Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Session 2: Environmental Monitoring & Project Strategy

1. Project Design, Monitoring and EvaluationSession 2: Environmental Monitoring & Project Strategy

2. Project Environment Workshop Learning Objectives • Describe why it is important to incorporate environmental considerations into Project Design, M&E: Mod 2 Ses 2A

3. Workshop Learning Objectives • Integrate environmental indicators into the project strategy and every step of the project cycle. Mod 2 Ses 2A

4. Workshop Learning Objectives • Select and measure environmental indicators (be S.M.A.R.T.). Mod 2 Ses 2A

5. Workshop Learning Objectives • Demonstrate that integrating environmental monitoring into your project does not have to be difficult, costly, or time-consuming. • Do you have additional objectives? Mod 2 Ses 2A

6. Greening the Logframe Mod 2 Ses 2A

7. Methodology • Brief presentations + Action Learning • Discuss and test M&E concepts, policies and tools • Share experiences • Participant feedback and evaluation First, what is a GRRT module? Mod 2 Ses 2A

8. Key Concepts of the Module This module builds upon four key concepts: • Disaster response projects impact the environment – both positively and negatively. • Disaster response projects need to be assessed and designed to ensure: • environmental issues are identified, • negative environmental impacts are minimized • positive environmental opportunities are supported. Mod 2 Ses 2A

9. Key Concepts of the Module, cont. • Monitoring of disaster response projects needs to include indicators that identify and measure achievement or changes for specific environment-related objectives or sub-objectives. • These projects need to be evaluated to determine if the environment-related actions were appropriate and what their impact was, and to draw lessons learned for future projects. Mod 2 Ses 2A

10. Indicators What are “indicators” as applied to M&E? • Indicators provide clear statements of the precise information needed to assess whether proposed changes have occurred. • Indicators can be quantitative (numeric) or qualitative (descriptive observations) Mod 2 Ses 2A

11. Generic Project Management Cycle Start Project 1. Initial Assessment 6. Evaluation / Lessons Learned 2. Problem/Stakeholder Analysis 5. Monitoring 3. Project Design 4. Implementation Mod 2 Ses 2

12. Project Management CycleWith M & E Post-Disaster Disaster 1. Initial Assessment 6. Evaluation / Lessons Learned 2. Problem/Stakeholder Analysis 5. Monitoring 3. Project Design 4. Implementation Mod 2 Ses 2

13. How is each stage of the project cycle linked to environmental monitoring? • Initial Assessment • Problem/Stakeholder analysis • Project Design • Implementation • Monitoring • Evaluation/Lessons Learned Take 3-4 minutes and write answer on flip chart. Mod 2 Ses 2A

14. Case Study: Tropico • Small arid country • Drought for three years • Mainly rural population • Needs assessment indicate high rate of malnutrition among children under 5 http://www.radio86.co.uk/system/files/images/drought1.jpg Mod 2 Ses 2A

15. Analysis: Defining the problem Lack ofagriculturalinputs Salt intrusion from disaster Inappropriateagriculturalpractices Erosion Poor soil Poor cropproduction Foodshortage Lack ofirrigation Watershortage Drought/Desertification Destruction of irrigation infrastructure Malnutrition Mod 2 Ses 2A

16. Plan the Response Lack ofagriculturalinputs Salt intrusion from disaster The problem Malnutrition Inappropriateagriculturalpractices Erosion Poor soil Poor cropproduction Foodshortage Lack ofirrigation Watershortage Drought/Desertification Destruction of irrigation infrastructure How and where to attack the problem? Mod 2 Ses 2A

17. Plan the Response Lack ofagriculturalinputs Salt intrusion from disaster A solution Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Increaseavailabilityof food Poor cropproduction Erosion Poor soil Inappropriateagriculturalpractices Lack ofirrigation Watershortage Drought/Desertification Destruction of irrigation infrastructure But this solutiondoesn’t address root causes Mod 2 Ses 2A

18. Plan the Response Lack ofagriculturalinputs A solution Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Increaseavailabilityof food Erosion Poor soil Inappropriateagriculturalpractices Watershortage Salt intrusion from disaster Poor cropproduction Lack ofirrigation Another intervention point Drought/Desertification Destruction of irrigation infrastructure Mod 2 Ses 2A

19. Plan the Response Lack ofagriculturalinputs Increasecropproductivity Increaseavailabilityof food Erosion Poor soil Inappropriateagriculturalpractices Lack ofirrigation Watershortage Drought/Desertification Salt intrusion from disaster Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Destruction of irrigation infrastructure Mod 2 Ses 2A

