Darwin Initiative: Final Report

To be completed with reference to the “Writing a Darwin Report” guidance: (http://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/resources-for-projects/reporting-forms). It is expected that

this report will be a maximum of 20 pages in length, excluding annexes)

Darwin Project Information

Project reference

Project title

Host country(ies)

Lead organisation

Partner institution(s)

Darwin grant value

Start/end dates of project

Project leader’s name

Project website/blog/Twitter

Report author(s) and date

Note: please remove the blue guidance notes from all sections before submission.

Evaluation of projects: The Final Report is expected to act as a stand-alone document. It should not be necessary to refer to Annual Reports to obtain evidence of progress or impact.

All Final Reports are reviewed by an independent M&E consultant. They will use your agreed application and logical framework (or the most recent approved logframe) as a basis of their review. Therefore it is important that you refer back to this document when writing this report. The review acts as an independent viewpoint of whether the project has made the impacts it states based upon the report and associated evidence submitted. Therefore it is highly recommended that you submit the means of verification listed in your logframe to support your assertions of progress. You may have already submitted this material with your Annual Reports but please re-submit since this Final Report is expected to act as a stand-alone document.

When making statements of progress or impact please ensure you refer as much as possible to sources of evidence including the indicators and means of verification outlined in your project logframe.

Please note: Major changes in the logframe (e.g., Output and Outcome level changes) must be approved. You can do this through submission of a Change Request form which can be found here http://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/resources-for-projects. Submission of changes to the project design in the annual report does not constitute notification. Changes requiring formal approval include: a delay in project implementation causing a rebudget; staff changes (relating to CVs provided at application stage); changes in Outputs or Outcome; project termination. If not clear whether a change requires formal approval please check with Darwin-Projects@ltsi.co.uk.

Report format: This report should be sent in MS Word only (if you have concerns about layout you may submit a pdf but this is in addition to a Word version). If you have already answered a question in one section, do not repeat the information in another section, but refer back to the section number.

Each section contains questions to guide the completion of the report. Not all guiding questions have to be answered – Project Leaders should exercise judgement as to those most relevant to the project.

The assumption is that project partners will play an active role in writing the report.

Please remember that your report will be made public. If there are specific sections that you would like treated in confidence, please ensure these are clearly identified as we can remove sensitive material before posting on the website.

1 Project Rationale Briefly describe the location (with a map if possible) of the project. Please describe the problem your project was trying to address. What biodiversity challenge was the project designed address? What poverty challenge was the project designed to address? Why are these challenges relevant and for whom? How did you identify these

problems? What was the project designed to do to address these challenges?

2 Project PartnershipsDarwin Initiative projects are required to be collaborative.

Describe the partnership between the lead institution and partner(s) and how this has developed over the life of the project. For projects that had no formal partnerships, discuss what relationships there were with institutions that supported the delivery of this work.

Were the partnerships based on demand stemming from the host country/ies and to what extent were all partners involved in project planning and decision making?

Where government partners engaged in the project?

What was the role of the various partners? Were they all involved in writing/preparing this Final Report?

Have there been particular achievements, lessons, strengths or challenges with the partnership(s), and how have the latter been met?

Are partners likely to keep in touch?

3 Project AchievementsPlease fill in Annex 2 – summary of progress against the project logframe.

This section (3.1- 3.3) is the main narrative report on project achievement and should be a flowing paragraphed presentation written in a formal style. Sub-sections reflect the progress against the project’s logic and offer the opportunity to provide some narrative to complement the logframe. We do not require a summary at the start, just clear reporting under 3.1 to 3.5. Please ensure that you clearly refer to evidence to support the narrative.

3.1 OutputsDid the project achieve its intended Outputs? Address each output in turn, identifying the baseline condition, change recorded to project end, and the source of evidence for this change. Consider:

What Outputs did you set in your application?

Did the project achieve its Outputs as laid out in the logical framework? Use the indicators in your logframe to demonstrate progress/success for each Output. Concentrate on the actual changes achieved rather than listing a series of activities undertaken.

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Did the project encounter problems, either anticipated or unexpected, in achieving the Outputs? If so had you identified these in the assumptions of your original logframe? How were they resolved?

Please substantiate comments with reference to evidence and logframe indicators.

3.2 OutcomeDid the project achieve its intended Outcome (as laid out in the original logframe unless a change has been approved)?

