11 September 2013: The workshop on the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of adaptation, which was organized by the Adaptation Committee, sought to identify recommendations and guidance to be considered by the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) with a view to providing technical support and guidance to Parties in order to facilitate enhanced implementation of adaptation actions.

The workshop, held in Nadi, Fiji, from 9-11 September 2013, brought together leaders in the M&E of adaptation with expertise in implementing adaptation at different levels, including the national, programme and project levels. Participants from governments, regional organizations, development banks, bilateral technical cooperation agencies, research institutions and civil society focused on three broad policy questions.

First, the workshop sought to identify ways in which communities, countries, and development and adaptation agencies can build a common understanding of success in achieving climate resilience, given the diverse set of indicators that currently exist to measure and evaluate adaptation.

Second, the workshop addressed ways to create a framework that links individual assessments with national-level assessments to broaden the focus from individual interventions to countries becoming less vulnerable and having more adaptive capacity.

The third question discussed by participants concerned ways to report and disseminate the results of M&E to ensure that they are fed back into the respective adaptation process, and allow for lessons learned to be shared with the wider community of adaptation planners and practitioners. [Report on the Workshop on the Monitoring and Evaluation of Adaptation] [Framing Document] [Background Note]