Evaluation of United Nations system coordination in the Sahel (2013-2025)

This system-wide evaluation examines United Nations system cross-pillar coordination in the Sahel from 2013 to 2025. Covering ten countries under the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS), it examines how coordination across the peace and security, sustainable development, humanitarian action and human rights pillars was organized, governed, financed and implemented at headquarters, regional and country levels.

The evaluation finds that cross-pillar coordination remained necessary and relevant in a highly complex and rapidly evolving context, but coordination arrangements were only partially effective and insufficiently institutionalized. While the United Nations system generated important added value, coordination frequently depended on individual leadership, exceptional circumstances and voluntary cooperation rather than robust accountability mechanisms.

The evaluation makes five recommendations to the Secretary-General and United Nations system entities and three to Member States, and concluded that future arrangements should prioritize nationally owned, output-oriented approaches that are more outwardfacing, flexible and embedded within existing United Nations system structures.

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