What evidence/indicators can you present to substantiate this? Please reference the agreed indicators in the logframe and Means of Verification as listed in the logframe in addition to any other sources of evidence used to substantiate your comments.

If your project did not fully achieve the project Outcome what was the reason for this? Was it due to factors outside your control? If so, had you identified these in the assumptions of your original logframe? If it was due to factors outside your control please comment on what actions you took to recover from this?

3.3 Impact: achievement of positive impact on biodiversity and poverty alleviationDarwin projects are asked to contribute to a higher level impact of biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation.

What Impact was in your agreed application form?

What contribution did your project make to this higher-level Impact? Please present comments substantiated by evidence.

For all projects, what contribution did your project make to human development (poverty alleviation) and wellbeing?

Please substantiate comments with reference to evidence and logframe indicators.

4 Contribution to Darwin Initiative Programme ObjectivesSection 4 should be concise and ideally no more than 3 pages long. Please substantiate comments with evidence and report against indicators. It is unlikely that each Darwin Project will have made contributions to all of these higher level Programme objectives, therefore please only concentrate on those to which your project has made significant contribution. Please do not use this section to merely report on the activities carried out by the project – try to consider the Impact and Outcome of these activities instead. We do not require a summary at the start, just clear reporting under 4.1 to 4.7.

4.1 Contribution to Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs)Briefly comment on which SDGs are relevant to your project and what contribution your project has made to these SDGs overall.

4.2 Project support to the Conventions or Treaties (CBD, CITES, Nagoya Protocol, ITPGRFA)

What contribution has your project made to support your host country(ies) to meet their objectives under one or more of the conventions, treaty or agreements supported by Darwin? Please refer to the Convention texts including the CBD objectives, Aichi Targets, and other relevant materials.

Please complete the table in Annex 4 to show the contribution made by different components of the project to the main measures for biodiversity conservation defined in the Aichi Targets to which the project is relevant.

4.3 Project support to poverty alleviationDarwin projects should be able to demonstrate direct and/or indirect poverty benefits and clearly outline the beneficiaries.

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How did the project contribute to improved human development and wellbeing?

Who and how many received benefits as a result of this work?

What benefits did they receive?

As per your annual reporting please reflect on the multi-dimensional nature of poverty. It may help to consult the Darwin Initiative Learning Note on Poverty. As relevant, please include considerations of vulnerable communities, including women.

4.4 Gender equalityThe International Development (Gender Equality) Act came into force in May 2014, ensuring that gender equality is an explicit objective in UK Government funded projects. Describe how your project took gender equality into account.

What are the direct gender equality impacts from this project? If not direct, please comment on any indirect impacts.

Please substantiate all comments with evidence, and use any relevant indicators from your logframe.

4.5 Programme indicatorsProvide comments under each bullet:

Did the project lead to greater representation of local poor people in management structures of biodiversity?

Were any management plans for biodiversity developed and were these formally accepted?

Were they participatory in nature or were they ‘top-down’? How well represented are the local poor including women, in any proposed management structures?

How did the project positively influence household (HH) income and how many HHs saw an increase?

How much did their HH income increase (e.g. x% above baseline, x% above national average)? How was this measured?

4.6 Transfer of knowledgeComment on the extent to which the project has sought to transfer knowledge (including new knowledge generated by Darwin projects) to practitioners or policy makers to apply this thinking to practical conservation challenges. What form has this transfer of knowledge taken e.g. national platforms, international platforms, print media etc.?

Did the project result in any formal qualifications? How many people achieved formal qualifications? Were they from developing countries or developed countries? What gender were they?

4.7 Capacity building Did any staff from developing country partners see an increase in their status nationally,

regionally or internationally? For example, have they been invited to participate in any national expert committees, expert panels, have they had a promotion at work?

What gender were they?

5 Sustainability and LegacyPlease comment on which project achievements are most likely to endure? Has there been any impact on policy in the host country(ies) at regional/national/transboundary level?

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What will happen to project staff and resources now the project funding has ceased?

6 Lessons learnedWhat lessons learned/or failures/challenges from this project could be used to improve/inform future Darwin projects or the wider Darwin programme?

Consider issues such as:

What worked well, and what didn’t work well?

If you had to do it again, what would you do differently?

What recommendations would you make to others doing similar projects?

What key lessons have been learnt as a result of this project? (including administrative, management, technical, M&E).

