United Nations Evaluations Group (UNEG) Week

The 2017 Evaluation Week will take place in Vienna between 15th and 19th May, 2017. The event is organized with the support of the Vienna-based UNEG member organizations: Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The Evaluation Week provides a unique forum for UNEG members to get together once a year, face-to-face, to share and exchange latest activities, best practices and lessons and knowledge in evaluation. It is also an important business platform, where the Group’s strategy and work plans are discussed with a view to setting the course for the upcoming year. FAO, as a member agency will be present in Vienna contributing the discussions.

Main theme of 2017 Evaluation Week: “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world.”

The 2017 Evaluation Week will focus on the following seven SDGs:

• Goal 1 - End poverty in all its forms everywhere (No Poverty)
• Goal 2 - End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture (Zero Hunger)
• Goal 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
• Goal 5 - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
• Goal 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
• Goal 14 - Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
• Goal 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

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