Report of the Independent External Evaluation of the Food and Agriculture - November 2007
01/11/2007
Management appreciated the recognition from the team leader that the IEE has received commendable support from FAO staff at all levels and in all locations - demonstrating the willingness of FAO management and staff to engage in an open and comprehensive assessment of the Organization’s activities, challenges and the need for change. (Par 3) Management agrees with most of the recommendations as well as the major findings and broad thrusts of the Report. The Director-General is committed to leading a process of transformation, and to implementing the follow-up that would stem from the guidance of the governing bodies, though some recommendations would require further study and consideration while others deserve some additional elements of information for consideration by the membership. (Par 5) Management supports the emphasis in the report of the IEE on: the need for “reform with growth” so as to have an FAO “fit for this century” that “would have set a new standard of excellence in multilateral organizations”. (Par 6)