- Evaluation Plan:
- 2017-2021, Belize
- Evaluation Type:
- Final Project
- Planned End Date:
- 05/2019
- Completion Date:
- 04/2019
- Status:
- Completed
- Management Response:
- Yes
- Evaluation Budget(US $):
- 12,000
Terminal Evaluation of Belize Chemicals and Waste Management Project
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Title | Terminal Evaluation of Belize Chemicals and Waste Management Project | ||||||||||||||
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Atlas Project Number: | 00079317 | ||||||||||||||
Evaluation Plan: | 2017-2021, Belize | ||||||||||||||
Evaluation Type: | Final Project | ||||||||||||||
Status: | Completed | ||||||||||||||
Completion Date: | 04/2019 | ||||||||||||||
Planned End Date: | 05/2019 | ||||||||||||||
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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SDG Target |
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Evaluation Budget(US $): | 12,000 | ||||||||||||||
Source of Funding: | Project | ||||||||||||||
Evaluation Expenditure(US $): | 11,560 | ||||||||||||||
Joint Programme: | No | ||||||||||||||
Joint Evaluation: | No | ||||||||||||||
Evaluation Team members: |
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GEF Evaluation: | Yes
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Key Stakeholders: | Ministry of Fisheries, Forestry and Sustainable Development, Department of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, Pesticides Control Board | ||||||||||||||
Countries: | BELIZE |
Lessons | |
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1. | Flexibility should be included in project execution and decision making, and built into the project schedule, to allow for making adjstments in schedule or program implementation, as the need occurs.A hard and fast project schedule or execution plan can lead to severe consequences to the success of a project.
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2. | When facilities are to be constructed or equipment procured, additional funding contingency should be provided or allocated in the initial or revised budgets. This would avoid having to justify and obtain additional funding, which may be difficult to get. |
3. | For the Chemicals and Solid Waste Project, given its complexity and the fact that facilities were to be designed and constructed, the schedule should have been four years instead of three. |
4. | Green harvesting of sugar cane would be more attractive is the price of green harvested sugar cane were at a premium price. This would probably require that “green harvested” granular sugar command a premium price at the sales outlet (grocery or wholesale stores), which in turn would have to experience a demand by the end buyers. Difficult but not impossible. |
5. | Shareholder incentive is best maintained through an accelerated decision-making process. |
Findings | |
1. | Clarity and Completeness of Design The analysis of the results framework by the terminal evaluation indicated that the projects objectives and components were clear, practicable, and feasible with the overall project time frame. They were measurable, with ranges of result achievement noted. Within the framework, the targets were realistic and timely. Tag: Relevance Programme/Project Design |
2. | Capacity Evaluation and Improvement o Storage, packaging, permitting, shipment and arrangements for destruction of POPs wastes, principally PCB contaminated oils
Tag: Programme/Project Design Private Sector Capacity Building |
3. | Lessons from other relevant projects The technical evaluator did not find direct reference to lessons learned from other relevant projects, but from his previous project work with UNDP / GEF has gained a good understanding of the resources available to Country Offices, particularly the ability to access other similar projects globally, and to access the lessons that these other similar projects developed during their project implementation and execution. Thus, the Technical Evaluator assumed that relevant lessons learned were incorporated into the project design. Tag: Knowledge management |
4. | Counterpart Resources As far as can be determined from review of project documents and interviews with the stakeholders, the counterpart resources for the project, as known at the initiation of the project, had been correctly defined and put in place. As with any project during its lifetime, additional resource requirements are usually identified as well as some initial resources that may not be required. Thus, it is considered that the counterpart resources were correctly defined and provided at the initiation of the project. Tag: Resource mobilization |
5. | Implementation Arrangements 1. Amendment of the Existing Legal Instruments and Strengthening Pesticides Law Enforcement 6. Medical Wastes Management Tag: Sanitation Waste management Implementation Modality Policies & Procedures Capacity Building |
6. | Relevance to GEF Strategic Objectives The project is directly relevant to three major GEF strategic objectives, those of: 1. Elimination of POPs chemicals and other obsolete pesticides, herbicides and hazardous chemicals from countries that still retain those substances within their boundaries Tag: Sanitation Waste management Relevance Policies & Procedures |
7. | Implementation Arrangements
Tag: Human and Financial resources Implementation Modality Project and Programme management |
