| Overview : This is the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the UNDP-GEF Midterm Review (MTR) of the full-sized project titled, Implementing Urgent Adaptation Priorities through Strengthened Decentralised and National Development Plans-ADAPT PLAN. The project is implemented by the Government of Malawi, through the Environmental Affairs Department in the Ministry of Natural Resources Energy and Mining with support from Global Environment Facility (GEF)-Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), which is to be undertaken in year 2017. The project started September 2014 and is in its third year of implementation. In line with the UNDP GEF Guidance on MTRs, this MTR process was initiated before the submission of the second Project Implementation Report (PIR). This ToR sets out the expectations for this MTR. The MTR process must follow the guidance outlined in the document; Guidance for Conducting Midterm Reviews of UNDP-Supported, GEF-Financed Projects. The project was designed to: - Respond to barriers to the effective implementation of the policy and mainstreaming of adaptation into development planning.
- To establish and then demonstrate the institutional framework required to mainstream adaptation into development planning at national and local levels, beginning with 3 line ministries (Agriculture, Water and Forestry) and 3 case study districts (Nkhata Bay, Ntcheu and Zomba).
- To establish adaptation indicators that will be used by the appropriate parties at local and national level to determine the level of finances to be allocated to planned activities, thereby incentivizing active incorporation of adaptation and climate proofing and enabling implementation of Malawi Growth Development Strategy (MGDSII/III).
Project goal will be realized through three (3) interlinked components that address barriers to the effective implementation of the policy and mainstreaming of adaptation into development planning, which are: - Outcome 1: Strengthened awareness and ownership of adaptation and climate risk reduction processes at local level
- Outcome 2: Diversified and strengthened livelihoods for vulnerable people in target areas
- Outcome 3: Mainstreamed adaptation in broader development frameworks at country level and in targeted vulnerable areas
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