Validated Terminal Review of the UNEP-GEF project ‘Building National and Regional Capacity to Implement Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEA) by Strengthening Planning and State of Environment Assessment and Reporting in the Pacific’ (GEF ID 5195) 2016-2023

This report supports a management-led Terminal Review (MLTR) of the ‘Inform’ Project, Building National and Regional Capacity to Implement Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEA) by Strengthening Planning and State of Environment Assessment and Reporting in the Pacific (long title). It was a UNEP project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by SPREP between 2017 and 2023. The project's overall development goal was to establish a Pacific Island Country (PIC) network of national and regional databases for monitoring, evaluating, and analyzing environmental information to support environmental planning, forecasting, and reporting requirements at all levels. This MLTR is managed by UNEP’s Climate Early Warning and Capacity Building Unit in the Early Warning and Assessment Division (EWAD). EWAD is responsible for analyzing the state of the global environment, providing early warning information, and assessing global and regional environmental trends to catalyze and promote international cooperation and action on the environment. 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, the GEF, the executing agency (SPREP), and the relevant agencies of the project participating countries.