2024

Moderator

• Candice Morkel, CLEAR Anglophone Africa, South Africa, Director

Panelists

• Dan Du, National Centre for Science and Technology Evaluation, China, Assistant Research Fellow
• Florita Azofeifa, Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy of Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation
• Liu Lixin, Mount Yuelu Breeding Innovation Center, China, Vice-President
• Patrick Okwen, Effective Basic Services Africa, Cameroon, Team L

Moderator

• Shantal Aragon, CLEAR Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico, Senior Use of Evaluation Manager

Panelists

• Chuanhong Zhang, China Agricultural University, China
• Claudia Olavarria, GEI, Consultant
• Silvia Grandi, Evaluation Division, Global Affairs Canada, Canada, Deputy Director 
• Sohini Mookerjee, CLEAR South Asia, India, Lead

Discussion Themes

Moderator

• Saltanat Rasulova, UNDP IEO, Regional Evaluation Adviser for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Panelists

• Dongwan Yang, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Commerce, China, Assistant Researcher
• Erdenechimeg Ulziisuren, Mongolian Evaluation Association, Mongolia, Founder and President
• Joseph Muserero

Responsive evaluation systems: Beijing Action Plan for 2030

As representatives from national and subnational governments, the United Nations, multilateral development banks, civil society and academia from 106 countries, we have come together in the Yanqing District of Beijing in October 2024 to restate our firm belief in the value of evaluation for sound and credible decision-making.

Responsive governments need responsive evaluations.

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,

It is a privilege to address the National Evaluation Capacities Conference here in Beijing, which is generously hosted by the People’s Republic of China. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to CIDCA and the Municipality of Beijing for their warm hospitality.

The conference is an opportunity to ask ourselves clear—but complex—questions:

Moderator

• Fabio Pittaluga, GEI/World Bank Group, Senior Operations Officer

Panelists

• Aida Kraiem, Presidency of Government, Tunisia, General Director of Economic, Financial and Social Affairs
• Awuor Ponge, African Policy Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, Senior Associate Research Fellow
• Lixin Zhang, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Assistant Director of Research Evaluation
• Zheng Yu

PROCEEDINGS FROM THE 2024 NATIONAL EVALUATION CAPACITIES CONFERENCE

Moderator

• Anahit Aghumian, World Bank, Senior Evaluation Officer

Panelists

• Ana Acevedo, National Direction of Information, Monitoring and Evaluation System of Social Policies, Argentina M&E Specialist 
• Anna Maria Augustyn, Independent Evaluator, Poland
• Claudia Maldonado, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Coneval, Mexico
• Millie Begovic, UNDP Strategic Innovation Unit, Team Lead 
• Neem

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