2. How has the role and strategic focus of GP IV support been relevant to country and regional priorities, including relevance to the achievement of the MDGs? To what extent is GP IV relevant to and/or linked with the regional programmes? 3. What was the relevance of and possible synergies between the three practice areas (poverty, governance, and environment and energy) and the cross-cutting areas of knowledge management, gender equality and capacity building, particularly in relation to GP IV objectives and principles? What is the relationship between GP IV activities and country programmes? 4. To what degree have GP IV-funded services based out of RSCs been relevant from the country/regional perspective? How has GP IV enhanced the RSC ability to respond to the diversity and nature of country-office demand for policy advice or strengthened the quality of programme support? Has the RSC mechanism added value to and improved the cost-effectiveness of GP IV products and services? 5. To what extent has GP IV supported the UN reform initiatives for greater coordination and cohesion of agencies and in the simplification and harmonization of development at the global, regional and country levels? To what degree has GP IV supported the Resident Coordinator function and UNDP as its manager? Effectiveness 6. How did GP IV influence corporate policies and practices and add value to UNDP system-wide modalities and mechanisms for supporting countries’ development efforts in different practice areas? 7. Were the anticipated policy influences achieved? Did alternative ones emerge? Were there any unanticipated events, opportunities or constraints?
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8. What measures were taken to assure the quality of development and institutional results and management practices, both in relation to process and products and to partnership strategies? 9. What was the contribution to the achievement of national development results? 10. What are the key factors that underpin the usefulness, strengths and weaknesses of approaches and strategies applied by GP IV? 11. To what extent did GP IV ensure learning at the institutional and national levels with regard to the choice of specific development interventions and the ways and means used to communicate results (e.g. operation of programmes, including advocacy, policy dialogue, brokerage, knowledge management and dissemination)? 12. In terms of ownership by key target groups, what factors influenced: (i) the motivation for specific development interventions supported by GP IV; (ii) the role and level of engagement of partners; (iii) the appropriateness of different implementation modalities chosen; and (iv) the value added by UNDP’s collaboration and the results achieved (i.e. development effectiveness)? 13. What have been the efforts to further the Agenda for Organizational Change’? Efficiency Where appropriate, the evaluation will cover efficiency-related issues, particularly in order to understand management arrangements and the operational realities of GP IV and its linkages with other UNDP programme implementation mechanisms and modalities at the regional and country levels. 14. How well have the resource mobilization and funding criteria and mechanisms of BDP worked, including the allocation methods (as applicable to global projects, the Thematic Trust Funds and other modalities and mechanisms)?
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