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EVALUATION CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT – A

KEY TO UNLOCKING AGENDA 2030

Indran A. Naidoo,

Director, Independent Evaluation Office, UNDP12/16/2017

JES 2017

Niigata

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Evaluation principles & practices for SDG success

Realizing Agenda 2030 through the SDGs means unlocking the full potential of the evaluation discipline and profession

✓ Prerequisites – leadership at all levels for a culture of critical reflection – to “improve” over “to prove” – performance

✓ Journey ongoing to build and sustain National Evaluation Capacity - IEO UNDP role significant through signature NEC events, but more needed at country and regional level

✓ Potential demand exists to build capacity given obligations of SDGs and reporting

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MDGs to SDGs – practical changes

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Only developing > ALL countries

application and reporting – truly global

Expert > participative process

Full ambit of development issues addressed

greater complexity for monitoring, review

and evaluation 8/21 > 17/169

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To reflect on progress the Voluntary National

Reviews

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Agenda 2030 encourages member states to “conduct regular and inclusive reviews of progress at the national and sub-national level”

2016

22 VNR

2017

43 VNR

2018

48 VNR

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Japan and advancing the SDGs

Japan

Become a leader toward a future where economic, social and environmental improvements are attained in an integrated, sustainable and resilient manner while leaving no one behind

Foundation created and volunteered to be a part of Review – emphasis on local

Evaluation culture fostered through Japan Evaluation Society

It is for all countries and sharing implicit

Participatory nature means it is a clarion call to join forces across society and sectors

Common evaluative language and commitment o review and report on progress “as one” -credibility issue important linked to principles

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The Agenda 2030 further emphasized the need for

an holistic approach to national evaluations

Integrated view of

institutions & development Focus on the poorest,

most vulnerable Data driven

Country-led

Evaluation

integrated into

national systems

Support public

policyInclusive &

participatory

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Criticality of listening to multiple voices

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Provides feedback for rational decision-making

Provides the major “big picture” perspective and conclusive evidence of the

impact of public policies

Global

Regional

National

Subnational

Local & Community

Monitoring &

EvaluationIt involves

engaging

diverse

stakeholders

at the

global,

regional,

national and

local levels.

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SDGs evaluation principles and implications

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Galvanizing principles – why evaluate, by whom,

when and how to report, then what?

Build and invest in M&E capacities

Evaluation as a principle for good governance

Measurement tools need to go beyond numbers

and watch bias

UNDP role through IEO NEC signature events2

Global evaluation community enriched through UNDP

NEC

Istanbul NEC 5 breaks all records - +110 countries

+550 participants, 13 trainings sessions with 200

participants

+130 countries participated in series to date

Over 1000 on-site participants and global reach

through networks and UNTV

Materials used for teaching, directions and guidance

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History & Evolution of NEC Conferences

UNDP Signature Regional NEC events have helped to sustain NEC momentum through new conversations with new partners

Each event framed on key theme, evolving into the next, gathering momentum through the NEC journey, with new participants, countries and topics

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Opportunities to advance Agenda 2030

• UNDP IEO has prepared tools for national evaluation diagnostics

Diagnosis

• Capitalize on synergies of working with UNDP and government counterparts

Comprehensiveness

• Fundamental for addressing complex promises

• Building partnership is vital in advancing national evaluation capacity development across the globe.

Partnerships

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The Guidance recognizes the complexity of

national evaluations

▪Complex set of coordination of actors and actions that interact in repeated, evolving, and sometimes unpredictable ways

▪ Evaluation capacities cannot be developed with an output-oriented linear approach

▪ Evaluation system needs to be integrated with existing societal practices and values, and evolve with them

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National evaluation diagnostic guidance aims to

facilitate institutional self-assessment

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Enables unpack evaluation requirements

Outlines a series of steps to assess key evaluation bottlenecks and needs

For use by government entities primarily and other evaluation actors who will support government

Flexible to use by the federal government, regional/state government as well as local levels

Non-prescriptive approach to account for institutional/and other development context differences

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UNEG & SDGs Roadmap

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UNEG is preparing a roadmap that “sets out the role of the UN

Evaluation System in the follow-up and review mechanism of the

Agenda 2030, at global, thematic, regional and national level”

Independent Evaluation Office, UNDP

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