Results-oriented monitoring and evaluation

2025: UNEG Peer Review of the evaluation function of UNIDO

Urs Zollinger was a member of the Peer Review Panel reviewing UNIDO's evaluation function, together with panel members from UNDP (ex), IAEA, and FAO.…

2025: UNEG Peer Review of the UNESCO evaluation function.

Urs Zollinger participated in the Peer Review of UNESCO's evaluation function, alongside panel members from UNAIDS, UNHCHR, and the French Government.…

2025: Formative evaluation of the UNDP Funding Windows

Alison King contributed as a senior evaluator to the formative evaluation of the UNDP Funding Windows, designed to mobilise softly earmarked funding,…

2024/2025: MOPAN assessment of UNFPA

Despite a challenging operating context, UNFPA has delivered on the outputs of its strategic plan and transformed itself into a…

2024: Evaluation of UNFPA’s country programme for Serbia

Alison King directed the independent evaluation of the UNFPA country programme for Serbia with a team of national and emerging evaluators, focusing on…

2024: Impact-evaluability assessment

Under the leadership of Urs Zollinger, a team of evaluation experts assessed the evaluability of the impact of an eco-industrial development programme…

Evaluation of UNIDO project in Ukraine

2024: Urs Zollinger led the evaluation of the project "Industrial capacity-building, policy advice and diagnostics for the green recovery of Ukraine”

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Evaluation of an SDC vocational skills training project in Eritrea

2024: King Zollinger, represented by Urs Zollinger, was mandated by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to conduct this evaluation

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Formative evaluation of the UNFPA Regional Programme for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

2024: Alison King led the formative evaluation of the UNFPA regional programme for Eastern Europe and Central Asia 2022-2025.

The evaluation’s…

Evaluation meta-synthesis

2023: Alison King produced a synthesis of IAEA evaluations

The meta-synthesis of evaluations of the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency…

Evaluation of UNFPA’s organizational resilience to crises

2023: Alison King contributed to this formative evaluation as the senior evaluator.
The objectives of this evaluation were to analyse the…

Evaluation of the Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP)

2023: Urs Zollinger led the final evaluation of this UNIDO programme

The objective of the GQSP is to strengthen the quality and standards compliance…

Synthesis Study of UNIDO Evaluations 2018-2022

2023: Urs Zollinger mandated to lead the synthesis study of 80 UNIDO project evaluation form 2018-2022

The purpose of the synthesis of evaluations…

Measure the impact of EC-supported activities on employment in Africa

2023: Urs Zollinger evaluated the ILO project STRENGHTEN2

Urs concluded that the project is highly relevant. The lack of jobs in Africa in…

Peer Review of the Evaluation Function of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg

2022: Urs Zollinger participated in this peer review together with senior panel members from ILO, UNESCO and ex-UNDP.

The objectives of the peer…

Evaluation of the advocacy efforts of Medicus Mundi Switzerland

2022: Urs Zollinger led this evaluation.

Medicus Mundi Switzerland is an association of Swiss organisations active in international health…

Independent Evaluation of the UNIDO Medium-term Programme Framework (MTPF) 2018-2021

2022: Urs Zollinger was co-team leader of this strategic evaluation.

The MTPF is UNIDO’s most important strategic planning instrument. The…

Evaluation of UNFPA’s engagement in the reform of the UN development system

2021/22: Senior evaluator Alison King was part of a corporate evaluation to assess UNFPA’s engagement in the reform of the UN development system.

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Evaluation training course for UN staff

2022: Mandated by the United Nations System Staff College in Turin, King Zollinger revised the training course for UN staff

The objective of the…

Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme (GEIPP)

2021: Urs Zollinger led a three-person team in evaluating - at mid-point - UNIDO’s Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme (GEIPP)

The objective of the…

Review of UNFPA’s Alignment to its Transformative Results

2020/21: Alison King led a review of UNFPA’s alignment to its transformative results during the Strategic Plan 2018-21 cycle

– i.e., the extent to…

Evaluation of UNFPA’s Country Programme for Laos PDR

2020/21: Alison King led the evaluation of the UNFPA Laos country programme 2017-21

The evaluation of UNFPA’s country programme in Lao PDR, with…

Strengthening quality and standards compliance to increase export 2020/21

2020/21: Urs Zollinger led UNIDO evaluation of the Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP)

The main purpose of the independent mid-term…

Improving working conditions in the garment industry

2020: Urs Zollinger evaluated the ILO Better Work Global Programme

Urs concluded that Better Work is undoubtedly a success story. Based on the…

Baseline study and evaluability assessment of the Common Chapter of UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women

2019: Appointed by UNDP Alison King was the senior evaluation consultant for this study

The objective of the assessment was to help prepare for and…

Agro-industrial development in Ethiopia

2019/20: Urs Zollinger lead independent UNIDO evaluation of the Programme for Country Partnership (PCP) in Ethiopia (2015-2019)

In this evaluation…

Evaluation of UNFPA’s Uzbekistan Country Programme

2019: Alison King was leading the evaluation of UNFPA’s Uzbekistan Country Programme (2016-2020)

Alison conducted this evaluation with three national…

Evidence and data for gender equality

2019: Mandated by the UN Statistics Division, Alison King contributed to the project evaluation of Evidence and Data for Gender Equality (EDGE)

EDGE,…

Evaluation of UNFPA country programmes in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan

2019: Alison King led the cluster evaluation of the UNFPA country programmes in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan

Alison’s role included coordinating…

Public Private Partnerships to address minimum wages and child labour

2019: Urs Zollinger participated in the Independent Evaluation of ILO’s Public Private Partnerships.

