| Event |
Date and Venue |
Contact |
Meeting
The Evaluation Cooperation Group, the Evaluation Network of OECD-DAC, and the United Nations Evaluation Group (the Network of Networks on Impact Evaluation) met to share information, discuss methodologies, and plan joint rigorous impact evaluations |
14 January 2008
Washington, D.C. |
Howard White
Independent Evaluation Group
World Bank
hwhite@worldbank.org |
Workshop
The World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group and Poverty Reduction Network co-organized a workshop on Making Smart Policy: Using Impact Evaluation for Policy Making |
15 to 16 January 2008
Washington, D.C. |
Howard White
Independent Evaluation Group
World Bank
hwhite@worldbank.org |
Meeting
The Evaluation Network of OECD-DAC held its bi-annual meeting |
20 to 21 February 2008
Paris, France |
Nathalie Bienvenu
DAC Evaluation Secretariat
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Developent
Nathalie.BIENVENU@oecd.org |
Seminar
OED's Bob Finlayson talked on private-public partnership modalities and benefits, Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation macroeconomic and foreign direct investment performance, and opportunities for private sector investment and partnerships at ADBI's Seminar on Private Sector Participation and Investment in Physical Infrastructure for CAREC |
5 to 7 March 2008
ADBI, Tokyo, Japan |
Bob Finlayson
bfinlayson@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324107
|
Presentation
OED's Olivier Serrat (author of Learning Lessons in ADB and Auditing the Lessons Architecture) presented knowledge management in OED and showed how knowledge audits open opportunities for organizational learning |
10 March 2008
ADB |
Olivier Serrat
oserrat@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6326710 |
Conference
OED1 Director Keith Leonard spoke on improving policy and program performance through managing for development results and Olivier Serrat outlined the strategic framework for knowledge management in operations evaluation in ADB at the Malaysian Evaluation Society's Third MES International Evaluation Conference |
31 March to 3 April 2008
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Center for Development and Research in Evaluation
admin@cedre.org.my
|
DEC Discussion
DEC discussed ADB's progress in adopting Managing for Development Results and ADB's approaches to partnering and harmonization in the context of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness |
9 April 2008
ADB |
R. Keith Leonard
rkleonard@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324119 |
Training
The Shanghai International Program for Development Evaluation Training conducted its first semi-annual course for 2008 |
14-22 April 2008
Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
Annie Wu
Asia Pacific Development and Finance Center
wuningqin@afdc.org.cn |
Meeting
OED Director General Satish Rao and OED1 Director Keith Leonard joined the first bi-annual meeting of the Evaluation Cooperation Group for 2008 |
21 April 2008
Tunisia, Africa |
Olivier Serrat
oserrat@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6326710 |
Workshop
OED2 Director Ramesh Adhikari presented selected evaluation issues at the workshop on appraisal of cross border infrastructure projects |
24 April 2008
ADB |
Ramesh Adhikari
radhikari@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324102 |
Presentation
OED's Olivier Serrat updated staff in OED on knowledge management |
29 April 2008
ADB |
Olivier Serrat
oserrat@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6326710 |
Briefing
OED evaluation specialists presented the preliminary findings of the evaluation of ADB's assistance to Mongolia to ADB staff |
12 May 2008
ADB |
Cheolghee Kim
cmkim@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324151 |
DEC Discussion
DEC discussed Auditing the Lessons Architecture and Learning Lessons in ADB |
21 May 2008
ADB |
Olivier Serrat
oserrat@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6326710 |
Presentation
OED1's Peter Robertson briefed new ADB staff on the process of review, feedback, and quality control of ADB operational activities |
22 May 2008
ADB |
Peter Robertson
probertson@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324398 |
OED Retreat
Staff of OED discussed audiences, strategies, methodologies, knowledge management, capacity development, monitoring, and programs for evaluation |
2 to 3 June 2008
Manila, Philippines |
Hemamala Hettige
hhettige@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324182 |
Presentation
Sidney Edelmann of the International Finance Corporation's Independent Evaluation Group explained how to promote development outcomes of nonsovereign operations, integrate monitoring mechanisms in project design, and encourage coherence between public and private sector operations |
4 June 2008
ADB |
Olivier Serrat
oserrat@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6326710 |
Training
The International Program for Development Evaluation Training offered its program for 2008 |
9 June to 4 July 2008
Ottawa, Canada |
Mary Dixon
IPDET Registrar
info@ipdet.org |
Briefing
OED1's Leah Gutierrez presented ADB's project cycle and business process, from project preparation to evaluation, incorporating lessons identified from past experiences as part of the Human Resource Division's Learning and Development Program |
10 June 2008
ADB |
Leah Gutierrez
lcgutierrez@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324113 |
Presentation
OED's Toshio Kondo spoke on ADB's project evaluation system at the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center for Asian and Pacific Region |
19 June 2008
Taipei,China |
Toshio Kondo
toshiokondo@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324124 |
Training
The Education, Language & Development Training Programmes held a five-day training on participatory monitoring and evaluation |
30 June to 4 July 2008
Bangkok, Thailand |
Christopher Evans
thai@eld.org.uk
|
Presentation
Dr. Vinod Thomas, Director-General of the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group, discussed the rise in natural disasters, its impacts, and the World Bank's response |
7 July 2008
ADB |
Jocelyn Tubadeza
jtubadeza@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324121 |
Training
The Evaluators' Institute of the George Washington University offered courses for practicing evaluators |
14 to 26 July 2008
Washington, DC, USA |
Midge Smith
MFSmith@EvaluatorsInstitute.com
|
DEC Discussion
DEC discussed the Country Assistance Program Evaluation for the Philippines and the Effect of Microfinance Operations on Poor Rural Households and the Status of Women |
6 August 2008
ADB |
Ramesh Adhikari
radhikari@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324102 |
DEC Discussion
DEC discussed the evaluation on ADB's Private Equity Fund Operations |
27 August 2008
ADB |
Ramesh Adhikari
radhikari@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324102 |
Conference
OED's Scott Bayley presented Building Evaluation Capacity: The International Experience at the Australian Evaluation Society's* 2008 International Conference |
10 to 12 September 2008
Perth, Australia |
J. Scott Bayley
sbayley@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6325753 |
DEC Discussion
DEC discussed OED's work program for 2009–2011, and OED's proposed budget for 2009 |
17 September 2008
ADB |
Ramesh Adhikari
radhikari@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324102 |
Meeting
The Network of Networks on Impact Evaluation* held a meeting on evaluation for the new aid modalities and impact evaluation design for planned projects
|
1 October 2008
Lisbon, Portugal |
Ganesh Rauniyar
grauniyar@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324593 |
Conference
The European Evaluation Society* held its biennial conference. OED's Ganesh Rauniyar presents Improving Project, Program, and Policy Performance in Developing Countries through Managing for Development Results |
1 to 3 October 2008
Lisbon, Portugal |
MOS Events
info@eesconference.org |
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