This document outlines the Results Based Management (RBM) framework used by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF uses RBM to focus on achieving high-level goals and measurable targets. Key aspects of the GEF's RBM include developing a corporate results framework with replenishment targets, monitoring project and portfolio performance, reviewing and reporting results to stakeholders, and using performance information for management and decision-making. The document also reviews plans to further strengthen the GEF's RBM system.

1. Results Based Management in the GEF

2. The GEF and RBM
A Focus on Results
Strategy and Planning
High-level goals and objectives
Realistic results and targets
Performance Measurement
Portfolio outcome monitoring
Reviewing and reporting results
Management
Managing for
Cost-effective approach
Using performance information
Targeted decisions
Learning
Results
Identifying and managing risks
Feedback mechanism

3. Framework

4. GEF-6 Corporate Results Framework
Corporate Results Replenishment Targets Project Targets
1. Maintain globally significant biodiversity and
Improved management of landscapes and seascapes
the ecosystem goods and services that it provides to
covering 300 million hectares
society
2. Sustainable land management in production
systems (agriculture, rangelands, and forest
landscapes)
120 million hectares under sustainable land
management
3. Promotion of collective management of
transboundary water systems and implementation
of the full range of policy, legal, and institutional
reforms and investments contributing to sustainable
use and maintenance of ecosystem services
Water-food-ecosystems security and conjunctive
management of surface and groundwater in at least
10 freshwater basins;
20% of globally over-exploited fisheries (by
volume) moved to more sustainable levels
4. Support to transformational shifts towards a low-emission
and resilient development path
750 million tons of CO2e mitigated (include both
direct and indirect)
5. Increase in phase-out, disposal and reduction of
releases of POPs, ODS, mercury and other
chemicals of global concern
Disposal of 80,000 tons of POPs (PCB, obsolete
pesticides)
Reduction of 1000 tons of Mercury
Phase-out of 303.44 tons of ODP (HCFC)
7. Enhance capacity of countries to implement
MEAs (multilateral environmental agreements) and
mainstream into national and sub-national policy,
planning financial and legal frameworks
Development and sectoral planning frameworks
integrate measurable targets drawn from the MEAs
in at least 10 countries
Functional environmental information systems are
established to support decision-making in at least
10 countries

5. Monitoring
Project Portfolio Other
Contribution of Projects to focal area
outcomes
Achievement of Focal Area
Outcomes: (FA outcome indicators
as described in the Results
Framework)
Administrative costs
Project Implementation Status (Rating of
likely achievement of project/global
environment objective, DO and Rating of
project implementation performance, IP)
Overall Portfolio Composition
characteristics and Portfolio
Health indicators
Reporting to Convention
Secretariats
Co-financing planned/achieved Co-financing for portfolio Ad-hoc Council Requests
Project cycle efficiency Indicators
Time taken between:
- Submission of concept to
acceptance into GEF work-
Management Effectiveness
Lessons Learned Portfolio level knowledge/lessons
Commitments and Disbursements
by focal areas outcomes

6. Reporting
Origin and Destination Instrument
GEF Secretariat to GEF Council Annual Monitoring Reports Part I
(November) and Part II (June)
Ad-hoc requests responses
GEF Secretariat to Convention
Secretariats (CBD, UNCCD, UNFCCC, etc.)
Focal Area Reports to the conventions
(Annex 2)
GEF to External Audience GEF website and Data Mapping Portal
GEF publications
Social Media Outputs (YouTube,
Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc.)
GEF IEO to GEF Council Annual Performance Rep
Evaluation Reports

7. GEF-6 RBM Action Plan
• Review and where necessary upgrade all results
frameworks at the GEF with a focus on alignment,
efficiency and relevance
• Strengthen corporate level results reporting
• Review and upgrade GEF’s IT platform to support
the RBM system
• Review and where necessary strengthen
management and working capacity for RBM in
the GEF Secretariat
• An independent assessment of the improved
RBM system