1. Norms and Standards 2016-2017 Andrea Cook - WFP
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Norms and Standards
Andrea Cook - WFP

2. 2016 UNEG Norms and Standards

3. Progress 2016/17 Document finalized and printed – wide distribution
Document translated into all six UN languages (in-kind contribution (UNFPA/UN Women/UNDP/Secretariat/IOCE)
2 UNEG agency members & chair shared the launch & webinar of the updated Norms and Standards 
Engagement with external audiences – presentation to member states NY – EES – external actors shared the document on social media platforms

4. Uptake 2016
The UNEG Norms and Standards for evaluation are the most downloaded and accessed document on the UNEG site with approx. 4700 hits in 2016
The UNEG website had increased traffic in July 2016 after the outreach and promotion of the Norms and Standards

5. Complementary initiatives
Supporting guidance and working papers published:
UNEG Evaluation Competency Framework
Good practices for integrating gender equality and human rights in evaluation
Evaluation in the SDG era: lessons, challenges and opportunities for UNEG
Ongoing work (new norms):
SDG roadmap (SO3)
NECD
Humanitarian principles and humanitarian development nexus (SO3)
Peer review
Piloting competency framework
Others??

6. Next steps – potential priorities 2017/18
Areas for updating
Ethical guidelines (2008)/ Code of conduct (2008)
Practical Tips on NECD (2012)
Peer review guidance and normative framework
Others??
4 new Norms (reminder)
Internationally agreed principles, goals and targets
Human rights and gender equality
National evaluation capacities
Professionalism, with emphasis on the utility and use of evaluation