1. Introduction Purpose and scope of the ICPR The Independent Country Programme Review (ICPR) is an independent validation of the self-assessed performance of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Botswana country office, for the period 2017-2021. The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the UNDP conducts an ICPR in the penultimate year of a UNDP country programme, to support the development of the next UNDP CPD and strengthen UNDP accountability to the Executive Board and national stakeholders.
THE PURPOSE OF THE ICPR IS TO: 1. Support the development of the next UNDP Country Programme Document; 2. Strengthen UNDP accountability to national stakeholders; and 3. Strengthen UNDP accountability to the Executive Board.
The ICPR is expected to address two questions in relation to the current CPD: • •
What progress has UNDP made in delivering planned CPD outputs, and how is this contributing to UNDP/ United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) outcomes in the current programme period? How has UNDP performed in the planning, implementation, reporting and evaluation of development results?
Methodology The Botswana ICPR adheres to the United Nations Evaluation Group Norms and Standards,3 and is carried out within the overall provisions of the UNDP Evaluation Policy. 4 Starting with a review of the CPD Results and Resources Framework design, the ICPR included an extensive desk review of evidence supporting the self-reported performance, a standard ICPR questionnaire, and interviews with selected stakeholders. The detailed methodology of the ICPR is presented in annex 3. The ICPR employs the following rating system: • •
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Country programme’s progress towards planned CPD outputs: To determine the appropriate rating, the IEO examined the results chain between support to interventions and the CPD outputs and associated indicators. Country programme’s assessed contribution to/ level of influence over UNSDCF and UNDP outcomes and outcome indicators: the IEO examined the results chain between UNDP CPD outputs and support to interventions and the agreed outcome indicators.
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