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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.
Topic | Summary of evaluation evidence | Brief |
A visible shift – the independent resident coordinator | ||
United Nations development system reform at the regional level | ||
Unlocking quality funding | ||
Towards sustainable food systems | ||
Building a whole of system response to complex settings |
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.
Evaluations mapped by: | Link(s) |
2020 QCPR themes and priorities | |
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) | |
Country/territory and region | Forthcoming |
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