C. Promoting self evaluation

In order to update the practice of self evaluation within the context of results based management, a distinction was highlighted between (a) mandatory self assessment, which covers self evaluation in the context of the programme performance report, and (b) discretionary self evaluation, which allows programme managers to choose topics for internal assessment which will meet their internal evaluation needs.

Self evaluation has been an integral element of the monitoring and evaluation requirements since 1986.

Excerpts from OIOS support for the 2004 UNFCCC self evaluation

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to continue to improve its evaluation tools, the follow up to evaluation and the use of self evaluation.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to continue to improve its evaluation tools, the follow up to evaluation and the use of self evaluation.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to continue to improve its evaluation tools, the follow up to evaluation and the use of self evaluation.

While one of the main current ECA commitments was to strengthen evaluation, OIOS observed that evaluation and self evaluation activities at subregional offices remain weak.

Adaptation was also a key element considered in the self evaluation.

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.

II.1 Managerial consensus on purpose and approach to the self evaluation

(a) Senior management needs to unequivocally emphasize self evaluation as a priority

ECA headquarters should develop a plan of evaluation and self evaluation of the work of subregional offices and consistently implement it.

In September 2002, management announced a toolbox of self evaluation procedures and methods.

However, there is no uniform standard for self evaluation while some managers view it as a structured, formal event , others see it as an informal, ongoing managerial process. There is agreement, however, that the major obstacles to self evaluation are an uneven commitment from programme managers shortage of time and resources and a lack of guidance, training and consistent monitoring of self evaluation.

So that means that we can have some form of self replication.

Training in methods of evaluation and self evaluation should be arranged by the Office of Policy and Programme Coordination (paragraph 50) (SP 04 002 012).

Since 2003, UN Habitat has undertaken several initiatives to strengthen monitoring and self evaluation activities.

The Unit notes with satisfaction the strong emphasis placed by the Working Group on self evaluation, but reiterates its caution that introducing self evaluation has proved to be a major challenge for most organizations of the United Nations system.

These norms and standards are now being applied in self assessments of each agency's evaluation activities.

The Working Group concluded that there are current gaps in the organizational learning process and shortcomings in the availability and quality of evaluation and self evaluation findings.

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 .

Since 1995, in cooperation with the Training and Evaluation Service of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, this training has been provided through self paced correspondence courses, originally in the form of printed course booklets but now also on CD or as online downloads.

The measures being implemented will include improvements in data collection and monitoring systems and strengthening of self evaluation.

It will offer consulting, learning and self evaluation services using a collaborative, results driven and client oriented approach.

Identify areas for further improvement of the document management system, following the completion of the self evaluation project

One important step in promoting self evaluation has been the incorporation of a specific section on evaluation planning at the subprogramme level, in the programme budget instructions issued in September 2004.

The self evaluation exercise looked at strengths and weaknesses and pointed to areas where the Office could be improved.

Similarly, the Paper proposes that the self employed should be admitted after an evaluation of their business plans. In Milan this year, more foreigners than Italians registered as self employed.

Insofar as quality of work and its evaluation is concerned, in the public sector there exists a well defined and established mechanism of evaluation in the form of Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) for employees.

(c) Self evaluation should be seen as providing an opportunity for lesson learning and corrective action initiated by programme managers.

Such as becoming members of FATF or FATF style regional bodies, pursuing self or mutual evaluation or implementing FATF recommendations.

To strengthen the objectivity and credibility of the evaluative evidence provided to senior decision makers and programme managers, it is important to differentiate more clearly the monitoring and the evaluation functions, and with regard to evaluation, to emphasize the importance for both a strong self evaluation function and a strong independent, external evaluation function.

The inclusion of a Graze function and or some form of self destruct device is an advisable improvement.

The State party reiterates that following the 2000 2001 evaluation of the CKREE subject, a general notification form replaced the former application procedure.

Incorporation of family development, family empowerment, family self reliance and family self management programmes into development plans, and provision of the necessary financial resources for implementation, follow up and evaluation of those programmes

So cancer could be thought of as a strange, short lived, self destructive life form an evolutionary dead end.

What is real is separateness, and at some point in early babyhood, the idea of self starts to form.

As a general principle it would be good if all guided missiles had some form of command self destruct.

It also directed the Global Office to begin the evaluation process by providing the framework for it and directed the regional coordinators to carry out an initial self evaluation, which should be completed by October 2006.

Article 49 The Company shall make self evaluation on the integrity, reasonability and effectiveness of its internal control system, and present brief introduction to the auditing opinions of certified public accountants on its internal control system, the explanation thereon given by the Company and corresponding measures for improvement as well as information about the rectification of problems presented in the last self evaluation or internal control evaluation report.

They may be colonies, some other form of non self governing territory or States in free association with another State.

Self determination is generally defined as the right of a people to form its own state. This is an important principle, but who is the self that is to do the determining?

In May 2004, the Working Group established five Task Forces to review the following issues (a) use of indicators (b) enhancing the role of the Integrated Monitoring and Documentation Information System (IMDIS) (c) better use of monitoring and evaluation products (d) self evaluation and (e) strengthening central monitoring and evaluation capacities.

The incorporation of some form of self destruct feature is probably the best form of guarantee that significant numbers of these sorts of rounds will not be left as duds around the battlefield.