United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. Established in February 1948 and headquartered in Santiago, the Commission’s main mandate is to contribute to the sustainable development of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Evaluation is an integral part of the work of ECLAC in all its substantive areas and has contributed to improve programme planning, design and implementation. As an important accountability mechanism, it enhances the Commission’s legitimacy and credibility. It also helps ECLAC to ensure a results orientation in the activities it undertakes, and to identify the impacts of its interventions. Moreover, it is an important driver of institutional learning, allowing ECLAC to replicate best practices and apply innovative approaches. The evaluation function at ECLAC has three main objectives: 

(a) Accountability 

(b) Managing for results

(c) Learning, innovation and organizational change