Events

Past Events
Recent events that were announced here include the following:

The African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) is holding its 6th biennial International Conference in Accra, Ghana from Monday, January 9 to Friday, January 13, 2012 on the theme "Rights and Responsibility In Development Evaluation".

Twelve years ago AfrEA started life as an informal group with the support of UNICEF Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa. Today, five biennial conferences later, this informal network has become entrenched within the institutional landscape of development infrastructure on the continent, a veritable constituency of evaluators, commissioners and users of evaluation located within national governments, the not-for-profit sector, civil society and the private sector.

More information and to register, click here.

1st M&E NETWORK FORUM

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), is pleased to announce the holding of the 1st M&E NETWORK FORUM in the Philippines. The Forum will be held at Ortigas Center, Pasig City (venue to be announced later) on November 7 (Monday) and 8 (Tuesday), 2011.

The Forum focuses on the EVALUATION THEORY, APPROACHES AND PRACTICES IN THE PHILIPPINES. The Forum specifically aims to: (1) increase understanding among various sectors of the importance of M&E in Managing for Development Results (MfDR); (2) advocate the value of measuring performance and success in development intervention programs, policies and projects of the government and private sectors; (3) raise awareness on building M&E capacity in organizations; and (4) formal launching of the M&E Network in a forum.

Additionally, there will be call for papers, specifically, but not limited to, the following types of evaluation: (1) Equity-based Program Evaluation; (2) Country Program Evaluation/Country Assistance Evaluation; (3) Process Evaluation; (4) Sector Program Evaluation ; and (5) Thematic Evaluation to highlight evaluation practices in the Philippine context.

The forum will have three sessions: session one will focus on to provide an overview of the country system evaluation. How is evaluation currently being done by oversight agencies, implementing agencies and local government? What are the rooms for improvement as well as current thrusts/direction of these systems?; Session two will will focus on what is evidence, what are the sources of evidence and how evidence can be used for informed decision making. What are the current systems in place for evidence-generation in the country? How do we ensure evidence will influence decision making?; and session three parallel session will utilize for call for local papers on various evaluation approaches and practices as mentioned above.

Evaluation of Humanitarian Action (in Bangkok)
28 November – 30 November, Basic-to-Intermediate Level

For further information, application form and course outline, please click here.

MENA Evaluators Group webinar with IOCE
Evaluation Spring in MENA: The Experience of the MENA Evaluators group
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 14:00 GMT

No registration required. To attend please click here.

For full details, click here.

For more information, please contact:
Ziad Moussa, ziadmoussa@yahoo.com
Jim Rugh, jimrugh@mindspring.com
Nermine Wally, nerminewally@gmail.com

Improving Performance in addressing Conflict - Evaluation of Conflict Prevention and Monitoring of Conflict Sensitivity

November 9-11, 2011 Colombia
Belgium

Course outline
Application

For more information, click here www.channelresearch.com
or contact Luisa Ortiz, ortiz@channelresearch.com

Australasian Evaluation Society Inc.
Outcome Mapping Workshops

November 9 – 12, 2011 – Melbourne
November 14 – 17, 2011 – Melbourne
November 21 – 24, 2011 – Canberra
Presenter: Terry Smutylo

For more information and to register, click here.

2011 AEA Annual Conference

2 – 5 November, 2011
Anaheim, California, USA

For more details, visit the Conference Website.

National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

M&E Network Forum
Ortigas Center, Pasig City
November 7 & 8, 2011

Webinar series:
“Case Study and Equity in Evaluation”

Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2011,
Time: 9h30 to 10h30 AM New York time
[14h30 PM London time].

Agenda and login details, click here.

Webinar Announcement Sept. 2, 2011

International Organisation for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) is proud to announce the launch of the webinar series “Evaluation Associations: Sharing Experiences and Ideas”.

The series aims to build the capacity of associations, societies, networks and communities of evaluators around the world by sharing experiences gained in different regions and countries.

Working language of the webinar series is English.
The series was made possible due to continued dedicated support of UNICEF that provided IOCE access to its Blackboard Collaborate (previously called Elluminate) webinar platform.

The series will open on September 15, Thursday, at 14:00 UTC/GMT with a presentation by International Programme Evaluation Network (IPEN), which covers the CIS region (former Soviet Union), by Natalia Kosheleva, member of IPEN Board and IPEN representative to IOCE. We will have a 30-minute presentation and 15 minutes for Q&A.

