General Background. UNOPS supports partners to build a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of peace building, humanitarian and development projects. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations. New York Service Cluster (NYSC) supports the United Nations Secretariat, as well as other New York-based United Nations organizations, bilateral and multilateral partners in the delivery of UNOPS mandate in project management, infrastructure management, and procurement management Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC) supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations. It was formed by combining the following portfolios: Grants Management Services (GMS), UN Technology Support Services (UNTSS), Development and Special Initiatives Portfolio (DSIP) It provides Services to partners' programmes that are designed, structured, and managed with a global perspective and primarily serving partners that are headquartered in New York. The SDC has a footprint of approximately 125 countries. UNOPS has signed an agreement with the UNDO CO of Kazakhstan to implement the project activities for the Small Grants Programme. In accordance with UNDP and GEF M&E policies and procedures, all full-sized projects supported by the GEF should undergo a Terminal Evaluation (TE) upon completion of implementation. The Final Evaluation is intended to assess the relevance, performance and success of the project. It looks at signed of potential impact and sustainability of results, including the contribution to capacity development and the achievement of global and national environmental goals. The Final Evaluation also identifies/documents lessons learned and makes recommendations that project partners and stakeholders might use to improve the design and implementation of other related projects and programmes. The Final Evaluation is to be undertaken in accordance with the “GEF Evaluation Policy” (see xxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx/sites/default/files/ieo/evaluations/files/gef-me-policy-2019_2.pdf ). This Terms of Reference (ToRs) sets out the expectations for the TE of the full-sized project titled Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Kazakhstan (PIMS#5469) implemented through the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The project started on 17 July 2017 and is in its fourth year of implementation. The TE process must follow the guidance outlined in the document ‘Guidance for Conducting Terminal Evaluations of UNDP-Supported, GEF-Financed Projects’. The objective of the Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Kazakhstan (PIMS#5469) full-sized project is to support community-level organizations in steppe and desert landscapes in developing and implementing adaptive management projects that build social, economic, and ecological resilience based on, and reinforced, by global environmental and local sustainable development benefits. The Project has two main Components: (i) Resilient rural and peri-urban landscapes of steppe and desert ecosystems for sustainable development and global environmental protection; and (ii) Knowledge Generation and Management, Information-sharing and Dissemination of Lessons Learned. Under Component 1, the project supports measures to improve community-based capacities and resources to promote and build ecosystem resilience through resource management planning at the landscape level and supporting measures to avoid GHG emissions by improving the adoption of energy efficient and renewable energy technologies and sequestering carbon through restoration of natural forests from cost-effective community-based efforts. Under this Component, the project also seeks to build synergies and linkages among various community-level interventions, so as to harmonize them, increase value-added of existing initiatives, promote social cohesion and generate greater impacts and results on the landscape through cumulative interventions. Under Component 2, the outcomes and components primarily address knowledge management. Items under this component seeks to harness that knowledge, apply it to different areas, replicate it and share it with relevant stakeholders. Under Component 1, the work of the Project focused on supporting NGOs and CBOs locally-implemented projects and ensuring successful implementation of the entire grant portfolio. Of 49 projects for a total amount of $ 1,527,383 covering seven focus landscapes and three thematic areas: biodiversity conservation (10 projects), climate change (16 projects), and land degradation (19 projects), and also including capacity development, awareness raising & results analysis, policy dialogue and baseline assessment projects (4 projects).
