Hi everybody,

Last March 31 the Bolivian Evaluation and Monitoring Network (REDMEBOL) organized an Encouter titled "Challenges and New Paradigms in Development Evaluation".  The event brought together four expert panelists and 120 participantes, including practitioners, students, professors, NGO representatives, government officials and donors.

Today I am pleased to share the link to the memory of the event...I am sorry we only have a Spanish version.…

Background: Evalgender+ is a global partnership facilitated by EvalPartners to promote the demand, supply and use of Equity Focused and Gender Responsive Evaluations. http://www.mymande.org/evalgender EvalGender+ management group representing different geographical regions functions through task forces. Please read more about genesis of Evalgender+ management group…

Not attending the EvalMena conference but wanting to know what's going on. Enjoy some pictures and tweets by our member Kassem El-Saddik, Ziad Moussa and Marco Segone

Ziad Moussa ‏…

Dear Colleagues

I would like to share this article that connects the dots between women and girls' rights, women's and girls' safety and security, and sanitation. It explores why and how sanitation is a gender, service delivery and citizen accountability issue.

The link to the article is posted at the end.

This is why toilets are a gender…

Coming from India, when asked to evaluate livelihood activities I used to wonder why development agencies introduced beauty parlours.  After all, do not they not promote stereotypes that women should be 'beautiful' in the eyes of men. I used to ask agencies why do not you promote non traditional activities for women like driving, two wheeler mechanic, masonry etc.

The women who run these parlours explained to me

"Madam I get good income, more than by working in a super…

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Dear all,

We recently had a seven-week (January to March 2016)  E-discussion on SDGs and Gender-responsive and Equity Focused Evaluation on Gender and Evaluation community. Sincere thanks to each and everyone who contributed to the discussion.  https://gendereval.ning.com/forum/topics/eval-sdgs We compiled summaries of the four themes of the discussions and presented at…

With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ahead of us, the evaluation community has started thinking about what role evaluation will play to help achieve this commitment. How will we assess what works and what doesn’t? What tools do we need to develop right now to be prepared for evaluating policies geared towards achieving the SDGs?  How can we ensure that we are leaving no one behind when we evaluate progress against the SDGs? Under the leadership of the…

Conducting an independent evaluation of public policies: Approaches and tools from evaluation-life experience  (WS-2), workshop session delivered to participants in Kathmandu (Nepal), 24/11/2016.

To date, various public and private organizations are still struggling to get an independent evaluation of the impact of their interventions. The technical capacity of staff and other evaluation practitioners is one of the main weaknesses. This workshop provided a strategic and…

Bonjour à vous,

Du 15-18 mars 2016, s'est tenu à New York un panel de haut niveau sur l'évaluation des objectifs de développement durable dans une perspective d'équité et de genre.

Les différentes thématiques en prélude à la rencontre de New York ont été examinées en profondeur à travers des plénières et des ateliers:

• Thème 1: La pertinence des «nouvelles métriques» (outils de mesure et indicateurs) pour l'évaluation des objectifs de développement…

Reprinted from: https://encompassworld.com/blog/5-practices-sdg-ready-evaluation 

In September 2015, the 193 Member States of the United Nations signed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…

Reflective Practice – Ideas for how to begin: Free Writing

NOTE: I wrote this Blog on the 14th May 2013 and it was posted on the Research Blog of the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK.

Its content is relevant to my practice as I guide and support organisations through their own self-reflective gender reviews/ audits/assessments to…

Prompting personal and team reflection and learning: An adaptation to the Personal Learning Journal process

NOTE: I wrote this Blog on the 22nd January 2015  and it was posted on the Research Blog of the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK.

Its content is relevant to my practice as I guide and support organisations through their own self-reflective gender…

Reflective Practice

NOTE: I wrote this Blog on the 20th March  2013 and it was posted on the Research Blog of the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK.

Its content is relevant to my practice as I guide and support organisations through their own self-reflective gender reviews /audits/assessments  to improve practice for gender equality…

 I am pleased to share the invitation to the roundtable on "Challenges and New Paradigms in Evaluation fro Development", which will take place in La Paz, Bolivia, this coming Thursday evening.  I wish you could all be here, but promise to share with you afterwards the key issues addressed and our future agenda to continue multi-actor and interdisciplianary dialogues on…

Con mucho gusto comparto con ustedes la invitación al Evento "Desafíos y Nuevos Paradigmas en Evaluación para el Desarrollo", a a realizarse este próximo jueves 31 en La Paz, Bolivia  Nos gustaría mucho contar con su presencia y participación, por lo que lamentamos mucho las distancias.  En todo caso, posteriormente compartiremos una sistematización de los temas abordados y…

Looking particularly into the Indian context, here are some of the thoughts, while we undertake the journey towards SDGs:

• Considering the diversities and complexities of the social & economic vulnerabilities & exclusion in India, achieving SDGs by 2030 will be as challenging as it was for MDGs, both for the Indian Government and the National & International Development partners / actors
• "Exclusion" is a key factor for the vulnerability and…

Dear Members,

Could not attend the recent event in New York? Summer Brennan from UN Women has compiled a story of the tweets posted during the event. Enjoy at  https://storify.com/unwomenEval/new-york-high-level-event-leave-no-one-behind…