Evaluation

The Evaluation Office is responsible for establishing an effective evaluation system throughout UNESCO to inform evidence-based policies and programmes and for greater accountability and organizational learning. A network of Evaluation Focal Points strengthens the decentralized evaluation system across the Organization.

Check out our UNESCO Evaluation Policy, UNESCO Evaluation Guidelines and the UN Evaluation Group (UNEG) Guidance Documents.

A Professional Peer Review of the evaluation function of UNESCO was carried out in autumn 2019 by the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) and the full report is available here.

Evaluation of UNESCO's work on teacher development

Full evaluation report

April 2023

Summary paper for Executive Board

216 EX/6

Evaluation brief

Number 49

Evaluation of the knowledge products of the Social and Human Sciences Sector

Full evaluation report

March 2023

Summary paper for Executive Board

216 EX/10

Evaluation brief

Number 48

Evaluation of UNESCO's response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Full evaluation report

March 2023

Summary paper for Executive Board

216 EX/14

Evaluation brief

Number 47

This video presents some of the main findings drawn from the IOS evaluation as well as some of the key recommendations issued as regards the programmes the Organisation developed and the support it provided to Member States during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This video is also available in French and Spanish.

Evaluation of the UNESCO Human Resources Management Strategy, 2017-2022

Full evaluation report

March 2023

Summary paper for Executive Board

216 EX/13

UNESCO field offices in action for gender equality: evaluation of the global priority gender equality

Full evaluation report

September 2022

Summary paper for Executive Board

215 EX/14

Evaluation Brief

Evaluation of the UNESCO Education Sector’s work on Inclusion in Education

This video aims to briefly present the key findings and recommendations of the strategic positioning evaluation of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), commissioned by the UNESCO Internal Oversight Service.

UNESCO’s Internal Oversight Service has completed an evaluation to assess the relevance and effectiveness of UNESCO’s Strategy for Action on Climate Change and that of its support to Member States since 2018. This video presents some of the main findings drawn from the evaluation as well as some of the key recommendations issued.

See other evaluations for 2022 and previous years

Synthetic Reviews of UNESCO Evaluations

2022 Synthetic review of UNESCO evaluations

Synthetic Reviews from previous years