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UNESCWA Evaluation Policy

Feb 2024

This policy governs evaluation at the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), institutionalizes the evaluation function and ensures that evaluations conform to internationally accepted principles. Furthermore, the policy defines evaluation, explai...

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UNIDO Evaluation Manual

Oct 2023

This manual is aimed primarily at UNIDO staff and consultants involved directly in evaluations and at UNIDO’s management and their teams. By consulting the manual, UNIDO management will obtain a better understanding of their roles and responsibilities in car...

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Independent Peer Review of UNFPA's Evaluation Function

Aug 2023

The Peer Review was undertaken following a request from the Director of the Evaluation Office. The review process began in January and was completed in June 2023.

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Self-Assessment Maturity Matrix for UN Evaluation Functions

Dec 2022

Building on earlier normative frameworks for UN evaluation functions developed by the UN Joint Inspection Unit and Office for Internal Oversight Services, the matrix provides a normative framework for Peer Reviews against the UNEG Norms & Standards for Evaluat...

Tag: Approaches and Methods Assessment Evaluation function Norms and Standards Peer Reviews

UNEG Maturity Matrix Checklist

Nov 2022

This checklist is the standalone Annex in the UNEG Self-Assessment Maturity Matrix for UN Evaluation Functions (November 2022).

Building on earlier normative frameworks for UN evaluation functions developed by the UN Joint Inspection Unit and Office for ...

Tag: Approaches and Methods Evaluation function Norms and Standards Peer Reviews

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

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...

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Norms and Standards for Evaluation (2016)

Jun 2016

The United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Norms and Standards for Evaluation, adopted in 2005, has served as a landmark document for the United Nations and beyond. For the last ten years, it has been used successfully to strengthen and harmonize evaluati...

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2005 Standards for Evaluation in the UN System (updated 2016 Norms and Standards are available)

Apr 2005

These standards build upon the Norms for Evaluation for the UN system. They are drawn from best practice of UNEG members. They are intended to guide the establishment of the institutional framework, management of the evaluation function, conduct and use of evaluat...

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2005 Norms for Evaluation in the UN System (updated 2016 Norms and Standards are available)

Apr 2005

The norms seek to facilitate system-wide collaboration on evaluation by ensuring that evaluation entities within the UN follow agreed-upon basic principles. They provide a reference for strengthening, professionalizing and improving the quality of evaluation in al...

Tag: Approaches and Methods Guidance Normative Norms and Standards Professionalisation