8. | Execution, Including Stakeholder Ownership Tag: Human and Financial resources Implementation Modality Ownership Project and Programme management Country Government |
9. | Stakeholder Ownership / Partnership As of the terminal evaluation, the key stakeholders at the local and regional level have become fully engaged with the project activities and have assumed ownership of the results - and the sustainability of those results. At the national level, the government technicians directly involved in the project activities have certainly taken ownership for the project results. For example, during the terminal evaluation the SIRI staff members directly responsible for agricultural initiative directed toward mechanical harvesting and fertilization / biocide application, were able to clearly demonstrate their capacity for conducting this work on a sustained basis after project completion. There remains, however, less certainty about the sense of “urgency” at the higher levels of government with respect to passage and enforcement of regulations and policy on chemicals and solid waste. Tag: Sustainability Ownership Country Government |
10. | Risk Assessment and Monitoring The Project Results Framework noted a set of risks that had to be considered during the inception and implementation of the project. Tag: Waste management Monitoring and Evaluation Risk Management |
11. | Flexibility and Adaptive Management FLEXIBILITY IS ONE OF THE GEF’S TEN OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES, AND ALL PROJECTS MUST BE IMPLEMENTED IN A FLEXIBLE MANNER TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS, AND TO ENSURE RESULTS-BASED, RATHER THAN OUTPUT-BASED APPROACH. THUS, DURING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT MUST BE EMPLOYED TO ADJUST TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES. Tag: Waste management Effectiveness Efficiency Project and Programme management Results-Based Management |
12. | Financial Planning by Component and Delivery Tag: Efficiency Human and Financial resources |
13. | Monitoring and Evaluation Tag: Implementation Modality Monitoring and Evaluation Project and Programme management |
14. | Impacts and Global Environmental Benefits o Reduction in the burning of sugarcane harvesting wastes, with lessened particulates and UPOPs generation in the sugar cane region. Additional potential environmental health considerations could result from the lessened emissionsfeed shoreline pollution that migrates to Belize. Tag: Waste management Effectiveness |
15. | Key GEF Performance Parameters Tag: Sustainability |
16. | Financial Risks Tag: Waste management Sustainability Bilateral partners |
17. | Socio-political Risks Tag: Site Conservation / Preservation Waste management Risk Management |
18. | Institutional and Governance Risks Tag: Sustainability Policies & Procedures |
19. | Environmental Risks Tag: Waste management Sustainability |
20. | Gender Equality and Mainstreaming Tag: Gender Equality Gender Mainstreaming |
Recommendations | |
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1 | Provision should be made in the near future for incentives to enable the separation and recycling of e-waste(this is understood to be considered in the near future) |
2 | The issue of roadside waste (litter, agricultural waste, rural road solid waste), should be addressed in a subsequent follow-on initiative. |
3 | A strategy for plastics wastes needs to be developed and implemented (this is reported to be under consideration by Parliament, and scheduled for enactment in April 2019) |
4 | More public education on the issues of solid waste, chemicals, and environmental protection would be beneficial to all segments of the population of Belize. |
5 | The issue of expanding the elimination of burning of agricultural sugar cane harvesting waste should be discussed with the Sugar Industry Research & Development Institute (SIRDI), and a program of promoting the initiative adopted. |
6 | A review should be made, and conclusions drawn regarding the feasibility of obtaining a higher price for “Green Sugar Cane”. |
7 | The government and SIRDI should initiate discussions on expanded purchase and rental of mechanized equipment for pesticide and fertilizer application to sugar plantations, this would result in lessened volumes of pesticides and fertilizers being used, with corresponding reduction in costs to the farmers. |
Key Action Update History
Provision should be made in the near future for incentives to enable the separation and recycling of e-waste(this is understood to be considered in the near future)
Management Response: [Added: 2019/10/25] [Last Updated: 2020/12/03]
Belize Solid Waste Management project sets in place a functioning landfill site supported by transfer station which allows for sorting for recycling. Transfer stations for Belize central corridor in place. Stations for southern Belize under development.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Implement national solid waste management project
[Added: 2020/03/04] |
Government of Belize | 2019/12 | No Longer Applicable |
[Justification: The implementation of the National Solid Waste Management Programme is ongoing. Phase I which responds to the Belize Central Corridor which hosts Belize's largest population centers is completed.] It is expected that the Government of Belize will address solid waste management across the country in coming years History |
The issue of roadside waste (litter, agricultural waste, rural road solid waste), should be addressed in a subsequent follow-on initiative.
