Evaluation of Strengthening National and Regional Development Planning: a Spatial Development Framework for Guinea-Bissau and a Regional Strategic and Spatial Development Plan for the Archipelago of Bijagós (Bijagós 2030) Project (2022/1)

This report concerns the evaluation of the project "Strengthening National and Regional Development Planning: a Spatial Development Framework for Guinea-Bissau and a Regional Strategic and Spatial Development Plan for the Archipelago of Bijagós (Bijagós 2030)" was funded by the European Union with a budget of USD 659,030 and implemented by UN-Habitat, in close cooperation with the Bissau-Guinean Government. The Secretaria de Estado do Plano e Integração Regional (SEPIR), the Ministério das Obras Pública, Habitação e Urbanísmo (MOPHU), Ministério da Administração Territorial e Poder Local (MATPL), Instituto Nacional da Biodiersidade e das Áreas Protegidas (IBAP) and the Instituto
Nacional de Estatística (INE) were key stakeholders and implementing partners of the project.

The Project was built on lessons from UN-Habitat's work in developing Spatial Development Frameworks (SDFs) in other
countries and the Bissau 2030 Sustainable Development Plan. The Project was implemented in different phases. The first phase applied the first step of the SDF methodology by conducting a spatial and territorial analysis of Guinea-Bissau between February 2020 and March 2021.

The evaluation covered the Project implementation in Guinea-Bissau from January 2020 to June 2021. Initially, the Project's end date was December 2020, but due to the COVID-19 health situation, the Project was extended at no additional cost for another six months.