1. UNEG Executive Coordinator’s Annual and Financial Report 2016-2017 UNEG AGM, Vienna 19 May 2017

2. The Report contains:
Section 2. UNEG SO Work and Achievements
Section 3. Changes in UNEG Members/ Executive Group
Section 4. Financial Report

3. 1. UNEG Work 2016-2017 Highlights:
Implementation of work plan: Various achievements in SOs
KM: Continued to promote knowledge sharing & comm.
“We published a lot, shared a lot, but have we used what’s available from our own offices?”
Active publication efforts, incl. key “Foundation Docs” and “Working Papers,” e.g.
Foundation docs: N&S; Eval Competency Framework
Working papers (9):
Professionalization of Evaluation Concept Paper
Evaluation Use in the UN System: Conclusions from the Data
Eval. in the SDG era: lessons, challenges and opp. for UNEG
UN-SWAP: i) Indep review of UN-SWAP Eval Performance Indicator Reporting; ii) EPI 2016 Reporting Cycle Results; iii) Peer Learning Exchange 2016 – Lessons Learned; iv) FAQ

4. 1. UNEG 2016-2017 Highlights (cont’d):
Increased use of webinars/BBLs
12 Webinars organized through UNEG platform (up from 8 last year). Presentation material/ recordings available on website.
Active use of social media
Twitter account: 2,600 followers (up from 1,400)
UNEG YouTube Channel: 195 videos, 12,200 viewers, and 123 subscribers (up from 102 videos; 8,000 viewers; and 60 subsc.)
Limited participation in uploading evaluation plans/reports (UNEG database)
Limited use of ‘CoP’ => Revisit “discussion forum”?
As of Feb 2017
As of Mar 2016
Eval Plans
73 (9 agencies)
111 (8 agencies)
Eval Reports
6,665 (25 agencies)
6,200 (22 agencies)

5. 2. Changes in UNEG Heads “Thank you …. and Welcome!”
Abdallah Al-Dardari => Khawla Mattar, ESCWA
Zamira Eshmambetova => Catherine Haswell, ECE
Ewen Macleod, => Betsy Greve, UNHCR
Olivier Myard => Hilary Jackson, ICAO
Kyung-Rae Min => Sung-Jin Kim, IMO
Thierry Rajaobelina => Robert Stryk, UNRWA
Helen Wedgwood => Andrea Cook, WFP
Welcome
Madeeha Bajwa, UNCTAD
Kai Bethke, UNIDO
Brook Boyer, UNITAR
Alexandra Chambel, acting, UNFPA
Scott Green, OCHA
Edwin Dindi Ndubi, CTBTO
Masud Rana, UN DGACM
Rajesh Singh, WIPO
Lukasz Wieczerzak, OPCW .

6. 2. UNEG Executive Group
Marco Segone, UNEG Chair, Dir, Indep Evaluation Office, UN Women
=>Susanne Frueh, Dir, Internal Oversight Services, UNESCO
Andrea Cook, Vice Chair SO1 (’16-’18), Dir, Office of Evaluation, WFP
Oscar Garcia, Vice Chair SO2 (’16-’18), Dir, Indep Office of Evaluation, IFAD
Indran Naidoo, Vice Chair SO3 (‘16-’18), Dir, Indep Evaluation Office, UNDP
Colin Kirk, Vice Chair SO4 (‘15-’17), Dir, Evaluation Office, UNICEF
=> Masahiro Igarashi, Director, Evaluation Office, FAO
Fumika Ouchi, UNEG Executive Coordinator, Evaluation Advisor, UNDP/IEO
=> Arild Hauge, Deputy Director, UNDP/IEO .

7. 3. Financial Report 2016-2017 The section contains:
Overview: UNEG Account Balances*
Opening and closing cash balance 2016
Opening and closing cash balance 2017
2. Summary of Financial Contributions
Member contributions to SO working groups
UNDP/IEO contribution to UNEG Secretariat
In-kind contributions by members
Summary of membership fees and earmarked funds
3. Expenditures by SO and activity area
(*Based on ATLAS)
ATLAS report data, as of March 2016.
Figures reflecting the Jan-Dec fiscal period
Est. resource balance incl. large earmarked contributions to be spent in coming years.

