Members of the DAC Network on Development Evaluation meet every eight or nine months in Paris to discuss common concerns, share evaluation findings and identify opportunities for collaboration. The 16th meeting was held 12 -13 February 2014 and brought together over 80 participants from bilateral and multilateral evaluation departments. The first session sparked a lively sharing of experiences among members on how human rights and gender equity are addressed in evaluation. Participants agreed that in general, evaluations do not properly assess the results of equity efforts. This is partially because of insufficient monitoring, management and information systems. In the following sessions, members also shared experiences on topics such as the division of labour when managing an evaluation, building evaluation capacity and evaluating in settings of fragility.
DAY ONE: Wednesday 12 February 2014
I. OPENING SESSION
II. ADDRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER IN EVALUATION: FROM POLICY TO PRACTICE
NEW! ISS Working Paper 556: Revisiting gender mainstreaming in international development: goodbye to an illusionary strategy
Additional resources: The UN Gender Equality Evaluation Portal: http://genderevaluation.unwomen.org/resource
III. MANAGING EVALUATIONS: DIVISION OF LABOUR AND THE USE OF EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS
Introduction for new members and guests during the lunch break
IV. FORWARD LOOKING DISCUSSION
V. CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND WORK WITH PARTNERS
VI. MULTI-DONOR PARTNERSHIPS AND MULTILATERAL EVALUATIONS
DAY TWO: Thursday 13 February 2014
VII. EVALUATING IN SETTINGS OF FRAGILITY
VIII. PRIVATE SECTOR
IX. SHARING IDEAS AND PLANS FOR COLLABORATION
INFORMAL SESSION
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