Evaluation in the era of SDGs Evaluation in the era of SDGs. Our biggest opportunity (and challenge) Marco Segone Director, UN Women Independent Evaluation Office Chair, United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Co-chair, EvalGender+

SDGs

2030 Agenda/SDGs Inclusive and participatory process (and ownership) Universal Comprehensive and integrated People, prosperity, planet, peace, partnership

2030 Agenda/SDGs

4. No one left behind!

A robust, effective, inclusive and transparent follow-up and review framework, operating at the national, regional and global levels informed by country-led evaluations calls for strengthening national evaluation capacity

voluntary and country-owned open, inclusive and transparent, and support the participation of all people and all stakeholders build on existing platforms and processes, avoid duplication, respond to national circumstances rigorous and based on evidence, informed by data which is timely, reliable and disaggregated capacity building support to developing countries will be necessary

Our biggest opportunity (and challenge)

1. Stronger demand for evaluation of “No one left behind!”

2. Complexity will be the new normal

3. Stronger movement for professionalizing evaluation EES, CES, UKES, JES, IDEAS EvalPartners and 2020 EvalAgenda UNEG (ILO and UN Women)

4. Rebalance of leadership in the global evaluation community In the past: the best national evaluation systems were in the Global North Majority of VOPEs were in the Global North. Demand for evaluation was in the Global North. Now and more and more in the future: Several excellent national evaluation systems are in the Global South (i.e. Mexico, Colombia, Chile, South Africa, Morocco, Benin, Kenya, Uganda, Malaysia) Majority of the existing 150+ VOPEs are in the Global South Regional Parliamentarian Fora for evaluation now exist in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America (but not in Europe or in North America).

5. A more and more diverse multi- stakeholder community Parlamentarians Impact investment Local Governments (i.e. San Paolo state and Jo’burg municipality)

6. Multi-stakeholders partnerships will become the most meaningful, influential and impactful approach

Process Jul 2015- March Apr-June Jan-March June 2016 Global on-line consultation March New York High-level Event and Technical workshops Apr-June Production of guidance Jul 2015- June 2016 Technical assistance to selected countries July 2016 Meeting at Parliament of Sri Lanka (TBC)

Evaluation: an agent of change for the world we want