System-wide Evaluation on progress towards a new generation of United Nations Country Teams (Terms of Reference)

The United Nations development system reform calls for more coherent, accountable, and effective support to help Member States achieve the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. Driven by the vision and proposals of the UN Secretary-General, the reform was mandated by the General Assembly (GA) in 2018 and includes a reinvigorated Resident Coordinator (RC) System and a new generation of UN Country Teams (UNCT) delivering shared results in response to national development needs and priorities.

In this context, GA Resolutions 72/279 and 75/233 have recognised UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks as the “most important instrument for the planning and implementation of UN development activities in each country”.

The Terms of Reference captures the background, objectives, scope, evaluation criteria, team and timeline of the ongoing system-wide evaluation of the Country Programmes aligning with UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks, and UN Country Team configurations emerging from this reform.