Project Profile
External Review of UN Water
Client // Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Country // Global
Date // 2009
IOD PARC assessment of global co-ordination mechanism amongst UN funds, Programmes, Agencies and external partners. The evaluation focused on impact, efficiency and effectiveness and looked to provide recommendations for future structures and processes.
The objectives of the review were to:
· Assess the overall progress and achievements of UN-Water, since it was established in 2003 until present day. Particular attention was given to progress and achievements in relation to human and financial resources, internal UN resources as well as external, which have been available to the Mechanism, and in relation to stipulated targets.
· Review the Mechanism’s planning and implementation processes (including results based management), the quality of its deliverables, the relevance of its outputs and its impact on its partners, with reference to UN-Water’s purpose, goal and mission.
· Review the current governance structure
· Assess current (potential) strengths and weaknesses of the mechanism, with reference to UN-Water’s purpose and goals. n>
Based on the above, provided recommendations/options for the further enhancement and improvement of both governance and the performance of UN-Water, including providing input to the development of UN-Water’s Results Framework, and options for securing necessary and more long-term sustainability.