Second Real Time Evaluation of FAO’s Work on the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

This report describes the Second Real-Time Evaluation (RTE2) of the responses of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to the occurrence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), conducted by an independent external evaluation team.

RTE2 has attempted to provide a forward looking approach to the evaluation, using experiences and observations of the performance of FAO’s programmes over the last few years to recommend to FAO, its members and its partners, on how to optimize FAO’s future contributions to the control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), of other priority disease threats, and to global pandemic preparedness. The evaluation team adopted an open consultative approach, seeking opinions and feedback from the widest possible range of stakeholders in the different countries visited.