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Over 60 representatives from the Government, development partners, UN agencies and civil society participated at the stakeholders’ workshop deliberating on the findings of the Assessment of Development Results (ADR), a key report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The event was held on 31st July 2012 at the Galadari Hotel, and was co-chaired by Dr. P. B. Jayasundera, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Planning and Mr. Indrakumaran Naidoo, Director of the UNDP Evaluation Office in New York.
Undertaken jointly by the Government of Sri Lanka and the UNDP Evaluation Office, New York, with support from UNDP Sri Lanka, the ADR aims to capture evidence of UNDP’s contribution to development results in Sri Lanka over the past ten years, covering the previous (2002-2007) and the current (2008-2012) programme cycles. The ADR report comes at a crucial juncture as UNDP plans its next programme cycle (2013-2017) in a changing environment. Starting from next year, the focus of UNDP’s work will gradually shift from providing direct socio-economic assistance to technical and policy-oriented support that will strengthen systems and institutions. As such, the findings and recommendations of the report will be significant in improving the programmes, future strategies and direction of UNDP.
