| Event |
Date and Venue |
Contact |
Training
IED staff discussed the evaluation of multi-tranche financing facility
projects. IED's Elsie Araneta, Principal Evaluation Specialist, presented
and facilitated the discussion |
29 January 2009
ADB HQ |
Suganya Hutaserani
shutaserani@adb.org
+63 2 632 4133 |
Workshop
OECD-DAC held a workshop on DAC evaluation
quality standards
| 9 to 10 February 2009
Auckland, New Zealand |
Nathalie Bienvenu
DAC Evaluation Secretariat
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Developent
Nathalie.BIENVENU@oecd.org |
Meeting
OECD-DAC's reference group for the evaluation of the Paris Declaration
met to discuss the scope and methodology for conducting the second
phase of the evaluation
| 11 to 13 February 2009
Auckland, New Zealand |
Nathalie Bienvenu
DAC Evaluation Secretariat
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Developent
Nathalie.BIENVENU@oecd.org |
Training
IED1 Director Ramesh Adhikari briefed members of ADB's Evaluation
Community of Practice on the findings of the panel report on quality-at-entry
of ADB projects and country partnership strategies
| 27 February 2009
ADB HQ |
Suganya Hutaserani
shutaserani@adb.org
+63 2 632 4133 |
Training
The Education, Language
& Development Training Programmes* conducted a five-day training
on participatory
monitoring and evaluation*
| 16 to 20 March 2009
Bangkok, Thailand |
Christopher Evans
thai@eld.org.uk |
Conference
The International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) held
its global assembly with the theme Getting
to Results: Evaluation Capacity Building and Development.* IED's
Suganya Hutaserani presents on Effectiveness of ADB's Capacity
Development Assistance: Getting Institutions Right
| 18 to 20 March 2009
Johannesburg, South Africa |
Jean Hilburn
Conference Administation
jeanhilburn@telkomsa.net
Tel. +27 11 7820596 |
DEC Discussion
DEC discussed the Regional
Cooperation Assistance Program Evaluation for the Greater Mekong
Subregion, and its related sector assistance evaluations
| 20 March 2009
ADB HQ |
Hemamala Hettige
hhettige@adb.org
+63 2 632 4102 |
Workshop
IED's TA
6410-REG for developing capacity for monitoring and evaluation
in DMCs supported the third training of trainers workshop for focal
points from Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam
| 23 to 27 March 2009
Cambodia |
J. Scott Bayley
sbayley@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6325753 |
Session
ADB's Evaluation Community of Practice held its Afternoon Tea Session
on Conducting Rigorous Impact Evaluations. IED's Ganesh Rauniyar,
Senior Evaluation Specialist discussed the conceptual framework, methods,
data, and preliminary results from an ongoing evaluation
| 25 March 2009
ADB HQ |
Suganya Hutaserani
shutaserani@adb.org
+63 2 632 4133 |
Workshop
IED conducted a final consultation workshop with senior government
officials of Nepal to discuss key findings, lessons, issues and
recommendations as part of the finalization process of its country
assistance program evaluation
| 1 April 2009
Kathmandu, Nepal |
Ramesh Adhikari
radhikari@adb.org
+63 2 632 4119 |
Workshop
The African Evaluation Association, Network of Networks on Impact
Evaluation, and International Initiative for Impact Evaluation co-hosted
Perspectives
on Impact Evaluation: Approaches to Assessing Development Effectiveness*
| 30 March to 3 April 2009
Cairo, Egypt |
Conference Secretariat
info@impactevaluation2009.org |
Training
The Education, Language
& Development Training Programmes* held a five-day training
on participatory
monitoring and evaluation*
| 6 to 10 April 2009
Kathmandu, Nepal |
Chuda Mani Adhikari
eld@wlink.com.np |
DEC Meeting
DEC discussed the Sector
Assistance Program Evaluation for the Education Sector in Bangladesh
and the Joint
Evaluation Review on the Almaty-Bishkek Regional Road Rehabilitation
Project
| 13 April 2009
ADB HQ |
Ramesh Adhikari
radhikari@adb.org
+63 2 632 4119 |
IED Retreat
Staff of IED discussed improving evaluation recommendations, promoting
rigorous impact evaluations, the role of self-evaluation, improving
