UNAIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG)

The UNAIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG) was established in 1998 to advise UNAIDS on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) at all levels of the Program. An independent assessment of the Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG) was conducted in 2011. The recommendations called for a new MERG that is an independent global forum able to respond to the changing global HIV and AIDS environment. These Terms of Reference operationalize the assessment’s recommendations. It details the mandate, structure and membership of the new MERG.

Mandate
The MERG is an independent global body of experts that lead M&E thinking and provides advice in matters related to M&E of the global AIDS response. Its key functions are a) to set the M&E agenda in a changing global HIV and AIDS environment and b) harmonize M&E approaches of UNAIDS and its partners.