About

WFP evaluations serve the dual purpose of:

• ensuring accountability for performance and results
• informing policy discussions and strategic and operational choices of decision makers, including the Board, WFP senior and operation management, and other stakeholders. 

The Office of Evaluation carries out:

• Strategic Evaluations, which look at policies, strategies, programmes and thematic areas
• Country Portfolio Evaluations, which look at the entirety of WFP’s work in a country
• Operations Evaluations, which look at individual operations, programmes or projects. 

The evaluations to be carried out over a two-year period are presented in the Biennial Work Programme, which is approved by the Executive Board as part of WFP’s Management Plan. Strategic evaluations are selected through a consultation process to ensure their utility. Operations evaluations are selected on the basis of criteria which ensure a representative sample of operations is evaluated. 

Evaluations are managed by the Office of Evaluation, which hires teams of independent consultants to ensure the impartiality and independence of evaluations. In addition, operations evaluations are also managed at decentralized levels. The Director of Evaluation signs off on evaluation reports and submits them simultaneously to the Executive Director and the Board. An annual evaluation report presents a synthesis of findings to highlight common strengths and areas that require improvements. 

1. Reports: evaluation findings and recommendations 

2. Policy: the principles behind WFP's evaluation policy 

3. Guidelines: advice on planning, implementing and reporting on an evaluation 

4. Briefs: summaries of main evaluation findings and lessons