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Performance Indicators for International Waters Programs

Performance Indicators for International Waters Programs. 2 nd GEF International Waters Conference Dalian, China. The Need for Program Performance Indicators. To assess accurately what has been accomplished in IW projects To help program future projects. Four Levels of Indicators.

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Performance Indicators for International Waters Programs

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  1. Performance Indicators for International Waters Programs 2nd GEF International Waters Conference Dalian, China

  2. The Need for Program Performance Indicators To assess accurately what has been accomplished in IW projects To help program future projects

  3. Four Levels of Indicators • Coverage indicators • Process indicators • Stress reduction indicators • Environmental status indicators

  4. Implementation Indicators vs.Impact Indicators • Implementation indicators measure progress in accomplishing project tasks and delivering outputs • Impact indicators measure the actual effect of those project outputs and the quality or project processes

  5. The Importance of the Baseline • Baseline=the situation that exists at the beginning of the project • Makes it possible to measure degree of change in connection with the project

  6. Coverage Indicators • measure programs’ scope in relation to the problem worldwide • reflect the geographic or thematic distribution of projects

  7. Examples of Coverage Indicators • Proportion of world’s GEF-eligible Large Marine Ecosystems in which GEF has catalyzed management frameworks • Distribution of projects in each OP by geographical region

  8. Process Indicators • Measure the effectiveness of government actions catalyzed by GEF projects • Measure the quality of GEF-supported processes

  9. Three Types of Process Indicators • Joint Process Indicators measure process quality and results of intergovernmental actions • Single-country Process Indicators measure process quality and results of actions by individual participating country • Demonstration Activity Indicators measure success in achieving replication.

  10. Using Scalar Indictors for Process and Results • Possible outcomes are ranked in ascending order of effectiveness • Actual outcomes are assessed on the basis of each relevant scale

  11. How Scalar Indicators Measure Process Quality • Government Involvement: How much endorsement, staff resources, budget lines? • Stakeholder Participation: Has there been stakeholder analysis, participation plan, stakeholder satisfaction? • Sound Information: Have mechanisms been established for access to best available information?

  12. How Scalar Indicators Measure Process Results • TDAs: How specific is analysis of causes and options for addressing them? • SAPs: How far do they go in providing quantitative targets and timetables? • Joint Institutional Arrangements: How much authority, influence and staffing? • Inter-ministerial Committees: How specific are commitments to reform?

  13. Stress Reduction Indicators • Measure the degree to which threatening human activities have been reduced • Should be linked to environmental degradation whenever possible • May use progress in government programs that reduce harmful behavior as a proxy

  14. How Stress Reduction Indicators Are Used • No specific stress reduction indicators are prescribed • Progress in monitoring and reporting on selected indicators of stresses or proxies is tracked where relevant • Degree of change from baseline in selected indicators of stresses or proxies is measured where relevant

  15. Environmental Status Indicators • Waterbodies not subject to “programmatic approach” are unlikely to show measurable change in environmental status • Projects in different waterbodies won’t choose the same targets for improvement • Therefore no common environmental status indicators are proposed

  16. Ways of Presenting Process and Stress Reduction Indicator Data • Aggregating project data on results for all waterbodies in each OP • Comparing data on results for all waterbodies in each OP • Aggregating data on results for all waterbodies in the same ecosystem in each OP • Comparing data on results for all waterbodies in the same ecosystem in each OP

  17. SEND COMMENTS TO: azazueta@worldbank.org By October 15, 2002

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