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9.3 Defining theScopeof theEvaluation Among the four selectedcountries theextentofcoveragewasbasedonsubstantive and operational considerations. Completed projects that addressed concerns that were still relevant forGEFand likely to receive funding in futurewere considered (Table 9.2). In India andMexico all completed full size projectswere included. In Russia two of the three completed projects were included.8 However, in China where theGEF climate changemitigation portfoliowas the largest, only some of thecompletedfullsizeprojectswereselectedsoastokeepthecostof theevaluation manageable. In selecting projects inChina, itwas ensured that themajor targeted Table 9.1 GEFCCMportfolio in the countries considered in this evaluation (inUS$million) Country Small grants programmea Enabling activitiesb Medium-size projectsc Full-size projectsd All modalities Brazil 0.0 5.7 0 78.0 (9) 83.8 China 0.0 8.6 (2) 1.8 (2) 502.1 (38) 512.5 India 1.8 3.5 (2) 3.8 (5) 199.4 (20) 208.5 Mexico 0.2 0.3 (1) 1.0 (1) 159.0 (14) 160.5 Russia 0.0 0.0 (0) 2.7 (3) 111.5 (13) 114.2 SouthAfrica 0.2 0.3 (1) 3.8 (5) 27.2 (5) 31.5 Number of projects in parentheses, except for SmallGrant Programme (SGP).Note: the assess- mentwas conducted in 2012 and it takes into account data up toAugust 2011. Source: Climate Change Mitigation Impact Evaluation, GEF IEO. The number in the parantheses signify the number of projects aThe GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) is a corporate programme of the GEF. The Programme provides financial and technical support to communities and civil society organiza- tions (CSOs) to address environmental concerns including climate change mitigation through community-based initiatives and actions bEnablingActivities are short duration projects that generally receive up toUS $ 1.0million in GEFgrant. These aremeans of fulfilling essential communication requirements toConventions, provide a basic level of information to enable policy and strategic decisions to be made, or assistingplanning that identifies priority activitieswithin a country cMediumSizeProjects (MSPs) are projectswithup toUS$2million inGEF funding.Expedited procedures are followed for approval ofMSPs so that they can be designed and executedmore quickly and efficiently dFullSizeProjects (FSPs) areprojects that involveGEFfundingofmore thanUS$2million.An overwhelmingmajority ofGEF funding is provided throughFSPs 8Theproject thatwasexcludedfromthecoverage through theevaluationwas“RemovingBarriers toCoalMineMethaneRecovery andUtilization” (GEF ID1162,UNDP,Russia). TheGEF IEO assessed the project to have been completed after “satisfactory” achievement of its expected outcomes. The project was excluded because it pertain to coal bedmethane recovery, a line of investment that had been discontinued. Nonetheless, a coal bed methane recovery project was covered inIndia,whereall thecompletedprojectswerealreadybeingcoveredaspartofaCountry Portfolio Evaluation being undertaken concurrently by the GEF IEO. Although the evaluation team could have excluded theCoal BedMethane project (GEF ID 325, India) aswell from the evaluation, it chose to include is because it found that the overall findings of the evaluationwere not sensitive to inclusionor exclusionof this project. 9 MethodologicalApproachof theGEF IEO’sClimateChangeMitigation. . . 157