Terminal Evaluation of the UNEP/GEF Project Closing the Gaps in Great Green Wall: Linking Sectors and Stakeholders for Increased Synergy and Scaling-up GEF ID 5811 / UNEP SMA ID 30071 (2016-2024)

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dc.contributor.approvalRecordDirector, Evaluation Office
dc.contributor.authorEvaluation Office
dc.contributor.organizationEvaluation Office
dc.contributor.otherAlioune Alpha Mamadou WATT
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africa
dc.coverage.spatialBurkina Faso
dc.coverage.spatialCentral Africa
dc.coverage.spatialChad
dc.coverage.spatialEast Africa
dc.coverage.spatialDjibouti
dc.coverage.spatialEritrea
dc.coverage.spatialEthiopia
dc.coverage.spatialMali
dc.coverage.spatialMauritania
dc.coverage.spatialNiger
dc.coverage.spatialNigeria
dc.coverage.spatialSenegal
dc.coverage.spatialNorth Africa
dc.coverage.spatialSudan
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-29T10:11:29Z
dc.date.issued2026-09
dc.descriptionThis report presents the Terminal Evaluation of the UNEP/GEF project “Closing the Gaps in Great Green Wall: Linking Sectors and Stakeholders for Increased Synergy and Scaling-up” (GEF ID 5811 / UNEP SMA ID 30071), implemented by UNEP and executed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) during 2016–2024. The project aimed to strengthen enabling conditions for the implementation of Sustainable Land Management policies in the Sahel / Great Green Wall countries through enhanced investment, intersectoral coordination and engagement of marginalised groups. The evaluation assessed performance against UNEP/GEF criteria using document review, interviews, written exchanges, remote consultations, and field missions in Burkina Faso and Senegal. The overall project performance rating is Moderately Unsatisfactory. The project was strategically relevant and substantially delivered enabling outputs, particularly on civil society engagement, learning and dialogue. Key limitations concerned delays, uneven country ownership, incomplete financial and co-financing verification, weak evidence of sustained institutional use, and limited evidence that investment dialogue translated into concrete financing outcomes. The evaluation recommends completing the final evidence and financial closure package, strengthening country-level uptake and sustainability planning in future GGW enabling projects, and improving human rights, gender equality and inclusion results monitoring. Source(s) of Funding by Country: GEF Trust Fund grant and planned co-financing from participating governments and partners in the 11 GGW countries. Final realised co-financing by country should be confirmed through financial closure documentation.
dc.description.fundingModalityGEF
dc.description.reviewStatusinternal review only
dc.description.statusFinal
dc.description.urihttps://www.unep.org/evaluation-office
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/49976
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGOen
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.rights.copyrightUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.themenatural areas, landscapes and ecosystems
dc.subject.themeland degradation
dc.subject.themeland restoration
dc.titleTerminal Evaluation of the UNEP/GEF Project Closing the Gaps in Great Green Wall: Linking Sectors and Stakeholders for Increased Synergy and Scaling-up GEF ID 5811 / UNEP SMA ID 30071 (2016-2024)
dc.typeEvaluation resource

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