Second Independent Evaluation of UNAIDS

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Second Independent Evaluation of UNAIDS

Dear Sir/Madam,

The Oversight Committee (OC) of the Second Independent Evaluation

(SIE) is undertaking broad consultations on the draft Inception

Report (IR) prepared by the Evaluation Team (ET) consortium

ITAD/HLSP. The draft IR will provide the final terms of reference

for the Evaluation, setting out the design, methodology, work plan,

and approach for the SIE according to purpose and terms of reference

set by the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB).

The objectives of the consultations are to:

i) solicit suggestions from stakeholders for strengthening the

methodology of the design and process of the Evaluation to ensure it

achieves its purpose; and

ii) strengthen stakeholder involvement and understanding of material

that will be presented in the Final Report.

Written comments, submitted by 26 September 2008, will be taken into

account in finalizing the Inception Report. Comments received prior

to 15 September 2008 will be made available to participants in a

Stakeholder Workshop to be held in Geneva on 15-16 September, a

complementary event in the broad consultation.

All comments are welcome, but the Evaluation Team is particularly

interested in stakeholder perceptions on any or all of following

issues and questions in order to inform the ET in finalizing the

Inception Report and the OC in approving it:

1. Stakeholder perceptions on How UNAIDS is responding to the

changing context:

1. Health systems

a. How UNAIDS has strengthened health systems.

b. How other initiatives to strengthen health systems have supported

the achievement of UNAIDS objectives.

2. Working relationships between UNAIDS and other global players such

as Global Fund, PEPFAR, private sector etc.

3. Implications of donor focus on aid effectiveness and current

pilots of UN reform (Delivering as One) for a dedicated joint

programme on HIV/AIDS.

2. Stakeholder perceptions on How UNAIDS works

1. What are the strengths and weaknesses in the governance of UNAIDS?

2. Where should the ET concentrate its enquiries to add value to

previous reviews?

3. Has the UBW been an effective tool for influencing the Cosponsor

programmes?

4. Where are there clear examples of Cosponsor programmes being

changed to respond to the division of labour?

3. Stakeholder perceptions on How UNAIDS is fulfilling its ECOSOC

mandate – success and lessons learned:

1. To what extent has UNAIDS incorporated gender and human rights

issues into its own policies and programmes and supported efforts by

countries to address these issues?

2. Has UNAIDS succeeded in supporting the active and meaningful

engagement of civil society and PLHIV in the response to HIV and AIDS

at global and national levels (e.g. policy making, implementation,

monitoring and evaluation)?

3. How can the ET best find evidence about how UNAIDS has improved

the coordination and provision of appropriate and timely technical

support to national AIDS responses?

N. B. Comments on cross-cutting social themes relating to vulnerable

groups (e.g. women, children, PLHIV, aged, drug users) on any aspect

of the questions will also be taken into account.

Your comments can be sent by email or fax to the

Oversight Committee Secretariat (OCS):

Email: IndependentEval2@...

Tel: (+41) 22 791 5528/4555

Fax: (+41) 22 791 4187 or (+41 22) 791 4891

We look forward to hearing your views. Any questions or further

information can be addressed to the OC Secretariat:

Yours sincerely,

Hodgkin

Chair, Oversight Committee

To contact the Oversight Committee:

Room V25

c/o UNAIDS

20, avenue Appia

CH-1211, Geneva 27

Switzerland Telephone: (+41) 22 791 5528

(+41) 22 791 4555

Facsimile: (+41) 22 791 4187

Email: IndependentEval2@...

http://www.unaids.org/en/AboutUNAIDS/IndependantEvaluation/