This final report evaluates EU FPI support to the GCoM Secretariat and the regional actions in Asia and the Americas, assessing relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact prospects, sustainability, EU added value and coherence.
This final evaluation reviews three EU-funded actions supporting the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM): support to the Global Secretariat and the regional programmes in Asia and the Americas. Carried out Feb–Nov 2024, it assesses relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact prospects, sustainability, EU added value, coherence and cross-cutting issues.
The actions are found highly relevant to EU priorities on climate diplomacy and global environmental protection. The regional actions performed strongly: membership growth exceeded targets (over 400 new cities joined across Asia and the Americas), capacity-building reached wide audiences, and CAP development made substantial progress.
Secretariat performance is more mixed. Successes are clearest where delivery was under its control (project formulation support, simplified reporting and business-to-city matchmaking). Progress was weaker in communications and IT/data, affected by multi-actor complexity and delays linked to the partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, including licence-related bottlenecks that generated inefficiencies.
The report notes sustainability risks if follow-on funding is uncertain and if cities do not see pathways from plans to financed implementation. It recommends continued support to regional covenants, a stronger medium-term GCoM strategy and value proposition, more user-friendly impact tracking/reporting, and a clearer financing and partnering approach to accelerate delivery.
- Reference
- EvalRef EVAL-146; 300085899; INTV-24901
- Project locations
- Belgium
- Region
- Middle East and North Africa
- Programme
- Common Foreign & Security Policy actions
- Topic
- Evaluation