| R | |
| Rating system | Reliability |
| Recommendation | Result |
| Recurrent publication | Results-based management |
| Reformulated | Revised baseline |
| Relevance | Revised target |
Forming and validating a judgment on the relevance, performance and success of a programme or project through the use of a scale with numeric, alphabetic and/or descriptive codes.
See also: “Data”
Proposal for action to be taken to enhance the design, allocation of resources, effectiveness, quality, or efficiency of a programme or a project. Recommendations should be substantiated by evaluation findings, linked to conclusions and include the parties responsible for implementing the recommended actions.
See also: “Finding”, “Conclusions”
An output category of regularly printed or otherwise published document, book, study, yearbook, bulletin, newsletter, journal and other analytical paper periodically prepared by the departments in the Secretariat which forecasts, informs or reports on a certain situation or issue. A recurrent publication can be mandated or initiated at the discretion of the Department/Office.
See also: "Non-recurrent publication”, “Output category”
Status of outputs that were completed and delivered to the intended users during the reporting period/biennium after undergoing revision to the original formulation. An output is considered reformulated if it continues to address the same subject matter of the originally programmed output and to cater to the same intended users.
See also: “Output”
The extent to which an activity, expected accomplishment or strategy is pertinent or significant for achieving the related objective and the extent to which the objective is significant to the problem addressed.
See also: “Evaluation”
Consistency or dependability of data and evaluation judgements, with reference to the quality of the instruments, procedures and analyses used to collect and interpret evaluation data. Evaluation information is reliable when repeated observations using similar instruments under similar conditions produce similar results.
See also: “Evaluation”
The measurable accomplishment/outcome (intended or unintended, positive or negative) of a programme or project. In the Secretariat practice, “result” is synonymous with accomplishment and outcome.
See also: “Accomplishment”, “Expected accomplishment”, “Outcome”, “Effect”, “Impact”, “Results-based management (RBM)”
A management strategy by which the Secretariat ensures that its processes, outputs and services contribute to the achievement of clearly stated expected accomplishments and objectives. It is focused on achieving results and improving performance, integrating lessons learned into management decisions and monitoring of and reporting on performance.
See also: “Logical framework”, “Performance management", “Self-evaluation”, " IMDIS”
An adjusted baseline recorded in IMDIS in cases where the actual figures recorded in the previous biennium differ from the estimated baselines in the proposed programme of work.
See also: “Baseline”, “Target,”, “IMDIS”
An adjusted target recorded in IMDIS in cases where the estimated baselines and targets in the proposed programme of work have to be adjusted to capture actual achieved results from the previous biennium and realistic achievements for the current biennium.
See also: “Baseline”, “Target,”, “IMDIS”