World Bank / Adaptation Fund

Key Focus Areas
Climate change adaptation
social and systems innovation and transformation
Adaptive management, research and strategy
Sophoi Services
Research and strategy
Innovative MEL

World Bank / Adaptation Fund

2019–2020 Innovative MEL Study

Sophoi designed and delivered the research process for an innovative MEL ‘landscape study’ to inform the Adaptation Fund’s future direction and strategy through the application of innovative, ‘cutting-edge’ MEL. The study was based on the concepts of social and systems innovation required to address climate change, and the extent to which current MEL practice supports these approaches.

Our research report for the Adaptation Fund reflected a need for transformation in the MEL sector to engage with systems innovation and the implications of this for the global MEL community.

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