Overview
From the outset, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was expected to be innovative in multiple ways: in its governance, in its strategy, and in its selection of projects, to include demonstration of new technologies, new business and financial models, policies new to a country or region, and institutional reforms. The objective of this evaluation is to assess the GEF’s efforts and progress in supporting innovation since its inception, the results of innovative interventions, and the factors that have influenced innovation in the GEF, and to identify lessons for GEF-8.