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1. Bangladesh Climate-Resilient
Ecosystem Curriculum (BACUM)
Module 2: REDD+ in Climate Change Context

2. Module 2: REDD+ in Climate Change Context
SECTION V: MONITORING, EVALUATION AND ADAPTATION
5.1. Establish M&E Framework for REDD+ Action Plan

3. REDD+
in
Climate
Change
Context
(REDD+)
I. ENABLING ENVIRONMENT OF REDD+
1.1. Forests, Forest Carbon and Climate Change
1.2. Fundamentals of REDD+ and the UNFCCC
1.3. Stakeholder Engagement
II. ASSESSING CURRENT CONDITIONS OF REDD+
2.1. Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation
2.2. Fundamentals of Forest (Emission) Reference Levels
2.3. National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS) for REDD+
III. ANALYZING FUTURE OPTIONS FOR REDD+
3.1. Policies and Measures for REDD+ Implementation
3.2. REDD+ Safeguards under the UNFCCC
3.3. The Costs and Benefits of REDD+
IV. DEVELOPING REDD+ STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS
4.1. Negotiation in REDD+
4.2. National Strategies and Action Plans
4.3. Approaches for Incentive Allocation System
V. MONITORING, EVALUATION AND ADAPTATION
5.1. Establish M&E Framework for REDD+ Action Plan
5.2. Monitor and Measure Implementation Progress
5.3. Evaluate, Report and Adapt

4. Acknowledgements
UNIVERSITIES
Bangladesh Agricultural University
University of Chittagong
Dhaka University
Independent University, Bangladesh
Khulna University
Noakhali University of Science and Technology
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University
North South University
EXPERT CONTRIBUTORS SPECIFIC INPUTS
Prof. (Dr.) Manzoor Rashid Curriculum Development for all
topics
Prof. (Dr.) Md. Danesh Miah REDD+, Forest Carbon
Prof. (Dr.) Md. Jakariya Community NR Management,
Climate Change, Natural Resources
Management
DESIGN, LAYOUT AND CONTENT DEVELOPMENT: Ms. Chi Pham, Curriculum Development Expert, Bangkok, Thailand
CREL STAFF CREL STAFF
John A Dorr Utpal Dutta
Abu Mostafa Kamal Uddin Ruhul Mohaiman Chowdhury
Kevin T. Kamp Rahima Khatun
Paul Thompson Sultana Razia Zummi
Abdul Wahab Shams Uddin
Shahzia Mohsin Khan

5. At the end of this session, students will be able to:
• Explain the key concepts of monitoring and evaluation
• Identify the elements necessary to develop an monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
framework, including the key factors for the execution of a successful plan
Learning Objectives
What
How
Who

6. Monitoring is a system for continuously gathering and processing
relevant data and information in order to:
• Document results, processes, experiences
• Identify periodically the achievements of project objectives and at
target-deviations timely recognize the needs for correction
• Make steering decisions: quickly initiate corrective measures and
adjustments
• Make available the necessary resources for these measures
Defining Monitoring

7. • Evaluation is the systematic and objective assessment of an
ongoing or completed project, program or policy, its design,
implementation and results
• Evaluation is to determine the relevance and fulfillment of
objectives, developmental efficiency, effectiveness, impact and
sustainability
• Evaluation provide credible and useful information that enables the
incorporation of lessons learned into the decision-making process
Defining Evaluation

8. Monitoring vs. Evaluation
Monitoring
Continuous: day-to-day, routine, on going
activities
Documents progress using selected indicators
Focuses on inputs, activities and outputs
Provides warning signs to managers
Self-assessment
Evaluation
Periodic: important milestones (mid-term or
end of project)
Comprehensive investigation,
intensive review of program achievements and
other determinants of results
Focuses on outcomes and impacts
Provides managers with strategy and policy
options if corrective action is needed
External analysis

9. M&E is an iterative process by which data are collected and
analyzed in order to provide information to stakeholders for
REDD+ action plan
Definition: Monitoring & Evaluation

10. Rules of the Game
Time to M&E
Time/Space
Drivers
of
Change
Goal / Objective
NOW
BAU
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
+ / -
+ / -
+ / -
M&E

11. Developing a M&E System
Element 1: Vision
Element 2: Capacity to supply information
Element 3: Capacity to use information
Element 4: Enabling Longevity

12. Element 1: Vision
• Why Vision?
• To assist stakeholders in decision making
The 4 essential M&E building blocks

13. Example: Participatory Biodiversity Monitoring for REDD+

14.  Credible & Relevant Data
 Skilled Personnel
The 4 essential M&E building blocks
Element 2: Capacity to supply information

