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. OIO’s 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. The Evaluation Unit is an institutional member of the European Evaluation Society and contributes to relevant UNEG working groups.