2019 evaluation report: key findings, recommendations and lessons learned

Abstract

ECA’s evaluation function is aligned to the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation (PPBME), the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Norms and Standards for evaluation and United Nations Secretariat Self-Evaluation Policy. It aims to provide an impartial and objective assessment of the Commission’s contributions to Africa’s development results based on their relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, partnerships sustainability and gender equality and human rights integration. The evaluation function at ECA serves three purposes; to contribute to organizational learning by continuously generating distributing information about what works or what does not, for whom and under what circumstances; to produce data and evidence base on which credible decisions can be made for better development results; and to strengthen accountability and transparency to stakeholders in ECA’s capacity in managing for results.