UNCTAD's work should be supportive of development goals, taking into account commitments undertaken by member States.

A. Common country assessment United Nations Development Assistance Framework

Implementation of the CCA and UNDAF

Scope and Approach of the Present Evaluation Report

An Evaluation Framework and Methodology Report, which sets out the evaluation questions to be addressed and methodologies, was completed in March of 2005.

United Nations. Common Country Assessment. Suva Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator.

This failure to strengthen key functions at the IPCC left the organization unable to prevent and respond effectively to the minor mistakes that appeared in its last assessment report, published in 2007.

2005 3 Report on the assessment mission to Myanmar

It responds to the main areas of concern identified by the evaluation report

48. Underlines the complementarity of the common country assessment to other analytical processes, and urges all funds, programmes and agencies to avoid duplication by utilizing, to the maximum extent possible, the common country assessment as their own country level analytical tool

47. Notes the progress made by the United Nations operational system in developing and using the common country assessment, and stresses that the formulation of the assessment is meant to be short, light and flexible

Report of the Standing Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

The evaluation report should be prepared with the involvement of professionals from the private sector supply industry and discussed by the entire IAPWG membership, which in turn should adopt recommendations for its procurement community as a whole.

Report of the fourth inter committee meeting of human rights treaty bodies

The Resident Coordinators and the United Nations country teams should use various means, such as networking, shared experts and regular contacts among agencies, to facilitate the participation in United Nations operations of entities that did not have a country presence.

Global Coordinator

Additional information was requested on the comments of the intergovernmental body that reviewed the evaluation report.

The African Group supported the recommendations of the evaluation report in general, and in particular the recommendation to improve financial and budgetary planning, as well as to strengthen the evaluation process.

GE.05 62766 The MA prepared a report entitled Ecosystems and Human Well being Desertification Synthesis A Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment .

The African Group supported the recommendations of the evaluation report in general, and in particular the recommendation to improve financial and budgetary planning, as well as to strengthen the evaluation process.

The importance of that collective evaluation and of the sharing of best practices could not be overemphasized and some CARICOM countries would formally present their reports in 2005.

The inter agency mission, currently in use in countries such as Afghanistan and the Sudan, and the joint assessment mission, should be used where appropriate.

OHCHR took an active part in two more rounds of revisions of the CCA UNDAF guidelines.

An additional report has been received (on 11 July), but too late for this assessment.

In this context, the Evaluation Office has been requested to report on the findings and recommendations to the Executive Board.

For instance, recent inter agency training on CCA UNDAF piloted by the Staff College has shown that it is essential to take into account the specificities of each agency before developing inter agency training programmes.

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

Administrative and financial implications arising from the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the in depth evaluation of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat)

Part of the WG III contribution of the Third Assessment Report of the IPCCC.

Adopted decision 2005 3 of 28 January 2005 on the report of the assessment mission to Myanmar

The Guidance Note has been included in the existing UNDG guidelines on common country assessment and in the United Nations Development Assistance Framework.

The MDG needs assessments, as well as any other assessments of capacity constraints, should be factored in during the CCA stage.

It was also noted that the next thematic evaluation should result in a report with actionable conclusions and recommendations.

Sources UN Habitat self assessment report, OIOS interviews and desk review of relevant documents.

This team performed the second mutual evaluation of the Brazilian anti money laundering and financing of terrorism system, which took place in the end of 2003 and early 2004.

UNICEF would continue to provide technical assistance support and participate in the Zambian Joint Assessment Strategy that was supported by all the bilateral agencies, the Government and the United Nations system.

The Evaluation of the National Child Benefit Initiative Synthesis Report compiled evidence from a number of evaluation studies.

An annual evaluation report, which summarizes and synthesizes the 2004 evaluations, has also been produced and is being distributed to all Member States.

The European Union believed that both the CCA and the UNDAF should adapt their cycles to the existing national planning cycle.

It also supported further improvement in the quality of the CCA and UNDAF, in whose preparation the Government should continue to play the leading role.

Having considered the report of the Secretary General on the training policy and evaluation system of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and the relevant paragraphs of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

Having considered the report of the Secretary General on the training policy and evaluation system of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and the relevant paragraphs of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,

A number of countries, including Pakistan, had begun the process of harmonizing their CCA with their UNDAF in response to the imperative of working together, recognized in particular by the members of the United Nations Development Group.

Note by the Secretary General transmitting the report of OIOS on the in depth evaluation of human settlements (E AC.51 2005 3)