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Drawing on the wealth of experience embodied
in its portfolio of nearly 1,000 medium to large-scale projects and
the over 5,000 projects of the GEF Small Grants Programme managed
by UNDP, UNDP-GEF produces a broad range of knowledge materials. The
Knowledge
Management in Support of the Global Environment: UNDP-GEF Initiatives
(2004) document provides an overview. The aim of these materials is
to extract lessons from past and on-going projects that can be applied,
and to replicate successes. In practice, this is realized in four
ways, through:
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Using and applying lessons is particularly
important to ensure that materials provide practical information and
are improved or updated regularly.
UNDP-GEF collaborates closely with other members
of UNDP's
Energy and Environment Practice Group, as well as experts from
other UNDP
development practices, in carrying out activities related to
the generation of knowledge materials. UNDP-GEF also participates
in various knowledge management activities as part of the GEF partnership.
Project Formulation Materials
Resource Kits
These kits are designed to help users to understand
and apply standard GEF policies and procedures by providing in-depth
guidance.
• Capacity
Development Indicators Resource Kit
• National
Capacity Self Assessment Resource Kit
• UNDP-GEF
Measuring and Demonstrating Impact (March 2005):
Programming Kits
These kits are designed to help users to understand
what is eligible for funding under the GEF; they also clarify links
with UNDP's work in other relevant development practice areas.
• UNDP-GEF
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Kit
• UNDP-GEF
Guidelines for Preparing GEF Projects in the Cross-Cutting Area of
Land Degradation
• PNUD-FEM
Directives pour la préparation des projets ayant trait au thème
transversal de la dégradation des sols
Practitioner Guides
These guides provide detailed technical guidance
on developing and implementing specific types of global environmental
initiatives.
• Adaptation
Policy Frameworks for Climate Change. Developing Strategies, Policies
and Measures (Cover):
• Energy-Efficiency
Labels and Standards: A Guidebook for Appliances, Equipment, and Lighting
Products
• Local
Business for Global Biodiversity Conservation: Small Business Development
Strategies in Biodiversity Projects
• Leaving
a Greening Legacy: Guidelines for Event Greening (UNDP/GEF/IUCN/South
Africa)
• Responsible
Tourism Handbook: A Guide to Good Practice for Tourism Operators (UNDP/GEF/IUCN/South
Africa)
• UNDP-GEF Guidebook
Publications
Broader in scope, these publications serve
to inform on UNDP-GEF's global environmental work and support the
unit's various outreach activities.
Thematic Publications
Biodiversity
Developing
Capacity, Conserving Biodiversity, Sustaining Livelihoods (2004)
Conserving
Biodiversity, Sustaining Livelihoods: Experiences from UNDP-GEF Biological
Diversity Projects (2002)
Climate Change
Meeting
the Climate Change Challenge, Sustaining Livelihoods (2004)
Pioneering
the Low Carbon Future... Sustaining Livelihoods: Experiences from
UNDP-GEF Projects in Climate Change & Ozone Depletion (2002)
International Waters
Protecting
International Waters, Sustaining Livelihoods (2004)
Preserving
International Waters, Sustaining Livelihoods: Experiences from UNDP-GEF
International Projects (5MB) (2002)
Preserving International Waters, Sustaining
Livelihoods: Part
1 (2.9MB); Part
2 (1.4 MB) (2002)
Land Degradation
Reclaiming
the Land, Sustaining Livelihoods (2004)
Agency
Collaboration for UNCCD Implementation: Current Situation and Lessons
Learned (2003)
Preventing
Land Degradation, Sustaining Livelihoods: Experiences from UNDP-GEF
Projects (2002)
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Managing
Chemicals - Sustaining Livelihoods. UNDP and Management of Persistent
Organic Pollutants, Ozone-Depleting Substances and Other Chemicals
(2005)
Managing
Chemicals - Sustaining Livelihoods. UNDP and International Chemicals
Management (2004)
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Newsletter:
September
2003; January
2002; July
2001
Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Environmental
Sustainability in Small Island Developing States. UNDP's Contribution
through its GEF Programme (2005)
Civil Society Organizations
Partners for Change: Experiences from UNDP's
Work with Civil Society Organizations through the Global Environment
Facility. (2005) English.
Español.
Français.
Project Publications
These publications are produced through projects,
and specifically share technical and other findings.
• Conservation
of Ethiopia's Plant Genetic Resources
• Regional
Strategic Action Plan for the Congo River Basin
• Community
Conservation of Closed Forest Biodiversity in East Africa: Can It
Work?
• Algulhas
Biodiversity Initiative
Monitoring and Evaluation Materials
M&E Lessons Learned Publications
These publications consolidate project learning
by distilling and synthesizing GEF project evaluations, so as to improve
future practices.
Evaluations
As part of regular monitoring and evaluation
activities, the UNDP-GEF M&E unit conducts project
implementation reviews on an annual basis.
UNDP-GEF also carries out evaluations
and thematic studies of its projects and programmes. This includes
independent mid-term and final evaluations of all GEF-funded UNDP
projects.
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