The Independent Evaluation Department (IEvD) of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is hiring a Lead Corporate, Country and Thematic Evaluation Specialist. This role plans and technically leads macro-level evaluation work, including corporate, country, sector, and thematic evaluations. The Lead Corporate, Country, and Thematic Evaluation Specialist is responsible for conducting thorough investigations and analysis to assess the development effectiveness of the Islamic Development Bank’s (IsDB) interventions, draws lessons from evaluation studies, and leads the dissemination of knowledge within ..read more

Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability in Evaluations On this Earth Day 2024, we invite you to join colleagues, networks and organizations worldwide in declaring our commitment to include context-specific environmental, social, and economic sustainability criteria in all evaluations. Given the fundamental threats and challenges of the day, business as usual evaluation will be insufficient. At the recent Conference on Evaluating Environment and Development in Washington DC in March 2024, over 150 evaluators and environmental professionals had the opportunity to work on a draft Declar ..read more

CALL FOR NOMINATION OF IDEAS BOARD MEMBERS Two positions in IDEAS Board are open by the beginning of May 2024: Vice-President and Secretary General. These two Board members will complete their first term and can be re-elected. All IDEAS members in good standing can be nominated for the position of IDEAS Vice-President and Secretary General. Candidates for all open positions will be very welcome. Please refer to Annex A for Board Members responsibilities.   EXISTING BOARD COMPOSITION AND TENURE The current composition of the Board is as shown below – open positions are highlighted. NOMINA ..read more

EEAP has planned a series of webinars in 2024, dedicated to deep-diving into SDG7 policies and programs. Their primary goal is to explore the pivotal role of evaluation in these initiatives, discussing the challenges, successes, and lessons learned in tackling SDG7 and other Sustainable Development Goals. The 4th session of their webinar series will take place on ️ April 16, 2024, at 10:00 AM IST. Their distinguished speakers will cover two important topics: “Evaluating multiple benefits of net zero era energy efficiency programs” by Henry Adams Co-founder and Director at Common Capital “Count ..read more

The UNESCO International Centre for Technical and Vocational education and training (UNEVOVC) hereby invites qualified companies/individuals with a legal entity to submit proposals to conduct the Project Evaluation _ Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET (BILT Phase 3.1). Deadline for the submission of proposals: Friday 19 April 2024 23:59hs hours (Paris local time). The envisaged time schedule for the conduct of the evaluation is from April to August 2024. For more details, please refer to the procurement notice available at the UNEVOC website.   The UNESCO International Ins ..read more

This edition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the independence of our evaluation office by featuring interviews with the founding directors, Luciano Lavizzari and Oscar A. Garcia, who reflect on challenges and opportunities that apply to any evaluation function that seeks to establish and entrench independence. Select highlights include how IFAD leadership is acting upon the findings of the evaluation on decentralization; the Executive Board field mission to Uganda; the 10-year positive performance of IFAD projects in CCA; how IOE is leveraging neuroscience to ensure effective communication ..read more

The University of Antwerp organize is organizing its Strengthening National Monitoring and Evaluation Capacities: National evaluation societies as a driving force, two week seminar (30/09-11/10/2024). Twenty full scholarship (financed by Special evaluation Office of the Belgian development Cooperation) are available for M&E professionals (members from VOPEs) from the government sector, civil society, parliament, donor agencies, academia in 14 partner countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, DRC, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Palestinian Territories, Senegal, Tanzania, U ..read more

World Health Organization (WHO) is looking for a Programme Officer (Evaluation). The purpose of Evaluation Office (EVL) is to stimulate learning and promote accountability, transparency and effectiveness through independent, credible and useful evaluations. The deadline for applications is 21 March 2024 and the application link is here ..read more

For those who are looking for training on results-based management (RBM) and monitoring and evaluation (M&E), do not miss this online training organized by SALISES/Baastel/CEI and in which Dr. Lennise Baptiste, general secretary of IDEAS. Registration ..read more

The Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) is pleased to announce that the refreshed Ethics Guidance is available in English and French to help evaluators make ethically sound decisions in their evaluation practice. The Ethics Guidance outlines 3 core professional values that guide ethical practice expectations for the application of all evaluator competencies and in all phases of evaluations. It also provides ethical reflection questions to guide, reflect on, discuss, develop, and document the rationale for values-based ethical decisions in evaluation practice. A suite of resources and tools will ..read more