20. Increaseavailabilityof food Plan the Response Additional intervention points Increasedavailabilityof inputs Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Increasecropproductivity Improvedagriculturalpractices Improvedsoil fertility Reduce erosion Increaseavailabilityof water Irrigationprovided Improvedadaptationto climatechange Mod 2 Ses 2A

21. Identify Environmental Impactsof the Intervention Points Example: Increase availability of agricultural inputs Potential environmental impacts Inputs: Activity: Outputs: Seeds & tools Invasive/non-native species Increased farming activity Increased forest conversion for agriculture Increased cropyields None This analysis is the essence of our workshop. Mod 2 Ses 2A

22. How to Integrate Environmental Issues into Project Monitoring and Evaluation Step 1: Adapt your goal statement to include environmental conditions Step 2: Adapt the outputs Step 3: Integrate the environment into your project activities Step 4: Consider the role of the environment in your assessment risks Step 5: Integrate environmental indicators into project monitoring Step 6: Integrate the environment into project evaluation See Handout 2.2.1 Mod 2 Ses 2A

23. Exercise: Taking the Steps Set up your flip chart paper like this Step 1. Project objective Step 2. Project output Step 3. Project activity Step 4. ID assumptions & risk Step 5. Integrate env.indicators into project monitoring Mod 2 Ses 2A

24. Step 1: Adapt your Goal Statement to include Environmental Conditions Example of a goal: Improve food security of vulnerable populations in post-conflict areas. No “intervention point” for environment here. BUT, if we change it to: Improve food security of vulnerable populations in post-conflict areas while maintaining integrity of local natural resources. THEN we can address, for example: • depletion of freshwater resources • introduction of invasive species • increasing forest conversion to agriculture Mod 2 Ses 2A

25. Exercise: Step 1 Adapt your assigned goal to include environmental considerations Group 1: Reduce incidence of disease caused by poor sanitation Group 2: Provide shelter for all disaster affected families Group 3: Provide employment opportunities for 1,000 disaster impacted unemployed workers Mod 2 Ses 2A

26. Increasedavailabilityof inputs Increasedavailabilityof inputs Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Reduce erosion Reduce erosion Improvedsoil fertility Improvedsoil fertility Increasecropproductivity Increaseavailabilityof food Increaseavailabilityof food Improvedagriculturalpractices Improvedagriculturalpractices Increasedavailabilityof water Increasedavailabilityof water Irrigationprovided Irrigationprovided Step 2: Adapt the Outputs Mod 2 Ses 2A

27. The initial outputs: Increased availability of agricultural inputs (seeds and tools) Improved soil fertility Increased availability of water can become…. Revised outputs: Increased availability of local seeds (non-invasive) Improved soil fertility without use of harmful chemicals Increased availability of sustainably sourced water for crop production Step 2: Adapt the Outputs Mod 2 Ses 2A

28. Exercise: Step 2 Integrate the environment into your project outputs Group 1: Adequate latrines for all disaster affected families Group 2: Adequate shelters available for all affected families Group 3: Livelihood options available to the affected population Mod 2 Ses 2A

29. Increased availability of local seeds (non-invasive) Improved soil fertility without use of harmful chemicals Increased availability of sustainable sourced water for crop production Seed multiplication of locally available (non-invasive) seeds Train local farmers on composting techniques Establish irrigation systems where sufficient water sources exist Step 3: Integrate Environment into Project Activities outputs Activities Mod 2 Ses 2A

30. Exercise: Step 3 Adapt your activities to include environmental conditions Groups 1, 2 and 3:Identify at least one activity that will achieve the output you designed in the Step 2 exercise Mod 2 Ses 2A

31. Step 4: Consider the Role of the Environment in your Assumptions and Risks For all projects there are assumptions about how your activities will yield the outputs Risks: the degree of the probability of problems resulting from the activity Mod 2 Ses 2A

32. Exercise: Step 4 Identify assumptions and risks. Groups 1, 2 and 3:Identify at least one assumption you made and at least one risk regarding the activity you proposed in the Step 2 exercise. Mod 2 Ses 2A

33. Step 5: Integrate Environmental Indicators into Project Monitoring What is the difference between an environmental indicator and a regular monitoring indicator? Mod 2 Ses 2A

34. More About Indicators After Lunch Mod 2 Ses 2A