Overview
The Evaluation Unit presents in its Annual Evaluation Synthesis Report (AESR) a synthesized learning view based on interpreting key messages taken from recently completed evaluations. To broaden the learning scope and enhance a common understanding with ITC supporting organizations, the AESR 2016 includes a section on learning from external evaluations of ITC operations (Chapter IV). These evaluations are usually commissioned by funders and cover projects fully or partly implemented by the ITC.
The clients for the AESR are, in a broad sense, development practitioners and policy-makers in the Aid for Trade (AfT) development sector. In operations, the Evaluation Unit focuses on communicating the compacted learning messages to management and staff, representatives of member states, trade support practitioners within the WTO and UN system, and other stakeholders, with an aim of including evaluation-based learning in decision-making and strategic planning.