Evaluation at FAO

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Highlights
Forests, Communities, and Conservation: Key Takeaways from FAO Evaluations
21/03/2025

Forests play a crucial role in food security, nutrition and livelihoods. They contribute to sustainable agrifood systems, supporting farming by providing...

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International Women’s Day 2025: What FAO has learned about reaching, benefiting and empowering women in projects
07/03/2025

As we celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March 2025, we reflect on what FAO evaluations have taught us about working towards gender equality.

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Advancing Evidence-Based Decision-Making: GCF Project Evaluations Workshop 2025
21/01/2025

From Monday 27 January to Friday 31 January, the FAO Office of Evaluation will host a dynamic workshop, bringing together 30 experts...

Watch: Evaluation of FAO’s Country Portfolio in Somalia

The evaluation of FAO’s Country Programme in Somalia covered the work of FAO Somalia from 2018 to 2022 to assess the overall contribution to FAO priority areas. It focused on the relevance of the FAO programme in responding to needs and priorities in Somalia, FAO contributions to the country programming framework priority areas, and organizational performance.

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Latest evaluations
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Evaluation of FAO’s support to Life below Water (SDG 14)
05/2025

This evaluation assesses the relevance, contribution and leveraging of partnerships in FAO’s efforts to monitor and progress towards achieving SDG 14...

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Review of the FAO Philippines Country Programming Framework 2018–2024
05/2025

FAO conducted a Country Programme Review to assess its contributions in the Philippines from 2018 to 2024 and inform future strategic planning. The...

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Terminal evaluation of the project "Disposal of existing persistant organic pollutants and other obsolete pesticides and implementaion of a sound pests and pesticides management in Cameroon"
05/2025

The evaluation found that the project is highly relevant and coherent, while its effectiveness and efficiency are moderately satisfactory, and its sustainability...

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Terminal evaluation of the project “Sustainable Management of Kharga Oasis Agroecosystems in the Egyptian Western Desert”
04/2025

The project enhanced the institutional, management and technical capacities of key stakeholders. The evaluation recommends FAO to engage in other/future...

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Operational Partners Implementation Modality evidence synthesis
04/2025

The Operational Partnership Implementation Modality (OPIM) is an indirect project implementation modality established by FAO through Manual Section...

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Evaluation of the project "Territorial transformation, resilience and sustainability"
04/2025

The project aimed to overcome the multidimensional poverty of women, men and boys in priority territories affected by the armed conflict. The evaluation...