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Independent External Evaluation of UNESCO

Independent External Evaluation of UNESCO. Information Meeting 10th of March 2010 Presentation by the External Evaluation Team. Contents. Evaluation Team Evaluation Focus & Questions Evaluation Methods Communication Evaluation Report. Evaluation Team. Extensive team Multidisciplinary

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Independent External Evaluation of UNESCO

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  1. Independent External Evaluation of UNESCO Information Meeting 10th of March 2010 Presentation by the External Evaluation Team

  2. Contents Evaluation Team Evaluation Focus & Questions Evaluation Methods Communication Evaluation Report

  3. Evaluation Team Extensive team Multidisciplinary Gender balance Multi-regional team Division of labour Roles and responsibilities

  4. Team members Elliot Stern, UK, Team leader Oumoul Khayri Ba Tall, Mauritania Barbara Befani, Italy Zhaoying Chen, PRC Osvaldo Feinstein, Argentina Kim Forss, Sweden Stein-Erik Kruse, Norway Burt Perrin, Canada/France Tara Sharma, India Anne Teigen, Norway/France Network of Associates and experts

  5. Evaluation Focus Areas 21st Century Challenges for UNESCO Impact of UNESCO UNESCO as part of the UN system Governance roles & relationship with Secretariat UNESCO’s Partners (Civil Society & Private Sector) Complementarity & coherence of Sectors, including scope for intersectoral working

  6. Evaluation Methods: Proposed Data Collection Country visits: to assess impact, challenges and country & regional needs, civil society and business sector, UN coordination, impacts on government strategy Interviews: Permanent Delegations, Secretariat, UNESCO institutes, UN agencies Surveys: Member States, partners and networks, UNESCO staff Observation: UNESCO meetings, Executive Board meeting in April, Events and Conferences Document Analysis: Evaluations, strategic planning, background papers, studies, UN reports, academic studies

  7. Evaluation Methods: the Question of Impact Building on past evaluations and other studies Country visits, interviews with government and with organisations/people that are partners in UNESCO activities Surveys to Member States and partner organizations Approach to Assess rather than to Measure Qualitative rather than Quantitative Contribution rather than attribution

  8. First Impressions A good time for an evaluation! Much is known and has been evaluated Problem of how knowledge is used & management of change Centrality of UN reform process Historical problems of trust Importance of comparison & ’benchmarking’

  9. Evaluation Reporting Brief and Strategic Executive Summary Emphasis on Qualitative Assessment Narrative following six focus areas Cross-cutting themes Scenarios Actionable Recommendations

  10. Independent External Evaluation of UNESCO ie-evaluation@unesco.org

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