Completed evaluations
Terminal evaluation of the project "Contribution of sustainable forest management to a low emission and resilient development in Serbia"
30/05/2024
The project was highly relevant to international and local policy agenda priorities. However, project ownership was concentrated among stakeholders from the state forestry sector while other important private and non-forestry actors were only involved at minor levels. The evaluation found that the legal institutionalization of results in the form of new legislation was not realized during the project’s life cycle.
Terminal evaluation of the project “Climate-smart Livestock Production and Land Restoration in the Uruguayan Rangelands”
30/05/2024
Project results demonstrated the feasibility of establishing environmentally sustainable livestock production systems without compromising productivity or economic viability, as validated by beneficiaries. Furthermore, the project introduced public policy instruments to facilitate the replication and scalability of this successful model, offering an institutional framework for wider adoption.
Evaluation of the project "Empowering youth at risk as resources for sustaining peace and community resilience in Tonkolili and Kenema districts in Sierra Leone"
20/05/2024
It is recommended to complete all project activities and engage exit plan, streamline future procurement mechanisms and process, engage systems that encourage local contractors, start drug and alcohol counselling at commencement of project, incorporate mental health and psychosocial counselling, encourage better data collection as part of project monitoring, and consider a longer-term timeframe for programming.
Terminal evaluation of the project “Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”
20/05/2024
This project supports the Government of Sri Lanka in efforts to implement a National Biosafety Framework to meet the requirements of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The project was found to be highly relevant to needs and achieved many of its targets. However, sustainability is hampered by the lack of a legal framework and there are significant financial risks after project closure. FAO should host a strategic-level forum with stakeholders to reflect on findings.
Evaluation of FAO's cash and voucher assistance
20/05/2024
The assessment is based on an extensive review of internal documents and external literature, an analysis of 50 FAO CVA projects and 170 FAO evaluations, interviews with 69 key stakeholders, an online survey of FAO’s 85 Country Offices, eight country case studies and three case studies of comparable UN agencies.Its main recommendation was for FAO management to develop a vision and strategy specific to CVA so as to enable their more impactful and more efficient delivery.
Terminal evaluation of the project "Sustainable Forest Lands Management and Conservation under an Eco-social Approach"
26/04/2024
The project made a significant contribution in terms of generation and systematization of information; methodological developments to estimate carbon emissions, reservoirs and sequestration, and compilation of information for the National Integrated Forest Information System; strengthen institutional and community capacities, and promote the application of sustainable forest management practices under a co-management scheme.
Terminal evaluation of the project "Strengthening agroclimatic monitoring and information systems to improve adaptation to climate change and food security in the Lao People's Democratic Republic"
26/04/2024
The project generated an agroecological zoning modelling tool of global relevance and achieved many of its outputs. The network of weather stations was improved along with establishing a laboratory for calibration of the sensors of the automatic weather station and the Lao Climate Service for Agriculture. It has made a significant contribution to strengthening agroclimatic monitoring and information systems to improve adaptation to climate change and food security.
Learning from evaluations of FAO’s work in Europe and Central Asia (2020–2023)
03/04/2024
This 2024 report for the ECA region follows on the syntheses completed in 2020 and 2022 and responds to the request of the Thirty-second Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe, held 2–4 November 2020, to include an item on evaluation as a regular feature in future regional conferences.
Evaluation of the project “FAO Syria Smallholder Support Programme for Agriculture Transformation”
25/03/2024
FAO has demonstrated approaches that can be replicated to support the transformation of agriculture in the Syrian Arab Republic to a decentralized and locally-led system. Adopting an area-based approach may have enabled programme activities to be more mutually re-enforcing and potentially created a multiplier effect. Greater consideration of an exit strategy that lays the foundation for sustainability at community level is required.
Terminal evaluation of the project “Pesticide Risk Reduction in Malawi”
13/03/2024
This evaluation highlights the economic, environmental and social risks and challenges associated with the use of chemical pesticides in the agricultural sector in Malawi and provides a comprehensive assessment of the contribution of the project to reduce these risks, as well as to promote sustainable agricultural systems. It draws lessons and identifies the conditions to be put in place to promote the consolidation of achievements, progress towards impact and sustainability.