Completed Projects - Zambia
Project: Terminal Evaluation (GEF/LDCF Project)
Client: UNDP/GEF Zambia
Dates: 11/2018 – 06/2019
Details: Termical review of the project titled “Strengthening climate information and early warning systems in Eastern and Southern Africa for climate resilient development and adaptation to climate change – Zambia”.
Project: Mid-Term Review (GEF/LDCF Project)
Client: UNDP Zambia
Dates: 07/18 – 11/18
Details: This project involved leading a team to undertake the mid-term review of a full sized GEF/LDCF project titled “Promoting Climate-Resilient, Community-Based Regeneration of Indigenous Forests in Zambia’s Central Province”. This project was designed to enhance community resilience to climate change through community-based forest regeneration to ensure that sustainable forestry and biodiversity conservation are mainstreamed into economic planning and development and to improve the ecological integrity.
Project: Carbon Projects Annual Business/Financial Valuation
Client: Confidential
Dates: Multi-years (2014 – present)
Details: Many corporates around the world are taking advantage of opportunities to monetize carbon credits from different sectors. However, investment in carbon projects requires important understanding of the market, national government policies, risks and risk mitigation. For this project, our client invested in carbon emissions reduction projects that support local community livelihoods in forestry and agriculture, while generating verified emissions reductions for sale on the international carbon market. Each year the client undertakes an independent business valuation. Greensoft GMC was responsible for overall market analysis and analysis of the financial performance of the projects in each of the participatory countries. The investment was in four Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and two REDD+ Voluntary Carbon Projects. The CDM Projects involved improved cook stoves and the REDD+ projects were in forestry.
Project: Final Evaluation of the UN-REDD Zambia National Program
Client: UNDP
Dates: 03/2016 08/2016
Details: UN-REDD national programs support countries establish optimum institutional arrangements, design MRV systems (forest monitoring and forest inventory systems), gender mainstreaming, safeguards, and climate financing mechanisms. The evaluation also looked at the links REDD+ readiness for results-based payments the development of National Forest Programs and options for Forest Investment Programs as part of climate change response. The review noted the challenges that national programs have with the three-year time period and recommended that countries should be given a six months inception phase to allow for design adjustments, and recruitment of relevant staff. The review also noted that institutional capacity is a major risk for the sustainability of the project results and that changes in staff were slowing down decision making. The need to improve funding and implementation of monitoring and evaluation was also identified.
