- Evaluation Plan:
- 2018-2022, Samoa
- Evaluation Type:
- Final Project
- Planned End Date:
- 02/2022
- Completion Date:
- 03/2022
- Status:
- Completed
- Management Response:
- No
- Evaluation Budget(US $):
- 40,000
Economy Wide Integration of Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Management to reduce Climate Vulnerability of Communities in Samoa (EWACC- TE)
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Title | Economy Wide Integration of Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Management to reduce Climate Vulnerability of Communities in Samoa (EWACC- TE) | ||||||||||||||
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Atlas Project Number: | 00079044 | ||||||||||||||
Evaluation Plan: | 2018-2022, Samoa | ||||||||||||||
Evaluation Type: | Final Project | ||||||||||||||
Status: | Completed | ||||||||||||||
Completion Date: | 03/2022 | ||||||||||||||
Planned End Date: | 02/2022 | ||||||||||||||
Management Response: | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Corporate Outcome and Output (UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021) |
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Evaluation Budget(US $): | 40,000 | ||||||||||||||
Source of Funding: | LDCF | ||||||||||||||
Evaluation Expenditure(US $): | 26,000 | ||||||||||||||
Joint Programme: | No | ||||||||||||||
Joint Evaluation: | No | ||||||||||||||
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GEF Evaluation: | Yes
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Key Stakeholders: | Government of Samoa(GoS), Ministry of Finance (MoF), Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment (MNRE), NGOs, CSOs | ||||||||||||||
Countries: | SAMOA |
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1 | Recommendation 1 Summary: Develop a government-wide Learning, Knowledge Exchange and Sustainability effort to facilitate optimal EWACC and CCA-DRM related learning and take-up. Detailed Recommendation 1: It is recommended that the Government, supported by UNDP, develop a government-wide Learning, Knowledge Exchange and Sustainability effort to facilitate optimal EWACC and CCA-DRM related Learning and Take-up. This should build on the current project focus on maximising knowledge generation and sharing and dissemination during the final project months, but also ideally continue beyond the project, (using as/if needed) a dedicated online platform to support this and/or existing online assets.
UNDP support during the remainder of the project duration could include acting as a sounding board and providing structuring/conceptual support to the work, for example the overview assessment of the extent to which the main barriers have been addressed/tackled. |
2 | Recommendation 2 Summary: Over-arching EWACC Sustainability - Consider development of new projects/interventions to support the take up of actions to maximise EWACC’s sustained impact. Detailed Recommendation 2: While EWACC has generated important impact, and learning and/or potential for learning, there is a lot that can be done do further increase its medium-to-long term impact. The project’s draft sustainability plan is an important step in this direction, but optimising the sustained impact of EWACC will likely mean a significant number of actions and ‘work-ons’ that will go beyond the EWACC project end date, while it is also likely that the Government would welcome further support in developing the knowledge, capacities, co-ordination practices, etc. that further anchor an economy-wide approach to climate change adaptation. To maximise EWACC’s sustained impact prospects, it is therefore recommended to develop an over-arching Sustainability Strategy and Plan for EWACC. This would include the existing sustainability planning, post-project actions, as well as the continued development of the EWACC conceptual framework and toolkit/’solutions box’ of interventions. Importantly, it would also include considering new projects to support the take up of sustainability strategy actions, and in this sense this recommendation is a horizontal recommendation, which seeks out specific areas where new project(s)/initiatives could be formulated to support actioning the evaluation recommendations and building on the momentum and results of EWACC.
Taking a strategic and systemic view of EWACC follow-up: As an example, providing an implementation vehicle to provide support for creating a scalable and sustainable CDCRM (Recommendation 4 below, following completion of Recommendation 4 on the CDCRM Strategy Development). A follow-up project could support the work on the strategy development (Recommendation 2), and part of the implementation of Recommendation 4), but ensuring that additional grant funding through a follow-up project is focussed on support to create a systemic and scalable approach, with grant-based funding only being used with reimbursable or other types of funding are not appropriate. |
3 | Recommendation 3 Summary: CDCRM Sustainability Strategy (Part 1): Develop a medium (3-5) year strategy document (or discussion paper) on how system can be made fully sustainable Detailed Recommendation 3: it is recommended that the government consider how to develop a medium (3-5) year strategy document (or discussion paper) on how the CDCRM system can be made fully sustainable. While it is understood that plans are under development to build on the CDCRM there is no strategy or plan to explore how the CDCRM system can be made sustainable over the medium term. This sustainability strategy planning could include:
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4 | Recommendation 4 Summary: CDCRM Sustainability Strategy (Part 2): Developing the CDCRM System to become a self-sustaining system
Detailed Recommendation 4: It is recommended that significant thought and effort is given to developing the CDCRM System into a self-sustaining system. The objective would be to create a system that is a cost-efficient as possible, and also taps into a range of ways to self-finance the system through new income generation and wealth creation at the level of communities, making the system more valuable and more financially secure and sustainable. Within this, areas to consider could for example include:
To get this moving, one option might be that UNDP kickstart this by developing a discussion paper/presentation, with ideas and examples of aspects and components that could be considered in follow-on reflection and discussion with the Government of Samoa. |
5 | Recommendation 5 Summary: Further develop EWACC as a conceptual framework and repository of effective strategies, tools and models to support best-in-class climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness Detailed Recommendation 5: Set up a conceptual framework and work programme dedicated to fleshing out EWACC as a conceptual framework, including researching, exploring and developing the financing framework for climate change adaptation. This could include for example:
With an EWACC conceptual framework above, further emphasise the potential for the project to empower women and support gender equality, as evidenced in EWACC’s results, through dedicated women’s empowerment components/pillars.
[1] In this respect, for example, an ECSWACC (Economy and Society-Wide Approach to Climate Change), or SEWACC, might be a first step in this process. |
6 | Recommendation 6 Summary: Explore strengthened horizontal co-ordination and decision-making to support effective and efficient implementation of DRM and climate-resilience interventions Detailed Recommendation 6: Going forward, it is important to ensure that government cross-ministry and inter-agency communication, co-ordination and decision-making is both effective and efficient. This could include, considering:
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7 | Recommendation 7 Summary: Consider greening of the Vaisigano river flood protection wall. Detailed Recommendation 7: Regarding the Vaisigano river flood protection wall, it is recommended that the government explore how to make the wall as environmentally friendly as possible, and blending in with the local surroundings. One option raised by stakeholder has to be green the wall, which would reduce heat deflection from the wall, (and bring some biodiversity benefits and some limited CO2 reduction benefits. Implementing such a recommendation could also seek to build on EWACC’s experience by involving local residents and other local actors. Similarly, this could explore local financing from at least some beneficiaries (e.g., businesses benefitting) along the lines of a payment for ecosystem/environment services, including either direct payments, or voluntary contributions of supplies (e.g., planting inputs, labour etc.) |
8 | Recommendation 8 Summary: EWACC and gender - Consider further development and replication of EWACC’s gender-related work and support for women. Detailed Recommendation 8: Linked in part to whether UNDP and the Government decide to invest in the development of EWACC as concept (Recommendation 4 above), the project stakeholders should reflect on the very promised gender-related work done under EWACC, and how the gender dimension can be further strengthened, developed and replicated. This could include developing a plan for a significant upscaling and replication of the work on livelihood support, the SBI and related skills development to empower women and girls, and rigorous tracking of the dynamic impact of additional income on women’s lives, their families and the local community. Other finance interventions (e.g., testing microfinance products) and mechanisms to support strengthened sustainability could also be considered. |