Southern Africa is prone to tropical cyclone induced floods. Every year a number of tropical cyclones that make landfall over the eastern coast of Mozambique sometimes also proceed to move to Zimbabwe causing severe destruction of houses and other infrastructure, in addition to causing loss of lives. Future climate projections point to an increase in the intensity of tropical cyclones, and this may worsen the floods associated with the tropical cyclones. In March 2019, about 1,300 people lost their lives in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi due to tropical cyclone Idai. The tropical cyclone also destroyed huge areas of agricultural land. The most affected provinces in Mozambique were Sofala, Manica and Zambezia while in Zimbabwe, Manicaland and Masvingo were the most affected provinces. In recognition of these increasing climate-related challenges, the Governments of Mozambique and Zimbabwe initiated project activities to determine vulnerability and adaptation priorities, and to integrate this knowledge into development and sectorial planning, as well as strengthening early warning capabilities of the two countries. The project, titled, ‘‘A community focused flood early warning system for the Buzi, Pungwe and Save (BuPuSa) transboundary river basins’’ will directly benefit an estimated 1.2 million people consisting of 1 million people (Mozambique) and 200 000 people (Zimbabwe) in the BuPuSa basins through increased access to early warning information, and flood risk management capabilities. The project is a direct response to the 2020 scoping report produced by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) on preventive and cross-border flood-control-mechanisms in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, which highlighted the need to focus on flood risk assessments, early warning systems, communication and dissemination, public awareness and capacity development and knowledge management. Objectives of the evaluation This end of project evaluation will be conducted to assess the progress of the project with respect to its objectives, outcomes and impacts. The evaluation will also assess the implementation status, collate and analyze lessons learned, challenges faced, and best practices obtained during implementation, which will inform future programming. The target audience who will use the evaluation results include the funding partner ADA, members of the Project Steering Committee, the Governments of Mozambique and Zimbabwe, local stakeholders who were involved in the implementation of the project, ROSA staff and staff in other UNESCO offices seeking to replicate the approach.   Scope and focus of the evaluation The evaluation will cover activities that have taken place since the beginning of the project until the time of the evaluation. Its purpose is to independently assess the project performance against the evaluation criteria: relevance, efficiency and sustainability