The evaluation approach is results-based and centered on usability and to promote sustainable development. GIZ evaluations are independent, conducted by external evaluation teams, steered by a corporate unit to deliver evidence-based findings, and generate recommendations.

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The overall objective is to conduct an evaluation study of the project “Climate Smart Buildings” which is part of the overall Climate Smart Building Programme, launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft  für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to enhance climate resilience and thermal comfort of affordable housing stock of India by adopting sustainable and low-impact design, materials, and best available construction technology. Climate responsive architecture has been part of traditional buildings built in India since the beginning of civilizations, utilizing passive design strategies and innovative building material to provide comfortable indoor living conditions that was responsive to local climate and geography minimizing the use of active measures.  

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Evaluation questions are tailored to evaluate the relation between the project and the programme (e.g., synergies between the  projects in the programme and the project’s contribution to the programme).

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The central project evaluation is divided into 3 phases:

1) an inception phase, including an inception mission and mission workshop, covering all important aspects of the project and the stakeholders’ perspectives, establishing evaluability i.e. the examination of the project's results logic (theory of change), the collection of evaluation questions from the partner and target group perspective and finally the examination of available data, among other things, from the partner systems. The result of the inception phase is the inception report.

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2) a data collection and evaluation phase, including an on-site evaluation mission to collect the necessary data for the evaluation by conducting interviews with the involved stakeholders and by other methods defined in the inception phase. Data are then analysed, triangulated, assessed, and validated systematically. Based on the findings, the evaluation report is elaborated.

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3) a post-evaluation phase where the evaluation results are condensed into various formats to foster and facilitate the utilisation of central project evaluations. This includes creation of specific CPE short GIZ formats for publication purposes, preparation, and delivery of the presentation of the reflection meeting “Evaluated – what next?”, and finalisation of the evaluation report and incorporation of comments from the different parties involved.