No one left behind

Evaluating SDGs with an equity-focused and gender responsive lens

Following the approval of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN General Assembly, EvalGender+, United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) and the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of UN Women, in collaboration with EvalPartners, Global Parliamentarians Forum for Evaluation, International Organizations for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Swiss Development Cooperation, Coneval Mexico, the Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of Tunisia launched a multi-stakeholder consultative process to develop guidance to strengthen M&E systems to assess SDGs with an equity-focused and gender-responsive lens.

New guidance: Evaluating the Sustainable Development Goals with a “No one left behind” lens through equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluation is available

More information below

1. Launch via a live webinar | Presentation

Webinar Resources

– Advocating for Evaluation toolkit

– National Evaluation policies for sustainable and equitable development

– Status of National Evaluation Policies, Global Mapping Report – 2015

– NYC Events

– Gender and evaluation community

2. 4-week online consultation on evaluating SDGs with an equity-focused and Gender Responsive lens:

– The e-discussion was held on http://gendereval.ning.com/forum/topics/eval-sdgs

Summary from the online consultation

Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 3
Theme 4

3. High level event and Technical workshop were held in New York

No one left behind event held in New York

Date: 15 March -17 March 2016
High-Level event: Tuesday, 15 March, 3-5pm followed by reception
Technical event: 16-17 March
Location: New York, USA

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4. Guidance to Evaluate SDGs with an equity-focused and gender-responsive lens

“Evaluating the Sustainable Development Goals with a “No one left behind” lens through equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluation” is a new publication that aims to support national evaluation systems on how to integrate equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluation to inform national reviews of SDGs. The guidance proposes a step by step framework for country-led evaluations that are equity-focused and gender-responsive as well as a strategy to integrate equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluations into national SDG reviews.

Access the guidance in multiple languages:
In English
In Arabic
In French
In Russian
In Spanish

Please access the training modules below

The training modules should be adapted to the particular country contexts and experience in evaluation.

Training module for countries with experience in evaluation: Outline Option 1
Training module for countries with limited experience in evaluation: Outline Option 2

Training module with associated group exercises and ideas for group discussions

Module 2 – The SDG agenda (PPTX)
Module 2A Plenary discussion or group exericse.docx
Module 3 – Global Evaluation Agenda 2016-2020 (PPTX)
Module 4B Discussion on SDG Global Agenda (Word)
Module 5 – SDG follow-up and review mechanisms (PPTX)
Module 5B discussion topics SDG review and follow-up (Word)
Module 6 – Key concepts 1 – Framing, equality and sustainability (PPTX)
Module 7 – Key Concepts 2 – Complexity (PPTX)
Module 7B Discussion and Exercises on Key Concepts (Word)
Module 8 – The EFGR evaluation framework – overview (PPTX)
Module 9 – Designing and using evaluation indicators (PPTX)
Module 10 – Rapid, non-technical review of EFGR-responsive evaluation methodologies (PPTX)
Module 10B Discussion and Exercises on Rapid Review of Evaluation Methodologies (Word)
Module 11 – Review of evaluation designs (PPTX)
Module 12 – Applying different methodologies to EFGR evaluation (PPTX)
Module 12B Group Exercise on Evaluation Methodologies (Word)
Module 13 – Strategies for integrating EFGR evaluations into the SDG country-level reviews (PPTX)
Module 13B Discussion on integrating EFGR evaluation in SDGs reviews (Word)
Module 13B Discussion on integrating EFGR in Evaluations (Word)
Module 14 – National Evaluation Capacity Building (PPTX)
Module 14B Discussion on national evaluation capacity building for EFGR (Word)