Conflict and fragility significantly impact environmental and climate change programming, including Global Environment Facility-funded initiatives. In response, The GEF Secretariat developed a Guidance Note on Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations in November 2024. The Guidance Note aims to support GEF agencies and partners in efficiently planning and executing projects in such contexts, offering actionable recommendations to enhance global environmental benefits and climate change adaptation through established practices and tools.
This webinar featured best practices, challenges, practical experiences, and methodologies for designing, implementing, and monitoring projects aimed at achieving global environment benefits and climate change adaptation in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). Highlights from the full event video below include:
- Practical tools and methodologies to monitor and evaluate projects in FCS settings
- Concrete examples from IFAD, FAO, and World Vision:
- Sustainable Forest and rangeland management in Afghanistan to combat land degradation and biodiversity loss
- Post Distribution Monitoring in Somalia’s Adaptive Agriculture and Rangeland Rehabilitation Project
- Building resilient agri-food system in a fragile context in Somalia
Opening Remarks
- Jonathan Caldicott, Manager, Operation and Policy Unit, GEF
Moderator
- Tommaso Vicario, Team Leader of the Policy, Monitoring and Liaison Team, GEF Coordination Unit, FAO
Speakers
- Muhammad Ishaq Safi, Team Leader for Climate Change and Environment, FAO Afghanistan
- Christa Ketting, Program Officer for Somalia, IFAD
- Hussein Adan Ibrahim, Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, Sadar Development and Resilience Institute
- Nishant Das, Chief of Party, SomReP (Somali Resilience Program), World Vision Somalia
- Phoebe Spencer, Environmental Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank
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