No registration required. To attend please use the following link: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external
/launch/dropin.jnlp?sid=vclass&password
=J26K7V9DN1UCZT0K0MXU. The system will guide you through the sign in process. We suggest that you log on 15 minutes before webinar starts, as you may be requested to upload the latest version of Java (free of charge). Before the presentation we will offer a short tutorial of using of the software to ask questions.

All IOCE webinars will be recorded. The links to recordings will be posted on IOCE website www.ioce.net on the Resources page and at My M&E site at http://mymande.org/index.php?
q=sharing_experiences_and_Ideas&x=cl.

For more information, please contact series coordinators:
Natalia Kosheleva, nkochele@yandex.ru
Jim Rugh, jimrugh@mindspring.com
Issaka Traore, issakatraore@yahoo.com

Programme International de Formation en Évaluation du Développement (PIFED)

Offert en collaboration avec la Banque mondiale, ce programme est la version française de l’International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) offert par l’Université de Carleton (Ottawa) depuis plus de dix ans.

Vous trouverez plus d’information au sujet de ce programme en consultant page Web du PIFED.

Clientèle
Ce programme s'adresse aux professionnels de l'évaluation de niveaux supérieur et intermédiaire ainsi qu'aux professionnels de la vérification, provenant de gouvernements, de banques de développement, d'organismes de coopération internationale, d'organisations non gouvernementales et de sociétés privées spécialisées dans l'évaluation du développement. Il est aussi ouvert aux cadres, gestionnaires et professionnels agissant aux divers paliers de la fonction d'évaluation et de la gouvernance.

Durée
Programme de base 2 semaines
Ateliers spécialisés 1 semaine

Dates
Programme de base 6 au 17 juin 2011
Ateliers spécialisés 20 au 23 juin 2011

Pour toute information complémentaire au sujet du PIFED, ou pour vous y inscrire, visiter notre site web.

AEA Summer Evaluation Institute
Atlanta, Georgia, USA,
June 12 – 15, 2011
More information
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IPDET

Online Registration Open for the
2011 International Program for Development Evaluation Training
June 13 – July 8, 2011

This is the 11th year that IPDET will offer eighty hours of instruction and hands-on learning in the fundamentals of development evaluation during the two week Core Course (June 13 – 24), as well as more than 25 workshops in the two weeks that follow the Core Course (June 27 – July 1; July 4 – 8). Several dynamic new workshops include:

“Evaluating Networks and Coalitions”, taught by Jared Raynor, Senior Consultant with the TCC Group (originally, The Conservation Company) in the United States, and Heather Creech, Director, Global Connectivity, International Institute for Sustainable Development

“Developmental Evaluation: Applying Systems Thinking and Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use”, taught by Michael Q. Patton, Evaluation Consultant, author and former President, American Evaluation Association

“Quantitative Impact Evaluation: Advanced Level”, taught by Jose Galdo, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration and Department of Economics at Carleton

Applicants can register for one to four weeks of training. In addition to intensive learning in large and small groups, the program includes special guest speakers, networking events, participant roundtables, and more.

Go to the website – www.ipdet.org – for more information about the program and our outstanding group of world-class, international instructors and to register on-line.

Upcoming Webinar in the “Emerging Practices in Development Evaluation” series:

May 2011
“Evaluating Capacity Development”
Peter Morgan, Independent Consultant

Annual Seminar III Da Rede Brasileira de Monitoramento e Avaliaçao
June 1 – 3, 2011
Brasilia, DF, Brazil

More information

SLEvA 2011 International Conference: Evaluation for Policy and Action
June 6 – 10, 2011
Colombo, Sri Lanka

For more information, visit the Conference Website.

Summer School on Monitoring and Evaluation of International Development Programmes
6-11 June 2011
Bologna, Italy

The Centre for International Development in Bologna, in collaboration with SUNY/CID of Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York, would like to bring your attention to a short summer course on M&E for international development programmes.

Visit the Centre for International Development Website for further details.

INTRAC Training: Monitoring and Evaluation
May 9 – 13, 2011
Oxford, UK

For more information, visit the INTRAC Website.

New Training Sessions Available – Channel Research
May 18 – 20, 2011
Le Grand Spinois, Belgium

For more information, visit the Channel Research Website.

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