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In response to the request by the UNICEF Executive Board to enhance the quality and use of evaluations managed by UNICEF, and in line with the Evaluation Policy, the Evaluation Office in 2010 established the Global Evaluation Reports Oversight System (GEROS). A major component of the system is the review of the quality of final evaluation reports by an independent external company.

The Evaluation Office is pleased to announce the best evaluations. Congratulations to all UNICEF Offices who are on this list of the best of UNICEF evaluations!

Best of UNICEF Research and Evaluation 2020

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Goal Area 1: Every child survives and thrives

Goal Area 2: Every child learns

  • EL SALVADOR: How did a pilot programme evaluation influence El Salvador to scale up early childhood interventions nationwide? Triple “E” (Educación y desarrollo Integral de la Primera Infancia, Empoderamiento de familias y jóvenes, Entorno protector comunitario)
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  • MOZAMBIQUE: Can accelerated school readiness programmes help to prepare Mozambique’s children for primary education? Evaluation of the UNICEF Mozambique Accelerated School Readiness Pilot Programme
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  • UZBEKISTAN: What factors are associated with positive primary education outcomes in Uzbekistan? Student Learning at primary grades in Uzbekistan: Outcomes, Challenges, and Opportunities
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Goal Area 3: Every child is protected from violence and exploitation

Goal Area 4: Every child lives in a safe and clean environment

  • MALAWI: How can rigorous evidence help to inform Malawi’s national water, sanitation and hygiene strategy? Malawi Evaluation of the Community Led Total Sanitation and Hygiene Programme
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Goal Area 5: Every child has an equitable chance in life

  • BELARUS: How can fiscal policies in Belarus reduce child poverty more effectively? Commitment to Equity for Children: Redistributive Effects and Efficiency of Social Assistance to Households with Children in Belarus
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  • CHAD: Could Chad prevent an oil crisis from fuelling child poverty? Impacts de la baisse des prix du pétrole de 2014-2016 sur le bien-être des enfants au Tchad: Analyse à l’aide d’un modèle EGC dynamique avec microsimulations totalement intégrées
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  • ETHIOPIA: Does an integrated nutrition and social cash transfer programme improve outcomes for children in Ethiopia? Impact Evaluation of Improved Nutrition through Integrated Basic Social Services and Social Cash Transfer Pilot Program (IN-SCT) in Oromia and SNNP Regions, Ethiopia
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  • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: Are national workplace policies supporting new mothers in Latin America and the Caribbean? Maternidad y paternidad en el lugar de trabajo en América Latina y el Caribe — políticas para la licencia de maternidad y paternidad y apoyo a la lactancia materna
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  • THAILAND: How will Thailand counteract intergenerational poverty with its child support grant? Thailand Child Support Grant (CSG) Impact Assessment Endline Report
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Cross-cutting themes

Region | Country/Office | Evaluation title | GEROS rating

EAPR | Cambodia | Outcome Evaluation of the Education Capacity Development Partnership Fund (CDPF) Phase I and II | 3.95

EAPR | Cambodia | Evaluation of the CARD and UNICEF Cash Transfer Pilot Project for Pregnant Women and Children in Cambodia | 3.65

EAPR | DP Republic of Korea | Evaluation of Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition Programme supported by UNICEF in DPR Korea 2015–2017 | 3.6

EAPR | Philippines | Evaluation of UNICEF Tahderiyyah programe (2010-2017) funded by DFAT | 3.7

EAPR | Viet Nam | Evaluation of UNICEF Viet Nam Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Programme (RSHP) 2012-2016 | 3.55

ECAR | Rep of Uzbekistan | Formative Evaluation of the Child Rights Monitoring Programme in Uzbekistan 2016-2018 | 3.65

ESAR | Zimbabwe | Summative Evaluation of UNICEF support for Education in Zimbabwe | 3.5

HQ | Evaluation Office | Evaluation of UNICEF Girls’ Education Portfolio (2009-2015) | 3.5

LACR | Barbados | Evaluation of the Pilot MEND and RISE Cash Transfer Programmes in St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.55

MENA | State of Palestine | Evaluation of Family Centres in Gaza | 3.8

MENA | State of Palestine | Evaluation of a Postnatal Home Visiting Program for mothers, neonates and their families in Gaza, State of Palestine, over the period 2011-2016 | 3.75

WCAR | Liberia | Formative Evaluation of Be A Change Agent Project | 3.65

WCAR | Nigeria | Impact Evaluation of the UNICEF Supported Birth Registration Programme in Nigeria 2012-2016 | 3.7

Office/Country | Region | Evaluation Report | GEROS Score

Republic of Montenegro | ECAR | Evaluation of the Programme “Montenegro – Investment case on Early Childhood Development” | 4

Angola | ESAR | Formative Evaluation of Angola Country Programme (2015-2019) | 3.8

Moldova | ECAR | Evaluation of the Government of Moldova - UNICEF 2013-2017 Country Programme of Cooperation | 3.8

Bosnia Herzegovina | ECAR | Evaluation of the UNICEF-supported Component of the Project “Support for Durable Solutions of the Revised Strategy for Implementation of Annex VII of the Dayton Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.7

Guatemala | LACR | Evaluation of UNICEF support to the National Strategy on the Protection of Human Rights of Girls and Boys 2014-2016 | 3.7

Indonesia | EAPR | Support to community sanitation in eastern Indonesia | 3.7

Azerbaijan | ECAR | Summative Evaluation of the Access to Justice for Children project | 3.6

Bosnia Herzegovina | ECAR | Final Evaluation of the Justice for Every Child Project, December 2013-November 2017, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.6

India | ROSA | Evaluation of UNICEF’s Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction and School Safety Programme, Bihar, India (2011-2016) | 3.6

Jordan |  MENA | Evaluation of the Ma’an (Together) towards a Safe School Environment Programme 2009-2016 | 3.6

Macedonia | ECAR | Evaluation of UNICEF Roma Health Mediators Programme | 3.6

Ukraine | ECAR | Evaluation of the Country Programme of Cooperation between the Government of Ukraine and UNICEF 2012-2016 | 3.6

Bangladesh | ROSA | Programme Evaluation of UNICEF Bangladesh Communication for Development (C4D) Programme from 2012-2016 | 3.55

Region | Country/Office | Evaluation title

HIGHLY SATISFACTORY

ECAR | Moldova | Evaluation of Modelling of Services for Children under three

EAPR | Cambodia | Evaluation of Child-Friendly School Policy Implementation in Cambodia

EAPR | Myanmar | Evaluation of the Project ‘Seven Things This Year Initiative’

Evaluation of QBEPs Township Education Improvement Plan Activities

HQ | Evaluation Office | Communication for Development (C4D): An Evaluation of UNICEF’s Capacity and Action

WCAR | Cape Verde | Final Evaluation of the Common Country Programme Document from UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF Cabo Verde

 

SATISFACTORY

EAPR: East Asia and the Pacific Region

Myanmar | Formative Evaluation of UNICEF’s Strategy and Approach to Child Protection Systems Building

Papua New Guinea | Independent Formative Evaluation of Family Support Centres in Papua New Guinea

ECAR: Europe and Central Asia Region

Macedonia | Evaluation of UNICEF Child Protection Programme

HEADQUARTERS:

Evaluation Office | Evaluation of UNICEF’s humanitarian response to the Syria crisis

Evaluation of UNICEF’s PMTCT/Paediatric HIV Care and Treatment Programme

LACR: Latin America and the Caribbean Region

Panama | Evaluación de los Programas de Premedia Multigrado y Telebásica en Panamá

ROSA: South Asia Region

Afghanistan | Summative Evaluation of Child-centered Disaster Risk Reduction Project

India | Energising Panchayats for Better Child Governance in Tamil Nadu

WCAR: West and Central Africa Region

Burkina Faso | Evaluation du projet de renforcement du contrôle citoyen et de la redevabilité sociale dans 49 communes au Burkina Faso

OUTSTANDING, BEST PRACTICE

Region | Country/Office | Evaluation Report

EAPR | Philippines | Evaluation of the Intervention and Rehabilitation Program in Residential Facilities and Diversion Programs for Children in Conflict with the Law

ECAR | Tajikistan | Evaluation of UNICEF Tajikistan’s work in priority districts

MENA | State of Palestine | Water, Sanitation & Hygiene in Schools Programme

WCAR | Chad | Evaluation de la Composante Survie et Developpement de l'Enfant du Programme de Cooperation Tchad-UNICEF

HIGHLY SATISFACTORY

EAPR: East Asia and the Pacific Region

ECAR: Europe and Central Asia Region

ESAR: Eastern and Southern Africa Region

HEADQUARTERS:

LACRO: Latin America and the Caribbean Region

MENA: Middle East and North Africa Region

ROSA: South Asia Region

WCAR: West and Central Africa Region

OUTSTANDING, BEST PRACTICE

Region | Country | Evaluation report

ECAR | Europe and Central Asia Region | Multi-Country Evaluation (MCE): Increased Access and Equity in Early Childhood Education

ECAR | Republic of Montenegro | Final Evaluation of the “Child Care System Reform”

ECAR | Rep. of Uzbekistan | Evaluation of the Country Program of Cooperation between the Government of Uzbekistan and UNICEF 2010-2015

ROSA | Afghanistan | Let Us Learn (LUL) Formative Evaluation

HIGHLY SATISFACTORY

EAPR: East Asia and the Pacific Region

ECAR: Europe and Central Asia Region

ESAR: Eastern and Southern Africa Region

HEADQUARTERS:

LACR: Latin America and the Caribbean Region

MENA: Middle East and North Africa Region

ROSA: South Asia Region

WCAR: West and Central Africa Region

EAPR: East Asia and the Pacific Region

ECAR: Europe and Central Asia Region

ESAR: Eastern and Southern Africa Region

HEADQUARTERS:

LACR: Latin America and the Caribbean Region

MENA: Middle East and North Africa Region

ROSA: South Asia Region

WCAR: West and Central Africa Region

EAPR: East Asia and the Pacific Region

ECAR: Europe and Central Asia Region

ESAR: Eastern and Southern Africa Region

HEADQUARTERS:

LACR: Latin America and the Caribbean Region

MENA: Middle East and North Africa Region

ROSA: South Asia Region

WCAR: West and Central Africa Region

EAPR: East Asia and the Pacific Region

ECAR: Europe and Central Asia Region

ESAR: Eastern and Southern Africa Region

HEADQUARTERS:

LACR: Latin America and the Caribbean Region

MENA: Middle East and North Africa Region

ROSA: South Asia Region

WCAR: West and Central Africa Region

EAPR: East Asia and the Pacific Region

ECAR: Europe and Central Asia Region

ESAR:  Eastern and Southern Africa Region

HEADQUARTERS:

LACR:  Latin America and the Caribbean Region

MENA: Middle East and North Africa Region

ROSA:  South Asia Region

WCAR: West and Central Africa Region

EAPR: East Asia and the Pacific Region

ECAR: Europe and Central Asia Region

ESAR:  Eastern and Southern Africa Region

HEADQUARTERS:

LACR:  Latin America and the Caribbean Region

MENA: Middle East and North Africa Region

ROSA:  South Asia Region

WCAR: West and Central Africa Region

 

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