Sub Group of Peer Reviews
Oscar Garcia (IFAD) and Inga Sniukaite (UN Women) Convener and DeputyConvener
Outline
• Completed and ongoing 2015 - 2016 peer
reviews
• Planned peer reviews for 2016 - 2017
• Piloting of peer review guidance
• Monitoring of MR (Lessons Learned
Study, 2013)
• What is the impact of peer reviews?
• Draft work programme 2016
Completed and ongoing 2015 – 2016 peer
reviews
Agency Panel
Status
UNRWA UNESCO (chair),
UNCDF, Norway
Completed, report and management
response;
ITC
Ongoing, the draft report shared with ITC
for feedback, the expected date for the
final report is the end of June;
IFAD (chair), WFP,
Finland
UNDOC UNEP (chair),
UNWOMEN,
Denmark
Ongoing, the draft report shared with
UNODC for feedback, the expected date
for the final report is the end of April.
Planned peer reviews for 2016-2017 (TBC
at AGM)
Agency
International
Civil Aviation
Organisation
(ICAO)
World Health
Organization
(WHO)
United Nations
Population
Fund (UNFPA)
Panel
? (chair), ?,
Evalnet tbc
Status
Expressed interest to have the peer reviews
in the second half of 2016
? (chair),?,
Evalnet tbc
Expressed interest to have the peer reviews
in the second half of 2016
? (chair),?,
Evalnet tbc
Expressed interest to have the peer reviews
in the second half of 2016
United Nations ? (chair), ?,
Children
Evalnet tbc
Fund (UNICEF)
Expressed interest to have the peer reviews
in the second half of 2016
Piloting of Peer Review Guidance
Feedback from EvalNet and ongoing peer
reviews:
1) methodology of peer reviews;
2) peer exchange dimension and learning; and
3) overall peer review format and parameters
for small evaluation functions.
Monitoring of Management Response
(Lessons Learned Study, Davies and
Brummer, 2013)
• Professionalization of Evaluation
Concept Paper
• Update of UNEG norms and standards
(Standard 5.1 Quality assurance system)
• Piloting of Peer Review Guidance
Finalization of peer review guidance
Needs to take into account:
1) UNEG professionalization strategy
2) Updated norms and standards
3) Lessons from on going peer reviews
Guidance to be finalized in 2017
What is the impact of peer reviews?
• Lessons learned study addressed the
impact question through survey
• Conduct a review of the implementation
of management responses for all
completed peer reviews
• Monitor the implementation of
management responses for peer reviews
Feedback from AGM on Work plan
2016
• Finalize UNODC and ITC peer reviews
• Initiate confirmed 4 peer reviews 20162017
• Finalize peer review guidance
• Conduct a review of implementation of
management responses
Thank you!