Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan´s report, "Investing in the United Nations for a stronger organization worldwide", urged a stronger emphasis on evaluations as a mechanism for strengthening links between performance and resource allocation.
Paragraph 78(c) called for more transparency and availability of relevant information that will allow member States to "hold managers accountable for specific results and assure them that their financial contributions are being used in an efficient manner".
Evaluation at UNCTAD is guided by the following frameworks:
Mandates of the Trade and Development Board
The Trade and Development Board acts as UNCTAD's governing body. Its subsidiary body, the Working Party on the Medium-term Plan and Programme Budget, deals with matters related to the planning and oversight of UNCTAD's programmes, including their evaluation. The Working Party mandates external evaluations of programme areas of UNCTAD each year.
The evaluations are conducted by an independent team of evaluators who report their findings and recommendations for review and endorsement by the Working Party. Progress on the implementation of recommendations is reported to the Working Party in the years following the evaluation.