Sub Group of Peer Reviews Michael Spilsbury UNEP

Sub Group of Peer Reviews Michael Spilsbury (UNEP) and Inga Sniukaite (UN Women) Conveners

Peer review sub- group members Peer Review Working Group GEF uneg-so 1 pr@list. unevaluation. org Juha Uitto UNCDF UNDP juitto@thegef. org Maria Agnese Giordano giordano 2@un. org Jennifer Worrell jworrell@ohchr. org inga. sniukaite@unwomen. or Inga Sniukaite g Andrew Fyfe andrew. fyfe@uncdf. org Arild Hauge arild. hauge@undp. org UNEP Michael Spilsbury UN-Habitat Martin Barugahare UNFPA UNODC UNRWA WHO Andrea Cook Adan Ruiz Villalba Katharina Kayser Robert Stryk Anne-Claire Luzot OCHA OHCHR UN Women Michael. spilsbury@unep. org Martin. Barugahare@unhabit at. org Andrea. cook@wfp. org adan. ruiz-villalba@unodc. org katharina. kayser@unodc. org r. stryk@unrwa. org luzota@who. int

Outline • Completed and ongoing 2016 - 2017 peer reviews • Planned peer reviews for 2018 • Piloting of peer review guidance • Feedback from ITC and UNODC • What is the demand of peer reviews? • Draft work programme 2017

Completed and ongoing 2016 - 2017 peer reviews Agency Panel Status ITC Completed in 2016, report and management response; IFAD (chair), WFP, Finland UNODC UNEP (chair), UNWOMEN, Completed in 2016, report and management response; Denmark UNICEF UNEP (chair), Ongoing, draft report prepared. WHO, Norway, Rockefeller Foundation, Global South Representative

Planned peer reviews for 2018 (TBC at AGM) Agency Panel Status International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Was planned for 2017. Postponed, due to staff changes in the evaluation team of ICAO. World Health Organization (WHO) Was planned for 2017. Canceled, other type of assessment replaced the peer review. United Nations ? (Chair), ? , Population Evalnet tbc Fund (UNFPA) Postponed due to changes in the leadership of evaluation office. Expressed an interest to have the peer review in 2018.

Piloting of Peer Review Guidance Feedback from the completed and ongoing peer reviews: 1) Conflict of interest (an update incorporated). 2) Develop a peer review format and parameters for small evaluation functions. 3) Update the Peer Review Normative Framework based on the revised UNEG Norms&Standards 4) Prepare the package for peer reviews: standard TOR&Normative Framework.

What is the UNEG members demand for peer reviews? • A concept note and discussion on the parameters of peer reviews for small evaluation functions: – How a peer review for a small evaluation function should be different? – Is the “peer review” brand under pressure?

Finalization/revision of peer review guidance Needs to take into account: 1) 2) 3) 4) UNEG competencies Updated Norms and Standards Lessons from on going peer reviews Incorporate the parameters of the peer reviews of small evaluation functions

Feedback from AGM on Work plan 2017 • Finalize UNICEF peer review • Initiate new peer reviews • Conduct a demand survey for peer reviews • Finalize/update peer review guidance • Conduct a review of implementation of management responses for peer reviews?

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