Agrees that the purpose of the evaluation is to assess the efficacy, effectiveness and outcomes of UNAIDS (including UNAIDS Secretariat, the PCB and Cosponsors) at the global, regional and country levels

Agrees that, with respect to the questions to be addressed by the Second Independent Evaluation the following questions will be included, and further Page 2 of 18 agrees that the comments received in plenary (see Annex 1) on this agenda item will be submitted to the Oversight Committee for consideration and incorporation, as appropriate, in the Tender for the Evaluation Team:

Agrees that the Second Independent Evaluation should focus on UNAIDS and its performance as a whole. This includes the Secretariat and the HIV-related work of all 10 Cosponsors. In particular it should focus on:

a. UNAIDS as an organizational and administrative entity in terms of its ability to deliver its agreed upon workplan (Unified Budget and Workplan);

b. the Secretariat’s roles within UNAIDS; and

Agrees that:

a. the Second Independent Evaluation should be contracted by a team or a consortium of teams that demonstrate competence, experience and sensitivity to the complexity of the process, its geographic scope and its many underlying components such as administration, financing, international relations, public health, civil society engagement, gender and human rights;

b. the Second Independent Evaluation should be contracted to private or public sector teams, or a mix of both provided they are external to the UN system, have the capacity to work together and share responsibilities according to capacity and expertise. To the extent possible the team should have gender and geographical balance; and

Agrees the Terms of Reference for the Evaluation Team as follows:

a. The Evaluation Team should be headed by a Team Leader, employed fulltime for 18 months who is independent of the UNAIDS Secretariat and Cosponsors. The remainder of the Evaluation Team would comprise support staff for the Team Leader and a minimum of 10 short-term consultants for 5-7 months each. This choice is dependent upon the agreed scope of the evaluation and the number of country visits undertaken;

Agrees that:

a. the Second Independent Evaluation comprise a careful mix of site visits and observations, interviews and discussion groups, desk based research and review of existing reports, such as the Unified Budget and Workplan Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. The Evaluation should be performed using proven methods in standardized formats and carried out in such a way that no single methodology eclipses others;

Decides that an Oversight Committee be created to oversee the Evaluation. This would consist of a balanced cross section of representatives of governments, Cosponsors and civil society, ensuring appropriate participation of persons living with HIV and other stakeholders. In order to ensure independence, the Committee Chair should not be a member of the Programme Coordinating Board

Agrees the Terms of Reference for the Oversight Committee as follows:

a. Membership of the Oversight Committee Decides the Membership of the Oversight Committee should include representatives of donor and recipient countries, UNAIDS stakeholders, including Cosponsors, Member States, civil society, while ensuring appropriate representation of people living with HIV, and relevant independent experts, including representation from the TERG/MERG. Further decides that the Oversight Committee should be constituted according to the following criteria:

Agrees that the budget for the Evaluation team would be within the limit of USD 650,000 including staff travel costs. (see Annex 1 for indicative budget breakdown)

Decides that 12 to 16 country visits should be undertaken according to the following criteria and agrees the budget in the range of USD 1,069,200 – 1,425,600:

• Balanced regional representation

• Representatives of generalized and concentrated epidemics

• High and low prevalence countries

• Humanitarian and emergency settings

• Differing economic status