Day 2

Strengthening national evaluation systems through accessible, actionable and relevant evidence

Moderator

  • Anca Dumitrescu, 3ie, United States of America, Lead Evaluation Specialist

Panelists

  • Candice Morkel, CLEAR Anglophone Africa, South Africa, Director
  • Damit Serge Didier Amany, West African Development Bank, Togo, Manager of Impact Monitoring and Evaluation Unit
  • Thomas Kelly, 3ie, United States of America Director

Discussion Themes

Exploring national evaluation systems assessment tools: effective use and timing in national evaluation systems

Moderator

  • Takunda Chirau,  CLEAR Anglophone Africa, Deputy Director 

Panelists

  • Sarah Klier, DEval, Germany, Team Leader, Evaluation Capacity Development 
  • Bekzod Kurbanov, Agency for Strategic Reforms Under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Head of Monitoring and Evaluation of Ongoing Reforms Group 
  • Florita Azofeifa, Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy, Costa Rica, Director of

Youth and evaluation

Moderator

  • Marco Segone, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Director, Evaluation 

Panelists

  • Abinash Dash, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, India, Director (Evaluation) 
  • Antonia Rishko-Porcescu, EvalYouth, Moldova, Consultant 
  • Cheng Wang, Horizon Global Youth Development Program, China, Executive Associate
  • Qu Wei, Founder, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, China, Horiz

Strengthening evidence use through global collaboration: advancing evaluation partnerships for sustainable impact

Moderator

  • Megan Kennedy-Chouane, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Head of Evaluation Unit

Panelists

  • Dugan Fraser, Program Manager
  • Joerg Faust,  DEval and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Director, and Professor of Political Science
  • Katharina Kayser, Independent Evaluation Section, Chief
  • Kerry Albright, UNICEF Deputy Director / Principal Adviser—Evaluation

Expanding the evaluation system—working with academia and VOPEs to support capacity and capability in evidence generation and use

Moderator

  • David Slattery, UNDP IEO, Regional Evaluation Adviser for Asia and the Pacific

Panelists

  • Ashley Cavers, SDG Impact Lab, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Chief Operating Officer
  • Jenean Pretorius, CLEAR Anglophone Africa, South Africa Lead, Capacity Strengthening
  • Lycia Lima, CLEAR Lusophone Africa and Brazil, Brazil Deputy Director
  • Marijana Sumpor, Croatia Evaluation Society, Croatia, President

Digitizing the public sector for better and more efficient evaluation systems

Moderator

  • Vijayalakshmi Vadivelu, UNDP IEO, Chief of Corporate and Thematic Evaluations 

Panelists

  • Aziza Umarova, Agency for Strategic Reforms under the President, Uzbekistan, Head of Delivery Unit 
  • Fernando Barbosa, Inter-American Developent Bank, Senior Associate Economist 
  • Futhi Mazibuko, Office of the Premier, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Director, Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Gayan Peiris, UNDP H

Engaging Youth in Evaluation

Moderator

  • Gabriela Renteria Flores, Chair, EvalYouth Global Network, Mexico

Panellists

  • Marco Segone, Director, Evaluation Office, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • Aloyce Ratemo, Director, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate, the National Treasury and Planning, Kenya
  • Alfredo Domínguez, President, International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE)
  • Daniel Alonso, Evaluation Specialist, IEO, UNDP

Digital Innovations in Evaluation

Moderator

  • Claudia Oehl, International Project Manager, evaluator and trainer, Organizational Development and Project Services Programme, ITC, ILO

Panellists

  • Daniel Jacobo, Technical Advisor, Division of Evaluation of Development Policies - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain
  • Gonzalo Gomez, Chief of Knowledge and Data Management, IEO, UNDP
  • Nodumo Fikile Magadlela, Co-founder and CEO, KPI Lens Limited
  • Deo-Grac