Nature & Climate

Evaluation Insights: West African Competitiveness Programme in Sierra Leone

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Increasing Sierra Leone’s Competitiveness through Enhanced Productivity and Trade Compliance in Selected Value Chains Context Sierra Leone’s economy is heavily dependent on mining, making it structurally vulnerable to external shocks. Agriculture accounts for nearly half of GDP and employs more than three-quarters of the population, yet micro, small, … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Green Markets and Sustainable Consumption in Brazil

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Context The Amazon rainforest faces accelerating deforestation driven by conventional agriculture, illegal land use change, and the absence of economically viable alternatives for local communities. As Brazil committed under the Paris Agreement to halt illegal deforestation by 2030, promoting sustainable production systems in Amazonia became both a national … Read more

The Future is Now: Science for Achieving Sustainable Development

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Scientists call for urgent, targeted, action to avoid reversing the development gains of recent decades New relationship between people and nature is needed as climate change and biodiversity loss threaten progress New York, 11 September—Achieving human well-being and eradicating poverty for all of the Earth’s people—expected to number eight and a half billion by 2030—is … Read more

Evaluation of ISO Capacity Building on International Standards

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Karsten Weitzenegger leads the Saana Consulting Team for external evaluation of the Sida-funded capacity-building activities of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). BACKGROUND The launching of the evaluation follows a considerable period of preparation and consultation, and a competitive international tendering process that concluded with the contracting of the selected team in February 2019. The … Read more

How is phytosanitary knowledge managed globally?

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A recent STDF project evaluation on developing training manuals and kits on IPPC standards scored highly on relevance and efficiency. With 20+ global manuals now published, National Plant Protection Organizations have greater access to technical resources. View the guides online and download the evaluation report.  The World Trade Organization has contracted Karsten Weitzenegger to evaluate a phytosanitary … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Phytosanitary Capacity Development

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Evaluation Synthesis: STDF/PG/350 — Global Phytosanitary Manuals, Standard Operating Procedures and Training Kits Project Context Phytosanitary capacity is foundational to agricultural trade. Countries that lack documented regulatory procedures, trained inspection staff, and functioning plant health systems face higher trade costs, increased consignment rejections, and reduced market access. This … Read more

Karsten Weitzenegger supports AIM2Flourish

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Invited by partners in the Americas, Karsten Weitzenegger has joind AIM2Flourish, the higher-education curriculum for the UN Sustainable Development Goals and business for good innovation. AIM2Flourish is the world’s first global initiative steering future business leaders towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a flourishing world for all. We offer a highly adaptable, … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Caribbean University Level Programme

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Context The Caribbean University Level Programme CULP was a regional higher education initiative funded under the sixth and seventh European Development Funds and implemented in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and the Dominican Republic. It responded to structural development challenges in the Caribbean, including small and vulnerable island … Read more