1. This Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) evaluation of the GEF Civil Society Organization (CSO) Network responds to a request from the GEF Council at its 47th meeting in October, 2014. Technical Notes and Annexes to the evaluation are included in the Information Document GEF/ME/C.50/Inf.02.
2. The evaluation addresses the two key evaluation questions included in the Approach Paper (Annex A). (1) To what extent is the CSO Network meeting its intended goals and strategic objectives and adding value to the GEF Partnership and its membership?; (2) How are Network features contributing to the effective and efficient functioning of the Network? The evaluation covers the period from the last evaluation of the Network in 2005 to the present.