Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is a management tool used to support decision-making, ensure accountability, measure results and impacts of projects and programmes, and extract lessons from a given programme and its projects. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) corporate M&E policies and procedures, established to assess and capture the unique features of GEF projects, supplement UNDP monitoring and evaluation procedures.

UNDP-GEF participates in GEF corporate-level monitoring and evaluation activities, supports the establishment of M&E systems in projects, and carries out project-specific evaluations and reviews. The UNDP-GEF M&E unit also conducts thematic reviews and studies. Individual UNDP-GEF Project Implementation Reviews (PIRs) are included in annual overview reports. These corporate GEF reports and a number of other evaluations and studies can be accessed at GEF Monitoring and Evaluation.

Participatory mechanisms, to the degree possible, should be incorporated into monitoring and evaluation activities in order to involve stakeholders and beneficiaries in the collective examination and assessment of their programmes or projects. The dissemination of lessons, in particular those that have the potential for broader application, is a key element of monitoring and evaluation. To this end, the UNDP-GEF M&E Unit offers support on M&E Policies and Procedures, including guidance materials. UNDP-GEF Project Implementation Reviews are also available for reference as are the Evaluations and Thematic Studies carried out by our team. Specific M&E Sites are provided for easy reference and to receive further information or documents, please refer to our M&E Unit Contacts.