Final Evaluation Report for CIFOR’s ‘A Global Comparative Study for achieving effective, efficient a

What factors contributed to or hindered the relevance of the research to the priority country contexts? The key factor that contributed to the relevance of the research to the priority country context was trust. [...] What factors contributed to or hindered the relevance of the research at different levels? At the international level, as well as in the eight priority countries, the high reputation of CIFOR as an independent, objective institution producing high-quality research contributed to the relevance of the research and its use by stakeholders. [...] The Module 4 lead is part of the Policy, Institutions and Markets CGIAR Consortium Research Program, co-lead of the flagship on Governance of Natural Resources, and also represents the CG on the Council of the International Land Coalition (ILC); the Policy Research Program acts as a conduit into the wider world and provides an example of how policy can indirectly be impacted. [...] According to the findings gathered from the survey and the interviews, the main achievement linked to the GCS project that has contributed to policy or practice change in Indonesia has been the key role played by CIFOR in supporting the development and the establishment of Indonesia’s second FREL (Module 3, Outcome 3.1). [...] In fact, the research on peatlands developed and disseminated through this project seem to have fed into the work of the technical teams of the Loreto regional government and the Ministry of the Environment.