ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights the effects of conflict and fragility on programming in the Mediterranean region funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), with a focus on Lebanon and the Balkan nations. The evaluation assessed the relationship between a project's management of conflict risk and project outcomes, using the four evaluation criteria: relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability. The reviewed Lebanon projects generally performed well in relevance, efficiency, and effectiveness and received less favorable sustainability ratings. Key findings from the conflict-sensitivity analysis included: Many of the GEF projects in the Balkans received favorable scores for relevance and effectiveness. The two in-depth analyses of projects in Lebanon and the Balkans provide qualitative illustrations of the ways in which GEF-supported projects in the Mediterranean region addressed conflict risks in their design and whether these risks affected project outcomes. Examination of the interaction between conflict and the selected projects used the four evaluation criteria: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.
