GEI is looking for a consultant in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) training and professional development. The consultant will support GEI’s work in enhancing the individual capacities of evaluators, M&E specialists, and other evaluation stakeholders in developing countries. For more information, review the terms of reference. The application period is until May 13 ..read more

Kindly note that UNDP IEO is recruiting for the UNDP Independent Evaluation Office ExpRes Roster. An IEO Independent Evaluator – selected for the IEO Roster – is an external professional evaluator who provides thematic, geographic, and/or policy expertise as a critical member of the evaluation team for a given IEO independent evaluation. Once rostered and selected for a particular evaluation, the Independent Evaluator will carry out the agreed assignments, as guided by the specific Terms of Reference to be prepared by the IEO Lead Evaluator ..read more

UNICEF’s Evaluation Office is currently looking for 1 national evaluation consultant that could be part of an evaluation team undertaking a humanitarian evaluation in Sudan over the next few months (fieldwork is expected to take place in mid-June 2024). The national consultant that we are currently looking for should possess the following expertise and competencies: At least 5 years of demonstrated experience conducting/ contributing to multi-disciplinary humanitarian evaluations and/or research assignments (prior working experience on UNICEF evaluations would constitute an advantage); Demons ..read more

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