Sectors:
- Environment, climate change and natural resources management
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is an international organization that works as a solutions broker to catalyze action and support for adaptation solutions, from the international to the local, in partnership with the public and private sector, to ensure learning and working together for a climate resilient future. During 2021, GCA’s Africa program was transformed to Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), co-created with the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) to implement the vision of the Africa Adaptation Initiative to support African countries on key adaptation initiatives. The program’s objective is to mobilize $25 billion to accelerate climate change adaptation actions across Africa.
The Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the GCA’s Africa Work Program (i.e., the AAAP) took stock of the evolution of the AAAP and its activities funded by the GCA during 2021 and early 2022. As a formative- and outcomes-focused evaluation, it assessed progress made toward objectives with an eye toward identifying areas and actions that can lead to greater operational impacts. The four objectives of the MTR were to: review the GCA strategic vision and three pillars of activity – i) Advocacy and Agenda Setting; ii) Knowledge Acceleration; and iii) Programs and Action – to draw lessons on the GCA’s solutions broker model and its effectiveness in Africa, with a specific focus on the AAAP; assess the contribution of the outputs delivered by the GCA towards anticipated outcomes and impacts, in accordance with the GCA’s AAAP Results Framework; provide recommendations on how implementation may be adjusted to strengthen the GCA’s activities and inform the expected results and implementation of the AAAP to be delivered over the 2023-2025 timeframe; and assess the GCA’s role within the climate adaptation institutional set-up in Africa, its added value, and whether the focus of the pillars of the AAAP are the most critical areas for adaptation in Africa and those with the highest potential impact, if taken to scale.