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Table 18.3 Specific purpose: monitoring the integration of adaptation into planning (mainstreaming) Approach:qualitative assessmentbasedon interviews Prospect Toprovide in-depthunderstanding (learning) of the achievements and shortcomings of themainstreamingprocess Potential use ofM&E findings Results of theassessment couldbeused to improve themainstreaming process. The target audience includes thosewhocarry out the mainstreamingprocess and thosewhocan influence it Description Aqualitativeassessmentof themechanismanddegreeof integrationof adaptation into planningprocesses (mainstreaming) and its effective- ness basedon interviewswith key informants involved in and/or affected by the implementation of themainstreaming.Effectiveness canbe assessedby the extent towhich climate change impacts are taken into account in planning anddecisionmaking.A set of guiding questionsmaybeused for interviews Benefits and limitations Qualitative assessments canoffer amore in-depthunderstanding than quantitative indicators,particularly inregard toHOWandWHYthings workor donotwork.Dependingon the perspective, number and composition of involved interviewees andon the exact assessment procedures the resultsmaydiffer in their comprehensiveness and degree of subjectivity. Interviewees involved in themainstreaming maybehesitant to discuss shortcomings of the process Resources needed Qualified interviewers.Know-how todevelop the assessment details. Timeandfinancialmeans to conduct a series of interviews Example from practice AstudybyGIZ(2016)examinedthein-countrycoordinationprocesses for national adaptation planning in Jamaica,TogoandKenya through qualitative interviews.The results aremeant to informeffective coor- dinationmechanismswhich facilitate the integrationofadaptation into national planning andbudgetingprocesses Links Previewof the studybyGIZ (2016): http://www.napglobalnetwork. org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sNAPshot-Jamaica-1.pdf Approach:quantitative indicators Prospect Toget quantitative expressions of theprogress of integrating adapta- tion into development planning Potential use ofM&E findings To track implementation andassess results formanagement and accountability purposes Description An indicator-based assessment of selected aspects of the mainstreamingprocess basedonquantitative and/or qualitative infor- mation.Thecriteria for scoring, i.e.whatneeds tobeachieved toget a certain indicatorvalue,needtobeclearlydefined.Thisway,qualitative information canbe converted into quantitative scores Benefits and limitations Quantitative indicators canprovide a snapshot of the status quoof the mainstreamingprocess, albeit being limited to aspectswhich canbe moreeasilyquantified.Quantitativeindicatorsarenotwellsuited toget an in-depthunderstandingofhowandwhy themainstreamingprocess works andwhere the shortcomings are Resources needed Resource requirements largely dependon the efforts needed to gather the respective data andon thenumber of indicators. If the data canbe collectedwith relative ease then resource needs canbe lower than for qualitative assessments (continued) 18 TheAdaptationM&ENavigator:ADecisionSupportTool for the. . . 335