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Below key highlights of the evaluation concerning the UN World Water Development Reports (UN WWDR):

• Reports are a good example of collaboration to achieve SDGs: The UN WWDR reports being the result of the collective efforts of UN-Water’s Members and Partners coordinated by UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) Secretariat, it is a bright example of delivering as “One UN”, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 17, Partnership for the goals.
• Statistics show increase in reports visibility: During the evaluation period, the reports were referenced in over 6,000 academic papers, and cited in over 120 policy documents. 2023 Report alone was mentioned in over 25,000 news articles. On top of this, various editions have continued to be cited for several years after publication (fig.1), attesting to their long-term relevance in terms of factual content and policy-relevant information. 

• Reports seen as main reference in the domain by audience: 84% of policy makers and 95% of academics surveyed acknowledge the reports’ reputation as one of the main reference documents in the domain. 80% of policymakers and all academics surveyed perceived the report’s data and information as accurate and reliable. Both groups largely agree that the reports’ content is relevant to the status and future trends of freshwater resources, and directly contributes to the knowledge needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 on clean water and sanitation.
• Reports contribute to promote gender equality in science: 8 in 10 policymakers and 7 in 10 academics believe the UN WWDR contributes to promoting gender equality in science. A good example of this, is the creation in 2019 of an innovative methodology and a set of gender-responsive indicators for water data collection and analysis.

On top of positive results related to the impact of the UN WWDR, the evaluation also highlighted key achievements made by the UNESCO WWAP, including: 

• Increase in capacity training programmes: Thanks to the dedicated fundraising (fig 2.), highlighted by the evaluation, WWAP was also able to create ad hoc capacity programme delivering trainings for more than 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Western and Southern Africa and the Pacific Small Islands Developing States.