The Office of Evaluation of the FAO coordinates and conducts evaluations to ensure that interventions are strategically aligned with organization goals and are achieving desired results.

The Independent Evaluation Office of the UNDP has just published a discussion paper on independence in evaluation.

World leaders gathered 25 September 2015 at the United Nations in New York to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

As world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations Summit for the Adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda this September, evaluation will be part of their discussions.

In a letter to CES President, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable John Baird, expressed strong support for the United Nations resolution on Evaluation entitled "Empowering Countries through Evaluation: Evaluation as a country level tool for the new development agenda."

On December 19, 2014, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the resolution entitled "Capacity Building for the Evaluation of Development Activities at the Country Level"