An independent performance evaluation, reforms for more transparency and accountability? Read Margaret Chan's final speech at the General Assembly. The implementation of those goals is another story. What about detailing how the $9.9 million given by the Gates Foundation are used?
You want a number of managerial and administrative reforms, such as a streamlined, more realistic budget that works as an accountability tool. You want reforms that make it easier to measure the impact of investments. You want greater transparency and alignment of work at all levels of the Organization. And you want this to happen now.
Many welcomed the proposed independent evaluation of WHO, and several suggested that work on the strengthening of health systems would be a good focus for evaluating WHO capacities and gaps.
I welcome this suggestion, as the impact of our work in countries, and on the lives of people, is the most important measure of our entire worth.
This is the immediate objective of the independent evaluation, which will be light, fast, focused on all levels of the Organization, and designed to inform the reform agenda. Its longer-term objective is to establish a culture of ongoing objective evaluation of WHO’s performance.
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