As an evaluation team member, Urs contributed to…

Integrated approach to SRH and GBV

2018: Alison King evaluated the UNFPA Women and Girls First Programme in Myanmar.

The Women and Girls First Initiative is being implemented in the…

Quality Assessment of UN Evaluation Reports

2018: Contracted by OIOS-IED, King Zollinger assessed the quality of evaluation reports from across the UN Secretariat completed during the 2016-17…

Follow-up to Evaluation Recommendations - ITC, UNHCR, ECLAC and ESCAP

2018: King Zollinger & Co. supported the OIOS triennial review of the implementation of evaluation recommendations.

The Inspection and Evaluation…

UNFPA’s engagement in highly-vulnerable contexts

2017: Alison King conducted a meta-analysis of UNFPA’s engagement in highly-vulnerable contexts.

The purpose of the meta-analysis was to generate…

Multi-stakeholder approach to accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development (SDG 9)

2017: Urs Zollinger lead the independent mid-term evaluation of UNIDO’s Programme for Country Partnership (PCP)

The mid-term evaluation was a…

Integrated approach to SDGs

2017: Alison King evaluated cross-sectoral cooperation within UNECE in support of sustainable development

The objective of the evaluation was to…

Peer Review of the Evaluation Function of the Council of Europe

2017: Urs Zollinger participated for the second time – after 2010 - in the peer review of the evaluation function of the Council of Europe (CoE).

The…

Partnership with donors

2017: Urs Zollinger participated in the evaluation of the UNIDO’s partnerships with donors.

The objective of the evaluation was to improve…

Quality Assessment of UN Evaluation Reports

2016: Contracted by OIOS-IED, King Zollinger assessed the quality of evaluation reports from across the UN Secretariat completed during the 2014-15…

UNICEF’s Child Friendly City (CFC) Initiative

2016: King Zollinger mandated by UNICEF Switzerland to revise and test the methodology to assess child friendliness of municipalities in Switzerland.

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UNFPA Nepal Country Programme Evaluation

2016: Alison King led a team of national evaluators to evaluate UNFPA’s Nepal country programme.

After having evaluated UNFPA’s Tajikistan country…

Emergency Preparedness and Response

2016: Alison King developed approach paper for the Clustered Country Programme Evaluation of UNFPA Engagement in Highly-vulnerable Contexts

In 2015,…

Evaluation of Civil Society Empowerment Projects

2016: Alison King led the evaluation of two civil society projects funded by the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF)

Alison King led the ex-post evaluation of…

Review of Evaluation Quality Assurance and Assessment System

2016: King Zollinger supported the review and revision of the UNFPA evaluation quality assurance and assessment system

King Zollinger supported the…

Country programme evaluation Tanzania

2016: Urs Zollinger led the evaluation of the UNIDO country programme in Tanzania (2011-2016)

The purpose of this evaluation was to provide…

Mid-term review of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy for the Horn of Africa

2016: King Zollinger facilitated the mid-term review (MTR) of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy for the Horn of Africa (2013-2017)

The objective of the…

Partnership review

2015/16: Urs Zollinger assessed the partnership between the IFAD’s Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) and the Swiss Agency for Development…

Meta-analysis of UNFPA country programme evaluations

2015: Alison King conducted a study of UNFPA country programme evaluations from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region undertaken during 2013-15

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Thematic review of UNIDO interventions in the area of enterprise development and job creation, including for women and youth

2015: Urs Zollinger led UNIDO thematic review

The purpose of this review was to provide UNIDO with a synthesised view on the Organizations…

Peer Review of UNRWA’s Evaluation Function

2015: As Senior Advisor to the Panel, Urs Zollinger supported the Peer Review of UNRWA’s evaluation function

This Professional Peer Review of the…

Evaluation of UNICEF’s Child Friendly City (CFC) Initiative in Switzerland

2015: King Zollinger conducted this UNICEF evaluation

The focus of the evaluation was on the process leading to CFC certification. The purpose of…

Evaluation of employment and e-waste management project in Cambodia

2015: Urs Zollinger led UNIDO project evaluation.

The innovative public-private partnership between the Royal Government of Cambodia, KOICA, Samsung…

UNFPA Violence against Women Project Evaluation in Belarus

2015: Alison King led evaluation of a UNFPA project to end domestic violence against women in Belarus.