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General Background. UNOPS supports partners to build a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of peace building, humanitarian and development projects. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations. New York Service Cluster (NYSC) supports the United Nations Secretariat, as well as other New York-based United Nations organizations, bilateral and multilateral partners in the delivery of UNOPS mandate in project management, infrastructure management, and procurement management management. Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC) supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations. It was formed by combining the following portfolios: Grants Management Services (GMS), UN Technology Support Services (UNTSS), Development and Special Initiatives Portfolio (DSIP) It provides Services to partners' programmes that are designed, structured, and managed with a global perspective and primarily serving partners that are headquartered in New York. The SDC has a footprint of approximately 125 countries. UNOPS has signed an agreement with the UNDO CO of Kazakhstan Mexico to implement the project activities for the Small Grants Programme. In accordance with GEF-UNDP and GEF M&E policies and procedures, all full-sized projects supported by the GEF should undergo a Terminal Evaluation (TE) final evaluation upon completion of implementation. The Final Evaluation is intended to assess the relevance, performance and success of the project. It looks at signed signs of potential impact and sustainability of results, including the contribution to capacity development and the achievement of global and national environmental goals. The Final Evaluation also identifies/documents lessons learned and makes recommendations that project partners and stakeholders might use to improve the design and implementation of other related projects and programmesprograms. The Final Evaluation evaluation is to be undertaken in accordance with the “GEF Evaluation Policy” Policy (see xxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx/sites/default/files/ieo/evaluations/files/gef-me-policy-2019_2.pdf ). This Final Evaluation is initiated by UNOPS as the GEF Implementing Agency for the “Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Mexico” project according to the GEF standards and UNOPS operational procedures. This Terms of Reference (ToRs) sets out the expectations for the TE of the full-sized project titled Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Kazakhstan Mexico (PIMS#5469PIMS#5531) implemented through the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The project started on 17 July 2017 22 January 2018 and is in its fourth year of implementation. The TE process must follow the guidance outlined in the document ‘Guidance for Conducting Terminal Evaluations of UNDP-Supported, GEF-Financed Projects’. The objective of the Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Kazakhstan (PIMS#5469Mexico(PIMS#5531) full-sized project is to support community-level organizations in steppe and desert achieve global environmental benefits by empowering local communities to manage production landscapes in developing and implementing adaptive management projects Mexico’s Southeast large ecosystems in a manner that build enhances their social, economic, and ecological environmental sustainability and resilience. Landscape and seascape resilience based onhas been enhanced through the individual and synergistic impacts of a set of adaptive community practices that maintain ecosystem services, conserve biodiversity, mitigate climate change and reverse land degradation in the following large ecosystems: 1) Agroforestry Landscape of Chiapas and Tabasco, (2) Coastal Seascape of the Yucatan Peninsula, (3) Xxxxxxxx-Usumacinta Lower Basin Landscape, (4) Sustainable Forestry Landscape of Campeche, Xxxxxxxx Roo, and reinforcedYucatan, by (5) Forest and Milpa Landscape of Campeche, Xxxxxxxx Roo, and Yucatan. The project was built on the results, experience and lessons from previous SGP phases, and lessons learned from relevant Programmes such as COMPACT. In particular, the project established and strengthened networks and second-level organizations to integrate and bring to scale production and marketing of sustainably produced goods and services. Coordinated community projects in the landscape generated ecological, economic and social synergies that produce greater and potentially longer-lasting global environmental benefits, as well as increased social capital and local sustainable development benefits. The Project has two main Componentson-the-ground projects address thematic areas, and interventions and are closely linked to other projects funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and other sources. GEF SGP OP6 project is based on one Component: (i) Resilient rural Component 1: Increased resilience of selected landscapes and peri-urban landscapes of steppe and desert ecosystems seascapes for local sustainable development and global environmental protection; benefits. There are 113ongoing projects in the three targeted landscapes and seascape 100% commitment of OP6 grant allocation, has been approved by the NSC with the aim of enabling community organizations in Mexicoto increase area ( hectares) in the target landscapes and seascape with improved community management, mitigate GHG in community-owned lands through sustainable forest management and avoidance of forest fires and improve livelihoods and enhance resilience to climate change. Progress on OP6: OP-6 has improved community management on 262,000 hectares in terrestrial areas and 35,700 hectares in coastal and marine areas (ii525% and 198.5% of the EOP-target, respectively). The impact of the community projects continues to increase throughout the implementation of Operational Phase 6 (OP6), thus integrating more territories to sustainable management. The landscape target has been achieved through 44 community-led, SGP-supported projects working towards this indicator. In the four landscapes, 14 agroecology and 11 agroforestry projects impacted 567 and 1,139 hectares, respectively. 