RE: Addressing disability inclusion through evaluations in agriculture and rural development | Eval Forward

Dear Eval Forward members,

Thank you for your engagement over the past few weeks on the topic of addressing disability inclusion through our evaluations.

The various inputs from Eval Forward members have highlighted some important considerations for ensuring the true representation of the views and perspectives of persons with disabilities, as well as the challenges inherent in ensuring our evaluations become more inclusive.

We will close this discussion topic for now, but rest assured that efforts are underway within the UN system and through the UN Evaluation Group (UNEG) to develop on best practice guidance and streamline reporting against the 2019 UN Disability Inclusion Strategy. In this regard, the evaluation offices of UN system entities will need to develop more concrete guidance for evaluators to ensure persons with disabilities are included in evaluations. Your inputs over the past few weeks have helped to highlight some key points that will need to be considered.

I expect there to be some interesting developments on the topic of disability inclusion in evaluation as we move forward. Watch this space!

Kind regards,

Eoghan