This text is temporarily available only in Spanish. Aprende qué funciona en educación: cómo identificar, analizar e implementar políticas educativas que efectivamente mejoran aprendizajes. Este curso sintetiza las principales investigaciones teóricas y prácticas que sustentan políticas educativas basadas en evidencia y profundiza sobre los principales avances y desafíos de los sistemas educativos de América Latina y el Caribe. El curso ha sido organizado alrededor de cinco áreas clave que se han identificado en sistemas de aprendizaje exitosos. •La necesidad de definir metas altas de aprendizaje estudiantil que guíen todas las actividades del sistema educativo. •Asegurar el acceso a programas de desarrollo infantil temprano y preescolar de alta calidad para que todos los estudiantes ingresen al sistema escolar listos para aprender. •Contar con docentes efectivos que permitan mejorar y reducir brechas de aprendizajes. •Asegurar que todas las escuelas cuenten con los recursos adecuados y sean capaces de utilizarlos efectivamente para promover el aprendizaje de sus alumnos. •Asegurar que todos los jóvenes adquieran las habilidades necesarias para alcanzar su máximo potencial en el mundo del trabajo y contribuir a la sociedad.

Cost: there is no cost for registering for the course, participate and access all instructional material. Certificate: If you want to obtain a certificate, the cost is US$ 25.00

Please see here for more details.

Evaluation has never been more exciting, yet challenging. Our context is changing at a dizzying rate.

There is an ongoing and urgent need to move towards culturally safe, appropriate and relevant evaluations that contribute to better outcomes for Indigenous peoples. There is an increasing appetite from funders to explore how innovation can solve some of our most complex social and environmental challenges. Governments are embracing these new approaches and demanding real time evidence of what is working.

Philanthropy and not-for-profits are transforming too. At the same time new players are doing the work traditionally associated with evaluation, in innovative ways, with access to more data than ever before. In this context, it is critical that evaluation transforms to remain relevant, meet the market and meaningfully contribute to the changing face of Australasia.
We invite you to explore this changing context and what it might mean for you and the areas in which you work with our aes2018 conference theme: transformations. As we explore what these transformations mean for the role of evaluation and evaluators, we hope to equip you with new questions, networks and ways of thinking. Join us in helping shape the future of evaluation in this changing context.

Note: This is not an IDEAS organised event. Any questions should be directed to the event organisers.

Evaluation has never been more exciting, yet challenging. Our context is changing at a dizzying rate.There is an ongoing and urgent need to move towards culturally safe, appropriate and relevant evaluations that contribute to better outcomes for Indigenous peoples. There is an increasing appetite from funders to explore how innovation can solve some of our most complex social and environmental challenges. Governments are embracing these new approaches and demanding real time evidence of what is working.Philanthropy and not-for-profits are transforming too. At the same time new players are doing the work traditionally associated with evaluation, in innovative ways, with access to more data than ever before. In this context, it is critical that evaluation transforms to remain relevant, meet the market and meaningfully contribute to the changing face of Australasia.

We invite you to explore this changing context and what it might mean for you and the areas in which you work with our aes2018 conference theme: transformations.

As we explore what these transformations mean for the role of evaluation and evaluators, we hope to equip you with new questions, networks and ways of thinking. Join us in helping shape the future of evaluation in this changing context.

Please see here for more details.

The Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) invites you to participate in the launch of a new book on evaluation practices and how they can help to foster inclusive and sustainable rural transformation.

“Evaluation for Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Transformation”, published by Routledge, addresses the evolution of the evaluation practices to reflect, inform and respond to the changing expectations of development assistance. The event aims to promote international dialogue and knowledge exchange on this topic.

Please see here for more details.

This five-week on-line course offers an overview of the principles and content that should be present for a consultation process to be considered “meaningful”. Since it is not feasible to discuss every possible circumstance in detail, the course reflects on principles and gives overall guidance, rather than a standard blueprint or “one size fits all” approach. Broadly, the course addresses three aspects of how consultation is approached in IDB policies and how good practice has evolved: (i) Explicit mandatory and binding requirements related to consultation in IDB policies and guidelines; (ii) Implicit requirements of the consultation process not stated explicitly in the policies, but that are necessary conditions and inputs to achieve the more explicit requirements; and (iii) International good practice related to consultation as developed in recent years, both by IDB and other development agencies, academia, civil society and others.

Please see here for more details.

Evidence 2018 is a conference on the use of evidence in decision-making in Africa.

The conference will take place from 25 – 28 September 2018 at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, South Africa. To register your interest for the conference, please click here .

Visit the conference website for regular updates: www.evidenceconference.org.za

Registration for Evidence 2018 will open on 13 September 2017.

