Dear colleagues,
We have had an excellent and well-attended UNEG Evaluation Week with a very good and insightful exchanges on progress and on ideas for the way forward. In this message, you will find relevant highlights and products from the event. I would also like to take this opportunity to provide some updates since our meeting in Vienna.
As you may have seen, the AGM report has already been shared for review by UNEG Heads, where you will find the activities and priorities of the various working/interest groups. A call for membership has launched and I would like to reiterate that if we want UNEG to serve as a catalyst for strengthening the evaluation function, we would collectively need to invest in UNEG. Bearing this in mind, I look forward to your commitment and support to any group.
As we embark on a Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the 2014-2019 UNEG strategy, the MTR process has officially started. The vacancy announcement will soon be shared by the UNEG Secretariat and I would like to request UNEG members to help disseminate widely to various networks. I will also be in touch with the 6 agencies that will serve as the Management Group for the MTR. Their role will be critical for managing the assessment process and helping us identify priority areas for the next UNEG strategy.
In terms of outreach the UNEG Secretariat’s social media kit productively targeted key audiences. The multi-agency efforts that took part online generated over 300 tweets and over 100,000 impressions resulting in increased visibility for UNEG.
To gather insights from the participants, a survey has also been shared and feedback from the survey will help us immensely in planning the 2018 Evaluation Week in Rome.
Lastly, an upcoming UNEG initiative will be the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) side event on evaluation in New York on 12th July which is yet to be confirmed and more information on this will follow.
Let me close by thanking the UNEG Secretariat and the Vienna-based agencies for superbly organizing the 2017 Evaluation Week. I look forward to our collaborations.
Susanne Frueh
UNEG Chair