TOR. Independent country evaluation in the People's Republic of China.pdf
2024 | Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit
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The country-level evaluation will cover UNIDO interventions in China from 2016 to 2024 with a focus on UNIDO’s country engagement under the ongoing Country Programme 2021-2025.\n\nThe evaluation will not assess the performance of all individual projects under the Country Programme (due to the large portfolio and number of activities in the country). A precise scope of the evaluation, including a selection of projects as case studies (if needed), will be defined during\nthe inception phase, to focus on key activities while allowing answering all questions identified inthis TOR. \n\nThe evaluation will also examine the role and performance of the UNIDO Office in China in relation to coordinating, monitoring, and implementing UNIDO activities in the country and assess to which extent the office provides added value to the overall cooperation between UNIDO and China.\n\nIn particular, the evaluation aims to accomplish the following:\n1) Assess the results and performance of the UNIDO-China Cooperation with regard to\nUNIDO’s contribution to transformational changes at the country level;\n2) Identify what factors facilitated or hindered the achievement of intended results;\n4) Generate findings and provide recommendations to shape the future partnership with China, along with other country partners; and\n5) Consider the dual role of China as a beneficiary and an emerging donor.\n\nThe key users of this evaluation will be the Government of China, UNIDO management, the Field Office, and ITPOs (Beijing and Shanghai) in China, as well as other counterpart agencies and stakeholders cooperating with UNIDO in the country.