The Inspection and Evaluation Division (IED) of the Office of Internal Oversight Services undertakes independent inspections and evaluations of all UN Secretariat activities, covering 38 UN Secretariat departments and programmes as well as peacekeeping operations and special political missions. Guided by the norms and standards for evaluation in the UN established by the UN Evaluation Group (UNEG), the evaluations and other outputs we produce assess the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of the Organization’s programmes in relation to their objectives and mandates. IED is committed to providing timely, valid and reliable information from an independent perspective that can be used to strengthen the Organization and support it in reaching the objectives, ideals and aspirations embodied in the UN Charter. IED’s mandated role is to help assure Secretariat programmes’ accountability for attaining their mandates, while in the process foster institutional learning, and improvement, through reflection by programmes and Member States on performance and results.