1. The role of youth and International associations in implementation and evaluation of SDGs
Oleg Dunaev
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2. Outline 1st Block Youth and SGDs 2nd Block UN Evaluation Group (UNEG)
Evaluation of the SDGs
3rd Block
International evaluation associations
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3. Youth and SDGs
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4. Youth as a future of the SDGs
Youth account for about 16% of the world’s population
By 2020, the number of youth is projected to have grown by 7%, to nearly 1.3 billion
It is particularly important to engage with youth and empower them in our endeavor for a more sustainable future
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5. My World Survey 2015
UN with partners led «My World Survey 2015» which allowed participants to vote on world issues that are most important to them through online and offline methods from 2012 to 2015
It received more than 8 million participants from around the world
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6. My World Survey 2030
MY World 2030 is a global citizen survey led by the UN and partners about the Sustainable Development Goals
Everyone can participate
Available at:
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7. Youth opportunities - International
The UN Major Group for Children and Youth
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UN Youth Delegate Programme
Web:  youth/what-we-do/youth-delegate- programme.html
UNDP Youth Service America (YSA)
Web:
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8. Youth opportunities - International
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Youth
Web:
The Global Partnership for Youth in Development in partnership with World Bank
Web:
Youth 4 Global Goals
Web:
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9. Youth opportunities in Russia
Open School of Sustainable Development
The Open School implements a number of volunteer-based projects to promote the ideas of sustainable development:
Online courses
Monthly free webinars
Translation of online materials from our partners
Public speaking
Web:  development/
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10. Youth opportunities in Russia
«Become a Youth SDGs Envoy of Russia» yearly program
The powers of the Envoy:
Make statements on behalf of the Youth SDGs Envoy of Russia
Officially promote the LRC and the UN in Russia
Involve Russian youth in the implementation of the SDGs
Organizers:
The National Council «Youth policy in Russia»
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The United Nations Information Center in Moscow
and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
Web: 
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11. United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG)
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12. United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG)
UNEG is a unique interagency professional network in the UN system that aims to advance the effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the UN system’s work by promoting and strengthening evaluation
UNEG’s mission is to:
promote the independence, credibility and usefulness of the evaluation function and evaluation across the UN system
advocate for the importance of evaluation for learning, decisionmaking and accountability
support the evaluation community in the UN system and beyond
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13. UNEG Norms and Standards for Evaluation
The United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Norms and Standards for Evaluation, adopted in landmark document for the United Nations and beyond
In 2016, UNEG adopted the updated 2016 UNEG Norms and Standards
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14. UNEG General Norms for Evaluation 2016
Norm 1: Internationally agreed principles, goals and targets
Norm 2: Utility
Norm 3: Credibility
Norm 4: Independence
Norm 5: Impartiality
Norm 6: Ethics
Norm 7: Transparency
Norm 8: Human rights and gender equality
Norm 9: National evaluation capacities
Norm 10: Professionalism
Вот эти все нормы надо не растягивать,
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15. Institutional Norms for Evaluation in the United Nations System 2016
Norm 11: Enabling environment
Norm 12: Evaluation policy
Norm 13: Responsibility for the evaluation function
Norm 14: Evaluation use and follow-up
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16. UNEG Standards for evaluation 2016
Standards 1: Institutional Framework
Standard 1.1: Institutional framework for evaluation
Standard 1.2: Evaluation policy
Standard 1.3: Evaluation plan and reporting
Standard 1.4: Management response and follow up
Standard 1.5: Disclosure policy
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17. UNEG Standards for evaluation 2016
Standards 2: Management of the Evaluation Function
Standard 2.1: Head of evaluation
Standard 2.2: Evaluation guidelines
Standard 2.3: Responsiveness of the evaluation function
Standards 3: Evaluation Competencies
3.1 Competencies
3.2 Ethics
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18. UNEG Standards for evaluation 2016
Standards 4: Conduct of Evaluations
Standard 4.1: Timeliness and intentionality
Standard 4.2 Evaluability assessment
Standard 4.3 Terms of reference
Standard 4.4 Evaluation scope and objectives
Standard 4.5 Methodology
Standard 4.6 Stakeholder engagement and reference groups
Standard 4.7 Human rights-based approach and gender mainstreaming strategy
Standard 4.8 Selection and composition of evaluation teams
Standard 4.9 Evaluation report and products
Standard 4.10 Recommendations
Standard 4.11 Communication and dissemination
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19. UNEG Standards for evaluation 2016
Standards 5. Quality
Standard 5.1 Quality assurance system
Standard 5.2 Quality control of the evaluation design
Standard 5.3 Quality control at the final stage of evaluation
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20. Evaluation of the SDGs
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21. The importance of the SDG evaluations
SDGs are the major international development commitment for at least the next 15 years
Do the investments reach and benefit the poorest and most vulnerable groups?