IED business processes, and implementing the recommendations of the
2008 Review of the Independence and Effectiveness of OED
| 14 to 15 April 2009
ADB HQ |
Suganya Hutaserani
shutaserani@adb.org
+63 2 632 4133 |
Meeting
The Evaluation Cooperation Group*
conducted its first bi-annual meeting for 2009
| 20 to 23 April 2009
Washington, DC, USA |
Suganya Hutaserani
shutaserani@adb.org
+63 2 632 4133 |
Training
The Evaluators' Institute of the George Washington University organized
courses* for
practicing evaluators
| 20 to 30 April 2009
Chicago, IL, USA |
TEI Registrar
tei@gwu.edu
Tel.+1 302 644 0990 |
Training
The World Bank Institute Evaluation Group, in partnership with the
Joint Africa Institute, hosted Monitoring
and Evaluation for Results*
| 11 to 15 May, and 18 to 22 May 2009
Tunis, Tunisia |
Victoria Yevseeva
evaltrainingafrica@worldbank.org |
Training
IED provided training to staff of ADB's regional departments to strengthen
their self-evaluation capacity
| 13 to 14 May 2009
ADB HQ |
Suganya Hutaserani
shutaserani@adb.org
+63 2 632 4133 |
Training
The World Bank Institute Evaluation Group offered a three and a half
day training on Foundations
of Monitoring and Evaluation*
| 25-28 May 2009
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |
Sara Okada
sokada@worldbank.org |
Conference
The Canadian Evaluation Society held its annual conference with the
theme Value
in Evaluation*
| 31 May to 3 June 2009
Ottawa, Canada |
Conference Secretariat
secretariat@evaluationcanada.ca
Tel. +1 613 7252526 |
Meeting
OECD-DAC held its 9th Evaluation Network meeting
| 15 to 16 June 2009
Paris, France |
Nathalie Bienvenu
DAC Evaluation Secretariat
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Developent
Nathalie.BIENVENU@oecd.org |
Briefing
The IED CAPE team presented preliminary findings of the ongoing
CAPE for Cambodia. Findings of sector evaluations in agriculture
and rural development, energy, transport, finance and private sector,
education, and core governance were covered
| 26 June 2009
ADB HQ |
Cheolghee Kim
cmkim@adb.org
+63 2 632 4151 |
DEC Meeting
DEC discussed the 2008
Development Effectiveness Review
| 29 June 2009
ADB HQ |
Noriko Ogawa
nogawa@adb.org
+63 2 632 6495 |
Training
The International Program for Development Evaluation Training offered
courses
for 2009*
| 8 June to 3 July 2009
Ottawa, Canada |
Mary Dixon, IPDET Registrar
info@ipdet.org |
DEC Meeting
DEC discussed the evaluation
on ADB's country assistance program for Nepal, including the sector
assistance program evaluation for Nepal's agriculture and natural
resources sector
| 15 July 2009
ADB HQ |
Ramesh Adhikari
radhikari@adb.org
+63 2 632 4119 |
Training
The Evaluators' Institute held classes*
on the use of evaluation in government, with an emphasis on strategic
management and the politics of evaluation, and financial mapping,
a systematic approach to evaluating the public funds expended by government
entities
| 13 to 16 July 2009
Washington, D.C. |
TEI Registrar
tei@gwu.edu
Tel.+1 302 644 0990 |
| Workshop
IED presented the draft country
assistance program evaluation for Viet Nam during consultation
workshops in Hanoi with key officials of government agencies, development
partners, and NGOs
| 17 and 20 July 2009
Hanoi, Viet Nam |
Hemamala Hettige
hhettige@adb.org
+63 2 632 4102 |
Training
IED's TA
6410-REG supported training on monitoring and evaluation for policy-level
officials from the Greater Mekong Subregion
| 20 to 24 July 2009
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
J. Scott Bayley
sbayley@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 632575 |
Workshop
IED DG H. Satish Rao gave the opening speech at the workshop that
discussed the findings, issues, and recommendations of the Country
Assistance Program Evaluation for Bangladesh. Joint Secretary
of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Relations Division, Shaifuddin
Ahmed chaired. BRM's Md. Nurul Huda and officials from the central
and line ministries and the Planning Commission attended. Consultations
