Programme Performance Assessment in Results-based Management
Session 1
Results-based management has become important because both
Member States and the management of the
United Nations want to have a more
effective United Nations that is able to
respond to new demands within the limits
of resource constraints. And both want
to be able to demonstrate this. Its
purpose is to shift managerial and
administrative emphasis from a
process-focused approach to one based on
performance and results (outcomes). The premise is
that if organizations plan in terms of
the results they expect to achieve and
then verify that they have achieved
them, resources will be used effectively
and public support will be maintained. A
key element is programme performance
assessment, which can be defined as
determining whether expected
accomplishments were obtained and why or
why not.
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