TOR. Independent terminal evaluation. GLOBAL. UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO) Beijing (UNIDO project ID 190212).pdf

2024  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Global   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

The ITPO Beijing project is a key initiative aimed at promoting investment and technology transfer between China and developing countries, supporting the broader goal of sustainable and inclusive industrial development. As part of UNIDO’s global network of Investment and Technology Promotion Offices (ITPOs), ITPO Beijing plays a crucial role in bridging investment gaps and facilitating the flow of advanced technologies to regions where they are most needed.\n\n#ITPOChina #Beijing #investment #technology

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TOR. Independent terminal evaluation. Strengthening of national initiatives and enhancement of reg. coop. for the env. sound management of POPs in waste of electronic or electrical equipment (140297).pdf

2024  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Latin America and the Caribbean   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

The project focuses on supporting Ministries of Environment and Health in 13 participating countries to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs) present in some waste of electronic or electrical equipment (WEEE) fractions. The main objective is to strengthen national initiatives and enhance regional cooperation for the environmentally sound management of POPs in WEEE in Latin American countries.\nThis terminal evaluation will cover the whole duration of the project from its starting date in March 2017 to the estimated completion date in June 2024 .

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TOR. Independent strategic evaluation. Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa – IDDA 3, 2016-2025 (April 2024).pdf

2024  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Africa   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the implementation of IDDA III and the extent to which its expected results have been achieved. While building on the findings and recommendations of the MTR, the evaluation aims to generate findings, draw lessons, and provide a set of useful recommendations that could be used to inform the development of a potential successor initiative. The evaluation will focus on the overall IDDA III initiative and will cover the period from 2016 to 2024. Given the timeframe and other logistical constraints, the evaluation will not assess the performance of individual IDDA III projects or programmes, but focus on strategic aspects including achievement of stated objectives, stakeholder efforts and initiatives in support of Africa’s industrialization, and challenges encountered in the implementation of IDDA III.

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TOR. Independent terminal evaluation. UKRAINE. Industrial capacity-building, policy advice and diagnostics for the green recovery of Ukraine (UNIDO Project No. 230030).pdf

2024  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Job creation   #Europe and Central Asia   #Ukraine   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

The purpose of the evaluation is to independently assess the project to help UNIDO improve performance and results of ongoing and future programmes and projects. The terminal evaluation (TE) will cover the whole duration of the project from its starting date on 01.04.2023 to the completion date on 31.03.2024.

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TOR. Independent terminal evaluation. INTER-REGIONAL. SwitchMed II (UNIDO Project No. 180228).pdf

2024  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Environment   #Circular economy   #Global   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

SwitchMed supports the European Commission priorities on circular economy, the Union for the Mediterranean priorities (concerning the environment, including circular economy, the water, the Climate Change and the energy) discussed within the Environmental Task Force and the Regional action plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SPC) of the Barcelona convention.\nThe objective of SwitchMed II is to facilitate the shift toward sustainable consumption and production in the Southern Mediterranean Region (eight countries). To do so, the project stimulates both the demand and the supply side of SCP in the countries involved, by acting on the key drivers and barriers, existing economic conditions and legislative frameworks.\nThe intervention is coordinated by UNIDO on the basis of a contribution agreement; UNIDO subsequently has signed a collaboration agreement with United Nations Environment Programme and a subcontract with the Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production. \nThe purpose of the terminal evaluation (TE) is to independently assess the project to help UNIDO improve performance\nand results of ongoing and future programmes and projects. The TE will cover the whole duration of the project from its starting date in December 2018 to the estimated completion date in June 2024.

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TOR. Independent country evaluation in the People's Republic of China.pdf

2024  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#ITPOs   #Asia and the Pacific   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

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.

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TOR. Independent terminal evaluation. INTER-REGIONAL. Promoting women empowerment (PWE) for ISID in the MENA region - Phase II. UNIDO project No 170136.pdf

2024  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Global   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

The overarching goal of Promoting women’s empowerment (PWE) for inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) in the MENA Region” (phase II) is to enhance women economic empowerment in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia by consolidating and expanding results from PWE I. The project has four. objectives: (i) building a more conducive environment for women entrepreneurship development (ii) alleviating the financial barriers to women’s entrepreneurship development; (iii) improving market access for women entrepreneurs; and (iv) increasing business opportunities for women-led businesses in selected value chains.\nThe purpose of the evaluation is to independently assess the project to help UNIDO improve performance\nand results of ongoing and future programmes and projects. This terminal evaluation will cover the\nwhole duration of the project from its starting date in 02\/2019 to the estimated completion date in 12\/2024 .

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ToR Independent Evaluation of the Vienna Energy Forum.pdf

2023  |  Author(s): EIO/IEU

#Global   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

Independent Evaluation of the Vienna Energy Forum

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TOR_Independent strategic evaluation. Knowledge management in UNIDO.pdf

2023  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Global   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

The purpose of this evaluation is to inform management about UNIDO’s current knowledge management practices with a view to assessing achievements, identifying gaps, and exploring avenues for improvement. The evaluation aims to assess UNIDO’s policies and strategies on effective creation, dissemination and retention of knowledge ensuring that lessons learned feed into evidence-based decision-making. \nScope: The evaluation will cover UNIDO's knowledge management practices at the global, regional, and country levels, including Headquarters, field offices, and partner organizations. The evaluation will focus on the period from 2016 to 2023. The timeframe selected allows for an assessment of UNIDO’s follow-up with the JIU recommendations on knowledge management.

