The Technical Evaluation Reference Group of the Adaptation Fund (AF-TERG) is an independent evaluation advisory group, accountable to the Adaptation Fund Board, established to ensure the independent implementation of the Fund’s evaluation framework. Specifically, the AF-TERG will provide: a) Evaluation Function: Independently commission the evaluation of the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the Fund through its overall operation, including its supported projects and programs as well as implementing entities and report to the Board on lessons, findings, conclusions, and recommendations from relevant evaluation reports; b) Advisory Function: Set minimum evaluation standards within the Fund in order to ensure improved and consistent measurement of results; c) Oversight Function: Provide quality control of the minimum evaluation requirements and their practice in the Fund and track implementation of Board decisions related to evaluation recommendations. This includes providing advice to the Board in its efforts to incorporate findings and recommendations of evaluations into policies, strategies and procedures. The AF-TERG is comprised of an independent group of experts in evaluation who are all functionally independent of the Adaptation Fund Secretariat, Board, and Board committees. The members serve in their personal capacities only and do not represent their employers, governments or Fund’s entities.