OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Peacekeeping evaluations of the Inspection and Evaluation Division, UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS-IED)

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services One of three divisions in OIOS (est. 1994) Responsible for the evaluation function at the UN Secretariat Covers the work programme of the entire UN Secretariat: peace and security, sustainable development, human rights and humanitarian work, management and support services Focuses on assessing relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and impact About OIOS-IED

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services Objective: … to determine as systematically and objectively as possible the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and impact of the Organization’s activities in relation to their objectives; … to enable the Secretariat and Member States to engage in systematic reflection, with a view to increasing the effectiveness of the main programmes of the Organization… (PPBME Regulation 7.1) Standards: UNEG norms and standards OIOS-IED evaluations

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services Resources: 1 Chief, 2 Evaluation Officers Topics: risk assessment, request or mandate Focus: mandate achievement Criteria: relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and impact Work plan: annual (1 July to 30 June), 3 evaluations per year Consultation: DPKO Evaluation Section Reports: submitted to GA and/or programme managers The Peacekeeping Evaluation Section

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services Mission-specific evaluations –Our major focus in recent years –5 General Assembly reports UNOCI, UNMIL, UNMIS, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO Thematic evaluations –An early focus, now re-emerging –2 recent General Assembly reports Regional cooperation, POC reporting –2 evaluations in progress Sexual exploitation and abuse, protection of civilians Other work –Inspections, programme managers’ reports Our evaluations

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services Supporting peace processes and peacebuilding Complex mandates and environments Integration of a gender perspective Mission evaluations: common elements (1) “ critical enabling role ” (MONUSCO) “tremendous resilience” (MINUSTAH) “essential support” (UNMIL) “ effective contribution to implementation of ceasefire agreement” (UNMIS) “ particular attention paid” (MONUSCO) “ attention paid” (UNMIS) “ some success in mainstreaming…” (UNMIL)

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration The longer-term objectives of security sector reform and rule of law Cooperation and coordination with partners Mission evaluations: common elements (2) “ multiple setbacks” (MINUSTAH) “ slow progress” (MONUSCO) “overarching strategic framework lacking for coordination of SSR” (UNOCI, UNMIL) “ serious challenges” (UNMIL) “ objectives…not attained” (MINUSTAH) “ challenges faced ” (UNMIL, UNOCI) “ remains a challenge” (MINUSTAH) “ needs strengthening” (UNOCI) “ lack of coordination and cooperation” (UNMIS) “ effective strategic partnership [with UNCT]” (UNMIL)

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services Integrated planning Protection of civilians Reporting External environment Mission evaluations: differences “ needs to be strengthened” (UNOCI) “facilitates coherent action [with UNCT]” (UNMIL) “ Indicators of Achievement have limitations” (MINUSTAH) “ clear, specific benchmarks” (UNMIL) “ reporting on human rights abuses could be improved” (UNMIS) “ [no] guidance for performance reporting [on POC]” (thematic) “ effective for the most part” (UNMIL) “challenges have affected credibility and legitimacy” (MINUSTAH) “ apparent inconsistencies in the number of deaths reported” (thematic) “crucial prerequisite— genuine partnership between the UN and the Government, including mutual accountability for activities and achievements — is not yet present” (MONUSCO) “consolidation, drawdown and withdrawal benchmarks have continued to build on local ownership… on the basis of the Government’s four-pillar strategy” (UNMIL)

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services Recommendations address identified challenges Moving away from prescriptive activity-based recommendations towards more outcome-oriented recommendations SMART recommendations (trackable) Classification (critical, important, opportunities for improvement) Less is more Recommendations

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services Recommendations –implementation is required; action plans are prepared by evaluands for approval by OIOS-IED –implementation is tracked for 3 years Annual report –OIOS submits to GA a report on the implementation of recommendations resulting from all its reports, including peacekeeping evaluations Evaluation Follow Up

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services Challenges –data availability and reliability (especially further down the results chain) –role of political factors in peacekeeping policy and practice Strengths –cumulative lesson-learning from multiple peace operations –initiatives to improve efficiency of common tasks in peacekeeping Challenges and Strengths

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services Our distinguishing features –internal, independent, strong mandate, access to information –visible output (only evaluation unit within the Secretariat reporting to governing bodies, public reports) –binding recommendations –familiar with environment in which decisions are made Our changing focus –external review (2012) recommended increased focus on results, rather than outputs and processes –this drives our approaches (risk assessment, scoping, reporting) –consistent with governing bodies’ request for greater focus on results –also consistent with RBM and organizational definition of accountability Impact of our evaluations

OIOS OIOS/Inspection and Evaluation Division Office of Internal Oversight Services Contact: Rahul Sur, Chief, Peacekeeping Evaluation Jan Muir, Project Leader Emily Hampton-Manley, Project Leader Questions?