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SHS-05/CONF.205/8b
EVALUATION PLAN OF THE MOST NATIONAL LIAISON COMMITTEES
(NLCs)
12 May 2005
The evaluation will follow the mandate, purpose and scope presented in the Terms of
Reference (TORs) elaborated by the MOST Secretariat. The Evaluation Plan presents the
way it will be operationalized and the implementation arrangements for its execution.
The Plan proceeds with a few preliminary observations on the present situation of the
NLCs - based on information that exists in official documents and in previous analyses of
MOST. It then outlines in detail the Methodology of the Evaluation i.e. what items will be
evaluated (Section A), focusing on the issues to be addressed in keeping with the basic
purpose of the evaluation, namely “to adjust the structure and operations of the NLCs in
order to implement the new mission of MOST’ and how the evaluation will be carried out
(Section B), with special attention to data collection and analysis. Finally, the Evaluation
Plan presents the work schedule, which takes into account the very heavy time
constraints under which it is to be carried out.
I.
Preliminary observations on the present situation of the National Liaison
Committees (NLCs) or other structures/institutions responsible for the MOST
Programme at the national level.
The National Liaison Committees (NLCs) are established with the mandate to create and
enhance the links between the MOST Programme and national social science and policy
communities and thus serve national programme development and implementation (cf.
Recommendation 7 of the First Session of the Intergovernmental Council (IGC) of
MOST of 7-10 March 1994 and Recommendation 2 of the IGC’s Second Session of 3-7
July 1995. Member States are free to establish the structure and composition of a MOST
National Liaison Committee according to their own priorities. They are constituted with
the support of UNESCO National Commissions, in conformity with Resolution 13.1 of
the 28th Gener