How could development assistance be improved:
During 2017 – 2030
After 2030
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22. Challenges for the evaluations
The program is huge and complex with multiple actors, objectives and programs at all levels
Currently the SDG evaluation design focuses on monitoring and much less on evaluation
Many people do not believe it is possible to evaluate the SDGs
Most agencies focus on a particular sector
Most agencies focus on results-based approaches with little attention to sustainability
Need for stronger learning mechanisms
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23. Does the international community have the tools to address these broad and complex questions?
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24. The SDG framework offers unique opportunities for innovative evaluations
The SDGs Focus the world on broad questions about the effectiveness of development aid
Bringing together many different kinds of organization and talents
Giving voice to vulnerable and poorest groups of people
Unique access to world-wide platforms for the dissemination and utilization of evaluation findings
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25. So how close are countries to meeting SDGs?
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26. The SDG Index
Non-profit organization Bertelsmann Stiftung and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) have created a prototype index that measures their performance.
The SDG Index measures 157 countries, comparing their current progress with a baseline measurement taken in 2015
The SDG Index considers about 225 indicators on country performance
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27. The SDG Index report
The SDG Index and Dashboards yearly report provides a report card for country performance on the historic Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The annual report shows how leaders can deliver on their promise and it urges countries not to lose the momentum for important reforms
Web:
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28. The SDG Index
Global Index Rank
Country
Global Index Score (0-100) 1
Sweden
85,6 2
Denmark
84,2 3
Finland
84,0 4
Norway
83,9 5
Czech Republic
81,9 6
Germany
81,7 7
Austria
81,4 8
Switzerland
81,2 9
Slovenia
80,5 10
France
80,3
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29. The SDG Index
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30. Building national capacities for SDGs
Signatories to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development have committed to developing Voluntary National Review frameworks (VNRs)
These are intended to track implementation of the Agenda up to 2030, promote accountability to citizens, foster exchanges of best practices across countries and support mutual learning
The inclusion of country-led evaluations clearly implies that countries need to develop appropriate national monitoring and evaluation systems as part of their follow-up and review frameworks
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31. National Voluntary Reviews
At the 2016 UN High Level Political Forum, 22 countries presented Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) — status reports on their efforts to implement national-level follow-up and review frameworks for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
At the 2017 UN High Level Political Forum 2017 – 43 VNRs
VNRs are available at:
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32. National Voluntary Reviews – Main Findings
In 2017 International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in cooperation with EVALSDGs performed assessment of the first 22 country reposts
The main findings are highlighted in a Briefing paper:
Most countries will rely on their existing M&E systems for reviewing progress. Very few of the reporting countries are considering developing a specific M&E system for SDGs
The reports mostly discuss quantitative methods and indicators
In most VNRs, the term ‘evaluation’ is not clearly defined and its use is ambiguous
In many reports the two terms – monitoring and evaluation appear to carry the same meaning
There appears to be very little awareness about just what evaluation is and how it could be used to support the 2030 Agenda
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33. World-wide platforms
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34. EvalPartners
EvalPartners is an innovative partnership to enhance the capacities of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) to influence policy makers, public opinion and other key stakeholders so that public policies are based on evidence, and incorporate considerations of equity and effectiveness
EvalPartners was initiated in 2012 by the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) and UNICEF
EvalPartners is an interactive Web platform to share knowledge on country-led M&E systems worldwide
EvalPartners learning source and knowledge-sharing platform
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35. EvalPartners
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36. Global Evaluation Agenda 2016-2020
The Global Evaluation Agenda (GEA) provides a road map towards the vision for the future of evaluation profession jointly developed by thousands of evaluators from different countries and organizations and endorsed by the delegates of the Global Evaluation Forum held at the Parliament of Nepal in Kathmandu in November 2015.
