Programmes
Welcome Address
Mr. Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah, President, Moroccan National Observatory of Human Development
Ms. Saraswathi Menon, Director, UNDP Evaluation Office
Ms. Alia Al-Dali, Resident Representative a.i., UNDP-Morocco
Theme 1: Current evaluation practices of public programmes at the national level: governance, independence and credibility
Chairperson: Mr. Abhijit Sen, Member, Planning Commission, India
Opening Remarks by the Chairperson
Brief issues paper presentation
- Angela Bester, Director: Deloitte & Touche, South Africa
Individual presentations by participants
- Morocco: Mohammed BIJAAD, Moroccan National Observatory of Human Development
- Costa Rica: Carla Morales, Vice-Minister, National Planning and Economic Policy
- Mauritania: Ould Khattar Dah, Head of the Sector Policies service
- South Africa: Julie Charmaine, Regional Director of the Western Cape Public Service Commission
Rapporteurs:
- Ms. Charmaine Julie, Regional Director of the Western Cape Public Service Commission (to be confirmed)
- Oscar Garcia, Evaluation Advisor, UNDP Evaluation Office
Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks by Chair
Theme 2: Evaluation quality and existing capacities at national and regional level: national evaluation practitioners, research institutions, evaluation associations and networks
Chairperson: Mr. Tony Aidoo Head, Policy Evaluation & Oversight Unit, Office of the President, Ghana
Opening Remarks by Chair
Brief issues paper presentation
- Alexey Kuzmin, President, Process Consulting Company, Russia.
Individual presentations by participants
- Brazil: Joana Mostafa, Member Social Policies and Studies Divison, Comission of Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Policies
- Malaysia: Mr. Mohd Khidir, Deputy Director, Implementation Coordination Unit within the prime Minister’s Office
- RELAC Latin American Network of Evaluation: Pablo Rodríguez, Executive Committee
- Niger: Seydou Yayé, Director General, Programme Evaluation and Development, Ministry of Economy and Finance
Rapporteurs:
- M. Joseph Jonas Avrilus, Coordinator, Unit of Coordination and Programming, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Haiti
- Alexandra Chambel, Evaluation Specialist, UNDP Evaluation Office
Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks by Chair
Open Space: Structured time available for informal exchanges and discussion between the participants
Theme 3: Supporting the demand for evaluation as an instrument of accountability: who are the key actors?
Chairperson:
Mr. Juan Manuel Cordero, Vice Minister, Ministry of Social Development, Costa Rica
Opening Remarks by Chair
Brief issues paper presentation
- Oumoul Khayri Ba Tall, President of the International Organization on Evaluation
Individual presentations by participants
- Rwanda: Bernabe Sebagabo Director of Planning Policies and Capacity Building
- Colombia: Diego Dorado, Director of Evaluation of Public Policies, Sinergia, Department of Planning
- PREVAL Monitoring and Evaluation for Rural Development, Emma Rotondo, Executive Director
- Association Marocaine de l’Evaluation, Ahmed Bencheikh
Rapporteurs:
- Mr. Seydou Yaye. Director General of Evaluation of Programmes and Development, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Niger
- Fabrizio Felloni, Evaluation Specialist, UNDP Evaluation Office
Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks by Chair
Theme 4: Towards an enabling environment for evaluation capacity at the national level: what type of support is needed?
Chairperson: Mr. Eric Shitindi, Deputy Permanent Secretary, President's Office - Public Service Management
Opening Remarks by Chair
- Sri Lanka: Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy, Director General, Ministry of Finance & Planning: Department of Foreign Affairs and Budget Monitoring
Brief issues paper presentation
- Osvaldo Feinstein, consultant former Advisor and Manager at the World Bank Evaluation Department and Senior Evaluator at IFAD
Individual presentations by participants
- Benin: Aristide DJIDJOHO, Coordinator of the office of evaluation of public policies, Ministry of Forecasting, Development and Evaluation of Public Policies
- Guatemala: Fernando Sánchez, Coordinator, General Secretariat for Planning and Programming
- Tajikistan: Mr. Rahmonov Abdughaffor, Deputy Chairman, State Committee on Aid Coordination and Investment Promotion
Rapporteurs:
- Captain Donkor, Acting Director, NDPC Monitoring & Evaluation Division.
- Juha Uitto, Deputy Director, UNDP Evaluation Office
Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks by Chair
Roundtable discussion: Towards a longer-term initiative on national evaluation capacity. What is the way forward?
Chairpersons of sessions 1,2,3 and 4 report back to the roundtable discussion
Panel Discussion on emerging conclusions
Identification of follow up initiatives
Concluding Remarks
Mr. Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah, President Moroccan National Observatory of Human Development
Ms. Saraswathi Menon, Director of UNDP Evaluation Office
Rapporteurs:
- Oscar Garcia, Evaluation Advisor,
- Alexandra Chambel, Evaluation Specialist, UNDP Evaluation Office
Partners
Moroccan National Observatory of Human Development
Country Participation
Paper & Presentations
Workshops
Logistics
Resource
Participants
Ariel Zaltsman
Expert
NY University
Joana Mostafa
Member
Social Policies and Studies Divison,Comission of Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Policies
Jak Jabes
Expert
Diego Dorado
Director
Evaluacion Sinergia, Departamento Nacional de Planeacion
Carla Morales
Viceministra
Ministerio de Planificacin Nacional y Poltica Econmica
Mohamed Mounir-Zahran
Vice-chairman
Joint Inspection Unit (JIU)
Getachew Teklemariam Alemu
Expert
Development Planning & Research Department
Ignacio Tourino Soto
Evaluation Officer OPEV
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Mohammed Manai
Division Manager OPEV
African Development Bank (AfDB)
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