with development partners and NGOs were also held
| 26 to 27 July 2009
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
H. Satish Rao
hsrao@adb.org
+63 2 632 4100 |
Session
ADB's Water Community of Practice held its Catchment Series
on Lending in Rural Water Supply. IED's Ganesh Rauniyar, Senior Evaluation
Specialist presented the major findings from an impact
evaluation study of the Punjab Community Water Supply Project
and shared thoughts about why and how ADB can increase lending for
rural water supply
| 5 August 2009
ADB HQ |
Ganesh Rauniyar
grauniyar@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324593
Gladys Franco
gfranco@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 6324444 local 70697 |
Session
ADB's Evaluation Community of Practice held its Afternoon Tea Session
on IPDET's 2009 Program: Building Skills to Evaluate Development
Interventions. IED's Narendra Singru, Senior Evaluation Specialist,
IED2 and Samjhana Shrestha, Evaluation Specialist, IED1 presented
on their experience at Canada's International
Program for Development Evaluation Training*
| 6 August 2009
ADB HQ |
Suganya Hutaserani
shutaserani@adb.org
+63 2 632 4133 |
Training
IED's TA
6410-REG supported in-country training on monitoring and evaluation
for government officials in various countries in the Greater Mekong
Subregion
| 15–17 July 2009, Viet Nam
3–7 August 2009, Cambodia
10–14 August 2009, Lao PDR
|
J. Scott Bayley
sbayley@adb.org
Tel. +63 2 632575 |
DEC Meeting
DEC discussed the 2009 Annual Evaluation Review and the Annual Report
on 2008 Portfolio Performance
| 24 August 2009
ADB HQ |
Suganya Hutaserani
shutaserani@adb.org
+63 2 632 4133 |
| Workshop
Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon opened the consultation workshop
for the country
assistance program evaluation for Cambodia with the Supreme
National Economic Council; CARM OIC Eric Sidgwick gave the opening
speech, and IED DG H. Satish Rao gave introductory remarks. Consultations
with development partners were also held
| 26 and 27 August 2009
Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Hemamala Hettige
hhettige@adb.org
+63 2 632 4102 |
DEC Meeting
DEC discussed the evaluation
on ADB Support for Public Sector Reforms in the Pacific
| 1 September 2009
ADB HQ |
Ramesh Adhikari
radhikari@adb.org
+63 2 632 4119 |
DEC Meeting
DEC discussed the Country
Assistance Program Evaluation for Viet Nam and its related sector
assistance evaluations, and the Annual Report on Acting on Recommendations
| 16 September 2009
ADB HQ |
Hemamala Hettige
hhettige@adb.org
+63 2 632 4102 |
DEC Meeting
DEC discussed ADB's Technical Assistance for Justice Reform in DMCs,
and the Rigorous
Impact Evaluation on the Punjab Water Supply and Sanitation
| 23 September 2009
ADB HQ |
Ramesh Adhikari
radhikari@adb.org
+63 2 632 4119 |
DEC Meeting
DEC discussed the Special Evaluation Study on ADB Assistance to Public-Private
Partnership in DMCs, IED's work program for 2010–2012, and the
budget for 2010
| 2 October 2009
ADB HQ |
Suganya Hutaserani
shutaserani@adb.org
+63 2 632 4133 |
Training
The Shanghai International
Program for Development Evaluation Training* conducted its course
for 2009. IED staff presented on various evaluation topics
| 10 to 20 October 2009
Shanghai, China |
SHIPDET Secretariat
shipdet@afdc.org.cn |
DEC Meeting
DEC discussed the Country
Assistance Program Evaluation for Cambodia and its related sector
assistance evaluations, and the Special Evaluation Study on Rural
Infrastructure (Roads) and Inclusive Development
| 26 October 2009
ADB HQ |
Ramesh Adhikari
radhikari@adb.org
+63 2 632 4119 |
| Workshop
IED's Ganesh Rauniyar presented
evaluation lessons from ADB operations in water supply and sanitation
in a workshop on Achieving the MDGs in South Asia. Organized by
ADB, UNESCAP and UNDP, together with other development partners,
the workshop
focused on nutrition, health, and water and sanitation
| 4 to 6 November 2009
Kathmandu |
Ganesh Rauniyar
grauniyar@adb.org
+63 2 632 4593 |
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