In 2020-21 the UNICEF Evaluation Office conducted the evaluation of the UNICEF role as cluster lead/co-lead agency (‘CLARE II’). The CLARE II evaluation was commissioned to take stock of how UNICEF has been fulfilling its cluster lead/co-lead agency responsibilities, over 7 years after the first...
An education milestone for Rohingya refugee children as Myanmar curriculum pilot reaches first 10,000 children But additional measures still needed to boost school attendance in camps COX’S BAZAR, 1 May 2022 – A breakthrough for Rohingya refugee children living in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in...
More than 500,000 people have been displaced by the Russian attack on Ukraine. James Elder, UNICEF spokesman, talks about the agency’s role in helping refugees. ...
As the crisis intensifies in eastern Ukraine, more than 500,000 people have fled their homes in search of safety. Between 3 and 5 million people could seek refuge in neighboring countries in the next few months. On February 27, 2022, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder spoke with families in Ukraine as...
UNICEF is working to scale up life-saving support for children and their families. Escalating conflict in Ukraine poses an immediate and growing threat to the lives and well-being of the country’s 7.5 million children. Humanitarian needs are multiplying – and spreading by the hour. Children have...
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNICEF evaluation function repurposed its approach to ensure its continued relevance and utility. Check out this vlog that provides a brief overview of what this entailed! ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented both challenge and opportunity, necessitating the use of various tools and approaches to understand how the virus is affecting children and their families all over the world. Effective management of the pandemic relies heavily on individual and community behaviors...
National Evaluation Capacity Development (NECD) is a fundamental norm endorsed by UNEG. As quoted in our 2018 Revised Evaluation Policy: “UNICEF seeks to help national authorities to evaluate their own programmes and to contribute to the strengthening of evaluation capacity in countries”. The...
The COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan is the international community’s primary fundraising vehicle to do that. This update of the Plan is based on extensive in-country consultations and reflects real-time needs. It brings together appeals from the WHO and other UN humanitarian agencies. Non...