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In recent years several major external evaluations of multilateral agencies have been organised, mostly by consortia of funding governments. The larger aim of these reviews is to stimulate constructive thinking about how to further improve the two main evaluation purposes: learning and accountability. In the words of our guiding document Framework for Professional Peer Reviews established by the joint UNEG-DAC peer review task force:
“This approach has several purposes: building greater knowledge, confidence and use of evaluation systems by management, governing bodies and others; providing a suitable way of “evaluating the evaluators”; sharing good practice, experience and mutual learning. The primary intended audience for the results of these professional peer reviews is one of decision-makers and other users of evaluation – including where appropriate the intended benefi ciaries in member countries.”
Peer Review Evaluation Function at the World Food Programme (WFP) - 2007
The present report is the result of the third professional peer review of the evaluation function at a multilateral development or humanitarian organisation. It was carried out at the request by WFP to the DAC Network on Evaluation and the UN Evaluation Group (UNEG).
Peer Review of Evaluation Function at United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - 2006
The OECD/DAC Network on Development Evaluation designed a process of peer review of the evaluation function of multilateral organizations as an alternative to costly institutional evaluations conducted by donors. UNICEF was the second pilot following a first test with UNDP.
Peer Review UNDP Evaluation Office - 2005
Who evaluates the evaluator? Occasionally the independence, credibility and utility of evaluation are challenged both by those being evaluated and by the users of evaluation, who may often be the same.
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