15. The 4 essential M&E building blocks
• Clarity of Expectations
• Capacity to Actually incorporate & use the M&E
information
Element 3: Capacity to use information

16. The 4 essential M&E building blocks
• Sustaining M&E over the long-term
Element 4: Enabling Longevity

17. M&E System Launching
1: Vision
2: Capacity to supply information
3: Capacity to use information
4: Enabling Longevity
POLITICAL WILL
POLITICAL WILL
M&E
INFRASTRUCTURE

18. List Factors Critical for the Success of an M&E Program
1: Vision
2: Capacity to supply information
3: Capacity to use information
4: Enabling Longevity
POLITICAL WILL
POLITICAL WILL
M&E
INFRASTRUCTURE

19. M&E: Critical Success Factors
Demand Uses Leadership Commitment
Resourcing Accountability Technical Capacity
Infrastructure to
Supply M&E
Information
Infrastructure to
Use M&E
Information
Oversight Values & Ethics Sustainability

20. DEMAND
• Define What is driving
the demand for M&E
• Integrate the Land Use
Planning Goals and
Objectives into M&E

21. USES
 Define how the M&E
information be used by
multiple stakeholders
 Define current gaps in
information that are
currently not being met.

22. LEADERSHIP
 Identify who is supportive
of the effort
 Identify a ‘champion’ for
the M&E exercise.

23. Commitment
 Get commitment to
LAUNCH M&E
 Get commitment to
SUSTAIN M&E

24. Resources
 Identify where the money
will come from
 Identify where the skilled
people will come from.

25. Accountability
 Identify who is ultimately
accountable
 Firmly Establish Roles &
Responsibilities

26. Technical Capacity
 Build capacity to collect
reliable data & report
credible information.
 Develop skilled personnel
 Leverage existing
institutions that could
serve as credible
‘partners’

27. Infrastructure to Supply M&E Information
 Define your Policy and
Standards
 Develop Realistic Needs
Assessment
 Insure that the M&E
information that gets
reported is credible,
timely & responding to
the priority issues.

28. Infrastructure to Use M&E Information
 Develop formal “Use”
relationships
 Align ‘incentives’ within
institutions to use M&E
information
 Define formal and
informal methods for
sharing M&E information

29. Oversight
 Define how the system
will be monitored over
time
 Define how the
‘performance’ of the
M&E system itself will be
measured and adjusted
as necessary.

30. Values & Ethics
 Define formal code of
conduct describing
accountabilities & expected
behavior for planners
 transparency
 access to information
 fair & balanced reporting
 accountability

31. Sustainability
 Define requirements and
safeguards to ensure that
an M&E system will be
made sustainable (i.e.
allowed to continue over
time).

32. • LACK OF PROCESS
• Systematic M&E
• Clear Principles, Criteria, and Indicators
• Feedback mechanism
• Enforcement of monitoring plan
• Risks associated identified
• Uncertainty
Challenges

33. • Existing M&E plans, institutions, and data sets that can be
leveraged.
Emerging Opportunities

34. • M&E Framework has to be designed early in the process.
• It needs stakeholder inputs
• It needs to be adequately resourced with clear roles and
responsibilities assigned.
• It should be a key management tool in assessing implementation
achievements and limitations.
TAKE HOME MESSAGE

35. • USAID. 2015. USAID LEAF‘s Climate Change Curriculum. USAID Lowering Emissions in Asia Forests Program (USAID LEAF). Winrock
International and US Forest Service. Bangkok, Thailand.
• European Commission. 2004. Aid Delivery Methods: Project Cycle Management Guidelines. Volume 1. European Commission.
EuropeAid Cooperation Office. Brussels.
Link: https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sites/devco/files/methodology-aid-delivery-methods-project-cycle-management-200403_en_2.pdf
• SDC & ETH Zurich. 2005. Result Based Management and Project Cycle Management. Project Cycle Management Interactive (PCMi).
Zurich. Switzerland.
Link: http://elearningpcm.ch/read/
• OECD. 2002a. Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results-Based Management. Paris: OECD/DAC.
Link: https://www.oecd.org/dac/2754804.pdf
• UNDP. 2009. Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results. New York, USA.
http://web.undp.org/evaluation/handbook/
• Mant, R., Swan, S., Bertzky, M. & Miles, L. 2013. Participatory biodiversity monitoring: Considerations for national REDD+
programmes. Prepared by UNEP-WCMC Cambridge, UK; and SNV REDD+, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
References

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References and Resources

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