As we approach the end of a hugely eventful 2018, I would like to take some time to reflect on what has been an exciting year. IEO has made considerable progress in our commitment to deliver credible evaluations, helping UNDP to learn and continue to improve its performance. I am pleased to share this infographic snapshot and splash video that summarizes our key achievements of the year.

2018 was another landmark year in our journey during which time our stakeholders continued to support and express confidence in our work. Highlights this year included the conduct of 14 Independent Country Programme Evaluations and 3 Thematic Evaluations assessing UNDP’s contributions in the areas of poverty reduction in least developed countries and inter-agency operational and pooled financing services.

To strengthen national evaluation capacity development firstly, we launched the Proceedings from the 2017 Conference on National Evaluation Capacities. The proceedings capture highlights of the event that took place in Istanbul and also include 45 papers from more than 70 authors. Secondly, to support the development of national evaluation capacities at the country level, IEO developed an online self-assessment tool for national evaluation diagnostics and strategizing. This tool allows a country to use evaluation diagnostics to assess national development strategies and programmes in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).