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2011 Survey of Evaluation Groups

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1. Name of Evaluation Group (Society / Association / Network)
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Evaluators Network
 
2. Contact Details – names, e-mail address, telephone, web site

c/o Ziad Moussa
American University of Beirut
Environment and Sustainable Development unit
Ras Beirut
Lebanon
e-mail: info@evalmena.org

Visiting address : American University of Beirut, Environment and Sustainable Development Unit, FAFS building, room 308 Hamra – Beirut, LEBANON
Mailing address: AUB-ESDU, 11-0236 Riad El Solh 110 12020 Beirut Lebanon
e-mail: info@evalmena.org, ziadmoussa@yahoo.com
Website: www.evalmena.org

Egypt Coordination: Doha Abdel Hamid, PhD (abdelhamiddoha@yahoo.com)

Jordan Coordination: Osama Jaradat, PhD (osama.o@jei.org.jo)

GCC Coordination: Sonia Ben Jaafar, PhD (s.benjaafar@edueval.com)
 
3. Current membership – approximate size and origin – i.e. from govt., NGOs, academics, private sector, etc.

Membership in October 2011 stood at 76 evaluators from the 10 MENA countries: Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Palestine, Soudan, Syria and Yemen in addition to several observers from other countries and MENA based evaluators from Europe, Canada and the United States.

The members come from a mix of academia, government agencies, international and national organizations and independent consultants
 
4. Purpose of group
Our purpose is to systematically support both the demand and supply side of development evaluation in the MENA region by catalyzing new thinking and adapting innovative approaches inspired from the global trends and advances in the field, yet tailored to the MENA context with its numerous opportunities but also its constraints
 
5. Current strategy and emphasis
 

Our current strategy includes:

  1. The consolidation of the existing virtual exchange platform http://dgroups.org/dgroups/evalmenanet and the facilitation of a dynamic, insightful and professional exchange amongst our members
  2. To improve the supply of quality evaluation services in MENA through capacity building and constant professional development efforts.
  3. To work on increasing “indigenous demand” for learning-based and positive accountability evaluation by targeting policy makers in close partnership and coordination with other concerned stakeholders and beyond the classical paradigm of aid effectiveness.
  4. To increase the available body of knowledge on evaluation in Arabic language.
To increase the visibility of MENA evaluators and consolidate the presence of MENA on the global evaluation map.
 
6. Means of communication with members, e.g. newsletter, listserv, publication

Our privileged communication tool is a members-only listserv (http://dgroups.org/dgroups/evalmenanet), but the discussions can be consulted by interested visitors.

We also meet face-to-face on average once a year, and members in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon hold country events
 
7.
Forthcoming key events/conferences – dates, location, contact person for more information

Around 15 members are planning to participate in the 6th edition of AfrEA in Ghana in January 2012.
Beirut is also hosting the “Outcome Mapping Lab” in February 2012 (lab.outcomemapping.ca)

The Moroccan Evaluation Association is organizing its evaluation week in October 2012 and the network will be organizing some activities during this week. More information by contacting Dr. Ahmed Ben Cheikh  (ahmedbencheikh@yahoo.fr)
 
8. Name and e-address of person submitting this information
Ziad Moussa (ziadmoussa@yahoo.com)
 
9. Date of most recent update
October 21st 2011