Ensure all pending LOAs and MOAs with both government and non-government partners are negotiated for accelerated completion. Confirm the need for NGOs to implement the activities to be results-oriented at the catchment level. UNDP is to finalize the HACT (Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers Assessment) for the relevant NGO IPs.

• Hire a qualified technical and operational staff. (Please note this is the same criteria of function desired for recommendation 6 as well)
• Engage NGOs on bigger sub-contracts.

Accelerate the hiring of a communications officer to handle the knowledge management component of the project. The officer will assist in putting together a communication strategy and oversee the implementation of the same

Accelerate the hiring of a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) officer, to oversee development of the following:

• Cross cutting: training, education, and capacity building, communication strategy and results monitoring work plan for all sites, including work with traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), schools, and education;
• Develop TOR and plan for a monitoring and lesson learned reporting for each site;

PMU to advocate for creation and strategy for policy level and other results for the Technical Advisory (and Policy Monitoring) Committee. Exit strategy might suggest merging TOR with existing Protected Areas Committee. Further, expand PAC membership to include other project partners, key missing sectors, NGO implementing partners, and key stakeholders including economy, planning, education, and tourism. The following should be done:

• Establish a consultancy on economic valuation and cost benefit analysis based on each catchment management plan and a policy for each site. Deliver results to PSC, NEC, and PAC; and
• Undertake a scoping and gap/opportunities review of linked policies, i.e., a land use policy review for a landscape approach: Forestry, Agriculture, Fisheries. The Government needs economic returns, so the Land Conservation Act, among others, must provide a gaps and recommendations report and implementations plan.
• Address the urgent need for technical and learning support (strategic communication, policy, and implementation) in the following areas: invasive species eradication, globally protected areas and lease compensation schemes, PES, INRM, conservation education, including agriculture, fisheries and forestry; and education for sustainable development and TDK, etc. Hold project-wide learning seminars on above subjects in some format, i.e., TCC, R2R seminar, etc.
• This project heavily funds Component 2 as compared to the other components. Linkage with EIAs especially with logging should be considered. EIA guideline development.
• Develop technical guidance on leasing the land from the communities, a key result area expected for this project’s work. The Forestry Department has limited knowledge of how to determine the compensation and urgently needs guidance on payment for ecosystem services to undertake and make decisions during project implementation and beyond.
• UNDP support PM and RPMU   author cross cutting programme implementation strategies as soon as possible. Bring in consultancy support if needed