This text is temporarily available only in Spanish. Aprende qué funciona en educación: cómo identificar, analizar e implementar políticas educativas que efectivamente mejoran aprendizajes. Este curso sintetiza las principales investigaciones teóricas y prácticas que sustentan políticas educativas basadas en evidencia y profundiza sobre los principales avances y desafíos de los sistemas educativos de América Latina y el Caribe. El curso ha sido organizado alrededor de cinco áreas clave que se han identificado en sistemas de aprendizaje exitosos. •La necesidad de definir metas altas de aprendizaje estudiantil que guíen todas las actividades del sistema educativo. •Asegurar el acceso a programas de desarrollo infantil temprano y preescolar de alta calidad para que todos los estudiantes ingresen al sistema escolar listos para aprender. •Contar con docentes efectivos que permitan mejorar y reducir brechas de aprendizajes. •Asegurar que todas las escuelas cuenten con los recursos adecuados y sean capaces de utilizarlos efectivamente para promover el aprendizaje de sus alumnos. •Asegurar que todos los jóvenes adquieran las habilidades necesarias para alcanzar su máximo potencial en el mundo del trabajo y contribuir a la sociedad.

Cost: there is no cost for registering for the course, participate and access all instructional material. Certificate: If you want to obtain a certificate, the cost is US$ 25.00

Please see here for more details.

This five-week on-line course offers an overview of the principles and content that should be present for a consultation process to be considered “meaningful”. Since it is not feasible to discuss every possible circumstance in detail, the course reflects on principles and gives overall guidance, rather than a standard blueprint or “one size fits all” approach. Broadly, the course addresses three aspects of how consultation is approached in IDB policies and how good practice has evolved: (i) Explicit mandatory and binding requirements related to consultation in IDB policies and guidelines; (ii) Implicit requirements of the consultation process not stated explicitly in the policies, but that are necessary conditions and inputs to achieve the more explicit requirements; and (iii) International good practice related to consultation as developed in recent years, both by IDB and other development agencies, academia, civil society and others.

Please see here for more details.

The leading theme of the EES2018 Conference is “Evaluation for more resilient societies”. The Conference offers 5 days of debates on evaluation in times of financial, geopolitical, environmental and humanitarian crises.

After a decade of turbulence in Europe and the world, we need to focus on the contribution from evaluation. Crises, inherently, lead to change, positive and negative. What is the role of evaluation in understanding the multiple crises currently ongoing? Which are our collective responses? How can evaluation help make societies more resilient? Evaluation for resilient societies will be the leading theme of the EES2018 biennial conference. At the same time, the conference will provide the traditional opportunities for exchanging on evaluation politics, capacity, systems, research, methods, communication and use.

The EES will organise the Conference together with the Hellenic Evaluation Society in Thessaloniki, at the crossroads of continents, countries and cultures. Greece is also facing complex economic problems, while remaining on the frontline of Europe’s asylum and migration challenges. The very word crisis originates in Greek language, where it means judgment or decision. So evaluation and crisis go hand in hand. We need good krisis, good judgment and critical thinking, to overcome the crisis. We need evaluation to deal with crisis. Greece represents the perfect stage to debate how evaluation may help societies in Europe and beyond respond to the challenges of crises.

NOTE: This is not an IDEAS organised event. Any questions related to the event should be sent to the event organisers.

SERAF

SERAF focuses on approaches, methods and techniques to effectively prepare, conduct or manage evaluation of projects, programs or policies. It is intended for evaluators, managers, commissioners, analysts, and planners.

The seminar is based on various pedagogical approaches combining theoretical lectures, practical exercises and case studies.

Cost: 1 300 000 XOF

Duration: 2 weeks

For more information on SERAF, please send an email to clear@cesag.edu.sn  or call +221-33-839-7474

Sustainable development — particularly environmental sustainability — is a central tenet of the World Bank Group’s strategy.  IEG’s new report Results and Performance of the World Bank Group (RAP) provides a timely review of the Bank Group portfolio performance and examines how the Bank Group has mainstreamed and measured projects with potential environmental benefits. Between FY08-10 and FY15-17, the share of projects or components with potential environmental benefits has increased 4 percentage points for the World Bank and IFC, but for the World Bank the types of supported benefits have changed.

Please see here for more details.

BAPAF –  Niamey

The workshop aims to develop participants’ skills in designing and implementing budgeting to improve the efficiency of public spending by linking the funding of public sector organizations to the results they produce. It makes participants aware of the use of systematic performance information (indicators, evaluations, program costs, etc.) to establish this link.

Cost: 1 300 000 XOF

Duration: 2 weeks

For more information on SEIMAF, please send an email to clear@cesag.edu.sn      or call +221-33-839-7474

Building on the foundation of its previous editions, the 6th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum will bring a sharper focus on learning from action towards climate resilience development. Resilience provides a unifying theme this year, as it describes the desired end-point of adaptation applicable to natural, human, economic and engineered systems.

