The session will provide details on: the tool developed by the LEG for monitoring and evaluating progress, effectiveness and gaps (PEG M&E tool) and its application in the process to formulate and implement NAPs; and the best practices for developing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems for adaptation at the national level. It will also look at the experiences of countries in developing and applying M&E systems at their national levels.

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A guidebook for the development of
national adaptation M&E systems
Timo Leiter
GIZ`s Climate Policy Group
NAP Expo 2016
Bonn, 14 July 2016

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M&E of what exactly?
M&E of the NAP process
• Is NAP implementation on track?
• Have intended milestones been reached?
• E.g. integration of adaptation into sectoral planning
M&E of adaptation outcomes
• Are adaptation goals/objectives being achieved?
• Does the national enabling environment support effective
adaptation?
• Is CC vulnerability being reduced?

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Levels at which M&E can be applied
M&E of specific adaptation
interventions
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publications at:

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Factsheets of adaptation M&E at the national level
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Each factsheet describes:
• Context: Purpose & policy context
• Process: institutional arrangements,
development of M&E system
• Content: approach, data, indicators,
outputs
• Lessons to date
Accompanying study:
• Comparative analysis
• Recommendations for
designing adaptaton M&E
systems
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A new guidebook for national adaptation M&E
• Little guidance available on how to develop national adaptation
M&E systems
• NAP Technical Guidelines from 2012: only limited detail on M&E
 GIZ in cooperation with
 the Least Developed Countries
Expert Group
 the Adaptation Committee
 UNFCCC Secretariat
 IISD
 developed a new guidebook
 published during COP21
Guidebook for National Adaptation M&E Systems

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A new guidebook for national adaptation M&E
• Builds on previous study comparing ten national adaptation M&E
systems (GIZ & IISD, 2014)  www.AdaptationCommunity.net
• Provides a systematic approach to developing an M&E system
based on guiding questions
• Makes explict reference to the NAP process
• Is non-prescriptive
• Provides real-case examples
• Refers to further resources
Guidebook for National Adaptation M&E Systems

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4 building blocks
of adaptation
M&E systems

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1. Context
• What are relevant policies and processes?
• What M&E systems are already existing?
• What is the purpose of the M&E system?
• Adaptive management
• Learning
• Accountability
• Which scales does it refer to:
• Geographically: mainly national or sub-national level?
• Sectoral: specific sectors or cross-sectoral?
Guidebook for National Adaptation M&E Systems

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2. Content
• What exactly do you want to monitor?
• Adaptation process
• Adaptation outcomes
• What information is needed for the intended purpose?
• Who is the target audience?
• How does it link to decison making processes?
• Examples can be found in GIZ & IISD (2014)
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3. Operationalisation
• How can the information be gathered?
• Who is responsible/involved in M&E?
• Which data sources already exist?
• How can data access be organized?
• How is the data being analysed and by whom?
• What level of resources is required?
• How is the M&E system being institutionalized?
Guidebook for National Adaptation M&E Systems

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4. Product
• How will the information be made available?
• What is the target audience and how can it be reached?
• Which communication formats are effective?
• Report? Social media? Online platform?
• How can the reporting frequency be linked to relevant policy
processes?
• How can the information be shared internationally?
Guidebook for National Adaptation M&E Systems

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Conclusion
 National adaptation M&E systems are context-specific
 To make M&E useful it‘s important to specify:
 Purpose: what is M&E done for?
 Scope: what does it cover? (process &/or outcomes)
 Target users & link to decision processes
 Available resources for development and running of M&E
 Paris agreement:
• New information needs on national adaptation progress
• Adaptation Communications and global stocktake
• Tracking (I)NDC progress
Guidebook for National Adaptation M&E Systems

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Thank you!
Email: Timo.Leiter@giz.de
Twitter: @TimoLeiter