The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) evaluated the relevance, effectiveness, sustainability and coherence of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) within the context of assessing mid-term implementation of the UN-Habitat 2020-2025 Strategic Plan.
The evaluation found that UN-Habitat had developed its 2020-2025 Strategic Plan through a participatory process and rooted it in a clear theory of change with linkages to key global initiatives, and that the Strategic Plan served as a valuable tool for programming and advocacy, providing a flexible and coherent vision to guide the entity’s work. Notably, the Strategic Plan domains of change were highly relevant and responded to the needs and priorities of stakeholders. However, insufficient resources compounded with an inadequate accountability and results framework and weak strategic prioritization hindered a focused implementation of the Strategic Plan by UN-Habitat. Also, the predominantly donor-driven and project-based UN-Habitat business model prevented its full
localization as majority of field presences did not prepare local-level strategies that were aligned with the Strategic Plan and local context and priorities
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Joint | No |
Partner/s | N/A |
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Focal Point Email | ied@un.org |
Managed by Independent Evaluation Office | Yes |
Geographic Scope | Global |
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