6.1 Monitoring and evaluationPlease record any major changes in the project design, especially approved changes to the logframe. (Annex 1 is the full final logframe, including means of verification and indicators, Annex 2 provides for a narrative report against the final logframe).

Looking back over the life of the project, was the M&E system practical and helpful to provide useful feedback to partners and stakeholders?

During the project period, has there been an internal or external evaluation of the work or are there any plans for this? Note succinctly the key findings from any evaluation and whether these were useful for the project.

6.2 Actions taken in response to annual report reviewsFor those that have received feedback from annual reports, have you responded to all issues raised in the reviews of your annual reports? Please use this section as an opportunity to comment on any outstanding issues.

Have you discussed the reviews with your partners and other collaborators?

7 Darwin identity What effort has the project made to publicise the Darwin Initiative, e.g. where did the

project use the Darwin Initiative logo and promote Darwin funding opportunities or projects?

How has the UK Government’s contribution to your project’s work been recognised?

Was the Darwin Initiative funding recognised as a distinct project with a clear identity or did it form part of a larger programme?

To what extent is there an understanding of the Darwin Initiative within the host country and who is likely to be familiar with it?

If you have a Twitter/Instagram/Flickr/Blog/YouTube etc. account, is this effective and have you linked back to the Darwin social media accounts?

8 Finance and administrationThis section seeks information about the finances of your project since your last annual report. Please amend the financial years in the tables to suit the reporting period and add/remove rows in the sub-tables if necessary. If all receipts have not yet been received, please provide indicative figures and clearly mark them as Draft. The Actual claim form will be taken as the final accounting for funds.

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8.1 Project expenditureComplete the expenditure table below, providing a breakdown of salaries, capital items and explanations of ‘Other’ costs. If the budget was changed since the project started, please clarify the main differences. Explain in full any significant variation in expenditure where this is +/- 10% of the approved budget lines.

Project spend (indicative) since last annual report

2018/19Grant

(£)

2018/19Total actual Darwin

Costs (£)

Variance%

Comments (please explain significant variances)

Staff costs (see below)                        

Consultancy costs                        Overhead Costs                        Travel and subsistence                        

Operating Costs                        

Capital items (see below)                        

Others (see below)                        

TOTAL            

Staff employed(Name and position)

Cost(£)

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Capital items – description Capital items – cost (£)

     

     

     

     

     

     TOTAL      

Other items – description Other items – cost (£)

     

     

     

     

     

     TOTAL      

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8.2 Additional funds or in-kind contributions securedPlease confirm the additional funds raised for this project. This will include funds indicated at application stage as confirmed or unconfirmed, as well as additional funds raised during the project lifetime. Please include all funds relevant to running the project as well as levered funds for additional work after the project ends. N.B.: the total of both these sections is the figure required for Annex 3, Q23.

Were any additional in-kind contributions secured during the project?

Source of funding for project lifetime Total(£)

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Source of funding for additional work after project lifetime Total(£)

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8.3 Value for MoneyProvide comment on the value for money provided by this project. Was it good value for money? What evidence can you provide to support this? Value for money doesn’t mean we are looking for the cheapest things, but that you have sought the desired quality at the lowest price.

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Annex 1 Project’s original (or most recently approved) logframe, including indicators, means of verification and assumptions.Note: Insert your full logframe. If your logframe was changed since your Stage 2 application and was approved by a Change Request the newest approved version should be inserted here, otherwise insert the Stage 2 logframe.

Project summary Measurable Indicators Means of verification Important Assumptions

Impact:

Outcome:

Outputs: 1. Add more outputs as necessary

1.1

1.2

1.3 etc.

1.1

1.2

1.3

2. 2.1

2.2

2.1

2.2

3. 3.1 3.1

Activities (each activity is numbered according to the output that it will contribute towards, for example 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 are contributing to Output 1)

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Annex 2 Report of progress and achievements against final project logframe for the life of the projectProject summary Measurable Indicators Progress and AchievementsImpact: Insert agreed project Impact statement

Report on any contribution towards positive impact on biodiversity or positive changes in the conditions of human communities associated with biodiversity e.g. steps towards sustainable use or equitable sharing of costs or benefits

Outcome Insert agreed project Outcome statement

Insert agreed Outcome level indicators

Report on progress towards achieving the project purpose, i.e. the sum of the outputs and assumptions

Output 1. Insert agreed Outputs with Activities relevant to that output in lines below

Insert agreed output level indicators)

Report general progress and appropriateness of indicators, and reference where evidence is provided e.g. Evidence provided in section 3.2 of report and Annex X

Activity 1.1 Insert activities relevant to this out put Report completed or progress on activities that contribute toward achieving this Output

Activity 1.2. Etc.

