Information Notes

The IWT Challenge Fund and Darwin Initiative has produced a range of reviews and information notes from evaluations of projects and themes that could be useful for future or ongoing projects.

Information notes are the new name for short publications, which provide information to the IWT Challenge Fund community and beyond.

Fund level evaluations

In September 2020, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), commissioned Ecorys to undertake an evaluation of the three Biodiversity Challenge Funds – Darwin Initiative, Darwin Plus and Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, henceforth collectively referred to as ‘the scheme’. The scope of this evaluation includes all projects since the beginning of the scheme across all countries of operation. The evaluation has the following key objectives: assess the impact of the scheme; identify gaps in logic and draw out key lessons to understand how the scheme can be improved; facilitate clearer communication of the scheme’s key achievements; and make suggestions for establishing effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems. The results of this evaluation will enable Defra to improve the quality of the scheme going into the future, as well as to showcase Defra’s contributions to global biodiversity and environmental protection ahead of upcoming international conferences.

You can access the reports and deliverables from the evaluation below:

• Inception Report
• Inception Report – Supplementary Materials
• Final Report
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Report

Information Notes

• Project Reporting Information Note
• Poverty and the Darwin Initiative Information Note
• Logical Frameworks Information Note