VIII.B: Decentralized Evaluation

Provide for decentralized evaluation

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156. Decentralized evaluations are planned, commissioned and used by UNDP programmatic units. All units are required to develop a monitoring and evaluation plan with partner governments and key stakeholders as an integral part of the programme planning process. All units managing global, regional and country programmes are required to make the monitoring and evaluation plan available to Executive Board members, as an annex to all programme documents submitted for approval. 157. Timely implementation of mandatory outcome evaluations serves as the basis for evaluation compliance. Programme units are responsible for entering the plan in the Evaluation Resource Centre and updating evaluation status. Units exercising line oversight monitor evaluation compliance based on the conduct of planned outcome evaluations. 158. Outcome and project evaluations commissioned by programme units are primarily aimed at generating information on the UNDP contribution to development results for the purposes of learning, line oversight and public accountability at country, regional and global levels. The UNDP role in coordination and joint programming will be addressed by UNDAF evaluations. All these evaluations will be available to UNDP management in the preparation of the annual progress reports on the strategic plan. Management responses will be input into the report to demonstrate the use of evaluation lessons.

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