services do support disaster risk reduction (DRR) and early warning systems (EWS) in Gambia and hence a contingency / continuity plan for these essential services should be developed to ensure functioning of EWS at all times. |
2 | EWSP2 financing and implementing partners should consider a third phase of the EWSP in order to enable a smooth transition of the EWS from the formative stage that it is now to a more mature stage when key agencies shall be semi-autonomous (generating some incomes from the products and services they offer) and well supported by the government. |
3 | The EWS agencies that should be established by the law should be supported in becoming specific service focused institutions / Agencies (SFA) with inbuilt self-sustaining capabilities through income generation from services and products they provide. Private and public sectors players should be widely consulted on the income generation proposals by the EWS agencies. |
4 | Farafenni post graduate diploma programme should be upgraded to provide Bachelors and Master degrees in hydrology and meteorology, as well as other related areas in order to create sustainable local human resource for the EWS in the Gambia. A target of training at least 4 bachelors and 3 master degree students before project ends should be realised. |
5 | Some of the critical mobility impediments for key agencies and beneficiaries should be considered (e.g. giving motor bikes or a few motor vehicles). Areas to be considered include Project’s outcome inspection capability e.g. meteorology and hydrology stations and installations. |
6 | The meteorology services capability should be aimed at having all the 15 traditional meteorology centres be equipped with both Intellisense (as standby) and Automatic Weather Stations. All the conventional weather stations should be faced out before end of year 2020 in order to comply with mercury instrument discontinuation by Minamata Convention on Mercury. |
7 | establish an integrated and GIS enabled environmental information system (EIS) platform and to be hosted by NEA or any other agency the stakeholders will identify as most suitable. The EIS should also plug in institutions like research agencies (e.g. climate change institute at the UTG. The EIS should also be a driving lever for the EWS. |
Key Action Update History
Meteorological, hydrological, environmental and climate information / services do support disaster risk reduction (DRR) and early warning systems (EWS) in Gambia and hence a contingency / continuity plan for these essential services should be developed to ensure functioning of EWS at all times.
Management Response: [Added: 2020/01/08]
Ministries of Environment and Agriculture and Depatment of Water Affairs will need in defining contingency planning for EWS noting the importance to agriculture.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Development of contingency plans at regional level as part of disaster risk mitigation planning.
[Added: 2020/01/08] [Last Updated: 2022/04/06] |
Government of the Gambia with support of UN and other partners | 2022/01 | Completed | Regional contingency plans were developed for LRR and URR with UNDP support and all other regions with support from WFP. History |
EWSP2 financing and implementing partners should consider a third phase of the EWSP in order to enable a smooth transition of the EWS from the formative stage that it is now to a more mature stage when key agencies shall be semi-autonomous (generating some incomes from the products and services they offer) and well supported by the government.
Management Response: [Added: 2020/01/08]
Recommendation is noted, however financing agreements fruition is beyond the scope of partners to commit to and is subject to the fromulation of a relevant proposal and vetting thereof.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Undertake discussions with key partners and financing stakeholders on funding for 3rd phase of EWS>
[Added: 2020/01/08] [Last Updated: 2021/12/13] |
Ministry Of Environment and Ministry of Agriculture. | 2021/11 | Completed | Through discussions with stakeholders, the Department Water Resources (DWR) has initiated the development of a GCF project concept note to be submitted by Q1 January. History |
The EWS agencies that should be established by the law should be supported in becoming specific service focused institutions / Agencies (SFA) with inbuilt self-sustaining capabilities through income generation from services and products they provide. Private and public sectors players should be widely consulted on the income generation proposals by the EWS agencies.
Management Response: [Added: 2020/01/08]
Recommendation is noted. For the immediate period; these agenies will continue to be housed in existing ministries and agencies and those functions strengthened.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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ensure the functional strengthen of EWS roles within existing ministries and agencies to ensure subject to definition of a national mutli-sector EWS approach
[Added: 2020/01/08] [Last Updated: 2021/12/13] |
Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of Environment, Department of Water | 2022/12 | Initiated | Key stakeholders (National Environmental Agency, DWR, National Disaster Management Agency, Dept. Parks Wildlife Management, Gambia Navy, Gambia Fire and Rescue and Redcross) are currently being engaged by the ongoing UNEP component of the EWS Phase 2 project regularly, with the aim of developing a functional EWS in each of these organizations by end of 2022. History |
Farafenni post graduate diploma programme should be upgraded to provide Bachelors and Master degrees in hydrology and meteorology, as well as other related areas
in order to create sustainable local human resource for the EWS in the Gambia. A target of training at least 4 bachelors and 3 master degree students before project
ends should be realised.
Management Response: [Added: 2020/01/08]
Recommendation noted. Given that poject ends in 2020, target recommended cannot be realised within given timeline. In consultation with the University , discussion of specialization at underraduate level in hydrology in the first instance will be undertaken.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Engage University of Gambia on requirements of augmenting Farafeni diploma course to a specialization as Bachelors level.
[Added: 2020/01/08] [Last Updated: 2021/12/13] |
Department of Water Affairs, University of Gambia | 2022/12 | Initiated | History |
Some of the critical mobility impediments for key agencies and beneficiaries should be considered (e.g. giving motor bikes or a few motor vehicles). Areas to be considered
include Project’s outcome inspection capability e.g. meteorology and hydrology stations and installations.
Management Response: [Added: 2020/01/08]
Vehicular support to installation will be taken up by the Government of the Gambia.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Procure at least 2 vehicles and 3 motorcycles through national budget
[Added: 2020/01/08] [Last Updated: 2021/12/13] |
Department of Water Affairs and UNDP | 2022/06 | Overdue-Initiated | 2 vehicles procured but not through the national budget. Motorbikes are due to be procured in 2022 Q2 by Government. History |
The meteorology services capability should be aimed at having all the 15 traditional meteorology centres be equipped with both Intellisense (as standby) and Automatic Weather Stations. All the conventional weather stations should be faced out before end of year 2020 in order to comply with mercury instrument discontinuation by Minamata Convention on Mercury.
Management Response: [Added: 2020/01/08]
Recommendation noted. However due to resource constraints, trasntional period will need to be longer and phased.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Equip all the 15 traditional meteorology centres with both Intellisense (as standby) and Automatic Weather Stations.
[Added: 2020/01/08] [Last Updated: 2021/12/13] |
Department of Water Affairs | 2023/12 | Initiated | 9 Automatic Weather Stations procured by UNDP, 3 by WFP. Intellisence for all have been procured with 12 installed and 3 remaining to be installed once construction is complete in Q1 of 2022. History |
establish an integrated and GIS enabled environmental information system (EIS) platform and to be hosted by NEA or any other agency the stakeholders will identify as most suitable. The EIS should also plug in institutions like research agencies (e.g. climate change institute at the UTG. The EIS should also be a driving lever for the EWS.
Management Response: [Added: 2020/01/08]
The medium term aim of national stakeholders is to establish an EIS platform as per specification recommended herein.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Seek expert support to define specification scope and needs and costing of an EIS
[Added: 2020/01/08] [Last Updated: 2021/12/13] |
Department of Water Resources | 2021/12 | Completed | Consultant is onboard and procurement detailed confirmed and to be procured by end of next year. History |