UNEP Evaluation Office Special Study Paper No.1. Internal and External Needs for Evaluative Studies in a Multilateral Agency: Matching Supply with Demand in UNEP

This study explores how evaluations are used within the UNEP and, to a limited extent, how they influence donor funding decisions. It also provides indications for future direction of the evaluation function of the organization. The study is based on a survey of UNEP Governing Council representatives, UNEP's donor agencies and UNEP project and programme managers. The survey examines preferences for different types of evaluation approaches and methods as well as products, and their perceived credibility, reliability and utility in relation to the resources required to produce them.