Output 2. Insert agreed Output Insert agreed Output level indicators

Report general progress and appropriateness of indicator

Activity 2.1.

Activity 2.2. Etc.

Output 3. Etc.

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Annex 3 Standard MeasuresWe use these figures as part of our evaluation of the wider impact of the Darwin Initiative programme. Projects are not evaluated according to quantity. That is – projects that report few standard measures are not seen as being of poorer quality than those projects which can report against multiple standard measures.

Please quantify and briefly describe all project standard measures using the coding and format of the Darwin Initiative Standard Measures. Download the updated list explaining standard measures from http://darwin.defra.gov.uk/resources/reporting/. If any sections are not relevant, please leave blank.

Code DescriptionTotal Nationality Gender Title or Focus Language Comments

Training Measures

1a Number of people to submit PhD thesis

1b Number of PhD qualifications obtained

2 Number of Masters qualifications obtained

3 Number of other qualifications obtained

4a Number of undergraduate students receiving training

4b Number of training weeks provided to undergraduate students

4c Number of postgraduate students receiving training (not 1-3 above)

4d Number of training weeks for postgraduate students

5 Number of people receiving other forms of long-term (>1yr) training not leading to formal qualification (e.g., not categories 1-4 above)

6a Number of people receiving other forms of short-term education/training (e.g., not categories 1-5 above)

6b Number of training weeks not leading to formal qualification

7 Number of types of training materials produced for use by host country(s) (describe training materials)

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Research Measures Total Nationality Gender Title LanguageComments/ Weblink if available

9 Number of species/habitat management plans (or action plans) produced for Governments, public authorities or other implementing agencies in the host country (ies)

Participatory process?

10 Number of formal documents produced to assist work related to species identification, classification and recording.

11a Number of papers published or accepted for publication in peer reviewed journals

11b Number of papers published or accepted for publication elsewhere

Location?

12a Number of computer-based databases established (containing species/generic information) and handed over to host country

12b Number of computer-based databases enhanced (containing species/genetic information) and handed over to host country

13a Number of species reference collections established and handed over to host country(s)

13b Number of species reference collections enhanced and handed over to host country(s)

Dissemination Measures Total Nationality Gender Theme Language Comments

14a Number of conferences/seminars/workshops organised to present/disseminate findings from Darwin project work

14b Number of conferences/seminars/ workshops attended

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Dissemination Measures Total Nationality Gender Theme Language Comments

at which findings from Darwin project work will be presented/ disseminated.

Physical Measures Total Comments

20 Estimated value (£s) of physical assets handed over to host country(s)

21 Number of permanent educational, training, research facilities or organisation established

22 Number of permanent field plots established Please describe

Financial Measures Total Nationality Gender Theme Language Comments

23 Value of additional resources raised from other sources (e.g., in addition to Darwin funding) for project work

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Annex 4 Aichi TargetsPlease note which of the Aichi targets your project has contributed to.

Please record only the main targets to which your project has contributed. It is recognised that most Darwin projects make a smaller contribution to many other targets in their work. You will not be evaluated more favourably if you tick multiple boxes.

Aichi Target

Tick if applicable

to your project

1 People are aware of the values of biodiversity and the steps they can take to conserve and use it sustainably.

2 Biodiversity values have been integrated into national and local development and poverty reduction strategies and planning processes and are being incorporated into national accounting, as appropriate, and reporting systems.

3 Incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity are eliminated, phased out or reformed in order to minimize or avoid negative impacts, and positive incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are developed and applied, consistent and in harmony with the Convention and other relevant international obligations, taking into account national socio economic conditions.

4 Governments, business and stakeholders at all levels have taken steps to achieve or have implemented plans for sustainable production and consumption and have kept the impacts of use of natural resources well within safe ecological limits.

5 The rate of loss of all natural habitats, including forests, is at least halved and where feasible brought close to zero, and degradation and fragmentation is significantly reduced.

