Evaluation and learning for international sustainable forest initiatives

International sustainable forest initiatives are among the most important efforts to address climate change. These initiatives include REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) and a variety of other programs and projects.

Significant additional forest and land use sector investments are anticipated in the near future within the frameworks of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as well as the Sustainable Development Goals. An important question is what role evaluations can play in making these investments as effective as possible.

This film gives a short summary of main points discussed at an international event on evaluation and learning for international sustainable forest initiatives, held in Oslo 12-13 October 2017, where government officials, evaluators, consultants and civil society organizations are represented.

The event was organized by the evaluation department of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), together with the evaluation units of the Global Environment Facility, the United Nation Environment Programme and the Green Climate Fund.

The Government of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) was a collaborating partner. The main purpose was to identify lessons from evaluating international sustainable forest initiatives and to discuss how evaluations could contribute to shaping and strengthening future forest-related investments.

Original source: Norad
Published on 9 May 2018