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

At a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on 20 April 2007, the United nations Chief Executives Board (CEB) endorsed the call of the high-level Committee on Programmes (hLCP) for an evalua- tion of the Delivering as one (Dao) pilot initiatives. It also called upon the United nations Evaluation Group (UnEG) to urgently establish parameters and processes for evaluating the pilot programmes and asked to be kept fully informed of progress.
During the 14th Session of the hLCP on 20-21 September 2007, UnEG presented a three-stage process: an assessment of the evaluability of Dao by March 2008; a process evaluation of the pilot experience by September 2009; and an evaluation of the results and impacts of the pilot experience by September 2011. the hLCP reiterated its sup- port for the evaluation and requested that United nations Development Group (UnDG) and UnEG members consider the funding requirements for the evaluation. in addition, hLCP requested UnEG review the timeline for the evaluation, as in addi- tion to the need for a professional product, it was also necessary to consider the political factors that necessitated early results. the hLCP recognized the need to produce credible evidence based on evalu- ative methods whilst taking into consideration the demand of governments and the United nations (Un) system to have early access to information for decision making.3