发展账户项目1819K的独立评价：循证和政策一致的海洋经济和贸易战略

Independentevaluationof: Evidence-based and Policy Coherent OceansEconomy and Trade Strategies(United NationsDevelopment Account Project 1819K)* Independent Evaluation Unit May2024 *This report was commissioned by UNCTAD. The opinions expressed in this report are those of the externalevaluator and do not represent the views of the UNCTAD secretariat or of the organizations or institutionswith which theevaluator may be connected, or organizations or institutions that commissioned this evaluation.This evaluation report has been reproduced without formal editing by the UNCTAD secretariat. This evaluation report was prepared byAlexandre Daoust,Le Groupe-conseil baastel ltée,hereafter theevaluator. IndependentProjectEvaluationsareusuallyconductedbyexternalevaluators.TheroleoftheIndependentEvaluationUnitoftheUnitedNationsConferenceonTradeandDevelopment(UNCTAD)inrelationtoindependentprojectevaluationsthatitmanagesisoneofqualityassuranceandsupportthroughouttheevaluationprocess,includingprovisionofnormativetools,guidelinesandtemplatestobeusedintheevaluationprocess,andclearanceofthefinalreport.ThisroleisbasedontheresponsibilityoftheEvaluationUnittorespondtothecommitmentoftheUnitedNationsEvaluationGroup(UNEG)inprofessionalizingtheevaluationfunctionandpromotingacultureofevaluationwithinUNCTADforthepurposesofaccountabilityandcontinuous learning and improvement.The principles underpinning the evaluation function areenshrinedintheUNEGNormsandStandardsforevaluation. Inordertosupportatransparentandlearningenvironment,UNCTAD'sevaluationframeworkiscurrentlydefinedbyitsEvaluationPolicyasapprovedinJune2023. TheEvaluationUnitcanbecontactedat:UnitedNationsConferenceonTradeandDevelopmentPalaisdesNations,8-14,Av.delaPaix,1211Geneva10SwitzerlandTelephone:+41229171234Email:evaluation@unctad.orgWebsite:https://unctad.org/about/accountability Table ofContents List of Acronyms and Abbreviations.............................................................................................................5Executive summary.......................................................................................................................................71. Introduction............................................................................................................................................112. Description of the Project.......................................................................................................................122.1 Background.......................................................................................................................................122.2 Project objectives and expected accomplishments/results.............................................................122.3 Project strategies and keyactivities.................................................................................................132.4 Beneficiaries and target countries....................................................................................................142.5 Key partners and other key stakeholders.........................................................................................142.6 Resources..........................................................................................................................................182.7 Link to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).........................................................................192.8 Innovative elements..........................................................................................................................193. Evaluation objectives, scope and questions...........................................................................................203.1 Purpose andobjectives.....................................................................................................................203.2 Evaluation scope, criteria and questions..........................................................................................214. Methodology...........................................................................................................................................24Evaluation limitations.............................................................................................................................255. Findings...................................................................................................................................................265.1. Relevance.........................................................................................................................................265.1.1 Development needs and priorities of participating countries............................................265.1.2 Alignment with UNCTAD and DOALOS mandates...............................................................275.1.3 Complementarity with other initiatives in ocean-based economic sectors........................285.1.4 Contributions to SDG 14.....................