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Exploratory study on the implications of the governance structures of UNEG members in promoting the use of evaluative evidence for informed decision-making

Jun 2018

The objective of this exploratory study was to identify structural issues that promote or hinder the use of impartial evaluative evidence for improved decision-making of the governing bodies of UNEG members and so contribute to learning on practices and/or institu...

Tag: UNEG Working Paper

Improved Quality of Evaluation Recommendations Checklist

Jun 2018

This note on Quality Evaluation Recommendations sets out the United Nations Evaluation Group’s

(UNEG) checklist of expectation and requirements to improve the quality and utility of evaluation recommendations. It is not intended to be a tool for mo...

Tag: UNEG Working Paper

Development of Culturally Responsive Criteria for Evaluations

Jun 2018

This concept note is a preliminary attempt at consolidating our growing understanding of CRE and developing CRE as a potential evaluative criteria to guide development aid evaluations. The note identifies a range of questions in efforts to lower the ‘barrier...

Tag: UNEG Working Paper

Modalities for Evaluating, reviewing or assessing an Evaluation Function

Jun 2018

This Document was prepared by the UNEG Professional Peer Review working group as a document to inform discussions at the 2018 AGM.

The purpose of the document is to capture and summarize modalities to evaluate, review or assess the evaluation functions o...

Tag: Peer Reviews

Background note on the UNEG peer review mechanism

Jun 2018

The purpose of this background note is to provide a history and context to the United Nations Evaluation Group’s (UNEG) peer review process. It aims to contribute to on-going discussions on the relevance of the UNEG peer reviews within the group’s memb...

Tag: Peer Reviews

The Humanitarian-Development Nexus - What do evaluations have to say? Mapping and synthesis of evaluations

Feb 2018

The Humanitarian Evaluation Interest Group (HEIG) was established at the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Annual General meeting in 2015 in recognition that the specificities of humanitarian evaluation merited further and focused attention by UNEG, especiall...

Tag: UNEG Working Paper

UNEG Principles for Stakeholder Engagement - Nov 2017

Dec 2017

As a follow up to “Evaluation Use in the UN System: conclusions from the data”, in 2016 the UNEG SO2 working group decided to develop a guidance/ principles document for stakeholder eng...

Tag: UNEG Working Paper

Professionalization of Evaluation Concept Paper

Oct 2016

This concept paper provides a framework for thinking about the professionalization of evaluation at the global level and provides specific direction regarding the roles of UNEG. It looks at setting up a professionalization system that would apply the UNEG Competen...

Tag: Professionalisation UNEG Working Paper

Evaluation in the SDG era: lessons, challenges and opportunities for UNEG

May 2016

This is a UNEG Working Paper, commissioned by the UNEG SO3-SDG Working Group. Its main aim is to provide evidence on, and analyze the key issues,major strategic implications and urgent priorities facing UNEG and its membership in the context of the Agend...

Tag: UNEG Working Paper

Evaluation Use in the UN System: Conclusions from the Data

Jun 2016

The United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) in its 2014 – 2019 strategy identified the use of evaluation as one of the key strategic objectives and sets as a goal that “UN entities and partners use evaluation in support of accountability and p...

Tag: UNEG Working Paper

Reflecting Humanitarian Principles in Evaluation

Apr 2016

The Humanitarian Evaluation Interest Group (HEIG) was launched at the UNEG - Annual General meeting in March 2015 in recognition that the specificities of humanitarian evaluation merited further and focused attention by UNEG, especially in its normative work. In i...

Tag: UNEG Working Paper

Final Report to the UNEG Working Group on Professionalization of Evaluation

Jul 2015

This report summarises the results of a short study commissioned by UNEG on professionalisation of evaluation in the UN.

Tag: Professionalisation

Evaluation Capacity in the UN System

Oct 2012

Tag: UNEG Secretariat

UNEG Brochure

Oct 2012

Tag: UNEG Secretariat

Delivering as One Evaluation Report (summary, main report, SG note)

Sep 2012

The three reports summarize the outcome of the independent evaluation of lessons learned from "Delivering as one" conducted in 2011-2012 in accordance with the request of the General Assembly, contained in paragraph 139 of its resolution 62/208 and paragraph 21 of it...

Tag: Delivering as One

EPE 2012 Seminar Report

Jun 2012

Tag: Evaluation Practice Exchange

Joint Evaluation of the Role and Contribution of the UN System in the Republic of South Africa

May 2009

Conducted between September 2008 and March 2009, the evaluation assesses the relevance and effectiveness of cooperation between South Africa and the UN system within the three-tier strategic policy priorities of the country: a better South Africa, a better Africa, an...

Tag: Articles and papers Impact Joint

UNEG Evaluation of the Pilot Initiative for Delivering as One: Evaluability Assessment of Uruguay

Oct 2008

Evaluability assessment of the Delivering as One initiative in Uruguay

Tag: Delivering as One

UNEG Evaluability Assessments of the Programme Country Pilots: Delivering as One UN Synthesis Report

Dec 2008

The present report presents the outcome of the UNEG evaluability assessments of the DaO pilots.

Tag: Articles and papers Delivering as One