Moderator
- Xiayong Shi, Department of Innovation Strategy Evaluation, National Center for Science and Technology Evaluation, China, Director, Research Fellow
Panelists
- Delu Tian, National Center for Science and Technology Evaluation, China, Researcher
- Erick Chuquiej Galeano, Secretariat of Planning and Programming of the Presidency, Ecuador, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation of Development
- Zhaoying Chen, National Center for Science and Technology Evaluation, China, Professor, Former Deputy Director General
- Liexun Yang, National Natural Science Foundation of China, China, Deputy Director General
- Noel Rolando Rodriguez-Reynoso, Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development, Dominican Republic, Head of the Evaluation Division
- Yang Yun, National Center for Science and Technology Evaluation, China, Deputy Chief Evaluator, Research Fellow
- Tianye Xiao, Guangdong R&D Center for Technological Economy, China, Deputy Director
Discussion Themes
- Engaging marginalized groups, diverse stakeholders and local communities in the evaluation process is essential to ensuring equitable and representative findings while enhancing relevance and legitimacy.
- Evaluation systems should be designed to support long-term policy and development goals, particularly those aligned with the SDGs, while balancing short-term results with the need to track progress over time.
- Political will plays a critical role in establishing and sustaining robust evaluation systems and advocating for greater government ownership and leadership in driving evaluation agendas.
- Encouraging cross-sector integration, such as in health, education and the environment, along with the use of interdisciplinary methods, provides a holistic understanding of complex systems and their interdependencies.
“We need to strengthen the support of evaluation for decision-making at the macro level, strengthening its contribution to the overall development and institutional construction of our countries.”
National Center for Science and Technology Evaluation, China
“What we do in the Ministry of Economy does not mean that it arbitrarily makes all of the decisions, but that there must be coordination in governance, in which the General Directorate of Budget is included.”
Government of the Dominican Republic
“A model of diversified development of a model of assessment, emphasizing a partnership and two-way communication between the evaluator and assessee, was used to move to more departments and multisectoral alliances. This relationship makes our technology assessment work more open and inclusive.”
Guangdong R&D Center for Technological Economy
