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

In accordance with 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 (ST/SGB/2000/8), the present report
is the thirteenth in a series of studies that have been submitted to the General
Assembly through the Committee for Programme and Coordination. Using both
qualitative and quantitative methods and covering the 2010-2011 biennium, the
Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) assessed the Secretariat’s evaluation
capacity, quality and utility and identified key results contained in evaluation reports.
This biennial study also presents the OIOS evaluation workplan for 2014-2015 and
describes OIOS follow-up to prior Committee recommendations aimed at improving
the quality of Secretariat evaluations.