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1、TERMS OF REFERENCE Draft, October 2007Mid-term Evaluation of UNDP-GEFs Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project PIMS 29921. Background and Context The Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project (OFM Project) is a multi-governmental five year initiative by 14 independent islands
2、 nations and one territory The 14 Pacific Island States and territory that qualify for GEF support under the OFM Project are: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanua
3、tu. to address the sustainable management of regional fish stocks in the Pacific region. The project is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through its Fiji country office and executed by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA). The project document was signed by
4、UNDP on 30 September 2005 and by the FFA on 13 July 2005. The execution start date was not until November of the last quarter of 2005 which resulted in the first Regional Steering Committee agreeing to adjust the 5 year period of project implementation across 2005 to completion in 2010 and a post ev
5、aluation phase in 2012. A Project Coordination Unit (PCU) based at the FFA administers the project.The OFM Project fits within the overarching Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the International Waters of the Pacific Island Developing States (RAS/98/G32) which contained at the time, two complemen
6、tary linked consultative sub programmes: Integrated Coastal and Watershed Management (SPREP Funded IWP Programme) and Oceanic Fisheries Management. The delivery of actions of the full OFM Project is now undertaken directly by the FFA. The mid-term evaluation (MTE) is confined to the OFM Project exec
7、uted by the FFA. The OFM Project has two objectives that address (a) the threats to the sustainability of the use of the regions oceanic fish resources identified in the SAP, principally the lack of understanding and the weaknesses in governance relating to oceanic fisheries in the International Wat
8、ers in the region, and (b) the need for improved the understanding of transboundary oceanic fisheries resources and create new regional institutional arrangements as well as realigning, reforming and strengthening national arrangements for the conservation and management of transboundary oceanic fis
9、hery resources.The origins of the project, its preparation, its objectives and structure address the concerns that Pacific Islands small developing States (Pacific SIDS) have for the unsustainable use of transboundary oceanic fish stocks of the Pacific region and unsustainable levels and patterns of
10、 exploitation in the fisheries that target those stocks. At the centre of these concerns is the transboundary nature of the stocks. The stocks are dominantly highly migratory, with their range extending through waters under the jurisdiction of around 20 countries and into large areas of high seas. E
11、ach of the countries within whose waters the stocks occur has responsibilities under international law to adopt measures for the conservation and management of these stocks. But without a coherent and legally binding framework to establish and apply measures throughout the range of the stocks, inclu
12、ding the high seas, the efforts made by individual countries in their own waters can be undermined by unregulated fishing on the high seas and by inconsistencies in measures in different national zones.These are global concerns. They were important issues in the preparation of the UN Convention on t
13、he Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) during the 1970s, particularly in the provisions relating to management of fishing on the high seas and management of fishing for highly migratory species. In 1992 they found expression in the call from the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCE
14、D) within Agenda 21 for a UN intergovernmental conference on high seas fishing and they are also the key concerns addressed in the UN Fish Stocks Agreement.2. Objective and Purpose of the Mid-term EvaluationThe Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) policy at the project level in UNDP/GEF has four objectiv
15、es: i) to monitor and evaluate results and impacts; ii) to provide a basis for decision making on necessary amendments and improvements; iii) to promote accountability for resource use; and iii) to document, provide feedback on, and disseminate lessons learned. A mix of tools is used to ensure effec
16、tive project M&E. These might be applied continuously throughout the lifetime of the project e.g. periodic monitoring of indicators -, or as specific time-bound exercises such as mid-term reviews, audit reports and independent evaluations. In accordance with UNDP/GEF M&E policies and procedures, all projects with long implementation periods (e.g. over 5 or 6 years) are strongly encouraged to conduct mid-term evaluations. In addi
