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  1. i-eval Discovery

    Easy access to ILO evaluation reports, recommendations, lessons learned and best practices. View the flyer

  2. Impact Evaluation Review Facility

  3. i-eval Newsletter

  4. i-eval Resource Kit

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  6. EVAL Knowledge Sharing Platform (ILO Officials only)

Training

  1. Internal Evaluation Training Programme (NEW)

    The next training takes place in spring 2017, please contact eval@ilo.org for more details. 

  2. Evaluation Manager Certification Programme

    The next training takes place in June 2017, please contact eval@ilo.org for more details.

  3. Evaluation Training for Tripartite Constituents 

    This training aims to increase the evaluation capacity of ILO constituents by improving their understanding of their role and participation in evaluation. The 17 modules, contains presentations, links to documents and learning activities. Email eval@ilo.org for a copy of the CD-rom.

Evaluation Office (EVAL)

  • ILO policy guidelines for evaluation: Principles, rationale, planning and managing for evaluations, 3rd edition

    The new policy guidelines are intended to provide a complete package of guidance for ILO staff, who are tasked with planning, managing, overseeing and/or following up on evaluation recommendations. This revised edition incorporates updates since the two previous versions (2012 and 2013) by: accommodating changes resulting from organizational reform, streamlining and improving all guidance notes, and providing evaluation related guidance to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

  • i-eval Discovery

    New interactive application that visually displays all of the ILO’s planned and completed evaluations, recommendations, lessons learned and good practices via a mapping feature. Access to the evaluation world has never been easier!

  • Annual Evaluation Report, 2015-16

    This year's high-level report reflects on progress made in achieving EVAL's three main outcomes: Improved use of evaluation by management and constituents for governance; Harmonized Office-wide evaluation practice to support transparency and accountability; and Evaluation capability expanded through enhanced knowledge, skills and tools. 

  • Independent evaluation of the ILO's Decent Work Country Programme Strategies and Actions in the Western Balkans, 2012-15

    This high-level evaluation assesses the extent to which the ILO's Decent Work Country Programmes, strategies and actions that were delivered in the Western Balkans region achieved their expected results. 

  • Independent evaluation of the ILO's strategy and actions for skills development for jobs and growth, 2010-15

    This high-level evaluation identifies recommendations for improving the ILO's skills-related work and reflects on lessons learned and emerging good practices in an effort to contribute to organizational learning. 

  • Evaluation, Decent Work and the 2030 Agenda

    ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, highlights the important link between evaluation and the Sustainable Development Goals to the ILO. He explains the significant contribution that evaluation will have to make to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and how the provision of evaluative evidence will guide the ILO to realize SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.

Overview

  1. Evaluation policy and strategy

    Results-based management in the ILO guides EVAL’s commitment to transparency, effectiveness and organizational learning. Evaluation is an evidence-based assessment of strategy, policy or programme and project outcomes, by determining their relevance, effectiveness, efficiency impact and sustainability. Evaluation is expected to contribute policy-making and decision-making with the ILO, to optimize the allocation of resources and improve their overall management. EVAL continuously strives to build evaluation culture in the ILO and to pursue higher performance linked to its results-based evaluation strategy.  The evaluation policy conforms to United Nations norms and standards for evaluation. The objectives of the evaluation policy are to:

    • Improve Office-wide transparency and accountability for impact of ILO actions to support constituents;
    • Strengthen the decision-making process by the policy organs and senior management based on sound assessment of effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, impact and sustainability of ILO activities; and
    • Contribute feedback for learning and ongoing improvement of the ILO's work.
    A new evaluation policy and a results-based evaluation strategy will be introduced in the current biennium. They will be informed by the results of the independent evaluation of the evaluation function which will be discussed by the Governing Body in March 2017.

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  2. Annual reporting of the evaluation function at ILO

    This year's 2017 collection of high-level evaluation reports that are mandated by the Governing Body includes the following:
     
    • Regional cluster evaluation of Decent Work Country Programmes in Asia
    • Independent evaluation of the ILO's strategies and actions for creating and extending social protection floors
    • Independent evaluation of the ILO's field structure
    In addition to the above high-level evaluations, EVAL also produces an Annual Evaluation Report (AER) that reflects on progress made on the implementation of the ILO’s evaluation strategy and assessment.