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 Approach  Paper: Third Joint GEF-UNDP SGP Evaluation
Third Joint GEF-UNDP SGP Evaluation

This Approach Paper defines the terms for the conduct of the third joint GEF-UNDP Small Grants Programme evaluation. The evaluation will focus on: 1) effectiveness, 2) innovation, upscaling and sustainability and 3) operational and governance issues, including the upgrading process. It will be presented to the 59th GEF Council meeting in December 2020 and to the Annual Session of the UNDP Executive Board in 2021.

Approach Paper, March 2020

Audit and Evaluation
Audit and evaluation: Working collaboratively to support accountability

Author:
Dr. Indran A. Naidoo, UNDP Independent Evaluation Office

Published: SAGE Journals, 29 November 2019

A Joint Evaluation With Lessons for the Sustainable Development Goals Era: The Joint GEF-UNDP Evaluation of the Small Grants Programme
A Joint Evaluation With Lessons for the Sustainable Development Goals Era: The Joint GEF-UNDP Evaluation of the Small Grants Programme

Authors:
Heather Bryant, UNDP Independent Evaluation Office
Carlo Carugi, GEF Independent Evaluation Office

Published: SAGE Journals, 17 September 2019

Audit and Evaluation: Working Collaboratively to Support Accountability
Audit and Evaluation: Working Collaboratively to Support Accountability

Authors:
Indran Naidoo, United Nations Development Programme

Presented at 2018 EES Connference, Thessaloniki, Greece

Local, National, Global: Evaluative Evidence of Scaling up the SDGs
Local, National, Global: Evaluative Evidence of Scaling up the SDGs

Authors:
Indran Naidoo, United Nations Development Programme
Juha Uitto, Global Environment Facility

Published: April 2019

Voluntary National Review
Voluntary National Review reporting needs evaluation: a call for global guidance and national action.

Authors:
Wolfgang Meyer, Indran Naidoo, Stefano D’Errico, Silke Hofer, Madeeha Bajwa, Luisa Alejandra Tello Pérez, Kassem El-Saddik, Dorothy Lucks, Benoit Simon, Ilenia Piergallini

Published: January 2018

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Effectiveness and Impact of UNDP Mine Action Support: Lessons Learned

Authors:
Charles Downs, Evaluation Consultant
Alan Fox, Evaluation Advisor & Lead Evaluator

Published in the Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Issue 20.3/Nov 2016

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Challenges and opportunities for country programme evaluation use in UNDP

This paper provides an overview and potential directions of evaluation use in UNDP and outlines enabling and constraining factors for use.

Authors:
Anne Gillies, Evaluation Consultant (Halifax, Canada); Credentialed Evaluator, Canadian Evaluation Society
Michael F. Craft, Evaluation Specialist, UNDP Independent Evaluation Office

Occasional Paper Series of Independent Evaluation Office

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Evaluation and Independence

This report explores the role and meaning of "independence" in evaluations.

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The Evolution of Independent Country Programme Evaluation in UNDP

Authors:
Michael Reynolds, Independent Development Consultant
M. Nurul Alam, Independent Consultant
Michael F. Craft, Evaluation Specialist, UNDP Independent Evaluation Office

Occasional Paper Series of Independent Evaluation Office

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A Realist Review of Climate Change Adaptation Programme

Programme Evaluations – Methodological Implications and Programmatic Findings

Authors:
Juha I. Uitto, Director, Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility
Takaaki Miyaguchi, Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University

Occasional Paper Series of Independent Evaluation Office

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Supporting UNDP's M&E in Water and Environment Programme Areas

A Framework for a Systematic Assessment of Interventions on Access to Water and Sanitation: UNDP's Every Drop Matters Programme

Authors:
Roberto La Rovere (Evaluation Specialist/UNDP)
Bogachan Benli (Programme Manager/UNDP)

Olivier Cossee (Evaluation Advisor/UNDP)

Occasional Paper Series of Independent Evaluation Office

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Fast-Forwarding Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

Reflections on Measuring Change for UNDP's Thematic Evaluation on Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Equality 2008-2013
Author: Alexandra Pittman, Founder, AVP Global Consulting, LLC

Occasional Paper Series of Independent Evaluation Office

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Evolution of UNDP's Approach to National Evaluation Capacity Development

Authors: Roberto La Rovere and Ana Rosa Soares

Published in European Evaluation Society Connections Newsletter, July 2014

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Evaluating Environment and Development: Lessons from International Cooperation

Author: Juha Uitto

Published in SAGE Journals, January 2014 vol. 20 no. 1 44-57 4

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Growth and Integration in the Evaluation Profession: Some Perspectives for Consideration

Author: Indran A. Naidoo

Published in American Journal of Evaluation July 5, 2013 1098214013493495