Report Details Year Published 2024 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsSDG5 - Gender Equality Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Overview El objeto de esta evaluación es la respuesta humanitaria de UNICEF a las necesidades de la niñez y adolescencia en movilidad humana en Panamá entre los años 2019 y 2023, específicamente, las acciones de emergencia implementadas para dicha población que ingresan al país a través de Darién en la frontera con Colombia. Report Details Year Published 2024 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A Agency Focal Point Anilena Mejia Focal Point Email amejia@unicef.org Managed by Independent Evaluation Office No Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2024 Type Strategic/ Thematic Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG1 - No PovertySDG4 - Quality Education Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2024 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG5 - Gender Equality Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2024 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsSDG5 - Gender EqualitySDG8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2023 Type Country Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG1 - No PovertySDG10 - Reduced InequalitiesSDG12 - Responsible Consumption and ProductionSDG13 - Climate ActionSDG14 - Life Below WaterSDG15 - Life on LandSDG16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsSDG17 - Partnerships for the GoalsSDG3 - Good Health and Well-BeingSDG4 - Quality EducationSDG5 - Gender EqualitySDG8 - Decent Work and Economic GrowthSDG9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2023 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG1 - No PovertySDG13 - Climate ActionSDG5 - Gender EqualitySDG9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Overview The Regional Office Management Plan (ROMP) outlines how the regional office will fulfil its respective roles and functions to enable the realization of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2022–2025. During mid-2023 UNICEF’s Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office’s (LACRO’s) 2022–2025 ROMP went through a midterm review. The purpose of this evaluability assessment of the ROMP, commissioned during its second year, was to complement this midterm review and to generate learning that helps improve the ROMP’s evaluability, implementation and monitoring as well as the ROMP’s utility as a planning and management instrument. The ROMP was designed before UNICEF updated its accountability system in 2022. The evaluability assessment therefore was useful to ground the ROMP and its integrated results and resource framework more strongly in the functions of a regional office as outlined in the 2022 accountability system. This exercise was managed by the UNICEF LACRO Evaluation section, with the support of three external senior-level staff of different levels of the UNICEF evaluation function and accompanied by a reference group consisting of representatives of LACRO, country offices and UNICEF Headquarters. With a strong formative focus, this exercise offers relevant and actionable recommendations that informed the midterm review and strengthen the ROMP’s fitness for purpose to accelerate results during 2024–2025. A tailored evaluability assessment methodology was employed, examining the clarity and coherence of the ROMP design, the relevance of the monitoring framework, and how well the ROMP is being used to drive collective action within LACRO and with the country offices. Report Details Year Published 2023 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A Consultant name Tom Pellens, Carlos Rodriguez-Ariza, Fernando Jambrina, Laura Olsen, Samuel Bickel Agency Focal Point Tom Pellens Focal Point Email tpellens@unicef.org Managed by Independent Evaluation Office No Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2023 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsSDG17 - Partnerships for the GoalsSDG8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2023 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG1 - No PovertySDG13 - Climate ActionSDG9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2023 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG5 - Gender EqualitySDG8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2023 Type Strategic/ Thematic Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG1 - No PovertySDG4 - Quality Education Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2023 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG1 - No PovertySDG17 - Partnerships for the Goals Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2022 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG13 - Climate ActionSDG14 - Life Below WaterSDG15 - Life on Land Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Overview El Gran Chaco Americano (GChA) constituye un territorio transfronterizo compartido por Argentina, Bolivia y Paraguay, caracterizado por características climáticas extremas, alta vulnerabilidad social y una historia de invisibilización y rezago. La pandemia de COVID-19 ha agudizado la vulnerabilidad de los y las habitantes del GChA, en particular de los sectores más desprotegidos. Existe una necesidad urgente de una comprensión profunda de las formas en que los países están respondiendo a necesidades de este territorio, que se vieron exacerbadas a raíz de la pandemia, a través de medios que van más allá de los esfuerzos actuales de presentación de informes para la toma de decisiones. En este contexto, la VRT propone capitalizar la experiencia de UNICEF tanto en su respuesta a la pandemia de COVID-19 como en programas regulares de largo plazo en el GChA para contribuir a su posicionamiento estratégico en la subregión mediante un abordaje integral, trinacional, multidimensional, multi-actor (SNU, actores públicos y privados), incluyendo temas transversales como la equidad de género, el medio ambiente, la interculturalidad y los Derechos Humanos. Report Details Year Published 2022 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A Consultant name Enric Grau Agency Focal Point Merijn De Smet Focal Point Email mdesmet@unicef.org Managed by Independent Evaluation Office No Geographic Scope Country Country/ies PanamaParaguay

