Dear colleagues,
The COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global crisis of our time, with devastating social, economic and political consequences worldwide, and a tragic loss of life.
The UNDP response is framed around three objectives: Helping countries to prepare for and protect people from the pandemic and its impacts, to respond during the outbreak, and to recover from the economic and social impacts in the months to come.
Real-time sharing of experiences, lessons and insights will be critical in effective crisis responses, recovery efforts, and in identifying solutions for sustainable development results. The IEO plays an important role as a central knowledge provider and can help UNDP implement evidence-based decisions from past experiences. I am pleased to share with you IEO’s new initiative – Reflections – a series of knowledge products offering lessons from past evaluations of UNDP work in crisis settings. The aim of this initiative is to provide evaluative evidence in order to support UNDP decision-makers, especially at the country level, in their COVID-19 crisis response efforts.
