Independent Evaluation Unit

21 May 2015 CCPCJ, Side Event

“The Role of Evaluation vis-á-vis

UNODC’s Crime Portfolio –

case study: Maritime Crime Programme”

Outline

1. Evaluation in UNODC

2. The Crime portfolio

3. Case study: Global Maritime Crime Programme

1. Evaluation in UNODC

The Independent Evaluation Unit

• 2010: CND 52/14; CCPCJ 18/6

• Functionally and operationally independent

• Independent, timely and effective evaluations

• Reporting to ED and MS

Mandate

• Utilization-focus

• Learning tool

• Implementation of recommendations

• Independence, objectivity, impartiality

Policy

Evaluation in the UN System

• United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG)

– Norms and Standards for Evaluation

• GA Resolution on evaluation:

– "Capacity building for the evaluation of development

activities at the country level” (UNGA Resolution

A/RES/69/237)

• International Year of Evaluation 2015

– High level event: “Use of Evaluation in Evidence-Based

Policy Making” (21 April 2015, Hofburg)

2015: Year of evaluation

UN General Assembly adopted the stand alone resolution

“Capacity Building for the Evaluation of Development Activities at

the Country Level” on 19 December 2014

IEU website

http://www.unodc.org/un

odc/en/evaluation/index.

html

2. The crime portfolio

Crime vs drugs fund

Crime fund 55%

Drugs fund 45%

Ongoing projects in UNODC (05/2015)

Crime fund 41% Drugs

fund 59%

Contributions to UNODC in 2014

Contributions

to UNODC (crime-fund, 2014)

Evaluation status – crime vs drugs projects and

programmes

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Number of projectsevaluated in2014/2015

Programmatic In-Depth Evaluations

2014/2015

Evaluations ongoing

Drugs fund only 6 1 6

Drugs & Crime fund 5 6 7

Crime fund only 19 3 10

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pro

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Crime-related In-Depth evaluations in 2014/2015

• Programmatic In-Depth Evaluations:

– Strengthening the legal regime against Terrorism

– Support to the work of the Conference of the Parties to the

UNTOC Convention

– Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT)

– Afghan Opiate Trade Project

– Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries

– Regional Programme for South Eastern Europe

– Country Programme Bolivia

– Country Programme Pakistan

– Country Programme Iran

Results of crime evaluations

30 Evaluations

40 independent

evaluators

Intelligence

and data

sharing

Collaboration

with partners

Engagement

at highest

level

Communi-

cation

Measuring

impact

Human

rights and

Gender

HR key in CT

strategies

UNODC uses

convening

power

Collaboration

with IOs and

CSOs positive

impact

Information

sharing facilitates

planning and

coordination

Continuously

adapt to specific

needs of recipients

3. Case study: Global Maritime Crime

Programme

Prisoner transfer,

Seychelles

Officer training,

Puntland

GMCP evaluation

• Mid-term evaluation (focus on formative issues).

• Main objectives to assess the quality and design of the

overall Programme as well as identify lessons learned to

further improve implementation.

• Starting June and finalizing 4th quarter of 2015

• One evaluator, one expert on maritime crime and the

support of IEU.

• HQ visit will take place first week June with subsequent

mission to the field.

Discussion - Panel

• Mr. Alan Cole, Regional Coordinator of the Global

Programme on Maritime Crime

• Mr. Peter Allan, independent evaluator of the Counter

Piracy Programme

• Mr. Adan Ruiz-Villalba, Deputy Chief of the UNODC

Independent Evaluation Unit

Guiding questions

• What are the big questions that UNODC evaluations

should be seeking answers to in the next 5 years?

• What was the value of the CPP evaluation? What kind

of benefits do you expect from the upcoming

evaluation of MCP?

• How do you think crime programmes and in particular

MCP should measure their worth?

QUESTIONS?

“Evaluation: Looking back to move forward”

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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The IEU Team