6 All fish and invertebrate stocks and aquatic plants are managed and harvested sustainably, legally and applying ecosystem based approaches, so that overfishing is avoided, recovery plans and measures are in place for all depleted species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the impacts of fisheries on stocks, species and ecosystems are within safe ecological limits.

7 Areas under agriculture, aquaculture and forestry are managed sustainably, ensuring conservation of biodiversity.

8 Pollution, including from excess nutrients, has been brought to levels that are not detrimental to ecosystem function and biodiversity.

9 Invasive alien species and pathways are identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled or eradicated, and measures are in place to manage pathways to prevent their introduction and establishment.

10 The multiple anthropogenic pressures on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification are minimized, so as to maintain their integrity and functioning.

11 At least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscapes and seascapes.

12 The extinction of known threatened species has been prevented and their conservation status, particularly of those most in decline, has been improved and sustained.

13 The genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals

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and of wild relatives, including other socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been developed and implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic diversity.

14 Ecosystems that provide essential services, including services related to water, and contribute to health, livelihoods and well-being, are restored and safeguarded, taking into account the needs of women, indigenous and local communities, and the poor and vulnerable.

15 Ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks has been enhanced, through conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification.

16 The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization is in force and operational, consistent with national legislation.

17 Each Party has developed, adopted as a policy instrument, and has commenced implementing an effective, participatory and updated national biodiversity strategy and action plan.

18 The traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and their customary use of biological resources, are respected, subject to national legislation and relevant international obligations, and fully integrated and reflected in the implementation of the Convention with the full and effective participation of indigenous and local communities, at all relevant levels.

19 Knowledge, the science base and technologies relating to biodiversity, its values, functioning, status and trends, and the consequences of its loss, are improved, widely shared and transferred, and applied.

20 The mobilization of financial resources for effectively implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 from all sources, and in accordance with the consolidated and agreed process in the Strategy for Resource Mobilization should increase substantially from the current levels. This target will be subject to changes contingent to resource needs assessments to be developed and reported by Parties.

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Annex 5 PublicationsProvide full details of all publications and material that can be publicly accessed, e.g. title, name of publisher, contact details. Mark (*) all publications and other material that you have included with this report

Type *(e.g. journals, manual, CDs)

Detail(title, author, year)

Nationality of lead author

Nationality of institution of lead author

Gender of lead author

Publishers(name, city)

Available from(e.g. web link, contact

address etc)

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Annex 6 Darwin ContactsTo assist us with future evaluation work and feedback on your report, please provide details for the main project contacts below. Please add new sections to the table if you are able to provide contact information for more people than there are sections below.

Please see our Privacy Notice on how contact details will be used and stored: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/the-darwin-initiative#privacy-notice.

Ref No

Project Title

Project Leader Details

Name

Role within Darwin Project

Address

Phone

Fax/Skype

Email

Partner 1

Name

Organisation

Role within Darwin Project

Address

Fax/Skype

Email

Partner 2 etc.

Name

Organisation

Role within Darwin Project

Address

Fax/Skype

Email

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Annex 7 Supplementary material (optional but encouraged as evidence of project achievement)

This may include outputs of the project, but need not necessarily include all project documentation. For example, the abstract of a conference would be adequate, as would be a summary of a thesis rather than the full document. If we feel that reviewing the full document would be useful, we will contact you again to ask for it to be submitted.

It is important, however, that you include enough evidence of project achievement to allow reassurance that the project is continuing to work towards its objectives. Evidence can be provided in many formats (photos, copies of presentations/press releases/press cuttings, publications, minutes of meetings, questionnaires, reports etc.) and you should ensure you include some of these materials to support the annual report text.

If you are attaching separate documents, please list them here with an Annex reference number so that we can clearly identify the correct documents.

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Checklist for submission

Check

Is the report less than 10MB? If so, please email to Darwin-Projects@ltsi.co.uk putting the project number in the Subject line.

Is your report more than 10MB? If so, please discuss with Darwin-Projects@ltsi.co.uk about the best way to deliver the report, putting the project number in the Subject line.

Have you included means of verification? You need not submit every project document, but the main outputs and a selection of the others would strengthen the report.

Do you have hard copies of material you want to submit with the report? If so, please make this clear in the covering email and ensure all material is marked with the project number. However, we would expect that most material will now be electronic.

Have you involved your partners in preparation of the report and named the main contributors

Have you completed the Project Expenditure table fully?

Do not include claim forms or other communications with this report.

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