We have just published an evaluation of this program, and the evidence that is there for all to see is quite remarkable.

UNDP will conduct an independent evaluation of this programme in September 2005.

The national institution responsible for issues of older persons in Guatemala, Programa Nacional del Adulto Mayor, is undertaking an assessment of their situation.

An evaluation in 2002 that examined the impact of the Empretec programme in Brazil pointed to its success in generating better performing companies.31

The Administrator reported to the Executive Board at its 2004 annual session that the Evaluation Office had initiated an independent evaluation.

The focus is on assessing the main achievements and shortcomings of UNDP in order to make recommendations for strengthening gender mainstreaming.

Another delegation said it was unaware of the finalization of the evaluation results of the Creating Learning Communities for Children programme and considered it premature for UNICEF to mainstream it into the education programme.

An evaluation of the CCP in 2003 found that it has been successful in supporting important court cases that have a direct impact on the implementation of rights and freedoms covered by the Program.

The pilot will be evaluated in October 2005. It is expected that the programme will be subsequently extended to other locations.

The regional programme has demonstrated results in the area of thematic or sectoral stocktaking and analysis, advocacy and the fostering of dialogue.

Unlike television viewers (the television ratings have been low so far) , this transposition of the experiment on television has triggered many reactions from the blogosphere.

The Programme ensures the maintenance of the Organization's integrity through development and implementation of proactive control mechanisms in various areas of the Organization, such as administrative, financial, programmatic and management areas.

We are challenging the United Nations to develop an index and, further, to establish a committee with a special portfolio to conduct continuous evaluation.

In paragraph 216 of the report, UNDP agreed with the Board's recommendation that it (a) evaluate establishing a risk management function responsible for implementing a risk management strategy at UNDP and (b) conduct a comprehensive risk assessment exercise.

Such a group can provide valuable feedback on technical solutions that are necessary for the programme, and help in evaluating the success of meeting programme objectives.

In Swaziland, UNDP supported the engendering of the constitution, and the involvement of women's organizations and civil society in assessing the draft constitution for gender sensitivity.

After a pilot cost sharing phase that foresees the establishment of 15 new UNIDO desks in 2005, the performance of the Programme will be assessed in 2006 so as to decide whether to continue and expand the programme in the future.

The programme consists of a household survey to be designed by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics to assess literacy levels.

With the exception of the evaluation of the PRRO category, which was presented to the Board in February 2004, and WFP's experience with real time evaluation of EMOPs, presented in May 2004, work is in progress.

On the recommendation of the external report on information and communication technology risk assessment, UNDP has already put in place the risk mitigation and implementation plan to address specific recommendations.

This cooperation has worked well to date, with the Division providing technical advice to all UNDP interventions through needs assessment missions and through ongoing involvement in monitoring and evaluating UNDP electoral activities.

The threat and risk assessment procedure, referred to as security risk management, has been incorporated into the five day induction programme and includes a practical, field oriented exercise.

An assessment mission undertaken in Jordan in November 2004 showed that the EMPRETEC Programme can provide a competitive edge to SMEs in the global market.

To evaluate the situation of the world's young people is to evaluate the future of the world.

Requests the Administrator to establish risk guidelines with respect to the proposed changes in paragraph 2 (a) and (b) above, as well as an independent expert assessment of these changes and

Grading Abenomics

Rating

A hundred and nine voted it a 10, the highest. Ten voted it one.

On the evaluation of the programme on key issues of the international economic agenda, the experience in Asia with this programme had been generally positive, although the opportunities to participate had been somewhat limited.

In paragraph 114 of the report, UNDP agreed with the Board's reiterated recommendation that it (a) quantify the financial effect of qualified audit opinions on nationally executed expenditure and (b) evaluate such qualifications against the action plans for reasonableness.

This is different from policy analysis, which generally looks at the results of the policy, or mainstream program evaluation, which assesses whether programs or direct services have been successful.

Data from the in depth Families First assessment indicates that 65 percent of families referred to the program report alcohol use during pregnancy.

The evaluation of the second regional cooperation framework (RCF) for the Arab States (2002 2005) was undertaken to assess the development effectiveness of UNDP efforts to support human development outcomes and reduce poverty at the regional level.

Assessment of risk

Requests the Administrator to establish risk guidelines with respect to the proposed changes in paragraph 2 (a) and (b) above, as well as an independent expert assessment of these changes

Substantive servicing of meetings of other intergovernmental and expert committees directly concerned with each programme evaluated (10) substantive servicing of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on monitoring issues (5)

Comment by the Administration. UNDP agrees that the process for conducting a risk assessment can be improved and anticipates that the recommendations of the working group of the United Nations Development Group on the resource transfer modality will help to achieve this.

A Rio Report Card

Rating the Raters

I. current situation

In depth evaluation

Aims of the Assessment of Assessments

Effectiveness evaluation report

Threat assessment

Evaluation of initial proposals