Second Independent Evaluation of UNAIDS 20022008

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Second Independent Evaluationof UNAIDS 2002-2008

• Oversight Committee
• Report from the Chair
• 24 June 2009

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Overview of presentation

• Update on written report to PCB
• Evaluation progress
• Stakeholder consultation
• Oversight role
• Conclusions

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Evaluation Team Activities Jan-June 2009

• Evidence gathering
• (desk studies, country studies, key respondents,
  web survey)
• Country visits completed
• Regional consultations
• Member States consultations
• Non-state actors civil society, private sector
• Cosponsors
• UNAIDS Secretariat
• Current and former UNAIDS Executive Directors
• Web surveys PCB, General
• Stakeholder consultation on preliminary findings

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Evaluation Team Activities April-August 2009

• Analysis, synthesis, verification
• Team workshops
• Data analysis
• Cross referencing/triangulation
• Stakeholder consultation
• Oversight Committee consultations
• Review of additional material
• Further synthesis
• Discussion of table of contents with OC
• Drafting and redrafting
• QA and review

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Timeline next steps
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Stakeholder Consultations On Preliminary
Evaluation Findings 25 May 12 June

• Solicitation of written comments
• Wide distribution of Consultation Document
• Comments Member States, Cosponsors, UNAIDS
  Secretariat, USSA, Civil society
• Stakeholder Workshop (3-4 June)
• Broad-based participation from over 100
  stakeholders
• Proceedings, reports, background documentation,
  list of participants on SIE webpage

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Consultation Document

• Not a draft report (conclusions may be modified
  or changed)
• Preliminary findings reported against all 12 TOR
  questions headline and more detailed findings.
• Detailed findings were the topics for study group
  discussions.

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Stakeholder Consultations

• Objectives of stakeholder consultations
• discuss preliminary findings
• opportunity to comment and provide ideas to take
  forward
• Questions for stakeholders
• do findings resonate with your experience
• additional evidence to provide to Evaluation
  Team?
• areas for strategic recommendations?
• General and detailed comments
• 2 Plenary and 16 Study Group Sessions at Workshop
• Solicitation of written comments

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Feedback on Consultations

• Stakeholder Workshop
• openness to stakeholder views and varied dialogue
• early opportunity for input into Evaluation
  findings
• in-depth discussion of issues
• mixed expectations
• imbalance in some study groups
• time constraints
• Consultation Document on Preliminary Findings
• quality document covering terms of reference
• imbalance between positive and negative findings
• gaps in background information provided
• more information required on methodology
• Valuable feedback to Evaluation Team
• provision of supplementary evidence

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Mandate and Role of Oversight Committee

• PCB Mandate
• Oversight Committee Objectives
• A credible and independent Evaluation
• A high quality, forward-looking Report relevant
  to the future of UNAIDS
• Critical success factors
• Independence, transparency, impartiality,
  stakeholder involvement, cooperation with UNAIDS
  Secretariat and Cosponsors, qualified Evaluation
  Team
• Reference to DAC standards

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Oversight Committee Approach - Quality Evaluation

• General
• Award of bid on merit (including QA process and
  track record)
• Regular reports to OC
• Adherence to agreed workplan
• Ongoing stakeholders consultation and
  participation
• Review of outputs
• Review of documents by OC looking at ToR,
  adequacy and breadth of evidence, clarity and
  consistency, cross cutting issues.
• Support from professional evaluation consultant
  throughout.

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Oversight Committee Approach to Transparency

• Open bid process (UNOPS)
• Independent Secretariat with contact points
• Dedicated SIE website
• Regular consultations and open door policy
• Regular updates on progress and process
• Documentation available website and mailing
  lists

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Information available on SIE site to date

• Evaluation Reports
• Inception Report
• Consultation Document on Preliminary Findings
• Country Summary Reports
• 10 country summary reports (two more pending)
• 1 Regional consultation
• Background Information
• ToR and details OC members
• Call for proposals and bid
• Regular update letters from OC Chair
• Proceedings stakeholder consultations
• Written comments from stakeholders
• Relevant PCB and other documents

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Information for SIE site still to come

• Evaluation Reports
• 2 country summary reports (June 2009)
• Final Evaluation Report
• Full set of annexes including
• Methodology
• Key literature document list
• List of key sources
• Paper on governance
• Results of web based survey
• (others to be confirmed)
• Short Summary Report for non-technical audience
• Other documentation
• Updates from OC Chair
• Additional background documents
• Report from Oversight Committee Chair to PCB
• .

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Financial Update

• Noted in Annex to written report (no significant
  changes since).
• Evaluation well within PCB approved estimates.
• Additional activities accommodated 2 OC
  meetings and 2 stakeholder consultations.
• PCB Chair regularly informed of financial
  situation and any adjustments between budget
  lines.

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Conclusion

• The Evaluation is on schedule, the OC has
  confidence in the quality of the ET approach and
  the process.
• The Evaluation will be within budget allocated by
  PCB.
• The process has encouraged input and active
  participation of stakeholders in process.
• The Evaluation is being carried out with full
  cooperation of Secretariat, Co-sponsors and
  other actors.
• Independence and impartiality maintained
  throughout.
• Look forward to December discussion of results
  and follow up.

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Oversight Committee Contacts

• Email
• IndependentEval2_at_unaids.org
• SIE Webpage
• Click on UNAIDS About Us Second Independent
  Evaluation
• Oversight Committee Secretariat
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]

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Financial Report
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COUNTRY VISITS

• Cote dIvoire
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Ethiopia
• Haiti
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Kazakhstan
• Peru
• Swaziland
• Ukraine
• Viet Nam
• Regional Study for Pacific Region
• Regional consultations
• Bangkok, Dacca, Ouagadougou, Delhi, Johannesburg,
  Pretoria, Kiev, Moscow, Nairobi