The  Global Parliamentarians Forum for Evaluation together with EvalPartners, the Sri Lanka Parliamentarians Forum for Evaluation and the Sri Lanka Evaluation Association, will host EvalColombo2018, a three-day forum…

During the recent Joint ReLac-RedLacme-IDEAS Joint Evaluation Conference in Guanajuato, Mexico, a group of EvalGender+ and EvalYouth members join forces to envision how to work together. New ideas, and ways forward emerged passionately, and culminated in 3 joint actions for the near future:

1.  EvalGender+ and EvalYouth will organize a webinar to present and interact on how to guide young evaluators in using gender-responsive evaluation tools
2. EvalGender+ and EvalYouth will…

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Bonjour,

Il n'est jamais trop tard pour bien faire. Je vous souhaite une bonne et heureuse année 2018, pleine de santé et de succès dans vos projets.

Lors de la conférence de l'Association Internationale pour l'Évaluation du Développement tenue du 4-8 Décembre 2017 au Mexique, EvalGender+ et EvalYouth ont organisé un atelier d'échanges pour définir des perspectives de collaboration. Vous trouverez le document synthèse suivant ce lien.…

Dear Colleagues,

This is my #Gender & #Evaluation Wish for 2018. What's yours? Please check out my post and let me hear back from you. You can post your ideas and thoughts on our…

Submitted by Arwa Khalid on 25 November 2017

Blog by Arwa Khalid (Evaluation Officer), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO’s) work on gender equality

Gender equality is central to the Organization’s mandate to achieve food security for all by raising levels of nutrition, increasing agricultural productivity and natural resource management, and improving the lives of…

Dear colleagues,

EVALNEWS Issue 77 focuses on Evaluation and Advocacy.  Several resources on this topic have been included.

In Highlight EvalNews features the forthcoming EVALFEST in India. Please find EvalNews 77 attached. Enjoy.Issue77EvalNews.pdf

During an interactive lecture given by Ms. Ritu Nanda on Knowledge Based management and evaluaiton at the National Institute on Labour, Economics and Man Power Research, we had an opportunity to practice Global Café. Four groups were formed that undertook the following questions?

Group 1.

How is knowledge captured? Is anything missed?

Group 2.

How is knowledge organised? Is everything accessible?

Group 3.

 How is knowledge shared? Are all staff able…

Introduction (video): https://youtu.be/_0PGrh1YylQ

The WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool is a free, user-friendly, and strictly confidential tool designed to help companies from around the world identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities to improve their performance on gender equality. Results are provided in a concise and clear format so companies can easily identify areas for improvement.

WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool:…

Bonjour collègues et ami(e)s,

Nous, au sein du groupe de coordination de EvalGender +, cherchons à comprendre ce qui a fonctionné dans les formations sur les évaluations axées sur l'équité et sensibles au genre (EFGR). Cette information aiderait à concevoir et à dispenser des formations efficaces et à assurer l'application et l'utilisation des compétences et des connaissances acquises. Nous sollicitons  vos expériences, leçons apprises et recommandations sur les questions…

Cher(e)s collègues,

En préparation de plusieurs événements mondiaux et régionaux des associations nationales d'évaluation ce dernier trimestre de l'année 2017, nous évaluons les besoins afin de nous assurer que les associations en évaluation sont sensibles au genre et favorisent une évaluation sensible au genre.  

1) Que peut-on faire pour s'assurer que les associations d'évaluation sont sensibles au genre et encouragent une évaluation sensible au genre?

2) Comment les…

We are happy to announce that the Guidance on Evaluating the Sustainable Development Goals with a “No one left behind” lens through equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluation is now available in 5 languages. 

We, at EvalGender+,  recognize the importance to make resources accessible to the wider public as much as possible, trying to leave no one behind. That's why we believe that translating our materials is of…

Hello - please see our research report on post project #evaluation where we show the value added to 'program cycle' final evaluation. (Un)expected #sustainability or not, emerging sustainability and more: http://valuingvoices.com/building-the-evidence-base-for-post-project-evaluation-a-report-to-the-faster-forward-fund/

Dear colleagues,

It is with great excitement that I share with you the Third EvalPartners Global Forum report. Please find here:

2245-EvalPartner-ForumReport_web.pdf…

IDEV, Independent Evaluation of the African Development Bank, issues a Quarterly Knowledge Publication, "Evaluation Matters".  We are currently accepting submissions for the 4th quarter2017 edition of eVALUAtion Matters, which will focus on…

On August 3, 2017, Mr. Imbassou Ouattara Abbas was awarded the Special "Gold Evaluation" Prize of the Ivorian Initiative for Evaluation (2IEval), for his significant contribution to the promotion of the practice of evaluation in Côte d'Ivoire, which made it possible to integrate the evaluation into the Ivorian constitution of 2016.

It was on the…

M. Imbassou Ouattara Abbas a reçu, le 3 août 2017, le Prix Spécial « Evaluation d’Or » de l’Initiative Ivoirienne pour l’Evaluation (2IEval), pour sa contribution significative à la promotion de la pratique de l’Evaluation en Côte d’Ivoire qui a permis l’intégration de l’évaluation dans la constitution ivoirienne de…

Dear Friends, 

You may want to have a look at this new resource from the Outcome Mapping Learning Community. 

I analyze and reflect on how Outcome Mapping and Gender concepts align. See here https://www.outcomemapping.ca/download/Discussion%20Summary-%20OM%20and%20Gender.pdf

It is based on several months of discussion with the online community. You can view the discussion…

The role of social norms change in economically empowering women was a hot topic at the SEEP Women’s Economic Empowerment Global Learning Forum earlier this year.

The event was opened by Professor Naila Kabeer, who argued that not taking cultural and social norms into consideration when enhancing women’s economic empowerment (WEE) can undermine the transformative potential of WEE efforts. Dr Cynthia Drakeman also presented the…

Evaluating progress towards the SDGs will require an assessment of whether that progress is equitable, relevant and sustainable. Furthermore, if development is to be inclusive and leave no one behind, human rights principles and standards should also be considered. Is the field of evaluation ready to deal with this paradigm shift? Are evaluations…