The main goal will be to evaluate the relevance, performance, impacts, sustainability, external utility, and enhance climate resilience in CARIFORUM countries, aiming to build the resilience of the region by reducing risks and vulnerabilities from climate change to human-made and natural assets in CARIFORUM countries.

The evaluation is expected to be summative and explore the level of impact of the intervention on the lives of the beneficiaries. Furthermore, the evaluation will examine the impact of the project at both regional and national levels to determine the extent to which anticipated outcomes were produced. Therefore, the evaluation should provide an impartial review of the programme’s results based on its intended theory of change. The results, lessons learned, and recommendations generated from this final programme evaluation will be used to inform future programming.

The specific objectives will be:

• The relevance of the Programme to the achievement or non-achievement of its objectives and planned results.
• The effectiveness of the implementation of the programme’s activities and the methodological intervention strategy to achieve the expected results, including interactions with other actors and the synergies made or that may have taken place.
• The effectiveness with which gender and inclusion issues was incorporated into the programme.
• The level of appropriation of the beneficiaries of the training and other activities promoted by the Programme, considering the effective leadership of national and local authorities and other key actors that guarantee the sustainability of the results achieved post EU funding.
• The impact of the Joint Programme by seeking to answer the changes made as a result of the Programme.
• The level of visibility and communication of the different issues promoted by the programme and the visibility of donors and partner institutions.
• The level of interactions with other similar programmes in the region.

Under the UNEP framework contract “Provision of economic and public financial management expertise to climate adaptation projects in Africa and Asia for both Anglophone and Francophone countries“, OIKO is pleased to have been awarded a new assignment in Maldives: Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) under Maldives National Adaptation Plan, spanning from January to June 2025.

The Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) will examine the linkages between the three spheres of:

1. national climate change policy;
2. the institutional structures through which policy is channelled and;
3. the resource allocation processes whereby public funding is made available for the implementation of relevant projects, programmes and policies.

During the 29th and 30th of October, OIKO, in collaboration with its partners CSI and CIBOLA, organized a workshop for the validation of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) report and the presentation of the proposed action plan for each of the prioritized technologies within the framework of the project “Updating Technology Needs Assessment and Designing a Technology Action Plan for Ivory Coast.” The workshop covered the following sectors:

Energy sector: energy efficiency and the use of solar panels.

Waste sector: use of methane systems and production of briquettes, biochar, and biocharcoal.

Agriculture and Forestry sector: reforestation, agroforestry, development of resilient vegetable and animal species, and irrigation systems.

Water Resources sector: establishment of sustainable urban drainage systems, early warning systems, and the use of smart capture-based water management systems.

The Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) facility of the UN Capital Development Fund is supporting Uganda to promote climate change–resilient communities through climate finance to local government to increase resilient investments to extremely vulnerable target districts.

Together with the NDC – Partnership of Action the priority is assessing monetary and non-monetary loss and damage of climate change in Uganda.

The main focus is the calculation of the damage and loss due to climate change that is not being taking into account in the Climate Adaptation Strategy.

The team mobilized by OIKO is developing a methodology to calculate the destructive impacts of climate change that cannot be or have not been avoided by mitigation or adaptation.

This innovative tool will provide guidance to the Ministry of Environment of Uganda to request funding to the forthcoming loss and damage Fund for Vulnerable Countries decided at COP 27 with a focus on local and vulnerable livelihoods.

We successfully completed the field mission for our assignment within the EU4Environment program. This initiative focuses on enhancing the capacity of communities in Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, particularly in natural resource management (NRM) and forestry.

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the dedicated team of experts and our invaluable local partners. In Georgia, we are especially grateful to RECC and Natia, who organized and accompanied us throughout the visit. A special thanks to the National Forestry Agency (NFA) for guiding our team through the stunning forests of Imereti – a region that will be the focus of our ecotourism development plans.

Excited for the next steps in contributing to sustainable ecotourism and community empowerment!

Updating technology needs assessment (TNA) and development of a Technology Action Plan for Ivory Coast

Consortium: OIKO-CSI-CIBOLA

This Monday 12 and Tuesday 13, our consortium celebrated Technology Prioriation workshop for the energy, waste, water resources and agriculture sector.

In the break out rooms, the stakeholders discussed the technical results of the project team and shared their feedback that will be incorporated into Ivory Coast’s new technology needs assessment, that will be accessible soon online.

The Advisory Board meets yearly to provide direction on the CTCN’s fulfillment of the COP’s guidance. Held from April 22-24, 2024, in the CTCN Headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, this event brought together the consultative board dedicated to advancing climate technology solutions.

Our CEO, Miguel Fernandez Trillo, Climate Technology Specialist, showcased our completed projects displaying the application of climate technologies tailored to provide solutions for end users of specific projects and regions.

Congratulations on the recent success of our Asia Department unit.

OIKO has secured a new World Bank-led project within the EU-funded EU4Environment Programme! This project aims to provide consultancy services focused on identifying climate finance and carbon pricing opportunities within Ukraine’s forestry sector.

We extend our sincere congratulations to our partners, ForestCom, and the Ukrainian National Forestry University! Today marks the beginning of our journey as we’ve just concluded our kick-off meeting with the entire team, ready to tackle the challenges of sustainable forest management and environmental protection together.

OIKO, as part of a World Bank technical team, presented the results of a bioeconomy analysis in Paraguay.  

On November 15th, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in collaboration with the World Bank presented the results of the National Bioeconomy Diagnosis of Paraguay. This initiative aims to enhance the competitiveness and improve diversification of Paraguayan agro-industries by fostering innovation and added value within priority value chains: biopharmaceuticals, organic meat, petitgrain for cosmetics, and bio-packaging. 

OIKO team coordinated the research and analysis. During a workshop attended by over 70 representatives, Miguel Trillo presented the findings on various bioeconomy sectors, potential supply chains, and innovative products suitable for Paraguay. 

Bioeconomy is an approach that utilizes renewable biological resources to produce goods and services with a high degree of innovation and added value. Collaborative efforts among the public, private sector, and academia are crucial for implementing the principles and practices of the bioeconomy and fostering its sustainable development within the country’s economy.   

We are pleased to announce that OIKO will be providing technical assistance and capacity-building support to the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility · Local, in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

We are a part of the consortium led by Adelante Knowledge and Development to support the integration of climate change adaptation into local and municipal plans and budgets, as well as the implementation of climate adaptation measures in local strategies.

We look forward to expanding our collaboration with partners Citepa, CER Indonesia, PlanAdapt, Best – Bureau d’Expertise Sociale et de Diffusion Technique, and Centre de Suivi et d’Assistance en Management ♻️

Congratulations to everyone involved in this contract and challenged to ensure climate impact during implementation!