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Strengthening National M&E Capacities: National Evaluation Societies as a Driving Force
The importance of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the area of development is widely acknowledged and may be understood from its two major objectives, i.e. learning and accountability. M&E is a crucial ingredient in the move towards more evidence-based iterative policy-making and implementation (learning) and, in hands of non-governmental actors, M&E functions as an instrument of accountability. However, establishing well-functioning country-owned M&E systems and arrangements is considered a major challenge (see e.g. the annual Paris Declaration Monitoring Surveys). One of the actors which has largely been neglected in this context, so far, are National Evaluation Societies (NES) or Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPE). NES/VOPE are organizations which bring together M&E practitioners and experts from different settings (government, NGO, parliament, universities, donors) and which can play an important role in strengthening national M&E capacities and use of M&E.
Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp (IOB)
This two-week evaluation capacity development (ECD) seminar funded by the Belgian Development Cooperation’s Special Evaluation Office (SEO) aims to bring together leading evaluation experts (members of National Evaluation Societies, VOPEs) in developing countries to strengthen those evaluation societies in taking up the role of developing national M&E capacities and use. More specifically, this seminar will enable 25 evaluation experts – who are members of national evaluation societies – to become driving forces in strengthening their national M&E systems and their own evaluation societies.The importance of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the area of development is widely acknowledged and may be understood from its two major objectives, i.e. learning and accountability. M&E is a crucial ingredient in the move towards more evidence-based iterative policy-making and implementation (learning) and, in hands of non-governmental actors, M&E functions as an instrument of accountability. However, establishing well-functioning country-owned M&E systems and arrangements is considered a major challenge (see e.g. the annual Paris Declaration Monitoring Surveys). One of the actors which has largely been neglected in this context, so far, are National Evaluation Societies (NES) or Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPE). NES/VOPE are organizations which bring together M&E practitioners and experts from different settings (government, NGO, parliament, universities, donors) and which can play an important role in strengthening national M&E capacities and use of M&E.
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB), Belgium
The politics and Economics of Aid (Summer school)
The primary objective of the programme is to support ongoing research on the political, economic and institutional aspects of
development cooperation (aid) and aid effectiveness. This research may take place in university settings, but also in policy oriented settings such as NGOs, think tanks, aid agencies, etc. Next, the programme wants to contribute to the creation of a sustainable research network on aid so as to enable knowledge exchange on the topic of aid effectiveness, and cross fertilization between academic and policy oriented arenas of research.
Type of recognition: The POLEC-AID programme is funded by the Erasmus Life Long Learning Programme, the European Association of Development Institutes and Training Centres (EADI) and the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IOB)
certificate; Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp (IOB)
From the 2nd until the 13th of June 2014, IOB/ University of Antwerp (BE), Universidad de Cantabria (ES), University of Birmingham(UK), Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL), University of Florence (IT) and the University of Murcia (ES) jointly organise the second edition of the Summer School on the Politics and Economics of Aid.The primary objective of the programme is to support ongoing research on the political, economic and institutional aspects of
development cooperation (aid) and aid effectiveness. This research may take place in university settings, but also in policy oriented settings such as NGOs, think tanks, aid agencies, etc. Next, the programme wants to contribute to the creation of a sustainable research network on aid so as to enable knowledge exchange on the topic of aid effectiveness, and cross fertilization between academic and policy oriented arenas of research.
Type of recognition: The POLEC-AID programme is funded by the Erasmus Life Long Learning Programme, the European Association of Development Institutes and Training Centres (EADI) and the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IOB)
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB), Belgium