2024

Year ID
2024

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,

Plenary 2

Moderator  

  • Isabelle Mercier, UNDP IEO, Director 

Panelists

  • Baoyin Huang, University of International Business and Economics, China
  • Candice Morkel, Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR) Anglophone Africa, South Africa Director
  • Sanjeev Sridharan, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States of America, Professor of He

Plenary 1

Moderator

  • Anne-Claire Luzot, World Food Programme, Director, Evaluation

Panelists

  • Cristina Manuel Matusse, National Planning and Budget Division, Mozambique Deputy National Director
  • Edward Mulbah, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Liberia, Deputy Minister
  • Gamil Helmy, Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, Egypt

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

The triple nexus and evaluation

Moderator

  • Messay Tassew, UNDP IEO, Regional Evaluation Adviser for Africa

Panelists

  • Anne-Claire Luzot, World Food Programme, Director of Evaluation
  • James A Jaber, Liberia Revenue Authority, Liberia, Assistant Commissioner for Real Estate Tax Division
  • Vijayalakshmi Vadivelu, UNDP IEO, Chief of Section, Corporate/Thematic Evaluations

Discussion Themes