Publications

Mid-term Independent Joint Evaluation of the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme (CTTP)

The mid-term independent joint evaluation of the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme (CTTP) was commissioned by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and managed jointly by UNOCT and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The evaluation report highlights progress that has been achieved by the programme since its inception on 1 January 2019 and provides recommendations to improve implementation and attainment of programme objectives in the remaining period until 31 December 2023. The evaluation confirms that the CTTP is fully relevant at the strategic level of the UN and delivers well in meeting the technical and structural requirements for coherent cooperation and collaboration between the implementing partners. The CTTP has been identified as an excellent example of the ‘One-UN’ approach. The evaluation provides six recommendations to support further improvements to programme implementation that have been accepted by the Programme Management Team (PMT) in its management response to the evaluation. 
 
•Evaluation report is available in: EN     
•Evaluation brief available in: EN     
 

Compendium of Good Practices for Measuring Results in Counter-Terrorism and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (CT/PCVE)

This Compendium of Good Practices for Measuring Results in Counter-Terrorism and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (CT/PCVE) is a collaborative effort between diverse institutions within the European Union and the United Nations, as part of joint efforts in funding, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and learning from interventions in the fields of CT and PCVE. Both organizations recognize the importance of strengthening monitoring, evaluation, and learning in support of more targeted, efficient, and impactful technical assistance for the benefit of end recipients across Member States. The development of the Compendium was informed by the first independent UN system-wide meta-synthesis of evaluation results under the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy commissioned by the Resource Mobilization, Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact in 2021 with the financial support of the State of Qatar, which recommended strengthening evaluation knowledge and capacities among internal and external stakeholders. The Compendium is intended to support programme managers, evaluators, and M&E experts in effectively monitoring and evaluating the results of CT/PCVE initiatives, as well as to further build the Community of Practice on M&E for CT/PCVE.

The Summary of the Compendium is available in: EN
The Compendium (advance unedited version) is available in: EN

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Evaluation Handbook and Annexes

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Evaluation Handbook and its Annexes provide practical guidance and templates for the evaluation process in the Office, including its conduct, management, reporting and follow-up, and operationalize the UNOCT Evaluation Policy launched in 2021. The handbook seeks to guide all UNOCT staff, and in particular, programme and project managers who have responsibility for managing evaluations and their programming units. It is also an important resource for independent evaluators to gain an understanding of the guiding principles, standards and processes for evaluations within the UNOCT context. The handbook contains eight chapters: (1) Evaluation and Why It Matters; (2) Evaluation in the UN System; (3) UNOCT Evaluation Function; (4) Planning, Costing and Preparing for Evaluations; (5) Implementing and Managing Evaluations; (6) Using Evaluations Results; (7) Quality Assurance and Assessment; and (8) Practical Guide. The Annexes contain practical information as well as tools and templates for use in the evaluation planning and implementing phases and are referenced throughout the chapters of the handbook.

The Evaluation Handbook is available in: EN
The Annexes of the Evaluation Handbook are available in: EN
 

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Evaluation Policy

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Evaluation Policy provides a framework for the planning and conduct of evaluations in the Office, to promote accountability and increase transparency, coherence and efficiency in generating and using evaluative knowledge, in support of organizational learning and results-based management and delivery. It sets out the purpose and principles of evaluation, related roles and responsibilities, the evaluation criteria applied in UNOCT evaluations, and the process and parameters for selecting evaluations to ensure adequate evaluation coverage. The Policy also provides guidance on the prioritization, planning and budgeting for evaluations, different types of evaluations, use of evaluation findings, quality assurance, as well as disclosure and dissemination protocol. The Policy is guided by the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Norms and Standards, and upholds and promotes the evaluation practices, principles and values to which the United Nations is committed.

The Evaluation Policy is available in: EN