At the beginning of 2015, Alison King teamed…

Thematic Evaluation of the MDG Monitoring and Evaluation System

2014/2015: Alison King was team member of OIOS-IED Millennium Development Goal evaluation.

Alison King was an external team member of the OIOS-IED…

UNFPA Country Programme Evaluation Tajikistan

2014: Alison King led UNFPA Tajikistan country programme evaluation.

Together with two national consultants, Alison King conducted an independent…

Peer Review of the Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)

2014: Urs Zollinger supported the 2nd Professional Peer Review of the GEF Independent Evaluation Office.

The objective of the Professional Peer…

Evaluation of the UNIDO Medium-term Programme Framework

2014: Urs Zollinger was one of three team members for this strategic evaluation.

The main purpose of this evaluation was to provide UNIDO with…

Revision of Evaluation Handbook

2013/14: King Zollinger updated the OIOS-IED Evaluation Manual

In collaboration with IED, King Zollinger revised and updated the IED Inspection and…

Assessment of Strategic Planning Documents

2014: Contracted by the SDC Controlling Division, King Zollinger assessed SDC strategic planning documents from a “Managing for Development Results”…

Review of CGIAR Research Programs Governance and Management

2013/2014: King Zollinger provided advisory services to review team.

The review covered 16 CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs). Its objectives were to…

Independent Thematic Evaluation of UNIDO’s Public Private Partnerships

2013: Urs Zollinger was the Senior Evaluator and lead author.

The evaluation was conducted in order to provide guidance on business partnerships to…

Review of Evaluation Processes in the UN

2013: King Zollinger reviewed the evaluation processes of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

The purpose of the review was to enhance the…

Quality Assessment of UN Evaluation Reports

2012: King Zollinger was contracted by OIOS/IED to assess the quality of evaluation reports from across the UN Secretariat completed during 2010/2011…

Mid-term Evaluation of UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy (MTS) 2010-2013

2012: Alison King was contracted as team member to undertake a mid-term evaluation of UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy

The evaluation focused on four key…

Meta-Analysis of Project Evaluation Reports of UNEP, UNODC and OCHA

2012: Urs Zollinger was asked by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) to conduct a content analysis of 50 evaluation reports from…

Thematic Evaluation of UNIDO’s Contribution to Delivering as One United Nations

2011/2012: Alison King designed and conducted an evaluation of UNIDO’s Contribution to One UN mechanisms

The evaluation was conducted to inform UNIDO…

Independent Evaluation of Lessons Learned from Delivering as One (DaO)

2011/2012: As Senior Programme Evaluation Specialist, Urs Zollinger participated in this UN General Assembly mandated evaluation

This evaluation,…

Managing Core Contributions to Multilateral Organizations

2011: Alison King assessed SDC’s Core Contribution Management tool, an instrument for results-oriented planning and monitoring of un-earmarked…

Evaluation of UNIDO Country Programme Rwanda

2011: Alison King was recruited as international evaluation consultant by the UNIDO Evaluation Group

This independent country evaluation covers…

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution at the Regional Level to Development and Corporate Results

2010: Urs Zollinger was mandated by the UNDP Evaluation Office to co-lead a six-person team to evaluate UNDP’s regional programmes and presence.

This…

External Review of UNIFEM Sub-regional Strategies

2010: Alison King was asked to facilitate and participate in a review of 15 UNIFEM Sub-regional Strategies.

In 2008, the United Nations Development…

Results-oriented Monitoring of EC-funded Programmes/Projects

2008-2010: Alison King monitored EC-funded programmes and projects in Africa and recommended actions for improvement.

In 2010, Alison King continued…

Peer Review of the Evaluation Function of the Council of Europe

2010: Urs Zollinger was appointed as one of two experts to peer review the evaluation function of the Council of Europe.

In May 2010, the Council of…

Review of DPA Follow-up to Evaluation Recommendations

2010: Contracted by OIOS, Urs Zollinger conducted a triennial review of the implementation of evaluation recommendations.

In 2006, the Office of…

Quality Assessment of OIOS Evaluation Reports

2009: Urs Zollinger was engaged by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) to assess the quality of its evaluation and inspection reports.

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Evaluation of UNIDO’s Field Mobility Policy

2009: UNIDO contracted Urs Zollinger to evaluate its Field Mobility Policy.

The process evaluation assesses the extent to which the UNIDO Field…

Evaluation of Strategic Partnership between UNIDO and UNDP

2009: Urs Zollinger was one of two international consultants contracted to evaluate the implementation of the Cooperation Agreement between UNIDO and…

Advising the Peer Panel Review of the United Nations Evaluation Function

2009: Urs Zollinger is co-author of the Peer Review Report on the Evaluation Function of the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the United…

Evaluating UN Reforms at Country Level

2007/2008: Alison King was part of an international consultant team charged with assessing the evaluability of UN reforms at country level.

In…

Assessing Multilateral Effectiveness at Country Level

2004-2008: King Zollinger supported the Annual MOPAN Survey of multilateral partnership behaviour. The Multilateral Organisations Performance…