Evaluation

The Evaluation Unit of the OSCE's Office of Internal Oversight (OIO) manages and conducts independent evaluations to assess the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, coherence, impact and sustainability of the OSCE’s work. OIOOIO
Office of Internal Oversight’s independent evaluations usually focus on strategic and/or thematic areas of relevance, and look at them from a cross-organizational perspective. Evaluations are guided by OSCE’s Evaluation policy, international evaluation norms and standards and ethical guidelines. OIO’s reports make evidence-based recommendations and contribute to decision-making, organizational learning and strengthen accountability for results.

The Evaluation Unit also provides advisory, capacity building and other support services to strengthen the OSCE’s decentralized evaluation function and culture. The unit manages the organization's Evaluation Network that includes Evaluation Focal Points from all OSCE executive structures. It serves as the main mechanism for strengthening the decentralized evaluation function, build evaluation capacities and exchange practices. To strengthen the quality and consistency of decentralized evaluation practices across the Organization, the Evaluation Unit has developed an Evaluation Manual for the management and conduct of decentralized evaluations in the OSCE and provides regular training to prospective evaluation managers. The Evaluation Unit also monitors and reports on the implementation of the OSCE evaluation policy through OIO’s Annual Report.

The Evaluation Unit is an institutional member of the European Evaluation Society and the United Nations Evaluation Group (observer).