EVALSDGs Insight #10: Transforming M&E for Achieving the SDGs
The EVALSDGs Guidance Working Group has released EVALSDGs Insight #10, concerning a long-standing issue: gender inequality and the degree to which the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can assure equality and equity among peoples. Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs)...
EVALSDGs Insight Dialogue #2: Using Big Data to Strengthen SDG Evaluations: Opportunities and Challenges
On 3 September 2020, EVALSDGs and EvalPartners hosted Insight Dialogue #2 on “Using Big Data to Strengthen SDG Evaluations: Opportunities and Challenges”. This Dialogue introduced the most recently published EVALSDGs Insights: EVALSDGs Insight 8:...
Briefing Paper 13 – The climate crisis: four ways evaluations can strengthen policymaking
13th Briefing Paper: The climate crisis: four ways evaluations can strengthen policy-making The handling of the COVID-19 crisis has shown that governments can take prompt evidence-based actions to protect people, livelihoods and the economy. The political will to...
Training: Recovering from COVID-19 – Embedding Evaluation in VNRs
UNICEF’s Evaluation Office in partnership with UNECA and CLEAR-AA is conducting a modular online training on “Recovering from COVID-19 – Embedding Evaluation in VNRs”. The training aims to support countries to embed evaluation in their 2021 Voluntary...
HLPF 2020 Side Event: Strengthening National Capacities for the World We Want: Embedding Evaluation in VNRs
On 14 July 2020, UNICEF, UNECA and UNITAR jointly organized a side event to the HLPF on the theme “Strengthening National Capacities for the World We Want: Embedding Evaluation in Voluntary National Reviews“. The event showcased and shared experiences on...
HLPF 2020 Side Event: SDGs Evaluations towards Transformative Pathways
UNICEF, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, IIED and EVALSDGs hosted an online side event on 9 July 2020 at the 2020 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development on the theme National SDG evaluations drive accelerated action for sustainable...
Webinar on Guidebook: Evaluation to connect national priorities with the SDGs: A guide for evaluation commissioners and managers
On 12 May 2020, UNICEF’s Evaluation Office, the Development Evaluation Unit of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, IIED and EVALSDGs hosted a webinar aimed at launching the Guidebook: Evaluation to connect national priorities with the SDGs: A guide for...
Webinar: Using Evidence in Policy and Practice – Lessons from Africa
On 7 May 2020, UNICEF’s Evaluation Office, EVALSDGs and CLEAR-AA hosted a webinar on “Using Evidence in Policy and Practice – Lessons from Africa”. This webinar was based on the book “Using Evidence in Policy and Practice: Lessons from...
Multi-stakeholder Engagement in 2030 Agenda Implementation: A Review of Voluntary National Review Reports (2016–2019)
The UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs has released a review of 2016–2019 Voluntary National Reviews with an emphasis on multi-stakeholder engagement. Click here to download the full...
Webinar: Evaluation for Transformational Change
On 7 April 2020 UNICEF Evaluation Office, EVALSDGs and IDEAS hosted a Webinar on “Evaluation for Transformational Change”. The webinar was based on IDEAS’s recently published book “Evaluation for Transformational Change: Opportunities and challenges...