B.42/03: Optimized approach to monitoring, evaluation, and learning

The Board, having considered document GCF/B.42/16 titled “Optimized approach to monitoring, evaluation, and learning: Co-Chairs’ proposal”:

1. Takes note of the progress made by the Secretariat in operationalizing an optimized approach to monitoring, evaluation and learning and of the clarified delineation of the complementary roles between the Secretariat and the Independent Evaluation Unit;
2. Requests the Budget Committee to consider the optimized approach to monitoring, evaluation and learning and the continued need to strengthen the Secretariat’s monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity ‒ including digital monitoring, evaluation and learning infrastructure, data interoperability, and partner capacity development ‒ when reviewing the Secretariat’s budget and workplan for 2026 and beyond;
3. Also requests the Risk Management Committee to consider the optimized approach to monitoring, evaluation and learning when guiding the development of the Independent Evaluation Unit workplans for 2026 and beyond, and further requests the Budget Committee to ensure that the Independent Evaluation Unit’s resource needs are addressed in a streamlined manner and aligned with the scale of the programming envelope; and
4. Encourages the Secretariat and the Independent Evaluation Unit to continue enhancing coordination mechanisms and data-sharing arrangements, with full respect for the Independent Evaluation Unit’s operational independence, to promote learning synergies and avoid duplication, including feedback loops where appropriate.