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EVALUATION NETWORK WHO WE ARE MANDATE The OSCE Evaluation Network The Internal Oversight Mandate of unites project/programme and the OIO, as well as the OSCE evaluation managers, Evaluation Framework monitoring and evaluation focal Administrative Instruction (No. points and other like-minded 1/2013), which outlines the key OSCE officials from the principles and standards for Secretariat, field operations, evaluation in the OSCE and and institutions. provides guidance on the different types of evaluations used in the organization.
Established and moderated by the OSCE’s Office of Internal Oversight from 2013 up to date; Over 70 professionals are members of the Evaluation Network across the OSCE; Over the past years (2017-2019): 14 WebEx webinars and in-person meetings conducted on a variety of evaluation-related topics including the 2019 Annual meeting of EN members, hosted by the OSCE Presence in Albania
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PURPOSE OF THE EVALUATION NETWORK To strengthen the evaluation culture in the OSCE and to improve results-based management overall; To enhance learning by sharing best practices and lessons learned on Monitoring & Evaluation; To create a community of practice engaged in supporting evaluation for evidence-based planning and decision- making; To build capacities of evaluation professionals and management across the OSCE.
HOW WE WORK CROSS-DIMENSIONAL THE EVALUATION NETWORK CONDUCTS, INTER ALIA, THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITES: CO-OPERATION • Webinars 4-6 times per year on topics that are relevant for the Evaluation Network community and the In an effort to monitor and organization at large; strengthen the evolution of the OSCE’s evaluation culture, the • In-person Evaluation Network meetings held annually Office of Internal Oversight co- to share M&E practices, lessons, and achievements; operates with the Programming • Online SharePoint platform for peer-to-peer exchange and Evaluation Support Unit and learning; (PESU) / Conflict Prevention • Free Virtual E-Library with a collection of evaluation Center (CPC) at the OSCE guidelines and tools, good practices, templates and Secretariat, and jointly builds other relevant guidance material. capacity for evaluation and evaluation management in • Distribution of OSCEval News, OIO’s evaluation executive structures across the newsletter, evaluation reports, and other OSCE. communication products.
MEMBERSHIP Whether you are an evaluator, an evaluation manager, a user of evaluation services, an auditor or a professional who recognizes that evaluation is an integral part of result-based management, JOIN THE EVALUATION NETWORK AND HELP US make the OSCE a more relevant, effective, efficient and sustainable organization that has an impact and is able to demonstrate how it makes a difference in the world.
JOIN US by e-mail: oio@osce.org Office of Internal Oversight Wallnerstrasse 6, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
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