MOST Evaluation Report (1994-2001)
July 2002 - The Management of Social Transformations (MOST)programme, which was launched in 1994, promotes the use of social science research in policy formulation, and the development of methodological tools for evaluating the impact of social and economic development policies emanating from major UN Conferences.
This evaluation covers policy research networks, pilot projects, extrabudgetary projects, the MOST Clearing House and capacity-building activities carried out between 1994 and 2001.
Primary aims of the evaluation of the MOST Programme were to assess progress achieved in: (i) improving the understanding of social transformations by generating policy-relevant knowledge on multi-ethnic and multicultural societies; cities and urban development; and local and national strategies to cope with global phenomena, as well as in (ii) improving communication between social science researchers and decision-makers, and (iii) to make specific recommendations to be implemented after 2002.
This constituted an assessment of the results, of the organizational structure and the impact of the capacity-building activities as well as an analysis of MOST as an international social science programme.
Download a copy of the evaluation report in portable document format (pdf/168KB).
Download a summary of the evaluation findings and recommendations as submitted to the UNESCO 165th Executive Board.
Image : © UNESCO/M. Becka - Children arriving in a transit Khmer refugees camp in Phanat Nikhom, Thailand
|
|
