Evaluation of the project “Poverty, Reforestation, Energy and Climate Change"
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This is the mid-term report of the evaluation of the project “Poverty, Reforestation, Energy, and Climate Change” (PROEZA), co-implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Paraguayan government institutions, and funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The project’s main objective is to improve the resilience of poor and extreme poor households vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and to increase the forest cover in environmentally sensitive areas of Eastern Paraguay. This report presents an assessment of the project’s design and progress towards established objectives. The evaluation answers questions framed starting from the project’s theory of change. Methods involved desk reviews, field visits, interviews to FAO and non-FAO stakeholders, focus group discussions with beneficiaries and a comparative analysis of the emissions reduction calculation. Up to October 2023, PROEZA planted 700 hectares, involving 800 families and designed a regulatory proposal that would create a single window for forestry investment procedures. The evaluation framed four recommendations to ensure better execution, still low at 5 percent at the time of the evaluation. Recommendations entail addressing design deficiencies, strengthening leadership, establishing an exit strategy, and reviewing the Environmental and Social Management Framework.