8. 3. Financial Report-Highlights (cont’d):
1. Increasing trend in the number of Contribution Agreements, including new contributors.
Contribution Agreements
Year
No. of Agreements Signed
No. of New Contributors
2013 11
2014 15
IOM and ITC (2)
2015 16
PAHO, UNICRI, UNRWA, and WMO (4)
2016 24
ECE, ESCAP, IAEA, ICAO, IMO, OPCW, PBSO, UNAIDS, UNCTAD, UNITAR, WHO (11)

9. 3. Financial Report-Highlights (cont’d):
2. More members paid “exact” membership fees (or more in earmarked) – Up from 30% ( ) to 51%
3. “Zero fee payments” decreased from 65% to 49%
Distribution of Contribution Agreements signed in ‘16 (incl. earmarked funds)
Size of the office (No. of staff / suggested membership fee)
No. of eligible agencies
No. of organizations who contributed
Total
Above the threshold
Exact amount
Below the threshold
“zero” (no) fees
Tier 5 (15 or more / 20,000) 6 1
(Earmarked) 2 - 3
70,800
Tier 4 (10-14 staff / 15,000)
16,200
Tier 3 (5-9 staff/ 10,000) 11 7 4
73,980
Tier 2 (3-4 staff / 5,000) 12 9
20,000
Tier 1 (2 or below / 1,000) 16 10
11,780 47
1 (2%)
23 (49%)
192,760

10. 3. Financial Report-Highlights (cont’d):
4. Some agencies made direct financial support to SO WG activities/ events.1
2016 Eval Week by 11 Geneva-based agencies2
Humanitarian Evaluation Interest Group (FAO, UNHCR, WFP)
Professionalization of Evaluation WG (UNFPA)
Gender Equality and Human Rights WG (UN Women)
5. Significant ‘in-kind’ contributions (e.g. services or goods) by many agencies to the SO implementation.
1 Incl. funds not channelled thru the Secretariat (e.g. UNDP for HEIG and HRGE)
2 Geneva agencies: ILO, IOM, ITC, OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNCTAD, UNECE, UNHCR, WHO, WIPO, WMO

11. 3. Financial Report-Highlights (cont’d):
6. UNDP’s hosting UNEG Secretariat, amounting to $299,965, incl.:
Full-time UNEG Programme Specialist
20% P5 staff time as UNEG Exec Coordinator
5% Operations Manager (P4); and 5% IT Specialist (P3)
*UNEG Programme Assistant (consultant) covered by UNEG

12. 3. Financial Report-Highlights (cont’d):
7. Varying rates of delivery across SOs
A summary of expenditures by SO
Strategic Objective
Total expected costs as per Costed Work Plan '16-'17
work plan expenditures, including GMS and other charges
Delivery
Total
2016 expenditures after AGM '16
Expenditures Jan-Feb '17
Estimated expenditures Mar-May '17
(A)
(E)=(B+C+D)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(F)=(E/A)
SO 1
159,000
94,645
33,393
4,011
57,241
60%
SO 2
25,000
21,542
86%
SO 3
87,000
66,800
43,040
23,760
77%
SO 4
200,000
99,640
49,782
1,523
48,355
50%
Secretariat
135,000
153,954
67,989
19,519
66,446
114%
606,000
436,581
215,746
25,053
195,782
72%

13. Moving Forward:
Decisions to be made at AGM 2018 on whether the Membership Fee Scheme should be fully instituted as UNEG operations => Continue to monitor the status of agency contributions.
Midterm Review of UNEG Strategy : Opportunity for revisiting UNEG’s strategic focus, operational structure, governance.
*Note: 2016 AGM endorsed the continuation of the pilot for another 2 years ( ), during which the payment can be made on a voluntary basis, where member agencies are encouraged to contribute as they can.

14. Midterm Review (MTR) of UNEG Strategy 2014-2017
Purpose: In prep for the next Strategy, explore - “Is UNEG doing the right thing, and things right, in the context of Agenda 2030/SDGs?”
Objectives: MTR will examine -
Current strategic focus and approaches against UNEG’s mandate and purposes, and SDGs => areas req. prioritization (incl. membership/observer/partnership criteria)
Progress and achievements in SOs between 2015* and 2017
Use of financial resources
Internal governance, management, operational structure (incl. decision-making mechanisms; prog implementation modality; role/sustainability of Secretariat; membership fee plan)
*After the launch of the revised UNEG Strategy ‘14-’19.

15. Midterm Review (MTR) Process: From Concept Note to Terms of Reference
EG’s first discussion (Nov 2016)
Draft Concept Note developed (27 Jan 2017) => Shared w/ Heads for comments (due 10 Feb)
8 agencies provided comments
4 agencies expressed “No Objection”
EG review of all comments => draft TOR developed, shared w/ Heads (31 March, comments due by 10 Apr)
No further comments
2 agencies expressed “No Objection”
TOR “endorsed” on a non-objection basis (28 Apr ‘17)

16. Midterm Review (MTR) Next steps:
=> Final MTR report to be presented at next AGM 2018
*TF: Resp. for managing the MTR process; Selected from UNEG Heads; represents the ‘diversity’ of UNEG (e.g. size, mandate, geographical distribution)
Date
Activities
Jan – Apr 2017
Concept Note, TOR
May
2017 AGM Vienna
May - June
Task Force* set up; Review team recruited
July - Aug
Inception report
Sept - Nov
Data collection, analysis
Jan 2018
Draft report
Feb
Facilitated workshop (presentation of results) to derive at ways forward

17. Thank you.