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Corporate Controlling Section and Quality Assurance and Development Effectiveness Section, SDC
SDC does not have a centralised unit devoted exclusively to evaluation. Responsibilities for evaluation are shared between the Corporate Controlling Section (CCS) and the Quality Assurance and Development Effectiveness Section. The operational line has the responsibility of conducting decentralised evaluations.
The main focus/role of the Corporate Controlling Section, in terms of evaluation is:
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to manage centralised evaluations (in the SDC nomenclature: external evaluations or Implementation and Impact Analysis Controlling - IIAC), for example, evaluations mandated by the Directorate and conducted independently of the operational line. These evaluations are summative in character. The areas covered are generally overarching themes, regions or countries
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to take part in joint evaluations
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to provide backup to operational programme officer with regard to their decentralised evaluations (in the SDC nomenclature: internal evaluations or reviews) and self-evaluations, as per their request
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to represent SDC in the key national and international evaluation networks

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The publication "Better Aid: Evaluation in Development Agencies" provides individual evaluation profiles for each member of the DAC Network on Development Evaluation.
Each profile provides information on the core elements of the evaluation function set-up and management, including the mandate of the unit, mechanisms to protect independence and ensure quality, reporting lines and distribution of evaluation reports.
Switzerland's Evaluation profile
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