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Lessons Learned Paper #1 - Quality assurance of decentralized evaluations

Aug 2020

In 2020, the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Interest Group on Decentralized Evaluations started documenting key lessons on specific topics drawing from its webinars with the view to facilitate the dissemination of key lessons among UNEG members and the wid...

Tag: Decentralised Evaluation

UNEG Ethical Guidelines for Evaluation

Jun 2020

The UNEG Ethical Guidelines for Evaluation were first published in 2008. This document is a revision of the original document and was approved at the UNEG AGM 2020. These revised guidelines are con...

Tag: Guidance

Third Professional Peer Review of the Independent Evaluation Function of the Global Environment Facility 2019

Apr 2020

Introduction
Executive Summary
1. The evaluation function in the Global Environment Facility (GEF) helps the GEF to become more effective in its pursuit of Global Environmental Benefits (GEBs) and has two overarching objectives:
a. Promot...

Tag: Peer Reviews

Final draft report of the external peer review of the evaluation function at IFAD

Sep 2019

This report presents the findings of an independent External Peer Review (EPR) of the evaluation function of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), initiated by the Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) and authorised by the Executi...

Tag: Peer Reviews

Professional Peer Review of the ICAO Evaluation Function

Jun 2020

This Professional Peer Review of the evaluation function of ICAO was carried out under the provisions contained in the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Framework for Professional Peer Reviews of the Evaluation Function of UN organizations.Peer Reviews

Implications of COVID-19 on evaluations in ILO

Apr 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused us to re-think how we conduct our work as an evaluation function in order to maintain activities to the extent possible without taking unnecessary risks. In this effort, the Evaluation Office released an operating procedure on 20 M...

Tag: COVID

WFP technical note on planning and conducting evaluations during COVID-19

Apr 2020

Tag: COVID

UNEG Programme of Work 2019-2020

Feb 2020

This document presents UNEG’s Programme of Work for 2019-2020. Agreed deliverables will be presented at the UNEG AGM 2020 (Paris, France, June 2020). 

It reflects the leadership of the UNEG Executive Steering Committee and, more important...

Tag: Programme of Work

Professional Peer Review of the UNESCO Evaluation Function

Jan 2020

This Professional Peer Review of the evaluation function of UNESCO was carried out under the provisions contained in the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Framework for Professional Peer Reviews of the Evaluation Function of UN organizations. It is the first ...

Tag: Norms and Standards Peer Reviews Professionalisation

Shaping Sustainability. The 2030 Agenda in Development Cooperation

Nov 2019

This report was published by the German Institute for Development Evaluation with an article entitle "A new era for evaluations" by Susanne Frueh UNEG Chair 2019-2021 

Tag: Articles and papers Evaluation function

UNEG Strategy 2020-2024

Oct 2019

This UNEG Strategy outlines UNEG's self-defined role, vision and mission, and Strategic Objectives for 2020-2024. It was prepared by an internal Working Group and underwent extensive consultation with the UNEG membership. The new Strategy reflects the current ...

Tag: Capacity development Programme of Work

Mapping & Review of Evaluation Ethics

Oct 2019

This report was prepared by the UNEG Task Force on Ethics and Code of Conduct and approved for publication at the UNEG AGM 2019. It summarizes the findings of research designed to inform the revision of the UNEG Ethics Guidelines and Code of Conduct. It aims to co...

Tag: Approaches and Methods Guidance Harmonisation Norms and Standards Professionalisation

UNEG Principles of Working Together (2019)

Sep 2019

This document represents the fifth iteration of the UNEG Principles of Working Together (PWT).
The PWT were first adopted at the UNEG Annual General Meeting in Geneva, April 2007 and subsequently revised at the AGMs in Nairobi (March 2009), Paris (April 201...

Tag: UNEG Foundation Documents

UNAIDS Evaluation Policy (2019)

Jun 2019

This document presents the UNAIDS' evaluation policy, which draws on inputs and feedback from UNAIDS Cosponsors, Member States, civil society and other partners. It sets out the purpose and use of evaluation; provides definitions, principles and norms; and out...

Tag: Policy

UNICRI Evaluation Policy (2015)

Apr 2015

This document presents the UNICRI Evaluation Policy, as the set of principles and rules that guide UNICRI’s decisions and actions when planning, conducting, disseminating and using evaluations. This policy replaces the Evaluation Principles approved in 2011 ...

Tag: Policy

Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation

Jun 2018

The UN Secretary General's Bulletin "Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation" serves as the Evaluation Policy for the Office of Internal O...

Tag: Policy

UNDPA Evaluation Policy (2017)

Dec 2017

This revised Department of Political Affairs' (DPA) evaluation policy presents principles and rules that guide the Department's decisions and action when planning, conducting, disseminating and using evaluations of mandate implementation - both at headquar...

Tag: Policy

UNITAR Monitoring and Evaluation Policy (2017)

Apr 2017

In 2009, UNITAR established a corporate M&E function to take the lead in the development and implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation Policy Framework, which was promulgated in 2012. The Institute also identified strengthening accountabilities, effectiven...

Tag: Policy

OCHA Evaluation Policy (2012)

Jun 2012

The policy seeks to strengthen the institutional framework for the conduct of evaluation activities by OCHA and to establish a common understanding and approach to the function.

Evaluation is a routine function which promotes transparency and accountabil...

Tag: Policy

WIPO Evaluation Policy (2016)

Feb 2016

The new Evaluation Policy (hereinafter the Policy) provides the framework for planning, and conducting evaluations in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and reporting on and using the results from such evaluations. The Policy establishes principle...

Tag: Policy