2020 QCPR Status reporting

In preparation for the 2024 Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR), General Assembly (GA) resolution 78/166, requested the Secretary-General to provide Member States with status reporting on the implementation of the current 2020 QCPR (General Assembly resolution 75/233). This page provides a collection of resources on the status of QCPR implementation.

This complements existing availability of materials on the 2024 QCPR page, and comprehensive reports and its annexes. The Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of the QCPR and the report of the Chair of the UNSDG on the Development Coordination Office are the two key annual documents providing comprehensive analysis of the implementation of the resolution 75/233 on the QCPR, since its adoption in 2020. The annual ECOSOC operational activities segment allows Member States to deliberate on the implementation of the QCPR and provide additional guidance on the operational activities of the United Nations.

UN development system at the country level

Meetings and briefings:

• Informal briefing on the United Nations development system at the country-level (19 September 2024)
• QCPR Implementation status update: The United Nations development system in country: the Resident Coordinator system and UN Country Teams

Achieving efficiencies across business operations to maximize the impact of the United Nations system

Meetings and briefings:

• Informal briefing on Achieving efficiencies across business operations to maximize the impact of the United Nations system (4 October 2024) 
• QCPR Implementation Status update: Efficiency Initiatives 

The Regional United Nations Development System: Leveraging regional cooperation, expertise and policy advice

Meetings and briefings:

• Informal briefing on the Regional United Nations Development System: Leveraging regional cooperation, expertise and policy advice (7 October 2024)
• QCPR Implementation Status update: the Regional United Nations Development System: Leveraging regional cooperation, expertise and policy advice
• Introductory remarks at the informal briefing on the Regional United Nations Development System: Leveraging regional cooperation, expertise and policy advice

Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in complex settings: enhanced collaboration between humanitarian and development action and stronger linkages to peace 

Meetings and briefings:

• Informal briefing on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in complex settings: enhanced collaboration between humanitarian and development action and stronger linkages to peace (10 October 2024)
• QCPR Implementation Status update: Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in complex settings - enhanced collaboration between humanitarian and development action and stronger linkages to peace

2024 QCPR Training Series: Accelerating Action for the Sustainable Development Goals

A QCPR training series co-organized by UNITAR, UNDESA and the Government of Switzerland aims to complement the QCPR status reporting by providing updates to Member States on some of the on-going work taking place around the UN development system that is directly relevant to key QCPR-related topics. The QCPR training is taking place across 4 half-day sessions, which started on 21 May and will conclude with the final session on 2 October.

QCPR Training Module 1 – Navigating the Future: Context and Priorities for the QCPR (21 May 2024)          
Topics covered: Update on UNDS efforts to scale-up and target its support, evolution of the QCPR, priorities for the 2024 QCPR

Documents:

• Programme
• Module 1 Recording
• SDG Acceleration: Key Transitions for Impact – Ms. Helena Fraser
• Science for Transformative SDG Action in Times of Crisis – Ms. Åsa Persson

QCPR Training Module 2 – Scaling up UNDS support for countries to achieve the SDGs (13 June 2024)          
Topics covered: Leveraging support at all levels to accelerate SDG implementation and LNOB, optimizing efficiency and impact through enhanced UNDS configurations

Documents:

• Programme
• Module 2 Recording

QCPR Training Module 3 – Funding UN operational activities for development and financing the SDGs (20 June 2024)

Documents:

• Programme
• Module 3 Recording
• Financing for Sustainable Development - Mr. Oliver Schwank
• Renewed Funding Compact: An Overview - Ms. June Kunugi
• Key Trends and Issues in UNDS Funding - Mr. Andrew MacPherson
• Strengthening Accountability and Learning: The Evolution and Impact of the UN System-Wide Evaluation Office - Ms. Andrea Cook
• The Role and Impact of Multi-Partner Trust Funds on Advancing SDGs- Ms. Ilaria Carnevali

QCPR Training Module 4 – Looking forward to the 2024 QPCR (2 October 2024)

Documents

• Programme
• Recap and key messages from the training series – Ms. Lotta Tahtinen
• Overview of the QCPR Monitoring Framework – Mr. Matthew Hammill
• UNDSG System-Wide Evaluation Office - Ms. Andrea Cook
• Special Coordinator on Improving the UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse – Mr. Christian Saunders
   

Mapping and summaries of UN Evaluation Evidence by the System-wide Evaluation Office

During 2024, the UNSDG System-Wide Evaluation Office, in collaboration with evaluation offices across the United Nations system, has produced a series of mapping and summary products of United Nations evaluation evidence to support engagement in the 2024 QCPR.

• Overview: evaluation evidence related to UN development system reform (2021-2024)

The following table presents United Nations evaluation evidence summaries on five selected topics. The summaries draw on the extensive knowledge and evidence generated by independent evaluations conducted across the United Nations between 2021 and 2024. They present key insights and learning from evaluations for consideration.

The below table presents interactive evaluation evidence maps, featuring United Nations evaluations, published between 2021 and 2024, mapped against 2020 QCPR mandates and provisions, the Sustainable Development Goals, and by country/territory and region.

UN system evaluation offices and partners have also recently produced the following inter-agency or system-wide evidence syntheses: 

• UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and WFP - Are we getting there? A synthesis of UN system evaluations of SDG 5 (2024) - https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2024/03/are-we-getting-there-a-synthesis-of-un-system-evaluations-of-sdg-5
• UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and WFP – Getting there together: A synthesis of inter-agency programme evaluation on SDG 5 (2024) - https://gate.unwomen.org/EvaluationDocument/Download?evaluationDocumentID=10328
• UNFPA, UNICEF et. al - What works to amplify the rights and voices of youth in peace and resilience building? (2023) - https://www.unfpa.org/what-works-amplify-rights-and-voices-youth-peace-and-resilience-building. (Part of a series of syntheses, also covering youth participation and youth human rights (2021) and education and employment (forthcoming - 2024)).   
• Global SDG Synthesis Coalition, SDG Partnership Pillar - finance, technology, trade, capacity building, and systemic issues (2023)  - https://www.sdgsynthesiscoalition.org/pillar/partnership-pillar
• Global SDG Synthesis Coalition, SDG Peace Pillar - violence prevention and peacebuilding (2024/25) - https://www.sdgsynthesiscoalition.org/pillar/peace-pillar

Documentation available to Member States to monitor the implementation of the QCPR

The following table is a non-exhaustive list of documentation currently provided to Member States through ECOSOC and the General Assembly, to oversee and monitor the implementation of the QCPR and related mandates and provisions on operational activities for development.