12 forestry projects manage 255,018 hectares. Overall, seven community tourism projects are implementing activities covering 5,715 terrestrial hectares in the landscapes. At the seascape level, three projects apply invasive species control activities on 19,008 hectares. The fishing refuges or no-take zones now cover 486,450 hectares. Additionally, 11 tourism projects implement activities in coastal or marine areas covering 11,668 hectares. During OP6, a total of 11,870,205.89 tons of CO2e have been mitigated (413% of the EOP target) Knowledge Generation through sustainable forest management and Managementavoidance of forest fires. This value was obtained considering the conservation areas of seven forest ejidos and a community conservation project. Altogether, Information-sharing and Dissemination of Lessons Learnedthere are 55,541.5 hectares that CBOs have allocated to conserving low deciduous forest, thereby serving as a carbon sink. Under Component 1A research team from Centro Geo applied the methodology to calculate this value. Additionally, the project supports measures Mexico´s team developed a database and geographic information system to improve community-based capacities and resources to promote and build ecosystem resilience through resource management planning at consolidate the landscape level and supporting measures to avoid GHG emissions by improving effort into a monitoring tool that the adoption of energy efficient and renewable energy technologies and sequestering carbon through restoration of natural forests from cost-effective community-based effortscommunities can use. Under this Component, the project also seeks to build synergies and linkages among various community-level interventions, so as to harmonize them, increase value-added of existing initiatives, promote social cohesion and generate greater impacts and results on the landscape through cumulative interventions. Under Component 2, the outcomes and components primarily address knowledge management. Items under this component seeks to harness that knowledge, apply it to different areas, replicate it and share it with relevant stakeholders. Under Component 1, the work 265 communities (196% of the EOP target) are implementing projects aimed at improving livelihoods and enhancing resilience in four landscapes and one seascape. Three call for proposal have been published to reach the targets. The incumbent of this position will be a personnel of UNOPS under its full responsibility. The United Nations Office for Project focused on supporting NGOs and CBOs locally-Services (UNOPS) is the Implementing Partner for this project, which is being implemented projects and ensuring successful implementation through the existing mechanism of the entire grant portfolioGEF Small Grants Program, including the approval of each initiative by the SGP National Steering Committee and proper follow-up and monitoring to be provided under the leadership of the SGP Upgrading Country Program Coordinator. Of 49 projects for Total project budget is $4,429,223 of which is a total amount of $ 1,527,383 covering seven focus landscapes and three thematic areas: biodiversity conservation (10 projects), climate change (16 projects), and land degradation (19 projects), and also including capacity development, awareness raising & results analysis, policy dialogue and baseline assessment projects (4 projects)contribution from GEF.
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General Background. UNOPS supports partners to build a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of peace building, humanitarian and development projects. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations. New York Service Cluster (NYSC) supports the United Nations Secretariat, as well as other New York-based United Nations organizations, bilateral and multilateral partners in the delivery of UNOPS mandate in project management, infrastructure management, and procurement management Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC) supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations. It was formed by combining the following portfolios: Grants Management Services (GMS), UN Technology Support Services (UNTSS), Development and Special Initiatives Portfolio (DSIP) It provides Services to partners' programmes that are designed, structured, and managed with a global perspective and primarily serving partners that are headquartered in New York. The SDC has a footprint of approximately 125 countries. UNOPS has signed an agreement with the UNDO UNDP CO of Kazakhstan Kenya to implement the project activities for the Small Grants Programme. In accordance with UNDP and GEF M&E policies and procedures, all full-full sized projects supported by the GEF should undergo a Terminal Evaluation (TE) upon completion of implementation. The Final Evaluation is intended to assess the relevance, performance and success of the project. It looks at signed of potential impact and sustainability of results, including the contribution to capacity development and the achievement of global and national environmental goals. The Final Evaluation also identifies/documents lessons learned and makes recommendations that project partners and stakeholders might use to improve the design and implementation of other related projects and programmes. The Final Evaluation is to be undertaken in accordance with the “GEF Evaluation Policy” (see xxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx/sites/default/files/ieo/evaluations/files/gef-me-policy-2019_2.pdf ). This Terms of Reference (ToRs) sets out the expectations for the TE of the full-sized project titled Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Kazakhstan Kenya (PIMS#5469PIMS# 5730) implemented through the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The project started on 17 in September July 2017 and is in its fourth year of implementation. The TE process must follow the guidance outlined in the document ‘Guidance for Conducting Terminal Evaluations of UNDP-Supported, GEF-Financed Projects’. The objective of the Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Kazakhstan Kenya (PIMS#5469PIMS#5730) full-sized project is to support communityenhance the socio-level organizations in steppe and desert landscapes in developing and implementing adaptive management projects that build social, economic, and ecological resilience based on, of selected landscapes and reinforced, by global environmental and local sustainable development benefits. The Project has two main Components: (i) Resilient rural and peri-urban landscapes of steppe and desert ecosystems for sustainable development and global environmental protection; and (ii) Knowledge Generation and Management, Information-sharing and Dissemination of