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COUNTRY EVALUATION: ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT RESULTS – TURKEY
Annexes
ANNEXE 1: TERMS OF REFERENCE – COUNTRY EVALUATION:
ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT RESULTS, TURKEY
A. Background
The Evaluation Office (EO) of the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) has launched a series of country evaluations, called
Assessments of Development Results (ADRs), in order to capture and
demonstrate evaluative evidence of the UNDP’s contributions to
development results at the country level. Undertaken in selected countries,
the ADRs focus on outcomes and critically examine achievements and
constraints in the UNDP thematic areas of focus, draw lessons learned and
provide recommendations for the future. The ADRs will also recommend
a strategy for enhancing performance and strategically positioning UNDP
support within national development priorities and UNDP corporate
policy directions.
The overall objectives of the ADRs are:
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Support the Administrator’s substantive accountability function to the
Executive Board and serve as a vehicle for quality assurance of UNDP
interventions at the country level.
Generate lessons from experience to inform current and future
programming at the country and corporate levels.
Provide to the stakeholders in the programme country an objective
assessment of results (specifically outcomes) that have been achieved
through UNDP support and partnerships with other key actors for a
given multi-year period.
An ADR was carried out in Turkey in 2003. It covered the period
1998 to 2003, i.e. the Country Cooperation Frameworks (CCFs) for 1995-
2000 as well as 2001-2005. The assessment also as necessary covered
preceding periods where there was evidence that support prior to 1998-
2003 served as foundation for present developments. Furthermore, the
assessment is forward-looking and aims to contribute to future strategic
positioning of the UNDP’s programme in Turkey.
B. Objectives of the Assessment
The ADR evaluation will look at the results achieved for the period of
1998 to 2003. It will take into account both envisaged results under the
1995-2000 CCF as well as the 2001-2005 CCF, as expressed in the SRF.
The evaluation will consider the key results and goals in this period, as
described in Annexe 2, with the main intended objectives described in the