Month: April 2009

Webcast: STRENGTHENING COUNTRY-LED M&E SYSTEMS

Date: 15th April 2009
Venue: Internet

Live webcast Knowledge sharing event on: STRENGTHENING COUNTRY-LED M&E SYSTEMS Good practices in using DevInfo

When: Wednesday, April 15th, at 10 AM Washington DC time
Where: in front of your personal or work computer anywhere in the world

UNICEF CEE/CIS, WHO/PAHO and DevInfo, in partnership with IDEAS
(International Development Evaluation Association) and IOCE (International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation), are pleased to announce the above mentioned event on Wednesday, April 15th, at 10 AM Washington time.

This Event is organized within the monthly Knowledge Sharing Events on Country-led M&E systems. It is free and open to interested people. This conference will enable the sharing of good practices and lessons learned. Global-level speakers will contribute international perspectives. In addition to watching live presentations, you will have the option to ask questions and provide comments.

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IPEN Conference in Kyiv, Ukraine

Date: 24-26 September 2009
Venue: Kyiv, Ukraine

Dear Colleagues,

International Program Evaluation Network (IPEN) welcomes
presentation proposals for its conference to be held in Kyiv,
Ukraine on September 24-26, 2009.

Conference theme is “Program Monitoring and Evaluation Methodology”.

Conference working languages are English, Russian and Ukrainian.

Please visit conference website for more information:
http://eval-net.org/view_konf.php?id=2009
Application forms are available on the website.

Regards,
Alexey Kuzmin

Training: Foundations of Monitoring and Evaluation

Date: 25-28 May, 2009
Venue: Grand Rotana Resort, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

World Bank Institute Evaluation Group will offer a three and a half day
training, “Foundations of Monitoring and Evaluation”

Please go the following website for more details:
www.worldbank.org/wbi/evaluation/training/Egypt2009

Sponsors
World Bank Institute Evaluation Group (WBIEG)
Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO)
Professional Diplomas and Certificates Unit (PDCU)

Topics
Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation
Logic Models and Evaluation Questions
Indicators and Measurement
Research Designs
Data Collection
Reporting Results and Utilization of Evaluations
Managing Monitoring and Evaluation Functions
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On-line training in Monitoring and Evaluation using Results Based Project Management

Date: 6th May up to 11th June, 2009
Venue: Online

Local Livelihoods will be putting on a live online Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation course to be run for 2 hours a week for six weeks.  Between each weekly session there will be exercises applying the course learning to your own project.  This will be supported by an interactive online database and project managements system that will enable participants to work simultaneously with the trainer with online mentoring.

The cost is £150.00 all you need is a PC with broadband connection.

The technology is extremely simple, just the same as opening websites, no more.

This first course is for participants in Africa and Europe.  There will be a later course for participants from Asia and the Pacific.

For further information please go to:  http://www.uk.locallivelihoods.com/Moduls/WebSite/Page/Default.aspx?Pag_Id=132

Regards
Freer Spreckley
online@locallivelihoods.com

Meeting: Complexity and evaluation

Date: 15th April 2009
Venue: Diana Memorial Fund offices on the South Bank, London

Dear All,

The next event in the ongoing series exploring how complexity is useful
in the aid and development sectors will focus on evaluation. The meeting will be hosted by Panos London on Wednesday April 15th (9am-5pm) at the Diana Memorial Fund offices on the South Bank.

Building on the previous sessions which have focused on the background and theoretical roots of complexity, we will have a brief introduction to some of the key issues and implications for evaluation approaches that attempt to address the complex nature of aid and development.
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