Lessons Learned. Under Component 1, the project supports measures to improve seascapes through community-based capacities initiatives. SGP creates synergies between individual grants by adopting a landscape/seascape approach which enhances overall program impact. Among other approaches, SGP promotes the establishment and resources effective operation of multi-stakeholder platforms at each landscape/seascape and encourages local governments, civil society organizations and the private sector to promote partner with local communities for the implementation of participatory landscape/seascape strategies, plans and build ecosystem resilience through resource management planning at projects. It also fosters the landscape level establishment of partnerships between civil society organizations and supporting measures to avoid GHG emissions by improving the adoption of private sector for bringing renewable energy and energy efficient technologies to poor local communities in off-grid areas through proposals that demonstrate innovation, sustainability and renewable energy technologies the potential for growth. Three ecologically sensitive areas of global and sequestering carbon through restoration national significance were selected for the implementation of natural forests from cost-effective community-based efforts. Under this Componentphase: the Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley, the Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests - both protected under the World Heritage Convention - and the biodiversity-rich marine ecosystem of southern Kenya. While these areas provide important ecosystem services to the country and are essential for the livelihoods of pastoralist, agricultural, and xxxxxx communities, they all present different levels of biodiversity loss and land degradation, exacerbated by climate change. The project also seeks is linked to build synergies the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) through Outcome 1: Growth and linkages among various community-level interventionsdevelopment are inclusive and sustainable, so as to harmonize themincorporating productive capacities that create employment and livelihoods for the poor and excluded. The UNDAF, increase value-added of existing initiatives, promote social cohesion and generate greater impacts and results on the landscape through cumulative interventions. Under Component 2, the outcomes and components primarily address knowledge management. Items under this component seeks to harness that knowledge, apply it to different areas, replicate it and share it with relevant stakeholders. Under Component 1, the work which articulates commitment of the Project focused on supporting NGOs United Nations (UN) to support the people of Kenya realize their development agenda, was developed in collaboration with the Government of Kenya as the host and CBOs locally-implemented projects key implementing partner among other stakeholders ensuring ownership, and ensuring successful implementation of the entire grant portfolioalignment to national and county development priorities. Of 49 projects for a total amount of $ 1,527,383 covering seven focus landscapes and three thematic areas: biodiversity conservation The UNDP Country Development Plan (10 projectsCDP), climate change (16 projects)which is distilled from the UNDAF, is a 5 year programmatic blueprint that outlines UNDP development support to Kenya. It focus’ on three pillars: Governance, Peace and Security; Inclusive Growth and Structural Transformation; and Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change and Resilience, and land degradation (19 projects), and also including capacity development, awareness raising & results analysis, policy dialogue and baseline assessment projects (4 projects).SGP is aligned to two of its outputs;
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General Background. UNOPS supports partners GEF Small Grants Programme embodies the very essence of sustainable development by "thinking globally acting locally". By providing financial and technical support to build a better future by providing services projects that increase conserve and restore the efficiencyenvironment while enhancing people's well-being and livelihoods, effectiveness SGP demonstrates that community action can maintain the fine balance between human needs and sustainability environmental imperatives. SGP recognizes the threat of peace buildingenvironmental degradation and that poor and vulnerable communities –SGP's primary stakeholders- are most at risk because they depend on access to natural resources for their livelihoods and often live in fragile ecosystems. The programme provides grants of up to $50,000 directly to local communities including indigenous people, humanitarian and development projects. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations. New York Service Cluster (NYSC) supports the United Nations Secretariat, as well as other New Yorkcommunity-based United Nations organizationsorganizations and other non-governmental groups for projects in Biodiversity, bilateral Climate Change Mitigation and multilateral partners in the delivery of UNOPS mandate in project managementAdaptation, infrastructure managementLand Degradation and Sustainable Forest Management, International Waters and procurement management Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC) supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations. It was formed by combining the following portfolios: Grants Management Services (GMS), UN Technology Support Services (UNTSS), Development and Special Initiatives Portfolio (DSIP) It provides Services to partners' programmes that are designed, structured, and managed with a global perspective and primarily serving partners that are headquartered in New York. The SDC has a footprint of approximately 125 countries. UNOPS has signed an agreement with the UNDO CO of Kazakhstan to implement the project activities for the Small Grants ProgrammeChemicals. In accordance with UNDP and GEF M&E policies and procedures, all full-sized projects supported by the GEF should undergo a Terminal Evaluation (TE) upon completion of implementation. The Final Evaluation is intended to assess the relevance, performance and success of the project. It looks at signed of potential impact and sustainability of results, including the contribution to capacity development and the achievement of global and national environmental goals. The Final