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The Review of IUCN’s Influence on Policy, Phase I (February 2005) focuses on understanding the nature and conceptualization of IUCN’s policy work, the factors that drive and shape it, and the cohesion between the type of policy work, the mechanisms or strategies employed, and the intended policy outcomes. Through a wide range of interviews across all component programmes of IUCN, the review finds a rich tapestry of policy work being carried out across the Secretariat at many levels. However, at the same time, the Review finds fragmentation and lack of coherence in IUCN’s policy system, as well as a lack of strategic leadership. Phase II of the Review to be undertaken later in 2005 will evaluate the effectiveness of selected policy initiatives. (Abstracts: English) |
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The Review of the Implementation of the Red List Programme (January 2005) is the first review that IUCN has done of a major partnership, in this case, the Consortium of four organizations that collaborate to produce the Red List and associated global analyses. (Conservation International, Birdlife International, NatureServe and IUCN). The findings highlight the high level of support that exists among the partners for the Red List Programme, as well as emphasizing the significant challenges in planning, managing and governing the Red List Consortium partnerships. The Review points to the need for IUCN to pay closer attention to the management and governance of the Consortium if IUCN wishes to remain a leader in this field. The Review also presents a set of concepts and characteristics of partnership agreements as the basis for the assessment of partnerships, and as a contribution to the methodology of evaluating partnerships. (Abstracts: English) |
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The Strategic Review of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Volume I (November 2004). This Review is the most recent review in the ongoing cycle of Strategic Reviews that IUCN undertakes of its Programmes and Regional Offices across the Secretariat. Commissioned as a formative review, and using an organizational assessment framework, the Review assesses the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the developmental phase of IUCN’s Mediterranean Programme. The Review finds that good progress has been made in establishing a Programme that is relevant to the needs and issues of the eco-region and its constituents, and notes that organizational systems needed to deliver the programme need to be strengthened. (Abstracts: English)
Volume II: Appendices contains the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the evaluation, methodological instruments, lists of interviewees, a list of documents reviewed and the results of the analysis of the three questionnaires used in the Review – the IUCN Members Survey, the Regional Directors and Programme Coordinators Questionnaire, and the CMC Staff Questionnaire. |
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The External Review of IUCN Commissions (March 2004) is an assessment of the performance of the six IUCN Commissions over the past Intersessional period (2001-2004). Required by the World Conservation Congress and commissioned by the IUCN Council, the Review uses a common performance assessment framework to assess and draw conclusions about the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the Commissions as well as conclusions about their positioning in relation to the key challenges facing the conservation and development agenda today.
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The Knowledge Products and Services Study (March 2004) was undertaken as an additional component to the External Review of IUCN Commissions, largely in recognition of the critical role that expert Commissions play in generating and disseminating knowledge in IUCN. Methodologically the Study tests an approach for tracking and mapping the use of key Commission products and services as a way of beginning to assess the outcomes and influence of IUCN’s key knowledge products. The Study also explores factors affecting the quality of knowledge products and the drivers for the generation of knowledge products and makes recommendations to strengthen the quality control and purposeful targeting of these products. |
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