| Overview –
How the IOCE works
The IOCE General Assembly is the main forum where
members identify priority directions and themes for IOCE and select
the IOCE Board of Trustees, which is responsible to implement these
priorities. General Assembly Meetings are open to all IOCE members.
Many IOCE activities are ‘virtual’, using
web based resources where possible, keeping the IOCE costs as low
as possible.
The IOCE plans to hold targeted specialist events
in different regions of the world – usually in partnership
with national and regional evaluation societies and associations.
The IOCE will accept, distribute and develop resources
and documentation in English, French and Spanish where possible
with available resources. Translation into other languages by regional
and national evaluation organisations is encouraged.
The IOCE is incorporated as a ‘not for profit’
organisation in Canada, and has a Constitution consisting of Bylaws,
Rules of Procedure and Operational Policies.
INITIAL PROGRAMME
OF WORK
The IOCE Board has approved an initial Programme
of Work. (For further details see separate Work Programme Briefing
Note. (link) ) At the heart of this Programme of Work are two strands:
support for new and emerging evaluation societies, associations
and networks; and advancing evaluation through international debate
and exchange through priority themes of international interest.
To this end the IOCE is:
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Preparing resources
for new and developing evaluation societies based on international
experience in different cultural, economic, political and geographic
contexts. These resources are being prepared in cooperation
with existing evaluation societies and networks already active
in the IOCE. |
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Initiating debate and
exchange about the IOCE’s current ‘priority theme’.
This is evaluation in different cultural contexts – nationally
and internationally –including issues of social justice
and human rights. The aim is also to clarify the implications
of such themes for evaluator skills and practice. |
Alongside these priorities, the current IOCE Board’s
Programme of Work includes setting up systems and infrastructures
such as the IOCE website, legal incorporation, membership systems,
fundraising and planning for the next General Assembly.
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