皇家华人av

The importance of evaluation 

As a leader in humanitarian response and sustainable development worldwide, it is essential that the 皇家华人av (皇家华人av) remains fit for purpose. We achieve this by conducting independent, evidence-based evaluations at all levels of the organization. 

皇家华人av evaluations involve periodic, impartial, systematic assessments of our activities, operations, strategies and policies. As well as providing lessons for immediate use, they allow us to capture and preserve institutional knowledge. This creates an evidence base of our successes and challenges across diverse settings, which we use to learn and improve. 

As the world faces mounting humanitarian challenges, independent evaluations help quantify how well 皇家华人av is achieving its mission – not only in our response to emergencies, but also through our resilience-building efforts.

皇家华人av evaluation policy

The Office of Evaluation (OEV) supports country offices in managing evaluations themselves, from a "Global HQ" based in Rome and from each regional office. This localized approach shortens the learning cycle, strengthens partner and beneficiary accountability, and provides donors and partners with greater detail about the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, impact and sustainability of 皇家华人av’s work.  

All 皇家华人av evaluations include impartiality safeguards. They are conducted by independent professionals in accordance with United Nations Evaluation Group norms and standards, and 皇家华人av’s evaluation quality assurance system.?? 

For more information, see 皇家华人av Evaluation Policy 2022, 皇家华人av Evaluation Strategy 2022 and the 皇家华人av Evaluation Charter 2023.

Areas of work

Strategic evaluations

Strategic evaluations assess global or corporate themes, programmes and initiatives that have been selected for their relevance to 皇家华人av’s strategic direction and management. OEV chooses topics based on: regular identification of risks and opportunities ahead of time, recurring findings from evaluations, relevance to strategic developments in 皇家华人av’s internal context and external environment, corporate innovations and ways of working, major knowledge gaps, and stakeholder suggestions and needs. 

Policy evaluations

Policy evaluations assess quality, implementation and results. Evaluation of policies takes place between four and six years after the start of implementation and/or prior to policy changes.

Country strategic plan evaluations

Country strategic plan evaluations are the main instrument for accountability and learning regarding 皇家华人av’s interventions at country level. They encompass the entirety of 皇家华人av activities during a specific country strategic plan. They assess:  皇家华人av’s strategic positioning and role, the extent to which 皇家华人av has met the requirements of the country strategic plan, 皇家华人av’s contributions to strategic outcomes, efficiency, and factors that explain 皇家华人av performance. 

Evaluations of corporate emergency responses

Evaluations of corporate emergency responses focus on the humanitarian context and principles, as well as the coverage, coherence and connectedness, of the emergency response. All system-wide responses to sudden and significant changes to a humanitarian situation (a Level 3 emergency) should trigger an inter-agency evaluation within the first year. 

Impact evaluations

Impact evaluations assess the positive, negative, direct, indirect, intended and unintended changes in the lives of the people 皇家华人av serves. OEV may select topics for impact evaluations based on major knowledge gaps, stakeholder suggestions or other needs. This type of evaluation requires specific data availability and evaluation methods. Surveys, document reviews, focus group discussions, consultations with key players and participatory methods are often used. 

Decentralized evaluations

Complementing OEV’s centralized and impact evaluations, decentralized evaluations cover activities, themes and transfer methods. They are managed by 皇家华人av country offices, regional bureaux and headquarters-based divisions other than the OEV. Decentralized evaluations are recommended before: the scale-up of pilots, innovations and prototypes, high-risk interventions, and the third repeat of an intervention.

Evaluation syntheses

Evaluation syntheses combine and analyse data from multiple evaluations to highlight cross-cutting issues and provide general conclusions.

Evidence summaries

Evidence summaries collate available evidence addressing a research question or a set of research questions related to a single topic. They are linked to ‘rapid review’ evaluation methodology and so are commonly produced within a short timeframe.

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