Management Response: [Added: 2019/10/25] [Last Updated: 2020/12/03]
Project under consideration
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Develop follow-on activity
[Added: 2020/03/04] [Last Updated: 2020/07/27] |
Government of Belize | 2020/12 | No Longer Applicable |
[Justification: Within the 2020 COVID19 environment, this action is no longer prioritized within national programming. As a result,a recommendation is made for this temporary recommendation.] History |
A strategy for plastics wastes needs to be developed and implemented (this is reported to be under consideration by Parliament, and scheduled for enactment in April 2019)
Management Response: [Added: 2019/10/25] [Last Updated: 2020/12/03]
Ban on Single use plastic in place
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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GoB passed legislation government the banned use of single use plastics in Belize
[Added: 2020/03/04] |
Government of Belize | 2019/12 | Completed |
More public education on the issues of solid waste, chemicals, and environmental protection would be beneficial to all segments of the population of Belize.
Management Response: [Added: 2019/10/25] [Last Updated: 2020/12/03]
Action taken up jointly by the Department of Environment (DoE) and Solid Waste Management Authority (SWAMA)
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Implementation of Public Education Campaign
[Added: 2020/03/04] |
Government of Belize | 2019/12 | Completed |
The issue of expanding the elimination of burning of agricultural sugar cane harvesting waste should be discussed with the Sugar Industry Research & Development Institute (SIRDI), and a program of promoting the initiative adopted.
Management Response: [Added: 2019/10/25] [Last Updated: 2020/12/03]
SIRDI continues to promote green harvesting and have worked to expand the acreage of sugar plantations now only relying on a single control burn per cropping season. This replaces traditional practices of two burns.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Promote green harvesting
Promote single burn systems
[Added: 2020/03/04] |
SIRDI | 2019/12 | Completed |
A review should be made, and conclusions drawn regarding the feasibility of obtaining a higher price for “Green Sugar Cane”.
Management Response: [Added: 2019/10/25] [Last Updated: 2020/12/03]
Cane farms in northern Belize are Fair Trade certified, i.e. they already benefit from Fair-trade Premiums for sales of Fair-trade cane sugar. Linked to their certification is actions which invest in sustainable production system. Much of the work associated with climate change adaptation, green harvesting, and reduce chemicals input is associated with their fair-trade certification.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Explore additional opportunities for certification and niche markets supporting “green sugar cane”
[Added: 2020/03/04] [Last Updated: 2020/04/16] |
Sugar cane Farmers Association Belize Sugar Industry BSI/ASR | 2019/12 | Completed | This is an ongoing initiative on the part of the industry. History |
The government and SIRDI should initiate discussions on expanded purchase and rental of mechanized equipment for pesticide and fertilizer application to sugar plantations, this would result in lessened volumes of pesticides and fertilizers being used, with corresponding reduction in costs to the farmers.
Management Response: [Added: 2019/10/25] [Last Updated: 2020/12/03]
Agreements in place for support from processors BSI/ASR
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Provision of support to farmers
[Added: 2020/03/04] |
SIRDI/ BSI/ASR/ Sugar cane farmers | 2019/12 | Completed | A formal agreement exists between farmers and BSI/ASR. This agreement covers investments in extension support as well as the use of machinery to support efficient sugar cane cropping. History |