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Advancing the SDGs by improving livelihoods and resilience vi a economic diversification and digital transformation (“SDG South Pacific”) - Joint evaluation

eval_number:

3499

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3499

location:

country:

Asia and the Pacific - regional

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Advancing the SDGs by improving livelihoods and resilience vi a economic diversification and digital transformation (“SDG South Pacific”) - Joint evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2025-08-29 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Results-based management

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comments:

The CO acknowledges the importance of strengthening cross-agency accountability and coordination to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and credibility of joint programming. While internal coherence improved during JP implementation through results framework revisions, joint meetings, and reporting the evaluation highlights the need for more deliberate collaboration, better role clarity, and stronger shared ownership among PUNOs.

action_plan:

To address this, the CO commits to the following actions for future joint programming: 1) Support the design and implementation of shared results and interdependent activities: The CO will actively contribute to building joint workplans that go beyond parallel interventions by creating shared outcomes, deliverables, and indicators. This will enable closer collaboration between PUNOs and reinforce synergies across mandates. 2) Advocate for inclusive collaboration with relevant UN agencies, even if not formally part of the JP: The CO will encourage and facilitate the involvement of other UN agencies working in related sectors or with overlapping stakeholder groups, to avoid duplication and enhance the reach and coherence of programming and get request support from the UNCT to ensure improvement in this front. 3) Promote transparent role definition and accountability in joint workplans: The CO will advocate for greater clarity on roles, responsibilities, and expected contributions of each PUNO at the outset of JP development. This includes ensuring joint workplans clearly delineate who leads what, how progress will be tracked, and how agencies will be held accountable for delivery. By strengthening collaboration and accountability structures, the CO will continue to promote a unified, results-driven approach that maximizes the strengths of each agency while ensuring transparency, trust, and responsiveness to national development priorities.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

CO-Suva

title:

Recommendation 4: Improve cross-agency accountability Develop and implement deliberate cross PUNO activities and interdependencies like shared results to optimize synergies across agencies. Include agencies outside the JP should they be working in the same sector and with the same stakeholders. Institutionalise biannual governance meetings and improve cross-agency information-sharing through joint reporting tools and knowledge management platforms. Clarifying roles, accountability, and deliverables for each PUNO within joint workplans will ensure programmatic coherence and shared responsibility. Provide for clear expectations and accountability so that JP results and management are transparent to all PUNOs. Relates to the following conclusions: Over the course of implementation, the JP has improved internal coherence through strengthened mechanisms such as revisions of the results framework, joint accountability processes, and regular communication through meetings and reporting. These structural improvements aim to enhance responsiveness to changing national priorities and reinforce transparency and collaboration among participating agencies. These mechanisms have helped foster consistent UN communication, though they have not always been translated into unified or harmonized delivery.

project_symbols:

RAS/22/53/UND

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/2356428

information_source:

Country Office

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