The evaluators have conducted an extensive, independent evaluation of the GPPS II programme. National pilot projects were visited in all the countries where GPPS is operating, intensive briefings were held with the key program staff both in New York headquarters and Brussels, as well as in the field, and the project documentation and written products were reviewed. The Executive Summary contains a very brief digest of the overall evaluation. Each chapter of this document, covering the national, regional, and global activities, contains a more detailed summary of that aspect of the evaluation.