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Participants' Evaluation Report of the World Urban Forum 3, Vancouver, Canada |
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This report presents an evaluation of the Third Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF III) that took place in Vancouver, Canada, from 19-23 June 2006. It was attended by 10,121 participants from 109 countries. The report has been prepared by UN-HABITAT, which was mandated by UN General Assembly (GA resolution 56/206), to organize the World Urban Forum with a view to strengthen the coordination of international support to the implementation of the Habitat Agenda. The report is the result of analysis of answers to the participant survey questionnaire. It is hoped that the assessment findings, lessons learned and recommendations will feed into programming and design; and improve the fourth session of the World Urban Forum to be held in Nanjing, China, in 2008.
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Evaluation of co-operation project between Union of Baltic Cities (UBC) and Lake Victoria Region Local Authorities Co-operation (LVRLAC), Inception Phase, 2004-2006 |
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Sida has made a long-term commitment to support the sustainable development of the Lake Victoria region. One of the activities supported by Sida is to establish and develop a co-operation network for the local authorities in the Lake Victoria Basin. LVRLAC is a network organisation founded by the local authorities in the Basin in 1997. Sida has provided funding since 2000 to enable LVRLAC to develop as an organisation, mainly through co-operation with UBC. UBC is a network organisation for cities around the Baltic Sea that has a unique experience of city to city co-operation in a catchment area, within sectors such as institutional development, cultural exchange, environment and more. The objective has been to develop LVRLAC into an effective and active regional organisation for promoting sustainable development at the local level.
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Assessment of the UN-Habitat Slum Upgrading Facility (SUF) |
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This report is based on (i) a review of the original feasibility study and all relevant documents that were prepared during the design phase, including (but not limited to) the operations manual, scoping papers, trip reports, country strategy papers, progress reports, budget proposals and proposals by the winning consortium for the Slum upgrading Pilot teams.
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Sustainable Cities Programme/Localising Agenda 21 Programme Mid-Term Review |
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UN-HABITAT/ UNEP commissioned a Mid-Term Review (MTR) of phase 2 of the Global sustainable cities programme (SCP) and localising Agenda 21 (LA21) 2003 -2007 in consultations with the Government of the Netherlands and Belgium, carried out during October 2005 – February 2006. The inputs included in the review of global programme documentation and the operations of the UN-HABITAT/UNEP core teams, in addition to in-country reviews in Cuba, Kenya, Senegal and Sri Lanka. Also included is the self-assessment reports prepared by the UN-HABITAT core teams and by local consultants in the four countries.
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Evaluation of UN-HABITAT Flagship Reports |
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UN-HABITAT has produced five flagship reports since 1986. In December 1979, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 32/114 mandated UN-HABITAT (then known as the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements) to prepare the Global Report on Human Settlements, to be issued every five years.
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Review of the World Urban Forum Sessions 2002-2008. |
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This evaluation has been carried out in response to the resolution adopted by the Governing Council during its 22nd session in April 2009, GC/22/10. In view of the expanding scale and importance of the World Urban Forum (WUF), and the increasing engagement of the Habitat Agenda partners in the Forum, the Governing Council (GC) of the UN-Habitat decided that a review of all four WUF sessions held since 2002 should take place. The aim of the evaluation is to improve planning, organization and effectiveness of future WUFs. More specifically, the evaluation aims to assess and give recommendations related to the items as specified in the resolution GC/22/10, paragraph 2.
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The First Assessment of The Habitat Country Programme Documents (HCPDs) |
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This report has been prepared to evaluate the experiences and lessons learned from the first round of Habitat Country Programme Documents, so as to establish an informed and substantive base for the agency when considering and taking decisions on a second phase. The report also presents a number of recommendations on these aspects, as well as on the matters of process when embarking on preparing the next round of HCPDs. Finally, the report suggests a modified template to assist in the preparation of the next round of Habitat Country Programme Documents.
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Evaluation of the Fifth Session of the World Urban Forum, 2010 |
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This report presents the evaluation results of the Fifth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF5) which took place in 22 – 26 March in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The evaluation was conducted by the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (M&E Unit) of UN-Habitat. The evaluation sought to address two broad questions thus how and to what extent did WUF5 contribute to positive outcomes and how conducive was the planning, programming, management and delivery for achieving the outcomes of the forum. A mixed methods approach was applied for this evaluation that covered the pre-session, during and after phases. To gather data for this evaluation, a review of documents, on site observations, interviews before, during and after and participant survey questionnaire were used.
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Participants' Evaluation Report of the World Urban Forum 3, Vancouver, Canada
A Forward-looking Evaluation of Sustainable Cities Programme Phase I
External Evaluation of UN-Habitat's Water and Sanitation Trust Fund (WTSF) Part 1: Synthesis Report