A mid-term review (MTR) was undertaken and has completed in March 2021 to assess progress towards achievement of PEA objectives and outcomes of which the full report and joint management response to evaluation findings are publicly available at Evaluation Detail (undp.org)
In 2020, total expenditure incurred under all of the above-mentioned funding sources amounted to nearly $7 million. Expenditure against donor funds amounted to nearly $2.5 million (outstanding commitments as of 31 December 2020 — i.e. payments due and committed in Atlas but not yet paid out — of $353,197 are excluded from this donor expenditure figure). Expenditure against agency contributions amounted to nearly $3.5 million in 2020. This comprises $2.1 million from UNDP contributed in the form of in-kind resources for staffing and UNDP core funding, and nearly $1.4 million from UNEP contributed as in-kind resources for staffing and operational support. Under country-level co-financing, expenditures of nearly $675,000 were incurred against local donor and partner contributions, and of about $343,000 against government contributions.
This joint report highlights opportunities for mobilizing investment for a sustainable blue economy in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
This report covers the progress on implementation from January to December 2021 of the PEA project through its eight full-fledged country projects and six technical assistance initiatives. Tanzania.
This policy brief highlights key lessons from Poverty-Environment Initiative/Poverty-Environment Action experience.