Jan 29, 2020
Local stakeholder engagement (LSE) is one of the most important features of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), and a key issue for climate finance more broadly.
The Consensus Building Institute just published an independent evaluation identifying lessons from the CIF’s approach to LSE relevant to the broader climate finance community
This evaluation aims to better understand how LSE was envisioned and implemented in the CIF. It identifies challenges, successes, and lessons that can increase the effectiveness of CIF’s LSE approach in current and future CIF programming.
The evaluation also highlights good practice examples for effective LSE that could benefit other climate funds, multi-lateral development banks (MDBs), countries and local stakeholders, seeking to promote effective LSE in their governance and operations.
LSE is implemented in all areas of CIF’s work: governance, investment planning, project design and implementation, and ongoing monitoring and reporting.
Learning about the implementation of LSE in each of these areas is critical as together they influence the ultimate benefits that local stakeholders derive from being engaged.
Click here to download the full evaluation and summary.
