Validated Terminal Review of the UNEP-GEF project “Expanding the ongoing support to Least Developed Countries with country-driven processes to advance National Adaptation Plans” (GEF ID 5868) 2016 – 2021

This report is a Validated Management-led Terminal Review of a UNEP/UNDP/LDCF project, Expanding the ongoing support to Least Developed Countries with country-driven processes to advance National Adaptation Plans implemented between 2016 and 2021. The project's overall development goal was to further strengthen the institutional and technical capacities of a group of LDCs to start and/or advance their NAP process, which will assist LDCs to adapt to the impacts of climate change by providing these countries with an enhanced capacity to plan, finance, and implement adaptation interventions and by integrating climate change into medium- to long-term development frameworks. The review sought to assess project performance (in terms of relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency), and determine outcomes and impacts (actual and potential) stemming from the project, including their sustainability. The review has two primary purposes: (i) to provide evidence of results to meet accountability requirements, and (ii) to promote learning, feedback, and knowledge sharing through results and lessons learned among UNEP, UNDP the GEF/LDCF and the relevant agencies of the project participating countries.