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.

This report provides the outcomes of an evaluation of the National Urban Policy Programme (NUPP) since 2014, undertaken in 2020 and 2021 by RMIT University.

The report affirmed the importance of urban policy and its role in sustainable, equitable and inclusive societies. Additionally, the evaluation found the National Urban Policy Programme to be highly relevant to contemporary urban challenges and has been effective in raising awareness of the need for national level policy to manage urbanization.

The Dar al-Consul Rehabilitation Project is an 8 years project, consisting of Phases I, II & III. The project is implemented by UN-Habitat and partners and supported by the EU with a total funding of 4.23million Euros, which aimed at improving the living conditions of Palestinian youth and families in the Old City of Jerusalem and enhancing the Palestinian cultural and civic identity. Phases II and III ended in October 2021. The end-term project evaluation of the Project Rehabilitation of Dar Al-Consul into a Residential and Civic Center - Phases II/III, started end of Nov. 2021 and extend till Feb 2022. 

The midterm-project evaluation of “Achieving Planning and Land Rights in Area C”, West Bank, Palestine for the period 2019-2023 was mandated by the donor, the European Union (EU), and in-line with UN-Habitat Evaluation Policy (2013) and the Revised UN-Habitat Evaluation Framework (2016).

The project is funded by the EU under contribution agreement No. [ENI/2019/408-287] with a total funding of Euro 4 million and implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Local Government (MoLG), the Land and Water Settlement Commission (LWSC), and other local, national, and international partners, including the Palestinian Land Authority (PLA), Office of Prime Minister (PMO), and the World Bank, amongst others.

The midterm-project evaluation serves both accountability and learning purposes. It is intended to provide accountability on what has been achieved so far by the project at objectives, expected accomplishment (outcomes) and output levels by assessing the achievements, challenges and opportunities of the project through measurement and analysis of all the phases of the project management cycle in relation to its results chain and the project’s logical framework. It is also intended to enhance learning by identifying what is working, what needs improvement, gaps and where adjustments are needed, lessons learned and recommendations in order to improve the implementation of the project in the remaining period of its delivery.

This end-term evaluation assessed the Kabul Strengthening Municipal Nahias Programme (KSMNP) 2016-2020-that was implemented in 20 Nahias of Kabul municipality, under the umbrella City for All (CFA) programme. The KSMNP was implemented by UN-Habitat Country Office in Afghanistan, in coordination with the UN-Habitat Regional Office of Asia and Pacific (ROAP), during the period of January 2016-March 2020.

The Urban-LEDS project Phase II (“Accelerating climate action through the promotion of urban low emission development strategies” 2017-2021) aims to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and enhancing climate change resilience by the promotion of Urban Low Emissions Development Strategies (Urban LEDS) and climate action plans (CAPs) in cities/towns in emerging economies and Least Developed Countries (LDC). The Project is financed by the EU in the amount of Euro 8 Million and implemented by UN-Habitat in close collaboration with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI). This mid-term evaluation (MTE) serves both accountability and learning objectives.

This end-term Project evaluation of the “Fostering Tenure Security and Resilience of Palestinian Communities through Spatial-Economic Planning Interventions in Area C”, West Bank, Palestine for the period of 2017-2020 focused on the assessment of the results achieved and the lessons learnt from the implementation of the of the Project. 

This evaluation serves both accountability and learning purposes. It aimed at providing evidence on what was achieved, challenges and opportunities of the Project through its Project implementation cycle. The target audiences for the evaluation findings are the MoLG, EU, UN-Habitat and international and local implementing partners and other stakeholders.

This evaluation shows the intervention is ultimately a successful one that should be built on and replicated, given the continuous and urgent need for planning in Palestine and in particular in Area C, given the Israeli threats of annexation. The Project responded to the current needs and rights of the Palestinian population in Area C and strongly contributed to the Palestinian National Policy Agenda (2017–2022) to develop the most vulnerable communities in Palestine.

This is a final evaluation report of the “Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient” project, which was jointly implemented by UN-Habitat and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) in the period of 2016-2020. The project aimed at improving the understanding of, and capacity to address disaster at local level, particularly in crisis cities to support national disaster risk reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) strategies.

The specific objectives of this evaluation were provided in the ToR as follows:

1. Assess achievement of planned results and performance.
2. Examine the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, impact and coherence of the project;
3. Identify lessons learned and propose recommendation to scale-up or replication.

The evaluation provides an independent appraisal of the performance, in terms of achievements, challenges/risks and opportunities of the project focusing on two Result Areas 3 and 5, implemented by UN-Habitat, in line with the donor agreement, project investment and results chain (log frame), it builds on the mid-term evaluation that was jointly conducted by UN-Habitat and UNDRR in 2018.

This report documents an evaluation of the United Nations Human Settlement Programme’s (UN-Habitat’s) Strategic Plan 2014-2019. The evaluation assessed the achievements of UN-Habitat against the 2014- 2019 Strategic Plan in terms of achievements of expected results as well as the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, sustainability and likely impact of the implementation of the Strategic Plan. Its design also sought to strengthen accountability mechanisms through increased discussion and communication between key stakeholders.

The evaluation also investigated UN-Habitat’s management practices, monitoring, reporting and learning mechanisms. This evaluation was driven by accountability and learning purposes, particularly drawing lessons from the 2014- 2019 Strategic Plan period to inform the implementation of the new UN-Habitat Strategy 2020-2023. Its intended audience is the newly formed UN-Habitat Executive Board, UN-Habitat management and staff, donors and other key partners.

This midterm evaluation assessed UN-Habitat Afghanistan’s Municipal Governance Support Programme (MGSP). The programme’s overall objective is to “improve stability and stimulate local economic development in target municipalities through enhancing municipal governance, increasing local revenues, improving tenure security and strengthening the social contract between citizens and the state.” The mid-term evaluation was mandated by the EU (donor) and is in line with the UN-Habitat Evaluation Policy and is aimed at assessing the project’s progress towards achieving the project’s objectives at expected accomplishments.