Their purpose was to assess UNDP’s added value, partnership strategies and relevance of approach. In each country visited, there was an effort to meet representatives from the UN country team (UNCT) and the Resident Coordinator. Data were collected on six cross-cutting questions8 to assess nationally driven efforts to promote GEWE and whether/the extent to which the GES has provided guidance across the thematic area. The data analysed included a range of UNDP knowledge products, key publications, knowledge-sharing platforms and social media, such as Twitter accounts. An independent consultant was commissioned to assess UNDP’s performance in response to the plan, which included a meta-evaluation of 30 evaluation reports produced in 2014.10 The metaevaluation was conducted using the UN Evaluation Group Technical Note guidance for reporting on evaluation. The Gender Equality Strategy contains references to ‘gender explicit’ and ‘gender responsive’ outcomes.