IDS and GEF announce a partnership

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in East Sussex, United Kingdom, and the GEF Evaluation Office are very pleased to announce a five year agreement, which will cover collaboration between IDS and the Office on a variety of issues, including methodological advice, peer reviews, joint work to prepare studies, as well as internship opportunities for MA students to work at the Evaluation Office.  Rob D. van den Berg, Director of the Evaluation Office, and Lawrence Haddad, Director of IDS signed the agreement on 28 October.

For more information:

Memorandum of Understanding Between Institute of Development Studies -IDS And the Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility -GEF EO

A Seminar on Bidiversity and Climate Change

To mark the signing of the memorandum of understanding, Rob D. van den Berg gave a seminar on October 29 outlining the work of the GEF and reporting on a briefing paper of the Evaluation Cooperation Group of the international financial institutions reviewing evaluation lessons learnt on support for biodiversity. Robert Nurick, the Director of Teaching at IDS provided a critique of this through his work on protected areas and climate change. A lively exchange followed and Rob provided further information on the possibility of paid internships for graduated MA students at IDS.

The following links are audio files with power point slides and require QuickTime or ITunes installed on your computer

• Rob D. van den Berg Introductory Remarks on the Global Environmental Facility
• Rob D. van den Berg Enabling Biodiversity in a Sustainable Future: Lessons from Evaluations
• Robert Nurick “When the toad speaks it is going to rain” Livelihoods and Climate Change in Lake Side Communities of Ba Be National Park, Vietnam