These assessment activities are guided by the UNEG task force on Quality stamp for Evaluation.

Under development by the United Nations Evaluation Group

130. Notes the endorsement in 2005 of the norms and standards for evaluation by the United Nations system through the United Nations Evaluation Group, constituting a contribution to strengthening evaluation as a United Nations system function

The Evaluation Office will focus on enhancing evaluation standards and developing an organizational policy aligned with norms and standards recently approved by the United Nations Evaluation Group.

There are only few instances of joint evaluation by United Nations system organizations.

Only United Nations organs were empowered to make such an evaluation.

UNICEF is co chair of the UNEG task force on Evaluation Capacity Development.

UNIFEM participates in the inter agency United Nations Evaluation Group and is strengthening its evaluation function over the forthcoming three years.

Activities of the Evaluation Group.

Notes the progress made in harmonizing and simplifying evaluation in the United Nations system through the work of the United Nations Evaluation Group, in particular the adoption of the United Nations Evaluation Group norms and standards for evaluation in the United Nations system, which represents an important response to the TCPR

The Office will work to strengthen the UNICEF evaluation system through joint United Nations evaluations related to the triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development and organizational performance evaluations.

5. Notes the request made for an assessment of the Global Mechanism by the Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations, and looks forward to its findings Ibid., sect. F, para. 27.

In 2005, the group agreed on and published a set of norms and standards for evaluation work by United Nations agencies.

(e) Strengthen organizational capacity in evaluation.

OIOS will specifically focus on the following (a) strengthening the rigour, coverage and utility of its evaluations (b) its role in supporting monitoring and evaluation in the Secretariat and (c) its role in promoting evaluation policy and practice in the United Nations system through active participation in the United Nations Evaluation Group.

Expresses its appreciation to the independent evaluation team for the evaluation report, and to the Government of Norway for its financial support for the evaluation

Individual United Nations organizations work closely with specific agencies of governments, to upgrade evaluation methodologies.

The Director stated her commitment to rectifying an inaccurate statement in a recent evaluation, as pointed out by a Board member, and described initiatives with other United Nations agencies through UNEG, notably a joint review of UNDAF evaluability the piloting of new forms of UNDAF evaluation and a proposed joint evaluation of United Nations system impact at the country level.

UNICEF continues to actively participate in the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG).

In 1996, an evaluation of the implementation of the Agenda by the United Nations system was conducted by the Joint Inspection Unit.

In addition, a self evaluation had been undertaken by the Evaluation Office, using as benchmarks the new Norms and Standards for Evaluation in the United Nations System.

UNICEF is also working closely with the UNEG to ensure that regional and country office staff are equipped to support national evaluative efforts.

The General Assembly shall invite such bodies as it sees fit, including the Joint Inspection Unit, to perform ad hoc external evaluations and to report on them. 7.4.

In depth evaluation of the training courses on key issues on the

Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Evaluation of technical cooperation activities

2. Evaluation of technical cooperation projects

The value of organizations such as SAARC and ICPO Interpol as a conduit for the exchange of information was commented upon by the representative of India.

The Evaluation Office commissioned a comprehensive evaluation of the role of UNICEF in the United Nations reform process helped in the finalization of guidelines for the evaluation of UNDAFs supported the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in the conduct of United Nations wide evaluations in the context of the triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development and chaired a United Nations task group on joint standards for evaluation.

Agreement had been reached between MINUSTAH and UNDP Haiti on the integration of law programmes and the modalities were being worked out.

In addition, the authors of the Joint Inspection Unit report on managing for results stressed that self evaluation should constitute the backbone of any effective evaluation system .

(b) Strengthen evaluation within the United Nations system and with other partners.

These include guidelines on organizing participatory self evaluations and on managing evaluations.

Evaluation of technical cooperation activities

It is called synthetic job evaluation .

The fields of impact assessment which have particular relevance to United Nations concerns have been environmental impact assessment and, to a much lesser extent, technology assessment.

Those proposals were subsequently evaluated by a joint United Nations ESA review panel in July 1998.

Iraq also states that while vegetation loss was evident between 1990 and 1992, there was considerable recovery between 1992 and 2001, to the extent that the vegetation cover in 2001 was as good as or better than before the conflict.

A financial expert was appointed by the Bank of Portugal to integrate the evaluation team of the FATF.

Delegations endorsed the preparation of a UNDP evaluation policy in line with UNEG norms and standards, a follow up and tracking system for evaluation recommendations, and a management response.

A key area for United Nations inter organizational collaboration in the field of evaluation is information sharing on the basis of results of evaluations.

91. Future triennial comprehensive policy reviews could synthesize the evaluation results provided to the Secretary General by relevant United Nations system organizations in order to complement impact evaluations on strategic and cross cutting issues.

A team of nine procurement officers evaluates the applications, and applicants who do not meet the standard in the initial evaluation are submitted to the Supplier Review Committee for further views.

He expressed appreciation to the evaluation team and the secretariat for the evaluation report, and underscored that evaluation was an important tool to help UNCTAD to do its work properly and effectively.

It is worth recalling that, in addition to the evaluations undertaken within individual projects, the Working Party decides which thematic programmes will be evaluated.