Overview The purpose of the multi-country evaluation of the UNICEF’s ETA & IOTA response is dual, both for learning and accountability. Firstly, it is needed to account for performance and results achieved, externally (both to donors and host governments), internally (at the regional office and country office level). Secondly, it is needed to draw lessons learned from recent humanitarian response for future responses to hydrometeorological events in the Caribbean basin . At the end of the process a regional synthesis and country office evaluation reports on relevance, coherence, effectiveness and connectedness of UNICEF’s response to Eta/Iota hurricanes in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua will be produced. The reports will feed into the design and implementation of the new Nicaragua CPD and a regional preparedness strategy. Objectives The objectives of the evaluation are as follows: • To determine the institutional progress UNICEF made towards the accomplishment of UNICEF’s CCCs in emergencies, including reaching the most vulnerable population and identify the most effective implementation strategies and partnerships for future responses (relevance, coverage, timeliness , connectedness and quality). • To assess the quality of the response planning in terms of rapid assessment, design and structure of the response, mapping of partners, workflow, financial arrangements, and monitoring system. • To determine the relevance of existing or developing emergency preparedness and response strategies, ensuring UNICEF positioning as key humanitarian actor in the subregion. • To determine how UNICEF can better position itself, build on its comparative advantage, and provide specific recommendations to improve its response to future hydrometeorological and other emergencies in Central America. Report Details Year Published 2022 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A Consultant name Anna Dobai (URD) Agency Focal Point Michele Messina Focal Point Email mmessina@unicef.org Managed by Independent Evaluation Office No Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2022 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG10 - Reduced InequalitiesSDG4 - Quality EducationSDG8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Report Details Year Published 2022 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A SDG/s SDG1 - No PovertySDG13 - Climate ActionSDG5 - Gender Equality Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama

Overview UNICEF LAC Regional Office is commissioning an independent regional evaluation to specifically assess and draw lessons learned from its response to the Venezuela outflow in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru as well as at the regional level. This formative evaluation will assess the appropriateness, effectiveness, coverage, efficiency, coherence and connectedness of UNICEF’s response in responding to the needs of the most vulnerable migrant and refuge children, their families, host communities as well as advocating for their rights. Report Details Year Published 2022 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A Consultant name DARA, Virginia Thomas, Ricardo Solé, Julia Durand, Daniela Ruegenberg, Elsa Brunet, Tim Morris Agency Focal Point Roberto Rodriguez Melendez Focal Point Email rrodriguezmelendez@unicef.org Managed by Independent Evaluation Office No Geographic Scope Country Country/ies PanamaColombiaEcuadorBrazilBarbadosPeru

Overview UNICEF’s LACRO is proposing a real-time evaluation (RTE) of UNICEF’s response to Haiti’s 2021 earth quake to generate timely feedback and learning on key elements of its response, while complying with UNICEF’s Evaluation policy requirements.3 Given that this is a rapid-onset emergency, the value of rapidly-available evidence-based findings, and the support they can provide in informing the upcoming transition to the recovery phase, makes a strong case for an RTE of the response to Haiti earthquake to be conducted at this point in time. Purpose The RTE of UNICEF’s response to Haiti earthquake is expected to have a strong learning purpose on several fronts: i) providing iterative feedback loops, both operationally and programmatically, into the initial phase of UNICEF’s response to the crisis; ii) informing the direction of ongoing recovery efforts and planning of forthcoming response phases; iii) identifying lessons to strengthen resilience and the future preparedness levels of UNICEF Country Office (CO) and Government as well as key partners; and iv) supporting the learning of Regional Office (RO) and HQ vis-a’-vis the activation of emergency procedures in the future. In this sense the evaluation is expected to yield learning that will be useful and applicable not only the CO level but also with the national as well as the RO level. The RTE will finally strengthen UNICEF’s accountability towards affected populations, as well as partners and stakeholders supporting the response at large, and should be thus conceived as an intrinsic component of the humanitarian response itself. In line with this purpose, the RTE is expected to generate actionable recommendations on how to strengthen ongoing recovery efforts from Haiti earthquake and how to improve future preparedness, response and planning for recovery after sudden onset emergencies in Haiti. Report Details Year Published 2022 Type Project/Programme Joint No Partner/s N/A Consultant name Francois Grunewald Agency Focal Point Carlos Rodriguez-Ariza Focal Point Email crodriguez-ariza@unicef.org Managed by Independent Evaluation Office No Geographic Scope Country Country/ies Panama