Dear Colleagues,

I hope all is well. In one of my blogs posted on a variety of list-serves this past week (click here), I discussed the value added of open-access journals within the scope of evaluation capacity development programs aimed at encouraging practitioners (e.g., organizations M&E officers) to write about their evaluation work and get their…

Emerging challenges for Equity-focused and Gender-responsive evaluations

WEBINAR on Wednesday April 8, 2015 at 1pm (EST) (New York time)

The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of UN Women and the Fletcher School, Tufts University are pleased to invite you to virtually attend a webinar discussion on: Emerging challenges for equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluations. This webinar is a part of IEO’s initiatives to celebrate 2015 International Year of Evaluation.

The…

Hi Everyone

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American Evaluation Association newsletter article  

Dear Colleagues,

I found the following IDS blog to be of great interest. It is particularly recommended to those working on evaluations of systemic and structural issues perpetuating gender inequities and violence in a variety of contexts. To access the blog, please click on the following link:…

Kindly see and share this link with friends and forums to give the message that there is Ability in Disability. Remember every one of you matter !!!  Thanks 

This is the talk I gave recently at TEDxBerkeley…

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Consistent with the prior postings on cultural competence and transformative evaluation capacity development, I am sharing with you today the video (in Spanish) of the Keynote presentation that I had the honor to deliver at the recent Latin American and Caribbean Monitoring, Evaluation and Systematization Conference…

The message and photos are courtesy Cecile Kusters

On 19 and 20 March 2015 the International Conference "Monitoring and Evaluation for Responsible Innovation" took place in Wageningen, organised by the Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University and Research centre in collaboration with Learning by Design. This conference…

This is from Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas 

Dear Evaluation Colleagues,

Share your EvalStory

Thank you for taking the time to contribute to the EvalStory campaign! Please have the questions listed in your letter of invitation to hand. Your voice is important and your answers will contribute to a global archive of shared knowledge.

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Dear colleagues,

As we all know, data that sits on a shelf unexamined is not useful. In this …

Minister Jeff Radebe: Launch of International Year of Evaluation

19 Mar 2015

Address by Minister Jeff Radebe during the launch of the International Year of Evaluation, Wits University

Programme Director,

Professor…

SAMEA, WSG & Clear AA Officially Launch the International Year of Evaluation in South Africa

http://www.gov.za/speeches/public-service-commission-hosts-launch-international-year-evaluation-17-mar-2015-0000

By Charlotte Maria Sáenz, Other Worlds



March 18, 2015



"Office of Women for Dignity" at the Zapatista Autonomous Municipality "Caracol de Oventic," Chiapas, Mexico.

Resistance and strength manifest like weeds through cracks in Chiapas, Mexico and transnational Kurdistan where the respective Zapatista and Kurdish resistance movements are…

Bonjour à toutes et à tous,

Beaucoup de choses se sont passées dans l’actualité de la « planète évaluation » depuis ma dernière communication! Vous le constaterez aisément par la longueur de mon courriel! Je vous invite donc à lire attentivement les éléments d’information ci-dessous, à en discuter avec les instances de votre VOPE et vos membres de façon à pouvoir apporter les suivis attendus et contribuer ainsi à une réponse forte de la part de la Francophonie. 2e Forum Global…

The Minister in the Presidency, the Honourable Jeff Radebe and the Chairperson of the South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA), who is also the Director General of the Public Service Commission (PSC), Richard Levin will officially launch the International Year of Evaluation in South Africa on Thursday, 19 March 2015 at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg.…

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to share a poem to stimulate a reflection and possibly a discussion about gender mainstreaming, particularly the challenges that confront those who work at the coalface of gender policy implementation. As everyone is aware, the world governments as well as members of Civil…