Evaluation at FAO

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What have we learnt from FAO evaluations?

Highlights from the Programme Evaluation Report 2023

The unprecedented events of the last few years – escalating conflicts, COVID-19, climate change, and rising costs – underscore the vital role of FAO in leading international efforts to tackling hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. FAO’s rapidly evolving response continues to be evaluated.

During the 2021-2022 biennium OED carried out...

103 evaluations
21 regions
74 project and programme evaluations
8 thematic evaluations

Highlights

procurement
Certain areas of recognized FAO technical expertise, such as water for agriculture or anti- microbial resistance (AMR), deserve higher prioritization and strategic integration.
Partnerships
design
Leave no one behind
Data, technology and innovation
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Monitoring & Evaluation

Thematic and strategic evaluations

Multi-partner mechanism
SSTC
Covid 19
SDG 6
Locusts
Desert locusts phase 3
RBA
Antimicrobial resistance

Evaluation costs for 2021-2022 biennium

Evaluation type
Number of evaluations
Average costs of evaluations (USD)
Total cost of evaluations (USD)
Country programme
9
152 323
1 370 908
Project
59
75 666
4 464 268
Programme
16
163 484
2 615 750
Thematic/Corporate
4
447 425
1 789 698
Total
88
 
10 240 624

Source: FAO Office of Evaluation

Note: This table presents information comparable to that available in the previous Programme Evaluation Report 2021. It is based on evaluations published in 2020-2022. Costs are being updated to include 18 evaluations conducted in the biennium but not yet published and adding approximately USD 3.5 million to the total costs.

Download the reports: 2017201920212023

Programme Evaluation Report 2023

Highlights of the 103 evaluations and three syntheses of evaluations conducted by OED in the 2021–2022 biennium.

Previous reports

202120192017