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TOR. Independent terminal evaluation. PAKISTAN. Mainstreaming CCA through water resource management in leather IZ development (UNIDO Project No. 150052. GEF ID 5666).pdf

2023  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Leather   #Asia and the Pacific   #Pakistan   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

This GEF-funded (full-sized) project is being implemented by UNIDO in Sialkot, Pakistan. The project started in March\n2017 in partnership with the Sialkot Tannery Association Guarantee Ltd (STAGL) as the lead National Executing Partner (NEP) and the Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) functioning as an\nExecuting Partner. The project aims to support the baseline project, initiated under STAGL with the support of the Government of Punjab, involving the establishment, maintenance and operationalization of the Sialkot Tannery Zone (STZ). The STZ is a multimillion dollar project which aims to relocate Sialkot’s 250 tanneries, scattered in clusters across the city, to a dedicated tannery zone 13 km outside the city near the village of Khumbranwala. The GEF-funded project\nwill be supporting the baseline project by integrating climate change adaptation (CCA) measures and strategies into the environmentally sound construction of the STZ and urban development planning, supporting the construction and operationalization of a combined effluent treatment plant (CETP) for the tanneries which will relocate to the STZ, and through awareness-raising, sensitizing, and capacity-building activities to build climate change resilience among various project stakeholders.\nThe purpose of the evaluation is to independently assess the project to help UNIDO improve the performance and results of ongoing and future programmes and projects. The TE will cover the whole duration of the project from its starting date to the estimated completion date in March 2024.

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ToR for TE of UNIDO Engagement with the Private Sector.pdf

2023

#Global   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

The Office of Evaluation and Internal Oversight (EIO) will conduct an independent evaluation of UNIDO’s Engagement with the Private Sector. This evaluation is part of the approved EIO Evaluation Work Plan 2022-2023 and is expected to contribute to the achievement of UNIDO´s strategic priorities and objectives, strengthen evidence-based planning and programming, and inform decision-making processes.

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ToR. Independent Terminal Evaluation. CHINA. Upgrading of China Small Hydropower (SHP) Capacity. (UNIDO 140196 GEF 6919).pdf

2023

#Asia and the Pacific   #China   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

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ToR. Independent Terminal Evaluation. KENYA. EU EAC MARKUP (UNIDO Project 170183).pdf

2023

#Africa   #Kenya   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

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TOR. Independent terminal evaluation. INTER-REGIONAL. Special Initiative - Decent work for a just transition in Ethiopia and Senegal (UNIDO project No. 190092.pdf

2023  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Job creation   #Global   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

The Special Initiative (SI) on “Decent Work for a Just Transition” (Sonderinitiative Gute Beschäftigung für sozial gerechten Wandel) (formerly “Training and Job Creation”(Sonderinitiative Ausbildung und Beschäftigung) is an initiative of the German government in response to youth unemployment challenges in Africa. Its goal is to create jobs for young people by promoting sustainable investment and private sector development. The initiative\ntherefore aims at achieving these objectives by building partnerships with private firms, business development support institutions, associations and chambers, the civil society, the academia and international organizations.\nThe independent terminal evaluation will assess the project to help UNIDO improve performance and results of ongoing and future programmes and projects. It will cover the whole duration of the project from its starting date in December 2019 to the actual completion date on 31 December 2023.

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TOR. EIO Evaluability assessment of UNIDO contribution to SDG-9. (June 2023).pdf

2023  |  Author(s): Independent Evaluation Unit (EIO/IEU)

#Global   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

To address the low economic inclusion of women and youth, in November 2016, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply (MITS) of Jordan requested UNIDO’s support to increase the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises’ competitiveness in order to boost job creation, particularly for youth and women. Previously, in July 2016, the MITS had requested UNIDO’s technical assistance to build Jordan’s institutional capacities in terms of Strategic Industrial Intelligence. In agreement with the MITS and considering their complementarity, both requests were integrated into the project that will be assessed under these evaluation terms of reference.

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TOR. Independent terminal evaluation. JORDAN. Job creation for youth and women through improvement of business environment and SMEs competitiveness (UNIDO Project No. 160264).pdf

2023  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Job creation   #Youth   #Arab States   #Jordan   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

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TOR_Independent final evaluation. GLOBAL. Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP) (UNIDO project No. 170032). (July 2023).pdf

2023  |  Author(s): Independent Evaluation Unit (EIO/IEU)

#Global   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

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TOR. Independent terminal evaluation. MOZAMBIQUE. Towards sustainable energy for all in Mozambique (UNIDO project No. 150263; GEF ID 9225). (May 2023).pdf

2023  |  Author(s): Independent Evaluation Unit (EIO/IEU)

#Sustainable energy   #Africa   #Mozambique   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

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TOR_Independent terminal evaluation. EGYPT. Utilizing solar energy for industrial process heat in Egyptian industry (UNIDO project No. 120073_ GEF ID_ 4790) (February 2023).pdf

2023  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Global   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

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TOR_Independent terminal evaluation. GHANA. West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) Ghana (UNIDO project No. 170220). (April 2023).pdf

2023  |  Author(s): EIO - Independent Evaluation Unit

#Global   #Terms of reference of ongoing evaluations

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