Final Report: Executive Summary

This document describes a comprehensive evaluation of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), focusing on its efforts to facilitate climate-resilient development in developing countries. CDKN's initiatives, including technical assistance, knowledge sharing, and partnership formation, have shown success, particularly in Colombia, India, and Kenya, with notable contributions to policy influence, disaster risk management, and climate negotiations. The evaluation, conducted by Itad in 2015 using case studies, interviews, and contribution analysis, revealed CDKN's credible impact but also identified areas needing improvement such as strategic focus, private sector engagement, financial management, gender mainstreaming, and global networking. Recommendations for CDKN include refining outcome indicators, enhancing research funding, developing a gender and social inclusion framework, and improving strategic planning and resource allocation. The evaluation aims to guide CDKN and similar programs in enhancing their strategic impact on climate-compatible development. **This summary was written by an AI model and therefore should not be considered a definitive summary of the report. If you are aware of inaccuracies, please email evaluation.registry@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.**

Description

• Lead department: Closed organisation: Department for International Development
• Evaluation stage: A complete evaluation report
• Other departments: No other departments listed
• Evaluation types: Impact evaluation
• Impact methods: Theory-based methods
• Theory-based methods: Other
• Grant information: This intervention is not distributing funding via a grant
• Government Major Project information: This intervention is not a major project
• Policies: No policies provided

Event Dates

• Event Name: Publication of final results
• Event date: July 2015

Evaluation Costs

• Cost: Not provided

Evaluation sharing

• Link(s) to published report(s): Yes
• Links to evaluation plans: No link provided
• Links to published evaluations (DEBUGGING): No final report link found.
• Findings: Not provided
• Permission to share confirmed: Yes