The GEF Evaluation Office is working together with a large number of partner organizations fostering international collaboration on various initiatives.
 

The Office is currently developing a Community of Practice for Monitoring and Evaluation Best Practices and Capacity Building on Climate Change and Development. The virtual community of practice creates, validates and disseminates evaluation information and knowledge and aims to identify dynamic demands by focusing on a member-based management system of relevant resources. This initiative is following-up to the International Conference on Climate Change and Development - organized by the office together with a large range of organizations, such as the French GEF (FFEM), International Development Research Center (IDRC of Canada and the UK), the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, US Agency for International Development (USAID),  the International Development Research Center (IDRC, of Canada and DFID of the UK); and the conference was supported both financially and with other contributions, by numerous individuals and partner organizations, including the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS). To read more about the conference please click here.

The new initiative is currently developing partnership with a range of organizations and is being funded by the Swiss and Swedish Governments. The specific activities under this new initiative involve:
a.   A publication and book launch at InfoShop.
b.   Electronic Repository of Climate Change Evaluations
c.   Online Forum (wiki) for the Community of Practice
d.   Five Studies on Mitigation and Adaptation:

1.    Meta-Evaluation of Mitigation Evaluations
2.    Preparation of Guidelines for Mitigation Evaluation
3.    Study of Frameworks for Adaptation
4.    Preparation of Indicators for Adaptation
5.    2nd Generation Guidelines on Adaptation Assessments

Please click here for more information.
 

The Evaluation office is a member of the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) and participates in meetings of the Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) of the International Financial Institutions.
 

The office is involved in several international initiatives to support capacity development on evaluation issues in developing countries, most notably the International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET).