Independent corporate evaluations
For every child, results.

Independent corporate evaluations by goal area
Independence forms the bedrock of good evaluation practice as it is fundamental to the credibility and utility of an evaluation. The Evaluation Office commissions independent global evaluations based on the office’s Plan for Global Evaluations, 2022-2025 which is informed by the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2021/25) and developed in consultation with the Global Evaluation Committee, Programme Division and offices, divisions and units at headquarters. Institutional Effectiveness Evaluations analyze key organizational strategies and activities and inform corporate decisions to improve institutional relevance, efficiency and effectiveness.
The Independent Corporate Evaluations unit undertakes independent, high quality corporate-level evaluations, generating and synthesizing evaluation evidence relevant to priority topics to promote and protect children’s rights with a key focus on the 5 goal areas of the strategic plan. The unit also conducts evaluations on UNICEF’s corporate priorities such as gender and innovation among others.
Goal Area 1: Every child survives and thrives
Goal Area 2: Every child learns
- What works to amplify the rights and voices of youth?
- Formative evaluation of UNICEF engagement of young people in peacebuilding
- Early Childhood Development Kit Humanitarian Evaluation
- Impact Evaluation of Play-Based Early Learning and Development Through UNICEF’s Early Childhood Development Kit
- Formative Evaluation of the Out-of-School-Children Initiative (OOSCI)
- Evaluation of UNICEF Girls’ Education Portfolio (2009-2015)
- Evaluation of Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS) and school-readiness
- UNICEF Upstream Work in Basic Education and Gender Equality 2003-2012 (synthesis report)
- Global Evaluation of Life Skills Education Programmes
Goal Area 3: Every child is protected from violence and exploitation
- What works to amplify the rights and voices of youth?
- Joint evaluation of the UNFPA-UNICEF joint programme on the abandonment of FGM, Phase III: 2018-2021
- Joint Assessment of Adaptations to the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage in light of COVID-19
- Evaluation of UNICEF work in strengthening civil registration and vital statistics systems
- Assessment of Adaptations to the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage in light of COVID-19
- Programme Evaluation: Protecting Children On The Move in the Horn of Africa
- Joint Evaluation of UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage
- Joint Evaluation of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation: Accelerating Change
- Independent Panel Review of the UNICEF Response to PSEA
- Strengthening Child Protection Systems: Evaluation of UNICEF Strategies and Programme Performance
- Protecting Children from Violence (VAC): A Comprehensive Evaluation of UNICEF’s Strategies and Programme Performance
- Evaluation of UNICEF Programmes to Protect Children in Emergencies (CPiE)
- Joint Evaluation of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C): Accelerating Change
Goal Area 4: Every child lives in a safe and clean environment
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Evaluation Synthesis of UN System and Development Bank Work Towards SDG 6
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Global evaluation of UNICEF WASH humanitarian action in protracted crises, 2014-2019