Stream C

Evaluating amidst global challenges: Fragility, Inequality and Environment

Transforming evaluation: harnessing geographic information systems and technology

Moderator

  • Harvey Garcia, UNDP IEO, Evaluation Specialist

Panelists

  • Anupam Anand, Global Environment Facility, World Bank Group, Senior Evaluation Officer
  • Liu Yongfeng, Guangdong International Engineering Consulting Corporation, China, Deputy General Manager
  • Serdar Bayryyev,  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Toshiuki Yokota, Principal Evaluation Specialist, Asian Development Bank, Senio

The role of evaluation in promoting government coordination

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 Scie

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

From data to decision—the role of knowledge management and communication in evidence-based decision-making

Moderator

  • Anna Guerraggio, UNDP IEO, Chief, Engagement and Communications

Panelists

  • Cristian Crespo, CLEAR Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile, Executive Director 
  • Josephine Watera,  Parliament of Uganda, Uganda, Assistant Director, Research Services 
  • Patrizia Cocca, GEI/World Bank Group, Communications and Knowledge Management Lead 
  • ZhiPeng Wen, TY Intelligent Science and Technology (Chong

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

Evaluating environmental sustainability and climate change

Moderator

  • Ketevan Nozadze, GEI/World Bank Group, Evaluation Officer

Panelists

  • Andy Rowe, Footprint Evaluation, Canada, Independent Consultant 
  • Camille Spencer, Ministry of Planning and Development, Trinidad and Tobago, Programme Director, M&E
  • Eddy Garcia, Ministry of Planning, Costa Rica, Head of Evaluation Unit
  • Gensuo Jia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, China, Professor

Artificial intelligence and the opportunities it brings to evaluation

Moderator

  • Patrizia Cocca, GEI/World Bank Group, Communications and Knowledge Management Lead

Panelists

  • Anish Pradhan, UNDP IEO, ICT Specialist
  • Devika Lakhote, 3ie, United States of America, Data Scientist
  • Lingrong Ying, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai, China, Research Assistant 
  • Marco Segone, Evaluation Office, UNFPA, Director
  • Thomas Kelly, 3ie,

Evaluation in Fragile Settings

Moderator

  • Sarah Longford, Deputy Director, Evaluation, WFP

Panellists

  • Rana Sallam, Regional Evaluation Officer, WFP
  • Dr. Abdirizak Hassan Mohamed, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation of Galmudug State, Somalia
  • Dr. Sory Ibrahima Monekata, Executive Director at Ebenezer International, Mali
  • Dr.

Evaluating the SDGs

Moderator

  • Dirk Hoffmann, Evaluator, Deval

Panellists

  • Bala Yusuf-Yunusa, Senior Technical Advisor, OSSAP-SDGs, Nigeria
  • Carolina Zúñiga Zamora, Evaluation Unit, Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy, Costa Rica
  • Ana Rosa Soares, Chief Corporate Evaluations, IEO, UNDP
  • Ada Ocampo, President, IDEAS
  • Eriko Pérez, Technical Secretary of Cabinet, Government of Mexico

Have we failed to

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