During 2019 and 2020, IEO undertook evaluations of UNDP country programmes in 13 countries and one territory covered by the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States that examined UNDP’s work at the country level during the five-year country programme cycle. This cohort of evaluations, which constitutes nearly 78 percent of UNDP programme countries in the region, offered a unique opportunity to reflect collectively on UNDP’s work in the region, drawing on a set of common features of the work, contextual and operational challenges, and drivers of performance.

This comprehensive synthesis of the independent country programme evaluations of UNDP programmes in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States reflects on the findings and lessons on UNDP performance in the region.