AEA365: What is evaluation? And how does it differ from research? by Dana Wanzer

Posted on May 25, 2019May 25, 2019 by gpfeadmin

Hi! I’m Dana Wanzer, doctoral candidate at Claremont Graduate University and an avid #EvalTwitter user! Many people new to evaluation—students and clients alike—struggle with understanding what evaluation is, and many evaluators struggle with how to communicate evaluation to others. This is...

Translating commitments into actions – Engagement of the Parliament of Tanzania in the development of a National Evaluation Policy

Posted on May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 by gpfeadmin

On 27-28 April 2019, the Parliament of Tanzania – a founding member of the African Parliamentarians Network on Development Evaluation (APNODE) and one of the 7 Parliaments in Africa that were signatories to the 2014 Yaounde Declaration of African Parliamentarians on Evaluation – collaborated ...

Articles and News Links

Posted on April 3, 2019June 24, 2019 by gpfeadmin

National Policy on Project Evaluation: http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/05/24/local/151923/national-policy-project-evaluation National Evaluation Policy to Modernize State Planning: http://www.ft.lk/top-story/National-Evaluation-Policy-to-modernise-State-planning/26-656708 Towards a More Transparent ...

Videos

Posted on March 24, 2019June 24, 2019 by gpfeadmin

National Evaluation

Posted on March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 by gpfeadmin

Partners Nepal Sri Lanka Morocco Ivory Coast Uganda Philippines Kyrgyz Republic Nepal Evaluation is included in the national constitution of the country 2015. Nepal has also the draft National Monitoring and Evaluation Act. Following are the articles in the constitution related to monitoring and ...

EvalColombo2018

Posted on March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 by gpfeadmin

Responsible Parliaments – Embracing Evaluation for Agenda 2030 Over the last ten years across the globe, interest has grown steadily amongst parliamentarians in the role of evaluation as a source of evidence for decision-making on national development and in appraising progress towards the Sust...

EVALCOLOMBO 2018 news

Posted on March 24, 2019June 14, 2019 by gpfeadmin

News and press coverage of EvalColombo2018. The Francophone Evaluation Network Canadian Evaluation Society (French) (English) Asian Development Bank IFAD.Org Eval ForwardChargé d’affaires ad interim Robert B. Hilton’s remarks for EvalColombo2018 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association...

Proceedings – Day 3

Posted on March 24, 2019June 15, 2019 by gpfeadmin

The concluding program was held at the Parliament of Sri Lanka, where multiple panels of Global and Sri Lankan Parliamentarians discussed the importance of evaluation. At this event, the participating Parliamentarians pledged their commitment to a way forward on the Colombo Declaration which incl...

Proceedings – Day 2

Posted on March 24, 2019June 15, 2019 by gpfeadmin

Session 1 –What have we learnt from Voluntary National Reviews? Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) are an important mechanism that allows governments to appraise progress towards SDGs. The additional sharing of “lessons learned” between governments has potential to accelerate the implementat...

The Launch of the National Evaluation Policy of Sri Lanka

Posted on March 24, 2019June 15, 2019 by gpfeadmin

The Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe hosted the delegates of EvalColombo2018 at the Temple Trees; his official residence where the National Evaluation Policy of Sri Lanka was launched. Joining the few countries in the world that has a National Policy on Evaluation, Sri Lanka is the firs...