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Module 9
Mainstreaming in country
monitoring systems
Country-led environmental and
climate change mainstreaming
(specialist course)
Training materials developed with the support of the European Commission
Performance measurement and monitoring:
Key concepts
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Objectives and related
indicators/milestones
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Hierarchy of objectives
Progress measurement
Overall objective(s)
Impact indicators
Specific objective(s)
Outcome indicators
Intermediate results
Output indicators
Milestones
Inputs
Input indicators
Milestones
Adapted from: EC (2004), OECD (2002)
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SMART indicators and targets
• Indicators and targets should be:
• Specific to the related objectives
• Measurable
• Available at a reasonable cost
• Relevant to information needs of decision makers
• Time-bound
Source: EC (2004)
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Mainstreaming environment and climate change in
monitoring systems
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What should be monitored,
and why?
Aspect to monitor
Rationale for monitoring
Changes in environmental
parameters that influence
poverty/development in a significant
manner
• Make decisions as well-informed as
possible to take opportunities to enhance
effects on poverty reduction and revert
adverse trends
Climate variability and change,
impacts and vulnerabilities
• Make decisions as well informed as
possible
• Support adaptive management
Policy and institutional change
• Promote the institutionalisation of
environmental and climate change
mainstreaming
• Enhance transparency and accountability
of the mainstreaming process
Policy/Strategy implementation and
outcomes
• Strengthen commitment to the objectives
set in policies and strategies
• Stimulate the achievement of tangible
outcomes
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Environment and climate change in the
national development monitoring system
• Environment and climate change monitoring should
be integrated into wider national and specific
development monitoring systems
=> Strengthen and adapt existing monitoring systems
(incl. statistical systems) to integrate environment
and climate change
• Build on existing institutions and sources of information...
• ... but adapt statistical systems and data sources
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Levels at which to measure environmentand climate-related performance
• Indicators and milestones related to
environment/climate change and the associated
response can be included in the PAFs (*) of
environmental and climate change strategies and
actions plans, but also those of:
– national and sectoral development strategies and
programmes
– sub-national (e.g. regional, local) development plans
– individual projects (logical framework)
(*) Performance assessment frameworks
Ultimate objective of
mainstreaming!
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Monitoring environment and climate change
Meteorology,
climate variability,
environmental
parameters
• Data collection,
management and
dissemination
• Strengthening of
meteorological
information & systems
Climate change
Mainstreaming
• New patterns
• Emerging trends
•Projections, scenarios
• Tools for assessing
impacts, vulnerabilities
& risks
Is the mainstreaming
process based on
reliable information?
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Monitoring policy and institutional
change
Institutional
change
Policy change
• Integration of
environment/climate
change considerations in
national & sector
policies/strategies
• Development of
adaptation- & mitigationoriented policies & plans
(e.g. DRR, REDD
strategy)
•Development of
environment-specific
policies & plans (e.g.
IWRM, biodiversity)
Mainstreaming
Is mainstreaming
getting
institutionalised at
all levels?
• Political leadership
• Institutional
commitment
• Coordination &
participatory
mechanisms
•Procedures
• Systems
•Tools
•Capacity building
programmes
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Monitoring policy implementation
and outcomes
Outcomes,
impacts
Implementation
(inputs, outputs)
• Increased allocation
of resources
• (Inclusion of)
environment/climate
change (measures in)
programmes/projects
• Implementation &
enforcement of
environment/climate
change measures &
regulations
Mainstreaming
• Reduced environmental
degradation and its incidence
on poverty/development
•Increased resilience of
vulnerable groups (women,
children, farmers, coastal
communities, ...)
Does the
mainstreaming
process produce
results and impacts?
• Increased resilience of
key sectors
• Green growth,
green jobs
• Environmentally
sustainable, climateresilient, low-emission
development
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Performance assessment frameworks
and budget support
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Role of PAFs in relation to
budget support
• Progress measured against the PAF’s criteria
and targets provides opportunities for policy
dialogue in the context of budget support
– Increasingly, the PAF associated with development and
poverty reduction strategies is likely to include indicators
and targets associated with environmental sustainability,
climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction,
energy efficiency, etc.
• In the case of EC budget support, performance
against a chosen sub-set of criteria and targets
also determines the final amount of disbursements
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Discussion and action planning
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Turning words into action
 Monitoring environment and climate change
 Monitoring policy and institutional change
 Monitoring policy implementation and outcomes
What can be done and what are
the institutional and capacity
needs in your country/sector of
responsibility?
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Recap – Key messages
• Environment and climate monitoring, and
monitoring of responses for environmental
sustainability and climate change, should be
integrated into existing development monitoring
systems
– This is a key aspect of the mainstreaming process
• Multiple aspects can be subject to monitoring
– The state of environmental variables closely linked to
poverty and development
– Climate variability and change and their impacts
– Changes in policies and institutions
– The implementation and outcomes of adaptation and
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Key references
• World Bank report on Mainstreaming Adaptation to
Climate Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources
Management Projects
– http://climatechange.worldbank.org/content/mainstreamingadaptation-climate-change-agriculture-and-natural-resourcesmanagement-project
• European Commission Guidance on the Integration of
Environment and Climate Change in Development
Cooperation
– http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/infopoint/publications/europeaid/172a
_en.htm
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References
• EC (2004) Project Cycle Management Guidelines. Aid Delivery Methods series, Volume 1.
European Commission, Brussels. Available from:
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/infopoint/publications/europeaid/documents/49a_adm_pcm_guideli
nes_2004_en.pdf
• EC (2009) Guidance on Integration of the Environment and Climate Change in Development
Cooperation. EuropeAid Tools and Methods Series Guidelines No. 4, Brussels. Available from:
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/infopoint/publications/europeaid/172a_en.htm
• OECD (2002) Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management. OECD
Publishing, Paris. Available from: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/29/21/2754804.pdf
• World Bank (n.d.) Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture and Natural
Resources Management Projects. World Bank, Washington, DC. Guidance Note #8 – Monitoring
and Evaluation of Adaptation Activities. [Online] Available from:
http://climatechange.worldbank.org/climatechange/content/mainstreaming-adaptation-climatechange-agriculture-and-natural-resources-management-project
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