Internal Oversight Service
UNESCO's Internal Oversight Service (IOS) consists of three branches: internal audit, evaluation and investigation. IOS is a central service which reports directly to the Director-General of UNESCO and provides independent and objective assurance as well as advisory services designed to add value and improve UNESCO's operations. The office has the authority to initiate, carry out and report on any action it considers necessary to fulfill its responsibilities with regard to its oversight functions.
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Since its establishment in 2001, IOS has evolved by improving its activities in order to focus on assisting management in reaching strategic and organizational objectives and by improving governance, risk management, and internal control as derived from its charter.
The oversight strategy of 2008-2013 focuses on enhancing accountability and transparency for the effective and efficient achievement of programme results. IOS is also assisting in building organizational capacity, through its involvement in the Organizational Risk Management exercise, to identify, asses and mitigate the risks that might prevent the organization from achieving its objectives.
Request for Proposals and Expressions of Interest
UNESCO invites potential providers to submit a proposal for the following upcoming evaluation:
Evaluation of UNESCO's Strategic Programme Objective 4: "Fostering policies and capacity-building in science, technology and innovation". Read more
182ND SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
IOS will present the Report by the Director-General on evaluations completed in 2009 (182 EX/24) to the 182nd session of the Executive Board, which will take place between the 7th and 23rd of September 2009.
The three evaluations which will be summarized in the 182 EX/24 are the following:
Evaluation of Strategic Programme Objectives 1 and 2 (Education Sector).
Evaluation of Strategic Programme Objective 3: Leveraging scientific knowledge for the benefit of the environment and the management of natural resources.
Evaluation of the Pilot Phase of the Merit-Promotion Programme (MPP).
The full evaluation reports will be published on the IOS website soon.
Comments / Suggestions
If you have any comments or suggestions on the content of the IOS website, please contact Geoffrey Geurts.
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