In 2017, GGGI established an Impact & Evaluation Unit (IEU) to assess the impacts of the organization’s work. IEU primarily achieves this by commissioning independent evaluations that:

• help improve the design and implementation of GGGI programs and operations;
• strengthen transparency and accountability to GGGI members and donors; and
• contribute to building an evidence base for green growth.

This document outlines the Institute’s Annual Evaluation Workplan for 2020, to be implemented by IEU. As per GGGI’s evaluation policy, Annual Evaluation Workplans are reviewed by the Institute’s Management and Program Sub-Committee before being implemented.

The workplan for 2020 is divided into three main areas:

• Thematic evaluations
• Impact pathway reviews
• Project design and M&E support

Workplans from previous years are also available here:

• Annual Evaluation Workplan 2019
• Annual Evaluation Workplan 2018

An Impact Pathway Review (IPR) for the Mongolia Program was carried out in 2019 by GGGI’s Impact & Evaluation Unit (IEU). An innovative feature of the IPR methodology was the development of a country program-level ‘impact pathway’ diagram, based on the logframes of all GGGI projects in Mongolia. The scope of the IPR covered 14 core and earmarked-funded projects between 2015-2019 in the areas of: green growth/climate change policies; energy efficiency; renewable energy/air quality; and green cities. The IPR findings are presented in the Main Report, while details of the Mongolia country program can be explored via the Annex Report or an interactive Prezi presentation.

• Mongolia IPR – Main Report
• Mongolia IPR – Annexes
• Mongolia IPR – Prezi 

An independent evaluation of GGGI’s Green City Strategies was commissioned in 2018. The evaluation addressed three key questions relating to: (a) outcomes in the three sampled countries (Cambodia, Rwanda and Senegal); (b) key lessons to guide future programming; and (c) GGGI’s approach to share thematic knowledge on green cities.

Further information on the evaluation approach, the key findings and recommendations, and GGGI’s management response can be accessed from the following documents:

• Evaluation Approach Paper (August 2018)
• Final Evaluation Report (May 2019) 

This Evaluation Approach Paper documents the proposed design of the evaluation of GGGI’s Services Contributing to Mobilize Green Investments. It outlines: the purpose of the evaluation; the overview of GGGI’s green investment services; the evaluation scope, including key evaluation questions; and draft evaluation methodology.

An independent evaluation of GGGI’s Peru Country Program was commissioned in 2018. The evaluation addressed three key questions relating to: (a) program outcomes; (b) key factors that affected the achievement of outcomes; and (c) GGGI’s engagement and value add.

Further information on the evaluation approach, the key findings and recommendations, and GGGI’s management response can be accessed from the following documents:

• Evaluation Approach Paper (April 2018)
• Final Evaluation Report (March 2019)

An independent evaluation of GGGI’s Thailand Country Program was commissioned in 2017. The evaluation aimed to assess the performance of the program between 2014-2017 in a range of areas, including relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability.

Further information on the evaluation approach, the key findings and recommendations, and GGGI’s management response can be accessed from the following documents:

• Evaluation Approach Paper (Nov 2017)
• Final Evaluation Report – Full Report (Mar 2018)
• Final Evaluation Report – Executive Summary (Mar 2018)

In 2017, GGGI’s Impact and Evaluation Unit commissioned an evaluation of the Mexico Country Program.  The evaluation explored the key outcomes achieved by the program from 2013-2017 and also undertook a detailed analysis of GGGI’s work in the areas of sustainable transport and air quality.

Further information on the evaluation approach, the key findings and recommendations, and GGGI’s management response can be accessed from the following documents:

• Evaluation Approach Paper (Dec 2017)
• Final Evaluation Report – Full Report (Apr 2018)
• Final Evaluation Report – Executive Summary (Apr 2018)

With GGGI reaching the halfway mark of its Strategic Plan 2015-2020, an independent evaluation was commissioned in 2017 to take stock of progress made against the Strategic Plan and inform a mid-term refresh of the document. The evaluation addressed key questions relating to performance of country and global programs, GGGI’s institutional development, and the suggested revisions to the Strategic Plan.

Key findings and recommendations from this work can be accessed from the following documents:

• Final evaluation report – Full Report (July 2017)
• Final evaluation report – Executive Summary (July 2017)

In 2018, a follow up review was undertaken to provide an update on the progress made by GGGI in implementing its management responses to this evaluation.  A summary of the update is available from the following document:

• Follow up of GGGI’s response to the independent evaluation of its progress against the Strategic Plan (February 2018)

A Third Joint Donor Review (JDR) of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) was undertaken in October 2015 with the overall objective to assess the progress in the operationalization of the GGGI’s Strategic Plan 2015-2020 and assess the value of the GGGI in the global context. The overall conclusion is that the GGGI is making good progress towards addressing the recommendations of the previous JDR and creating value for its partners, has developed and started implementing a valid Strategic Plan that shows strong potential for the systemic achievement of economic and human development results in the coming years, and has undertaken an organizational restructuring and strengthening of its organizational systems to overcome past challenges.

The objective of the second joint donor review was to assess the progress of GGGI’s GGP&I programs, including related aspects of research, PPC operations and GGGI governance structures and partnership behaviours, to provide recommendations for their further development.

The review was conducted by Australia (AusAID), Norway (Norad), Government of Republic of Korea and Denmark (Danida). GGGI staff members participated as resource persons, including staff members in the partner countries visited.