Strengthening the role of evaluation and the application of evaluation findings on programme design, delivery and policy directives

Publication language
English
Pages
25pp
Date published
26 Feb 2009
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Evaluation-related
Organisations
United Nations Office of Internal Oversight (UN OIOS)
The present report is the tenth in a series of studies that have been submitted
biennially since 1988 to the General Assembly through the Committee for
Programme and Coordination, under regulation 7.4 of the Regulations and Rules
Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the
Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation. It is intended to:
 
• Synthesize and summarize key findings, conclusions and recommendations of
independent evaluations and self-evaluations conducted within the Secretariat
during 2006-2007;
• Assess evaluation use;
• Provide an overview of current evaluation capacity and practice;
• Present the evaluation workplan for the Office of Internal Oversight Services
(OIOS); and
• Discuss steps taken to implement three action items proposed in the prior OIOS
biennial study.