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37. Global Evaluation Agenda 2016-2020
EvalAgenda 2020 is addressing the 4 main Dimensions:
Strengthening an Enabling Environment for Evaluation
Strengthening Institutional Capacities for Evaluation
Strengthening of Individual Capacities for Evaluation
Strengthening Inter-linkages
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38. Third EvalPartners Global Forum
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39. Third EvalPartners Global Forum
The Third EvalPartners Global Forum was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, on April 26-28, 2017
The Forum theme was «Transforming our world through evaluation: engagement and partnership for the better world we want»
The Forum brought together 153 participants from 51 countries
Participants to the Forum discussed possible contribution of the EvalAgenda 2020
Adopted and signed the Bishkek Partnership Statement
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40. Third EvalPartners Global Forum
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41. Third EvalPartners Global Forum
Purpose
Activity
Outcomes
Provide space and time for
Network discussions
Network meetings on Day 1 and Day 3
Bishkek Statement
Promote exchange and
cooperation among Networks
Cross-Network meetings on Day 2
Network plans
Enrich Networks’ vision with
perspectives from multiple
evaluation stakeholders
Reflection on linkages among main pillars of the EvalAgenda 2020 and key themes of the SDGs on Day 1
Sectoral meetings (government, development partners, private sector, academia, VOPEs) on Day 2 Cross-sectoral meetings on Day 2
Perspectives from thought leaders on Day 2
EvalPartners
Flagship Programs
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42. The Bishkek Partnership Statement
The Bishkek Partnership Statement reaffirms Forum delegates’ engagement in evaluation as an effective instrument for:
Promoting and supporting equitable sustainable development
Their commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, and to the EvalAgenda 2020
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43. The Bishkek Partnership Statement
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44. EvalPartners networks
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45. EVALSDGs EVALSDGs is a sub-network of the Global EvalPartners
EVALSDGs is a network formed to add value and learning to SDGs, as well as support processes to integrate evaluation into national and global SDGs review systems
The network is made up of skilled policy makers, institutions and practitioners with a shared interest in evaluation and sustainable development
EVALSDGs Web:
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46. EVALSDGs
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47. EVALSDGs Management Group
EVALSDGs structure
EVALSDGs Executive (2 Co-Chairs, 1 VOPE, 1 UNEG
2 Vice Co-chairs)
EVALSDGs Management Group
(Executive, Working group leaders, Language group leaders)
1. Advocacy
2. Spotlights Approach
3. Guidance ( competency)
4. Communications
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48. EVALSDGs sub-groups
EVALSDGs is organized around the following working groups:
Management group – overall planning and organization
Guidance/training group – evaluation community and national evaluation capacity development
Advocacy brief group – publications and advocacy opportunities for evaluation and the SDGs; Partnership with IIED and other organizations
Case studies/spotlights group – systematization of experiences and good practices in evaluation related to the SDGs
Communications/knowledge sharing – web platform and social media
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49. EvalYouth
EvalYouth is a global, multi-stakeholders partnership to promote young and emerging evaluators to become future leaders in the evaluation profession EvalYouth strives to promote young and emerging evaluators (YEE), including young women, to become technically sound, experienced and well networked professionals in promoting evaluation culture at national, regional and international levels. It intends to coordinate and maximize efforts in evaluation, through:
Social mobilization of key actors, both young and emerging evaluators as well as mentors and supporters of EvalYouth activities
Promotion of practical innovation
Facilitation of learning and sharing of experiences
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50. EvalYouth EvalYouth has two overarching goals:
To promote Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEE), including young women, to become competent, experienced and well-networked professionals who contribute to evaluation capacity at national, regional and international levels
To promote the inclusion of Youth and Young People (YYP), including young women, in evaluations conducted at the national, regional and international levels
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51. Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs)
Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) are evaluation nonprofit membership organizations that are open to individuals interested in evaluation:
Voluntary: VOPEs are nonprofit organizations that do not benefit any one individual or corporate entity. They are open to anyone who wants to join. Most VOPEs charge a low annual fee to cover costs of a website, communications such as a newsletter, and possibly a journal
Organizations: VOPEs are organizations with a democratic and inclusive process to elect representatives in their leadership. They share information openly among all members about opportunities to get involved, and any evaluation competitions that are directed to the leaders of the organization. These organizations have different names in different countries and cultures such as: association (e.g. American Evaluation Association), society (e.g. Canadian Evaluation Society), network (e.g. Brazilian Network), and conclave (e.g. Community of Evaluation of South Asia)
Professional Evaluation: Evaluation is a profession, and as such, VOPEs are organizations whose members conduct, use and commission professional evaluation, and who promote the use of professional evaluators in conducting evaluations
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52. Conclusion
Youth is an important part of sustainable development and SDGs implementation process
There are a lot of opportunities for the youth to take part in SDGs implementations
SDGs implementation process is about a number of challenges and opportunities for the international evaluation community
World-wide platforms are the powerful instruments for the SDGs implementation
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53. Useful resources EVALSDGs 2017
Bamberger and Segone (2011) How to design and manage equity-focused evaluations. UNICEF Available at:
Bamberger, M; Segone, M. and Tateossian, F (2016) Evaluating the sustainable development goals within a “no-one left behind” lens through equity-focused and gender- responsive evaluations. Eval Gender, UN Women, UNICEF, UNEG. Available at: responsive_evaluations
EVALSDGs Country Spotlights Available at:
UNEG Evaluation reports Available at:
Report on the Third EvalPartners Global Forum Available at: % pdf
The United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Norms and Standards for Evaluation Available at:
EVALSDGs and International Institute for Environment and Development Briefing Papers Available at:
Country National Voluntary Reviews Available at:
A/70/684 - Critical milestones towards coherent, efficient and inclusive follow-up and review at the global level Available at:
UN and SDGs: A Handbook for Youth Available at:
The SDG Index and Dashboards Report Available at:
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54. Useful links Networks and associations
International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) Web:
EvalPartners Web:
EvalSDGs Web:
EvalYouth Web: 
EVALGENDER+ Web:
EVALINDIGENOUS Web:
Parliamentarians Forum for Development Evaluation Web:
UN Evaluation group Web:
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55. Thank you for your attention!
Questions?
Oleg Dunaev
International Development Consultant
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