Evaluation also identifies/documents lessons learned and makes recommendations that project partners and stakeholders might use to improve the design and implementation of other related projects and programmes. The Final Evaluation is to be undertaken in accordance with the “GEF Evaluation Policy” (see xxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx/sites/default/files/ieo/evaluations/files/gef-me-policy-2019_2.pdf xxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx/sites/default/files/ieo/evaluations/files/gef-me-policy-2019_2.pdf). This Terms of Reference (ToRs) sets out the expectations for the TE of the full-sized project titled Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Kazakhstan Sri Lanka (PIMS#5469PIMS#5529) implemented through the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The project implementation started on 17 July 25 January 2017 and is in its fourth year of implementation. The TE process must follow the guidance outlined in the document ‘Guidance for Conducting Terminal Evaluations of UNDP-Supported, GEF-Financed Projects’. The objective of the Sixth Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Kazakhstan Sri Lanka (PIMS#5469PIMS#5529) full-sized project is to support enable community-level based organizations to take collective action for adaptive landscape management for socio-ecological resilience through design, implementation, and evaluation of grant projects for global environmental benefits and sustainable development in steppe three ecologically sensitive landscapes. SGP follows COMDEKS approach and desert promotes the establishment and effective operation of multi-stakeholder platforms at each landscape/seascape and encourages local governments, civil society organizations and the private sector to partner with local communities for the implementation of participatory landscape/seascape strategies, plans and projects. The three ecologically sensitive landscapes selected for this phase: the Knuckles Conservation Forest and its buffer zone, the coastal region from Mannar Island to Jaffna, and the Colombo Wetlands. While these areas provide important ecosystem services to the country and are essential for the livelihoods of pastoralist, agricultural, and xxxxxx communities, they all present different levels of biodiversity loss and land degradation, exacerbated by climate change. The project is linked to the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) through Outcome 4.1: Policies, programmes and capacities to ensure environmental sustainability, address climate change mitigation and adaptation, and to reduce disaster risks in developing place at national, sub-national and implementing community levels The project was originally is expected to close operationally by 25 January 2021, so that the terminal evaluation was expected in 2020. However, the project has obtained a no-cost extension till 25th July 2022.The cost of the project is USD 5,797,078, of which USD 2,497,078 is from the GEF Trust Fund and USD 3,200,000 is parallel co-financing from the following: UNDP Sri Lanka County Office, Sri Lanka Government and grantees. During the project period 41 community-based projects have been funded with 13 in Knuckles including one Strategic Project, 10 in Colombo including one Strategic Project, and 11 in Mannar including one Strategic project, , 1 Knowledge Management in Knuckles, 1 Knowledge Management in Mannar and 1 Knowledge Management in Colombo and one Capacity building for the three landscapes and 3 projects that did the landscape strategies for each landscape, to enable community organizations and NGOs to develop and implement adaptive landscape/seascape management projects strategies that build social, economic, economic and ecological resilience based on, and reinforced, by global environmental and on local sustainable development benefits. The Project has two main Componentsproject is composed of one strategic component: (i) Resilient rural and peri-urban landscapes of steppe and desert ecosystems for sustainable development and global environmental protection; , which is comprised of 4 outcomes. Below is a summary of the progress of the outcomes.
Outcome 1: Multi-stakeholder partnerships in three ecologically sensitive landscapes develop and (ii) Knowledge Generation execute management plans to enhance socio-ecological landscape resilience and Management, Information-sharing and Dissemination of Lessons Learned. Under Component 1, the project supports measures to improve communityglobal environmental benefits Outcome 2: Community-based capacities and resources to promote and build ecosystem resilience through resource management planning at the organizations in landscape level networks build their adaptive management capacities by implementing projects and supporting measures to avoid GHG emissions by improving collaborating in landscape management
Outcome 3: Multi-stakeholder partnerships develop and implement strategic projects that catalyze the broader adoption of energy efficient successful SGP-supported technologies, practices, or systems
Outcome 4: Multi-stakeholder landscape policy platforms discuss potential policy innovations based on analysis of project experience and renewable energy technologies and sequestering carbon through restoration of natural forests from cost-effective community-based efforts. Under this Component, the project also seeks to build synergies and linkages among various community-level interventions, so as to harmonize them, increase value-added of existing initiatives, promote social cohesion and generate greater impacts and results on the landscape through cumulative interventions. Under Component 2, the outcomes and components primarily address knowledge management. Items under this component seeks to harness that knowledge, apply it to different areas, replicate it and share it with relevant stakeholders. Under Component 1, the work of the Project focused on supporting NGOs and CBOs locally-implemented projects and ensuring successful implementation of the entire grant portfolio. Of 49 projects for a total amount of $ 1,527,383 covering seven focus landscapes and three thematic areas: biodiversity conservation (10 projects), climate change (16 projects), and land degradation (19 projects), and also including capacity development, awareness raising & results analysis, policy dialogue and baseline assessment projects (4 projects)lessons learned.
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