The Forum, the flagship event of the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), is the primary regional platform for adaptation practitioners to meet, share their learning and experiences, and work together towards the pertinent outcomes and practical solutions that are needed to properly address the challenges of climate change. This year, policymakers, scientists, donors, youth, and business representatives from over 50 countries will gather once again, to share, learn from each other, and scale up on action and practical information on mature adaptation approaches, successful technologies and programmes.

The 6th APAN Forum will be hosted by the Climate Change Commission, Republic of the Philippines, the Government of the Republic of Palau, and the Asian Development Bank. This key event on 17-19 October will anchor the 2018 APAN Resilience Week (15-19 October 2018) and will be held at the ADB Headquarters, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Please see here for more details.

The Global Evidence and Implementation Summit’s overarching theme is evidence, synthesis and implementation: creating impact for stronger communities around the world.

Under this central theme are five core sub-themes:​

1.       Understanding what works

2.       Achieving scale and sustainability

3.       Methods for impact and implementation evaluation and synthesis

4.       Using evidence for better policy, programs and practice

5.       National and global cooperation and partnerships

Please see here for more details.

The UN World Data Forum 2018 will be hosted by Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority, UAE, with support from the Statistics Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, under the guidance of the United Nations Statistical Commission and the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Proposals for sessions to be considered for inclusion in the programme should be submitted by 31 January 2018.

The SDG Knowledge Hub summary of the first UN World Data Forum, which took place in Cape Town, South Africa, in January 2017, is here.

This text is temporarily available only in Spanish. Aprende qué funciona en educación: cómo identificar, analizar e implementar políticas educativas que efectivamente mejoran aprendizajes. Este curso sintetiza las principales investigaciones teóricas y prácticas que sustentan políticas educativas basadas en evidencia y profundiza sobre los principales avances y desafíos de los sistemas educativos de América Latina y el Caribe. El curso ha sido organizado alrededor de cinco áreas clave que se han identificado en sistemas de aprendizaje exitosos. •La necesidad de definir metas altas de aprendizaje estudiantil que guíen todas las actividades del sistema educativo. •Asegurar el acceso a programas de desarrollo infantil temprano y preescolar de alta calidad para que todos los estudiantes ingresen al sistema escolar listos para aprender. •Contar con docentes efectivos que permitan mejorar y reducir brechas de aprendizajes. •Asegurar que todas las escuelas cuenten con los recursos adecuados y sean capaces de utilizarlos efectivamente para promover el aprendizaje de sus alumnos. •Asegurar que todos los jóvenes adquieran las habilidades necesarias para alcanzar su máximo potencial en el mundo del trabajo y contribuir a la sociedad.

Cost: there is no cost for registering for the course, participate and access all instructional material. Certificate: If you want to obtain a certificate, the cost is US$ 25.00

Please see here for more details.

This five-week on-line course offers an overview of the principles and content that should be present for a consultation process to be considered “meaningful”. Since it is not feasible to discuss every possible circumstance in detail, the course reflects on principles and gives overall guidance, rather than a standard blueprint or “one size fits all” approach. Broadly, the course addresses three aspects of how consultation is approached in IDB policies and how good practice has evolved: (i) Explicit mandatory and binding requirements related to consultation in IDB policies and guidelines; (ii) Implicit requirements of the consultation process not stated explicitly in the policies, but that are necessary conditions and inputs to achieve the more explicit requirements; and (iii) International good practice related to consultation as developed in recent years, both by IDB and other development agencies, academia, civil society and others.

Please see here for more details.

Building the capacity of national health, nutrition and population (HNP) project management teams and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) specialists, and World Bank project task teams is a critical starting point for strengthening the knowledge base on M&E for designing and implementing projects, and using evidence for informed decision-making and course correction. This course provides practical tools and approaches to improving the quality of M&E of HNP projects throughout the project cycle including design, implementation and completion. Participants will receive a certificate after successfully completing the 5-day course. This face-to-face course is offered annually in Washington DC immediately following the HNP Flagship Program on Health Sector Reform and Sustainable Financing. The first M&E course will be held from November 7 to 13, 2018.

Please see here for details.

• Topics: Monitoring and Evaluation, Nutrition
• Keywords:

  Capacity Building, M&E, Measurement, health project management, monitoring, Results, Training
• Language:

  English
• Learning Mode:

  Face-to-Face
• Event Date: November 07^th, 2018 – November 13^th, 2018, 09:00 – 17:00
• Location: Washington, DC
• Time Commitment: 40:00

SEIMAF – Abidjan

SEIMAF is an advanced level course. It introduces participants to the approaches, methodologies and tools of a rigorous impact evaluation. It allows participants to understand the concepts and approaches of impact evaluation, mastering methods (Randomized Controlled Trial, double difference, mixed methods, instrumental variables, discontinuity regression, etc.) It introduces them to the software and statistical and econometric tools most used to design, conduct, and manage impact assessment processes.

Cost: 1 500 000 XOF

Duration: 2 weeks

For more information on SEIMAF, please send an email to clear@cesag.edu.sn    or call +221-33-839-7474