Post-2025 GEO Work Programme

Criteria and obligations

Relevance:
contributing to at least one Focus Area by facilitating information exchange, conducting gap analyses, identifying priorities within the Focus Area(s), and fostering synergies across the GWP.
Articulation of concept and targets:
clearly illustrate the scope, need, key deliverables and timeliness of the activity
Leadership:
conveners will be self-organized, with leaders committed to investing the time and effort to convene and execute workplans.
Stakeholder engagement:
a plan should be in place to actively engage key stakeholders and maintain their involvement.

Category	Monitoring	Evaluation	Timeline
Convener	Annually on progress	Evaluation on the effectiveness of Conveners by the end of the fifth year. Evaluation results: continuation or dis-continuation.	5 years
Pilot	Annually on progress and impact	Evaluation by the end of the second year. Evaluation results: progress to an Initiative or discontinue. One additional year can be given to improve. Pilots can apply for earlier evaluation before the cycle.	2+1 years
Initiative	Annually on progress and impact	Subject to evaluation by the end of the third year. Evaluation results: progress to a Flagship or resettle. One additional year may be given to improve. Initiatives can apply for earlier evaluation before the cycle.	3+1 years
Flagship	Annually on progress and impact	Evaluation by the end of the third year. Two additional years may be given to improve. Evaluation results: progress to a mature Flagship or continue as a Flagship.	3+2 years
Mature Flagship	Annually on impact	Assessment by the end of the fifth year, focusing on impact.	5 years