A/HRC/44/3 E/CN.6/2020/8 that influenced outcomes, thereby underscoring the importance of the trust fund ’s continuing efforts to enhance the monitoring and evaluation capacities of grantees to enable them to improve the systematic tracking and measuring of results to inform day-to-day decision-making. 47. In a second knowledge product developed in 2019, the trust fund looked at policing, one of the essential services as part of a coordinated multisectoral response to support women and girls who experience violence. A well -functioning frontline of police officers has the potential to increase the likelihood of justice being done and reparations being awarded to women and girl survivors of violence. Police can do so by improving documentation (including medical and psychological documentation), strengthening investigations and, overall, deepening cross -sector responses to cases of violence against women and girls. While the importanc e of police training is well understood, little is known about the role that non-governmental organizations and other civil society groups can play in bolstering the ability of law enforcement agencies and frontline officers to end violence against women. The reviewers looked at the final evaluations of projects by 52 civil society women ’s organizations in all regions of the world that had received grants from the trust fund and had worked on police training as part of a larger multisectoral approach to coo rdinate key actors within the police, medical and justice services to end violence against women and girls. Grantees have engaged with police to strengthen initial contact with survivors at the investigation and trial stages; to improve internal systems and coordination with other frontline service providers; and to bolster prevention. 48. The reviewers divided outcomes of police training led by civil society organizations into two categories: survivor-level outcomes and institution-level outcomes. At the institutional level, the outcomes highlighted included: improved knowledge and attitudes among police officers handling cases of violence against women and girls; improved keeping of medical records; the development of national referral protocols; the institutionalization of trainings developed for police officers that are included in the curricula of police academies; reduced bureaucracy and delays in case preparation and referral; and improved referral systems. While the outcomes at the level of law enforcement agencies are clear, in terms of their improved and coordinated functioning, the evaluations of projects show that connections between police trainings and survivor-level outcomes are harder to attribute and measure. Nevertheless, the following survivor-level outcomes have emerged from the review: an increased likelihood of justice being done and reparations being awarded to women and girl survivors of sexual violence; reduced stigmatization of vulnerable groups; improved awareness of survivors’ needs among police; and the creation of conditions that enable women’s groups to come forward, particularly women’s groups in marginalized and previously excluded communities. 49. During the year, the trust fund also commissioned an independent meta-evaluation and a meta-analysis to provide insights into what makes trust fund supported projects effective as well as into the strengths and weaknesses in evaluation practices. This work also established a database that will enable the trust fund to a nalyse future evaluations and advance the standards and rigour of its overall evaluation practice. Overall, the evaluators found an upward trend in the quality of the evaluations. The meta-evaluation was concluded with a number of recommendations to improv e the quality and usefulness of evaluations, which included reviewing the questions to assist evaluators in writing more nuanced findings, greater disaggregation of data and ensuring that recommendations create a pathway for identifying recommendations that are clear, realistic, actionable and timebound. 14/15 19-21597