In 2003 the Government issued its response to the evaluation report published in 2002.

55. Stresses the importance of establishing adequate accountability measures for managers to ensure their timely response to management evaluation requests

In September 2003 the government submitted its response to the evaluation of this Act to the House of Representatives of the States General.

OIOS is currently considering how to strengthen its in depth and thematic evaluation function and its response to ad hoc evaluation requests to ensure that intergovernmental bodies are provided with high quality professional and objective reports on the performance of programmes and activities.

7 As defined in Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation of the National Response for Children Orphaned and Made Vulnerable by HIV AIDS, UNICEF and partners, February 2005.

10 As defined in Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation of the National Response for Children Orphaned and Made Vulnerable by HIV AIDS, UNICEF and partners, February 2005.

The management response to the evaluation report and a report on progress made in 2005 to implement the gender action plan are the subject of separate documents.

UNICEF will strengthen results based planning, monitoring and management in the United Nations wide response to HIV AIDS by participating in the Reference Group on Monitoring and Evaluation.

DP 2006 7 Item 5 of the provisional agenda Gender in UNDP Management response to the evaluation of gender mainstreaming in UNDP A C E F R S

In the government's response to this report, it was stated that an extensive evaluation of the medical physiological aspects of female positions in the IDF will be performed.

The summary of the evaluation is submitted to the Board with a view to presenting the final report and the management response for full discussion in January 2005.

In accordance with the terms of reference and the management response to the report Transforming the Mainstream Gender in UNDP' (DP 2004 31), the evaluation had the following objectives

Evaluation

Evaluation

Evaluation

Strengthening evaluation

(c) Evaluation.

(c) Evaluation

C. Evaluation

Evaluation cCriteria

Independent evaluation

In response to Assembly resolution 57 174, the Secretary General prepared in 2003 a report containing a quinquennial evaluation of the implementation of the outcome of the twentieth special session (A 58 253).

E. Management evaluation

UNHCR'S EVALUATION POLICY

Monitoring and evaluation

In depth evaluation

Programme questions evaluation

Monitoring and evaluation

(i) Thematic evaluation

E. Evaluation activities

Item 11 Evaluation

Effectiveness evaluation report

Monitoring and Evaluation

Item 3 Evaluation

Independent Evaluation Unit

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.

Monday, 9 January 2006, from 3 to 4.30 p.m. in Conference Room 6 on the overview of findings and recommendations of the evaluation of gender mainstreaming in UNDP and the UNDP management response and

Monday, 9 January 2006, from 3 to 4.30 p.m. in Conference Room 6 on the overview of findings and recommendations of the evaluation of gender mainstreaming in UNDP and the UNDP management response and

Monday, 9 January 2006, from 3 to 4.30 p.m. in Conference Room 6 on the overview of findings and recommendations of the evaluation of gender mainstreaming in UNDP and the UNDP management response and

Governments also agreed to pursue evaluation studies based on the evaluation framework where appropriate.

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.

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

In the light of Azerbaijan's response and the above mentioned evaluation, the Secretariat consulted the GEF secretariat on the status of the GEF Council's major capacity building initiative, the Strategic Approach to Enhancing Capacity Building.