Day 2

Approaches to Evaluation during the Pandemic

Moderator

  • Richard Jones, Chief of Section, IEO, UNDP

Panellists

  • Santiago Ramirez Rodriguez, Evaluation Analyst, IEG, World Bank Group
  • Baye Elimane Gueye, Coordinator of the Socioeconomic Impact Monitoring Unit, Operational Office for Monitoring the Emerging Senegal Plan, Senegal
  • Jenna Smith-Kouassi, Evaluation Policy Analyst, OECD

How did evaluation adapt to the pandemic to ensure continuity and inform decision-making?

Ethics and Evaluation

Moderator

  • Tina Tordjman-Nebe, Senior Evaluation Specialist, IEO, UNDP

Panellists

  • Professor Nicoletta Stame, Vice-President, A Colorni-Hirschman International Institute, Italy
  • Laura Fantini, independent consultant, advisor to Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Adeline Sibanda, former president African Evaluation Association, South Africa

Ethics and Culture in Evaluation:

Moving from guidelines to practice.

Ethics in eval

Environmental Sustainability

Moderator

  • Patricia Rogers, Footprint Evaluation Initiative and founder of Better Evaluation platform

Panellists

  • Andy Rowe, ARCeconomics and Footprint Evaluation
  • Joana Varela, Career advisor, Ministry of Finance and Blue Economy Plan, São Tomé and Principe
  • Elaf Zeinalabdieen, M&E Officer, Sudanese Environment Conservation Society

How do we move from evaluating environmental interventions to ensuring environmental sustainability considera

Evaluation Methods to Inform Policy

Moderator

  • Lycia Lima, Professor at Fundacao Getulio Vargas and Deputy Director, Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR Lusophone Africa and Brazil), Brazil

Panellists

  • Gilson Pina, National Director for Planning, Ministry of Finance, Cape Verde
  • Odilia Gnassingbe, Executive Director, Autonomous Centre for Studies and Capacity Building for Development, Togo
  • Timothy Lubanga, Commissioner for M&E, Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda

Subnational Evaluation Systems

Moderator

  • Stephen Porter, Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, IEG, World Bank

Panellists

  • Zoran Dimitrovski Deputy Minister, Ministry of Local Self-Government, North Macedonia
  • Cyprian Chillanyang, Commissioner Policy and Planning, Ministry of Local Government, Uganda
  • Halima Ibrahim, Head of Planning and Budgeting, County Government of Isiolo, Kenya
  • Eleonore Johasy, Member of Parliament, National Assembly, Madagascar

Financing National Evaluation Systems

Moderator

  • Oscar Garcia, Director, IEO, UNDP and Chair, UNEG

Panellists

  • Jerry Zanger, Director, National M&E Unit, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Liberia
  • Venancio Mzonda, Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs-Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Malawi
  • Mohamed Mahdad, Governance Director, Ministry in charge of Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies, Morocco
  • Karen Rot-Munstermann,

Challenges and opportunities in Institutionalizing National Evaluation Systems

Moderator

  • Candice Morkel, Director, Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR- Anglophone Africa), South Africa

Panellists

  • Marcelo Guaranys, Deputy Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Economy, Brazil
  • Susan Sulu, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Planning and Development Coordination, Solomon Islands
  • Gerard Jean Jacques, Chief Development Planner, Ministry of Planning, Economic Development, Climate Resilience, Sustainable Development and Ren

National Evaluation Policies

Moderator

  • Megha Pradhan, Director, Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR South Asia)

Panellists

  • Aldwin Urbina, Officer-in-Charge Director, National Economic and Development Authority - Monitoring and Evaluation Staff, Philippines
  • Esteban Tapella, PETAS Programme Director, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina
  • Taona Chaparadza, Chief Director Monitoring and Evaluation, Zimbabwe
  • N’Dia Youssouf, Director of Cont

Decent work and the SDGs

Moderator

  • Guillaume Mercier, Programme Manager, Organizational Development and Project Services Programme ITC, ILO

Panellists

  • Patricia Vidal, Evaluation Officer, ILO
  • Natalia Aquilino, Monitoring and Evaluation Director, Secretary for Industrial Development of the Ministry of Economy, Argentina
  • Julius Cainglet, Vice-President for Research, Advocacy and Partnerships, Federation of Free Workers
  • Fanny Sequeira, Secretary General, Con